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Adventures in DevOps

Will Button, Warren Paradadventuresindevops.com
Join us in listening to the experienced experts discuss cutting edge challenges in the world of DevOps. From applying the mindset at your company, to career growth and leadership challenges within engineering teams, and avoiding the common antipatterns. Every episode you'll meet a new industry veteran guest with their own unique story.
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Episodes

More Security Breaches in the World - DevOps 078

Jeffrey Groman takes the reins and walks Chuck and Will through the latest and greatest security breaches out on the internet.He also walks them through how to operate to avoid being caught by several of these issues.Specifically, he explains the Microsoft issue in the print spooler and the breach of Kaseya and what the implications are within the wider world.Panel Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Will Button Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-...

Jul 22, 20211 hr 7 min

Evaluating Jobs and Job Offers - DevOps 077

Jeffrey, Will, and Chuck dive into the question "How do you know whether or not you want to take a job?" during and after the interview.The discussion ranges through what to ask employers, knowing what you want from the job, and how to determine before and after the interview whether the job offer is a good fit for you.Panel Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Will Button Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Picks Charles- Atlas Shrugged Will- beyerdynamic DT 880 Pro Over-Ear Studio Headphone Contac...

Jul 15, 20211 hr 7 min

Gaining Stability with Rule Based Policies with Shimon Tolts - DevOps 076

Shimon Tolts is the CEO datree.io. Shimon talks the panel through an outage he experienced while working for a previous employer. He breaks down the situation and the explains the types of misconfiguration that caused his outage and how these things can cause problems in other applications as well.He explains how to set up rules and policies that allow people to move fast without breaking things and without getting in the way.Panel Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Will Button Guest Shimon Tolts S...

Jul 08, 202155 min

The Power for UniKernels with Ian Eyberg - DevOps 075

Ian Eyberg jumps on with the panel to discuss the uses and origins of UniKernels. He and the panel discuss how to set them up and where they fit into your infrastucture conversations.Panel Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Will Button Guest Ian Eyberg Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links The History of Software Infrastructure - YouTube Dynamically Changing the Memory Layout of a Rust Unikernel in Google Cloud on every HTTP Request - YouTube From the Ground Up: How We Built the Nanos Unikerne...

Jul 01, 202157 min

DevOps in BioInformatics with Jillian Rowe - DevOps 074

Jillian Rowe specializes in setting up AWS clusters for collecting and analyzing bioinformatics data. She's worked with several companies to set up "virtual labs" where they can use Data Science techniques and Machine Learning to analyze and understand the data they collect from their studies.This episode walks through a lot of the approach she uses to communicate with her customers and deliver solutions that provide them with the information needed to do their jobs.Panel Charles Max Wood Jeffre...

Jun 24, 202154 min

Things a DevOps Engineer Needs to Know - DevOps 073

Will and Jeffrey discuss the things that DevOps Engineers need to know. If you're diving into DevOps, you're probably wondering what skills do you need to know?Also, how much of the skill you need to have is technical versus non-technical. People skills and soft skills verus hard typing and at-the-keyboard skills.If you're in DevOps, these are the things you need to learn or the gaps you need to fill.Panel Jeffrey Groman Will Button Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get...

Jun 17, 202157 min

How to Conquer Your AWS Costs with Yann Stoneman - DevOps 072

Yann Stoneman joins the adventure to talk about the tools and approach he uses to cut AWS costs for his customers. The panel chimes in with how they track costs on AWS as well and what they do when they realize costs are creeping up.They then dive into Yann’s story going from Juilliard to FreeCodeCamp to AWS Certifications to working full time as an AWS consultant.Panel Caleb Fornari Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Will Button Guest Yann Stoneman Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links How I ...

Jun 10, 20211 hr 7 min

The 3 Essentials for Successful Job Outcomes - BONUS

Chuck dives into the 3 essentials for getting the next successful outcome you want in your career. Whether that's something simple like a raise or something more complex like going freelance, you can achieve it by working on 3 main areas.First, building skills. The most obvious type of skills you'll need is technical skills. However, don't neglect your people skills and your organizational skills as well since you're often paid for how you work with people and enhance their work and how you put ...

Jun 04, 202135 min

What is DevOps, Anyway? with Will Button - DevOps 071

Will Button returns to discuss the roots and meanings of the DevOps movement with Caleb, Chuck, and Jeffrey.They take on the idea that DevOps is the infrastructure department and dissect the ideas pulled from the Agile and other movements that fed ideas into the DevOps movement.They also go over leadership and other requirements that empower DevOps personnel to excel in their jobs and take their careers and companies to new levels.Panel Caleb Fornari Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Guest Will Bu...

