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Date: "2024-06-20"
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# Podcast recording — 2024-06-20
Recorded episode with Marco Cecconi. Great conversation.

## Notes
- Episode theme: lessons from building and scaling Stack Overflow's architecture — what worked, what they would do differently, and how the landscape has changed since
- Marco shared detailed technical stories about the performance optimization culture at Stack Overflow, including their famous approach of running one of the world's largest sites on a surprisingly small number of servers
- His deep experience with .NET at scale and his pragmatic approach to technology choices made for a conversation that challenged the "always use microservices" orthodoxy that dominates the industry
- Exceptional recording — Marco is an incredibly articulate speaker who combines technical depth with humor; this will likely be one of our most popular episodes
- Memorable quote: "The best performance optimization is the code you never write. Every abstraction layer is a tax on your users, and most of them are not paying for the feature you think they are"
- Perfect audio quality; Marco recorded from a professional setup in his home office

## Follow-up
- [ ] Send thank-you email to Marco
- [ ] Draft show notes with architecture diagrams if Marco can share any publicly
- [ ] Schedule editing with [[person-paco-furiani]] — this one should be a priority given its quality
- [ ] Create social media clips — the performance optimization segment is gold
