Practical Systems Learning & Verification with Jack Vanlightly

Welcome to The GeekNarrator podcast! In this episode, host Kaivalya Apte goes deeper into the practical applications of formal methods with Jack Vanlightly, a principal technologist at Confluent. With years of experience in distributed systems, Jack discusses his journey and how formal methods have been instrumental in system design verification and bug detection. The conversation covers Jack's background, his process of using formal methods, the significance of modelling, verification, documentation, and systems learning, as well as the future evolution of tooling and its applications. Tune in to understand the intricacies of how formal methods can transform your approach to distributed systems! Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to the episode 00:37 Meet Jack VanLightly: Principal Technologist at Confluent 02:17 Jack's Journey into Distributed Systems 04:29 Discovering the Power of Formal Methods 08:11 Modeling and Simulation in Formal Methods 13:43 Verification and Safety Properties 19:02 Documentation and Communication Challenges 20:43 Formal Methods as a Systems Learning Tool 24:26 Practical Applications and Case Studies 56:38 Future of Formal Verification and Closing Thoughts Jack's Blog: https://jack-vanlightly.com/ Become a member of The GeekNarrator to get access to member only videos, notes and monthly 1:1 with me. Like building stuff? Try out CodeCrafters and build amazing real world systems like Redis, Kafka, Sqlite. Use the link below to signup and get 40% off on paid subscription. https://app.codecrafters.io/join?via=geeknarrator If you like this episode, please hit the like button and share it with your network. Also please subscribe if you haven't yet. Database internals series: https://youtu.be/yV_Zp0Mi3xs Popular playlists: Realtime streaming systems: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4se-mAKKoVOs3VcaP71X_LA- Software Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4sf6By03bot5BhKoMgxDUU17 Distributed systems and databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4sfLDUnjBJXJGFhhz94jDd_d Modern databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4scSeZAsCUXijtnfW5ARlrsN Stay Curios! Keep Learning!