Kerry Ritter Live

Kerry Ritter Live

Honest conversations with developers, CTOs, and founders about building software and running teams. Less theory, more "here's what actually happened."

Latest Episode EP 42 · 45 min

The Economics of Microservices

Why 90% of startups should stick to the monolith, and how to measure when it's actually time to split your database.

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EP 41 May 07, 2026 · 52 min

Translating Engineering to Sales

Jane Doe, VP Sales @ Acme

How to convince your non-technical CEO that you need a refactor sprint without using the word "tech debt."

EP 40 April 30, 2026 · 38 min

Building Zipper's Infrastructure

Solo Episode

A transparent look into the tech stack powering thousands of fitness studios, and why boring tech continues to win.

EP 39 April 23, 2026 · 61 min

The Fallacy of 'Clean Code'

John Smith, Staff Engineer

When abstraction becomes an anti-pattern. We discuss how over-engineering kills startups before they can find product-market fit.

EP 38 April 16, 2026 · 34 min

Why Most Tech Specs are Worthless

Solo Episode

The three things every spec must answer to be useful. If your spec can't survive first contact with a PM, it's already dead.