The Cloudcast #277 - DevOps Perspectives from the Front Lines

Brian and Josh Atwell (@Josh_Atwell) talk with Chris Short (@ChrisShort, DevOps @SolarWinds) about the day-to-day role of a DevOps Engineer, how he chooses his tools and communications models, what he learned from the military that’s applicable to DevOps and how he uses his development skills to augment operations.

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• Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PCBW for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos
• Chris Short’s Blog
• “What the Military Taught Me About DevOps”


Show Notes:

• Topic 1 - Tell us about yourself and give us some of your background.

• Topic 2 - So you’re a day-to-day, do it for real DevOps engineer. What does that mean these days?

• Topic 3 - You recently gave a talk at DevOps Days Detroit about “What the Military Taught Me About DevOps”. Tell us about your talk. What can we learn from the military vs. civilian companies (both good and bad)?

• Topic 4 - What are you seeing as the differences between the DevOpsDays events and what you’re doing on a day-to-day basis?

• Topic 5 - Does DevOps only work for companies that have cloud-native applications, or is it applicable to any applications or levels of technical debt?

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The Cloudcast #276 - 3D Printing & Maker Movement

Brian and Josh Atwell (@josh_atwell) talk with Harris Kenny (@harriskenny, VP Marketing @ Aleph Objects) about Lulzbot, the state of 3D printing, market segments, experimentation, innovation, new materials usage and how the Maker-Movement is impacting various aspects of the economy.

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• Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PCBW for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos
• Lulzbot Open Source 3D Printing

Show Notes:

• Topic 1 - Background and what is Lulzbot?

• Topic 2 - I understand open source software, but what is open source hardware?

• Topic 3 - Help us understand the scale of 3D printing - when is it desktop vs. “industrial”, and what types of projects fit in either category?

• Topic 4 - Help us understand the economics of 3D printing? What is it better than today and when does it become better than for other things in the future?

• Topic 5 - There is this thing called “Maker Movement” and “Maker Faire”. What are these events and how does this align to open source communities?

• Topic 6 - Big Question - We’re at the end of election season, which means people are talking about jobs. The US has lost a lot of manufacturing jobs over the last couple decades. Is 3D printing something that could help reverse this trend, since it involves more technology?

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The Cloudcast #275 - Microsoft, Millennials & Open Source

Brian talks with Heather Shapiro (@microheather, Technical Evangelist @Microsoft) about Microsoft's approach to Big Data, how visualization helps people grasp analytics concepts, helping students learn the basics of big data, and the millennial perspective on the tech industry today.

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• Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PCBW for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos
• Heather’s GitHub Page

Show Notes:

• Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background and your talk today.

• Topic 2 - Microsoft big data was Excel and visualization was Powerpoint. So what are you focused on today and what interesting things are you seeing people work on?

• Topic 3 - What is a “Microsoft Developer” these days? What languages and frameworks are they focused on, or what tools and platforms?

• Topic 4 - You’re a fairly recent grad, or “millennial”. What’s your outlook on the tech industry these days, and what areas of focus are interesting to you and your friends?

• Topic 5 - What are the things that surprise you the most (or are most disappointing) about how us old people act in technology?

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The Cloudcast #274 - Stranger Things with Netflix Containers & OSS

Brian talks with Andrew Spyker (@aspyker, Manager, Netflix Container Cloud) about his work on Netflix OSS, the evolution of Netflix’s Container Cloud, the Netflix culture and what other companies might be able to learn from their experiences.

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• Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PCBW for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos
• Netflix OSS
• Building a Distributed and Automated Open Source program at NetFlix
• Netflix and Containers - Not a Stranger Thing

Show Notes:

• Topic 1 - Great to finally have you on the show, we’ve been trying to get you on for several years. What are you working on these days?

• Topic 2 - What is Netflix OSS these days? Is it a hiring movement, or a “maybe move off AWS movement”, or is it getting non-Netflix adoption?

• Topic 3 - You used to work at IBM. What have you learned at Netflix (culture, process, etc.) that could be applied to non-Netflix companies?

• Topic 4 - We’ve see some of the Netflix OSS tools getting embedded into the Container and PaaS platforms (e.g. circuit breaker, chaos monkey, etc.)

• Topic 5 - You’re also working on containers platforms at Netflix. Containers are a big deal for many companies these days. What has Netflix learned that could be valuable to other companies?

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The Cloudcast #273 - Open Data for Business

Brian talks with Melissa Nysewander (@mnysewan - Fidelity, Director of Data Science) about the state of data-science, how companies are using open and proprietary data, how to explain the value of data science within your organization, and how companies are recruiting data science talent.

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Show Notes:

• Topic 1 - Let’s talk about your talk, “Open Data for Business”. What are some of the highlights?

• Topic 2 - You talk says that you, “Advocate for data-driven decision making and the application of scientific methods to solve business problems”. What is the business conversation around big data?

• Topic 3 - For the non-analytics person, where are we with big data these days?

• Topic 4 - You also have a background in teaching and research. “Data” is now part of every aspect of our lives, so what path might kids in school take today to be prepared for this world?

• Topic 5 - If you don’t have access to university research, what are the best places to learn or engage with communities??

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The Cloudcast #272 - The Kubernetes State of the Community

Brian talks with Joseph Jacks (@asynchio; Founder @KubeCon; Kubernetes engineering @Apprenda) about the upcoming KubeCon conference, the evolution of the Kubernetes community, why customers are putting the technology into production, areas of improvement and where SIs and ISVs are looking to expand the technology for various markets.

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• Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PCBW for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos
• KubeCon 2016
• OpenShift Commons Gathering
• CloudNativeCon
• Prometheus Day
• Cloud Foundry’s Service Broker API Role in Kubernetes and Open Source Platforms

Show Notes:

• Topic 1 - It’s Year 2 of KubeCon. Momentum in the Kubernetes community has been growing really quickly. Give us the update on the event. Who are some of the companies that will be speaking about their experiences with Kubernetes?

• Topic 2 - We first met about a year and a half ago, before Kismatic (your previous company) went public. Back then it was lots of Kubernetes POCs, but now it seems like more and more Kubernetes in production. How are you seeing the market evolve and what’s driving it?

• Topic 3 - Companies have a lot of choices about how to manage containers these days - Kubernetes, Swarm, Mesos, DIY approaches, etc. What are you hearing about why companies are choosing Kubernetes?

• Topic 4 - No architecture is without faults or issues. What challenges do you still see for Kubernetes adopters, or the top priorities for the Kubernetes community?

• Topic 5 - Where are you seeing opportunities to interact with the Kubernetes community (for ISVs, Cloud Providers, Emerging Technology areas, etc.)?

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The Cloudcast #271 - VMware and the Book Store

Aaron and Brian talk with Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen, @SpeakingInTech podcast) and Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor, CTOAdvisor podcast) about today’s announcement of VMware vCloud on AWS.

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• Get a free book from O'Reilly media or use promo code PCBW for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos
• VMware Cloud on AWS

Show Notes:

• Topic 1 - What happened today? What are the basics that we know about this announcement?

• Topic 1a - Why didn’t this happen 2, 3 or 4 years ago?

• Topic 2 - Why do you think each of these companies agreed to this deal/arrangement?

• Topic 3 - What does this say about VMware? About the Dell/EMC relationship with VMware? About the vCloud Network of SPs? About Dell and Azure?

• Topic 4 - What does this say about AWS?

• Topic 5 - Who are the potential winners and potential losers, and where do the ripples in the industry go from here (or do they)?

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