BlockChain — The what, and the why
The recent buzz around crypto-currencies has definitely a few of us intrigued. What is block-chain, and is it more than just Bitcoin? How does it work, and what are the ramifications of this technology?
In a discussion that is part technical and part exploratory, we will attempt to find an answer to all of these questions. We will see what this technology has to offer and the impact this technology might have on future platforms, and society as a whole.
About Raju Gandhi
Raju is a software craftsman with almost 20 years of hands-on experience scoping, architecting, designing, implementing full stack applications.
He provides a 360 view of the development cycle, is proficient in a variety of programming languages and paradigms, experienced with software development methodologies, as well an expert in infrastructure and tooling.
He has long been in the pursuit of hermeticism across the development stack by championing immutability during development (with languages like Clojure), deployment (leveraging tools like Docker and Kubernetes), and provisioning and configuration via code (toolkits like Ansible, Terraform, Packer, everything-as-code).
Raju is a published author, internationally known public speaker and trainer.
Raju can be found on Twitter as @looselytyped.
In his spare time, you will find Raju reading, playing with technology, or spending time with his wonderful (and significantly better) other half.