The next generation of software development *will* be televised! That’s the whole mission of SoftWare in Motion, a new multimedia show designed to explore the world’s most cutting-edge enterprise applications. Each week, Hosts @eric_kavanagh and Chris Sachs will examine the component parts of mission-critical systems, unearthing insights about the architecture, code and deployment of the systems that run big business.

In this inaugural episode, we’ll tackle one of the most important and vexing challenges in the industry today: State! We’ll discuss why stateful applications should ideally scale in much the same way that stateless technologies like Kubernetes operate. We’ll open with a map of the Modern Data Stack, taking a look at key open source projects and how they align with important use cases. Then we’ll dive into the details of how to write durable enterprise software solutions that address modern business needs.