74: Kostas Respawns at Starburst, is Interviewed by Eric, and Reminisces About Winamp

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Big News: podcast hits, Kostas’ career change (2:19)
• Kostas’ career start in data pipelines (4:09)
• The Winamp and Napster era (11:46)
• Starting an API gateway (16:56)
• Observing new technology from afar (23:43)
• Starting Blendo (32:38)
• Problems faced in architecting the product (37:12)
• Kostas’ role at Starburst (40:25)

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