#125 - Two CTO Dinosaurs vs. Today's Tech Hype with Raz Shuty // CTO @ auxmoney

What happens when two experienced CTOs sit down to debunk the latest tech trends? Raz Schweiger-Shuty, CTO at auxmoney, joins Tobi for an unfiltered discussion about the hypes, myths, and wastes of resources that plague modern tech companies. After taking over a 17-year-old fintech platform with no prior CTO, Raz made controversial decisions that flew in the face of conventional wisdom: stopping a microservices migration, questioning Kubernetes adoption, and focusing on measurable business value over engineering trends. His ""dinosaur CTO"" perspective offers a refreshing antidote to tech hype. This conversation cuts through the noise with practical insights on: • 🚫 Why every monolith-to-microservices story ends the same way (spoiler: badly) • 💰 Reducing cloud costs from €120k to €85k through systematic waste elimination • 🔧 When Kubernetes complexity becomes a liability rather than an asset • 📊 Using DORA metrics and cost-per-transaction instead of vanity metrics • 🏗️ Building modular monoliths with domain-driven design principles • 👥 Organizing engineering teams around business value streams, not technology stacks

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#125 - Two CTO Dinosaurs vs. Today's Tech Hype with Raz Shuty // CTO @ auxmoney is an episode from alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders by Tobias Schlottke - alphalist CTO Podcast.

This episode is 63:15 long.

This episode was published on Jul 10, 2025.

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