#37 - Fabian Wesner // Founder ROQ

What it takes to build a FaaS; a multinational, cross-industry shop system and which languages for a webapp)

I spoke with Fabian Wesner, Founder at ROQ, a FaaS (Feature-as-a-Service) for web applications. Learn deep insight into the world of web applications and frameworks from someone who had to launch an eCommerce shop each week (in different countries 🇧🇷 🇦🇺 🇯🇵 and industries!👗🛏️🧸). Fabian, as former Rocket Internet CTO and Spryker Co-Founder and CTO is the hidden gem of the German CTO scene.

Listen to find out:

• How working in the “Samwer sweatshop” felt
• Node vs Ruby vs PHP for a modern web app
• Why “keeping your stack lean” is important and how he approaches architecture
• What it takes to build a eCommerce shop system 🛒 (he built 3!)
• The science 🧬 behind building a new FaaS (Feature-as-a-Service)
• Tips into the 👁️ Lost Art of Database Schema Visualisation

Listen here: https://alphalist.com/podcast/37-fabian-wesner-founder-roq

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