CTO asks CTO: Jonas Bonér on Akka, AI agents, and distributed systems
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What happens when two CTOs talk distributed systems, Akka, and AI?
Jonas Bonér isn’t just the creator of Akka—he’s one of the most prolific voices in distributed systems today. You’ve read his writing. You’ve probably bookmarked his Principles and Patterns for Distributed Application Architecture. But in this special episode of CTO Asks CTO, you get to hear directly from him.
In this wide-ranging conversation with Łukasz Marchewka, CTO at Scalac, Jonas shares his take on distributed system design, where Akka is headed, and how AI agents are beginning to change how we think about software. It’s a candid, technical, and forward-looking discussion between two seasoned engineers who’ve been in the trenches.