Jun 03, 20211 hr 3 min

How to Get Hired at a FANG Company - BONUS

Chuck explains what he taught Nathan last week when we asked how to get hired at a FANG (Facebook Apple/Amazon Netflix Google) company. Essentially, it boils down to how to build the skills and knowledge needed to pass the interview. How to build the relationships to get into the door and have the interviewer want you to succeed. And how to build the reputation that has the company wanting you regardless of the outcome. This approach also works for speaking at conferences, selling courses, and o...

May 28, 202122 min

Grafana Labs with Matthew Helmke - DevOps 070

Matthew Helmke is a Senior Technical Content Developer at Grafana Labs. He helps companies and people track metrics and alerts around their data to understand what is going on in the systems and information that they manage.He walks Caleb and Jeffrey through the process of understanding systems and data to draw a picture that describes their systems and integrations so they can make better decisions and handle events that occur.Panel Caleb Fornari Jeffrey Groman Guest Matthew Helmke Sponsors Dev...

May 27, 20211 hr 2 min

Kubernetes-in-Kubernetes on Bare Metal with Andrei Kvapil - DevOps 069

Andrei Kvapil joins the adventure to discuss Kubernetes with Jeffrey Groman.Andrei breaks down how he and his company needed to set up Kubernetes to manage their blade server setup and how they wound up running Kubernetes in Kubernetes to gain the characteristics they needed.Panel Jeffrey Groman Guest Andrei Kvapil Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Links Breaking down and fixing Kubernetes Breaking down and fixing etcd cluster kvaps...

May 20, 202142 min

The Theft and Recovery of Perl.com with Brian D. Foy - DevOps 068

When Perl.com went down, its owner and others had no idea that the domain had been stolen months earlier and later resold. Brian D. Foy stepped in to run down leads and contact people on behalf of the folks who owned the website to find out what happened.He walks us through the process of finding out what happened, getting the domain back, and what you can do in order to keep it from happening to you and how to make it easy to recover when things do go wrong.Panel Caleb Fornari Charles Max Wood ...

May 13, 20211 hr 2 min

Becoming the Go-To Person in Your Technology Area - BONUS

Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do.So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you.Panel Charles Max Wood Ad...

May 07, 202117 min

DevOps for Developers with Will Button - DevOps 067

In a lot of ways, DevOps folks are essentially Developers. They encode infrastructure and processes often using code. This episode with Will Button dives into how Developers can jump into DevOps by learning the ropes of what they're coding against and the problem sets solved by DevOps. This show also goes into how to communicate and collaborate between development and DevOps.Panel Caleb Fornari Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Guest Will Button Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click ...

May 06, 20218 min

Getting Amazing Personal Productivity with Mason McLead - DevOps 066

Mason McLead is the CTO at Software.com . Software.com is a toolset that measures developer productivity and helps developers be more productive. He discusses the things that are likely the Achilles heel to your productivity and a few simple things you can do to make sure you’re working efficiently.Panel Caleb Fornari Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Guest Mason McLead Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links LinkedIn: Mason Mclead Picks Caleb- The Endless Acid Banger Charles- monday.com Charle...

Apr 29, 20211 hr

Don't Let These Things Keep You From Podcasting - BONUS

Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey.Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 29, 202115 min

BONUS: Relationships Matter Most

Charles Max Wood talks about how to build, grow, and benefit from positive relationships within programming. He talks about how he's built genuine positive relationships with hundreds of programmers and how he and others have grown from those relationships. He also explains that you get out of relationships what you put into them. Finally, he goes into how to begin to build relationships by building a system of influence you can use on behalf of the people you want relationships with.Panel Charl...

Apr 22, 202122 min

BONUS: How Opportunities Come Your Way When You're an Influencer

Charles Max Wood discusses several opportunities that came his way early in his podcasting career and other opportunities that have come to other people after only a couple of podcast episodes. He explains why that happens and how you can use this to create more influence as a developer.Panel Charles Max Wood Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Apr 16, 202121 min

DevOps 065: Code Reviews with James Donohue

James Donohue is a developer at the BBC (British Broadcasting) and explains the new way that they approach code reviews in his division. He also explains the ins and outs of how they communicate about code and the different purposes that code reviews can serve within an organization. Jeff, Caleb, and Chuck also chime in with their experience with code reviews and other similar approaches in security and DevOps.Panel Charles Max Wood Caleb Fornari Jeffrey Groman Guest James Donohue Sponsors Dev I...

