10.07.2025 • 1 Std. 3 Min.

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