The 1 Billion Row Challenge with Gunnar Morling | Ep. 23

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov

Confluent Developer ft. Tim Berglund, Adi Polak & Viktor Gamov
The 1 Billion Row Challenge with Gunnar Morling | Ep. 23
Mar 16, 2026 Season 2 Episode 23
Confluent

Tim Berglund talks to Gunnar Morling (Confluent) about his career in open source Java and data streaming. Gunnar’s first job: a student PHP developer in AMD’s e-learning group. His challenge: working at Decodable on the 1 Billion Row Challenge.

SEASON 2
Hosted by Tim Berglund, Adi Polak and Viktor Gamov
Produced and Edited by Noelle Gallagher, Peter Furia and Nurie Mohamed
Music by Coastal Kites
Artwork by Phil Vo

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