Real-Time Data Capturing: The Future of Fitness Technology

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Get fit in real time with tech’s advancements in the fitness industry! This week, we’re joined by Paul Lawler, Head of Software at Wahoo Fitness as he discusses how athletes everywhere are using technology to understand and grow their physical health in real-time. In this conversation Paul explains his experiences building highly available apps and services for a decade in Ed-Tech before moving into the fitness industry. While he shares a ton of interesting technical choices, his thoughts on the importance of hiring collaborative personalities might be the most compelling takeaway. Join as we discuss: Wahoo Fitness front end and back end technology tools. How Wahoo captures data information through fitness devices and their app Paul’s journey burning “innovation tokens” with microservices Creating high-performance teams to establish consistent and streamlined products to customers 00:00:00 Introduction to Paul Lawler 00:00:31 What is Wahoo fitness? 00:04:25 How Wahoo fitness uses data Be sure to rate and review us on your favorite podcast platform! #CockroachDB #wahoofitness Mentioned in this episode: Will Larson’s book “Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track” - https://staffeng.com/book The DevOps Handbook - https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-devops-handbook/9781457191381/