Hosts new and old gather together for this special episode of the podcast! We’ll talk about our favorite episodes of the year, the coolest things from 2019, and wrap up another great year together doing what we love! Happy Holidays to all of our listeners, and we’ll see you in the new year!



Top episodes of the year


GCP Podcast Episode 173: Cloud Run with Steren Giannini and Ryan Gregg podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 165: Python with Dustin Ingram podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 175: MongoDB with Andrew Davidson podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 160: Knative with Mark Chmarny and Ville Aikas podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 180: Firebase with Jen Person podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 164: Node.js with Myles Borins podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 174: Professional Services with Ann Wallace and Michael Wallman podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 176: Human-Centered AI with Di Dang podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 168: NVIDIA T4 with Ian Buck and Kari Briski podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 163: Cloud SQL with Amy Krishnamohan podcast


Favorite episodes of the year


Mark Mirchandani’s Favorites:


GCP Podcast Episode 193: Devoted Health and Data Science with Chris Albon podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 177: Primer with John Bohannon podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 202: Supersolid with Kami May podcast

Mark Mandel’s Favorites:


GCP Podcast Episode 186: Blockchain with Allen Day podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 196: Phoenix Labs with Jesse Houston podcast

Jon’s Favorites:


GCP Podcast Episode 199: Data Visualization with Manuel Lima podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 196: Phoenix Labs with Jesse Houston podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 206: ML/AI with Zack Akil podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 201: FACEIT with Maria Laura Scuri podcast

Gabi’s Favorites:


GCP Podcast Episode 199: Data Visualization with Manuel Lima podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 167: World Pi Day with Emma Haruka Iwao podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 206: ML/AI with Zack Akil podcast
GCP Podcast Episode 198: SeMI Technologies with Laura Ham podcast



Favorite things of the year


Mark Mirchandani’s Favorites:


Cloud Run

Mark Mandel’s Favorites:


Stadia
Samurai Shodown available on Stadia
All the new podcast hosts!

Jon’s Favorites:


First time doing the podcast at NEXT and it was quite the experience.
Going to Nvidia offices to do an episode
Getting to talk to guests in the gaming industry and hear how passionate they are about the things they are building
Joining the podcast
Podcast outtakes!

Gabi’s Favorites:


Visited a bunch of offices!
Joining the podcast
Cloud NEXT talk, where my demo failed but I recovered!
Spreading the love and joy of databases




Where can you find us next?

Mark Mirch’ will be sleeping as much as possible!

Mandel will be working on plans for Next, GDC, and I/O 2020!

Gabi will be running away to warm weather for her winter vacation!

Jon will be home! He’ll also be planning gaming content for next year and wrapping up this year with some deep dives into multiplayer games and some possible content!

Sound Effects Attribution


“Small Group Laugh 4, 5 & 6” by Tim.Kahn of Freesound.org
“Incorrect” by RicherLandTV of Freesound.org
“Correct” by Epon of Freesound.org
“Fireworks 3 Bursts” by AtomWrath of Freesound.org
“Jingle Romantic” by Jay_You of Freesound.org
“Dark Cinematic” by Michael-DB of Freesound.org
“Bossa Loop” by Reinsamba of Freesound.org