S9 E8: Roger Light, Cedalo

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🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Roger Light lives in the midlands of the UK. He has his PhD in Electrical Engineering, and post graduating, he did research, then taught. But in parallel, he worked on hobby projects that eventually led him to a new venture. Outside of tech, he is married with 4 young boys and a dog - so he mentioned things get a little loud and crazy at home. He loves spicy food, but has been enjoying the visit to the local carvery lately. In 2009, Roger attended a conference on iOT, MQTT, and how it was being used to track electricity monitoring. What he realized was that an open source version of management software didn't exist. He happened to be looking for a project at the time, and thought "this should only take a couple of months". This is the creation story of Cedalo. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	I went to a small unconference where one of the inventors of MQTT was giving a presentation on MQTT and how he was using it.
0:10.0	It was only possible because of this proprietary IBM server that he had.
0:15.0	And so someone in the audience said, this is great, it was the only option to use this proprietary thing.
0:20.0	And he said, yes,
0:22.2	that is the case, but it's freely available so you can use it. The specifications out there.
0:27.3	So if anybody wants to implement an open source version, then they can go ahead and do that.
0:32.2	And I thought, okay, I'm looking for a project. That seems like it might take a couple of months,
0:37.3	maybe. Here we are,
0:38.6	14 years later. I'm Roger Light, co-founder and senior developer at Sardarland.
0:46.7	This is Code Story. A podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries.
0:52.3	It's six months moonlighting. There's nothing like the backcats.
0:55.8	Who share what it takes to change in industry.
0:58.3	I don't exactly know what to do next.
1:00.3	Just took many goes to get right.
1:02.2	Who built the teams that have their back.
1:04.5	The company is its people.
1:06.1	The teams help each other achieve.
1:07.5	Most proud of our team.
1:09.0	Keeping scalability top of mind.
1:11.7	All that infrastructure was a pain.
1:12.8	Yes, we've been fighting it as a group.
1:14.5	Total waste of time.
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