Apr 15, 20211 hr

BONUS: What is Charles Max Wood’s Biggest Payoff for Being a Dev Influencer?

Charles Max Wood started podcasting because it sounded fun and because he wanted to talk about technology. He learned pretty quickly that it got him access to people who understood the things he wanted to learn. The reasons changed over the years, as Charles explains before he talks about the big payoff he gets now from doing the podcasts.Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Advertising Inquiries: https://redcirc...

Apr 08, 202134 min

BONUS: How Jason Weimann Became a Game Developer

Jason Weimann started out as an enthusiast of the Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Everquest. After becoming a software developer and building a collaborative community playing the game, learn how he used his connections to get a job working for the company that made the game, even if it wasn't a job working as a game developer and how that led to a career working on one of the most popular online games of the time.Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Jason Weimann Sponsors Dev Heroes Acc...

Apr 01, 202141 min

BONUS: Continuing Your Learning Journey by Finding Mentors as an Influencer

Chuck outlines how he's used his podcasts to find mentors to continue his learning journey over 12 years of podcasting. Some mentors have been long lived relationships while others have lasted only a few months or even days. This episode shares Chuck's experience learning from the top people in the development community as a programmer and podcaster.Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle....

Mar 23, 202132 min

BONUS: How Senior Developers Can Enjoy Learning Like They Were Juniors

Remember the amazing adventure it was to learn a new thing every day as a Junior Developer? It's easy to feel a little stuck or lost as a Senior developer since there aren't roadmaps or people looking to mentor seniors. (Besides Charles Max Wood.) Chuck talks about how he felt that way at different points in his career and how podcasting and connecting with the programming communities helped him get past that.Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get start...

Mar 16, 202140 min

BONUS: How Charles Max Wood Started Podcasting -- And You Can Too

Charles Max Wood goes into the origin story of his podcasting career and how it relates to his programming career. He starts with his interest from a young age in technology and his dreams of being a radio DJ. He moves quickly through college and into his first job after college where he was introduced to podcasts by a co-worker who had purchased an iPod.He calls out several mentors like Gregg Pollack, Eric Berry, Nate Hopkins, Cliff Ravenscraft, David Brady, Dave Jackson, and many more.He then ...

Mar 09, 202145 min

BONUS: How to get Freelance Clients to Come to You

Charles Max Wood explains how he landed his first 4 freelance clients that took him through a few years of freelancing with only 3 years of experience and a few hundred podcast listeners. Funnily enough, they actually came to him, not the other way around.He explains how he made himself attractive to them and then turned it into a mutually profitable relationship once he had their attention.Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-...

Mar 02, 202135 min

DevOps 064: Software Dependencies: Do you Know What’s Lurking in your Software?

Charles is joined by Caleb Fornari and Jeffrey Groman as we discuss the challenges of public versus private package managers and the security implications of using public repositories.Panel Caleb Fornari Charles Max Wood Jeffrey Groman Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Links Adventures in DevOps - Devchat.tv Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies Devchat.tv | JSJ 357: Event-Stream & Package Vulnerabilities with Richard Feldman and Hillel Wayne Ma...

Feb 23, 202110 min

DevOps 018: How We Killed DevOps? with Adam Nowak

This is a repeat episode of Adventures in DevOps. Here's the original link https://devchat.tv/adventures-in-devops/devops-018-how-we-killed-devops-with-adam-nowak/ Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Special Guest: Adam Nowak. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...

Feb 17, 202155 min

DevOps 063: Chaos Engineering with Mikolaj Pawlikowski

Mikolaj Pawlikowski wrote a book about Chaos Engineering. His book is a practical guide to using the tools to test your infrastructure. He's a tech lead at Bloomberg running Kubernetes. He walks us through the various tools and techniques for making sure that your systems will stand up to things that can destabilize them by scripting different failure scenarios.Panel Charles Max Wood Guest Mikolaj Pawlikowski Sponsors Dev Heroes Accelerator Picks Charles- Talk to people you don’t agree with Char...

Feb 09, 202145 min

BONUS: Measuring Apps and Entrepreneurship with John-Daniel Trask

John-Daniel Trask, founder and CEO of Raygun, talks about his experience building a monitoring company and about how to measure the speed and quality of your code. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Feb 05, 202118 min
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