Building Turbopuffer: Gergely Orosz (@pragmaticengineer ) × Simon Eskildsen (CEO)

# Fireside Chat: Gergely Orosz × Simon Eskildsen **Location:** Main Stage **When:** Day 2 - June 30, 2026 · 12:30pm-1:30pm ## Speakers ### Gergely Orosz Author / Founder, The Pragmatic Engineer · The Pragmatic Engineer [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gergelyorosz/) · [Website](https://pragmaticengineer.com) Software engineer, engineering leader, and author of The Software Engineer's Guidebook; best known for The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter and blog covering software engineering practices, engineering leadership, and the tech industry.

Previously held engineering leadership roles at Uber and worked at companies including Skype and Skyscanner. ### Simon Eskildsen CEO and co-founder · turbopuffer [X/Twitter](https://x.com/Sirupsen) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirupsen/) · [Website](https://sirupsen.com) · [Blog](https://sirupsen.com/napkin) Co-founder and CEO at turbopuffer. Formerly Principal Engineer at Shopify, where he helped scale infra from 1K → 1M RPS. — [View on the schedule](https://www.ai.engineer/worldsfair/schedule?session=asn_slot_2026_06_30_main_stage_1230_2026_06_25t07_57_06_000z)

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