Welcome to episode 286 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Welcome to the final show of 2024! We thank you for joining us on our cloud journey over the past year. During this last show of the year, we look back on all the tech that changed our jobs and lives, and make predictions for an AI filled 2025. Join Justin, Jonathan, Ryan, and Matthew as they look forward to even more discussions about undersea cables. Happy New Year! Titles we almost went with this week: We thought 2...
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 286
Welcome to episode 285 of the Explain it to me Like I’m 5 Podcast, formerly known as The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! We’ve got a lot of news this week, including the last of our coverage from re:Invent, ChatGTP Pro, FPGA, and even some major staffing turnovers. Titles we almost went with this week: Throw $200 dollars in a fire with ChatGPT Pro Jeff Barr is wrapped up by Agentic AI ️The Tribble with Trilliums ️The Wind in the Quantum Willows ⚰️Rise of the dead instances FPGA ...
Dec 26, 2024•58 min•Ep. 285
Welcome to episode 284 of The Cloud Pod – where the forecast is always cloudy! Everybody is in the house this week, and it’s a good thing because since we’ve last recorded re:Invent happened, and we have a LOT to talk about. So let’s jump right in! Titles we almost went with this week: Amazon Steals from Azure…. We Are Doomed ️The Cloud Pod Can Now Throw Away a lot of Code The Cloud Pod Controls the Future The Cloud Pod Observes More Insights We Are Simplicity ❌X None of the Above Stop Trying to...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 284
Welcome to episode 283 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Break out your crystal balls and shuffle those tarot decks, because it’s Re:Invent prediction time! Sorry we missed you all last week – the plague has been strong with us. But Justin and Jonathan are BACK, and we’ve got a ton of news, so buckle in and let’s get started! Titles we almost went with this week: Not My Snowcones! Lambda at 10: Still Better Than Windows Containers A big thanks to this week’s sponsor: We’re s...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 283
Welcome to episode 282 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! This week Justin, Ryan, and Matthew are happy to be joining you in the clouds versus watching election information. This week we’re talking nuclear energy, AI Search tools, and all things Pre:Invent. Welcome, and thanks for joining us! Titles we almost went with this week: ️The Cloud Pod Would Much Rather Record This Show Than Watch the Election Results ️IBM Comes for Your AI Dollars AWS Goes Limitless with the Postgre...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 282
Welcome to episode 281 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin and Ryan are your hosts as we search the clouds for all the latest news and info. This week we’re talking about ECS turning 10 (yes, we were there when it was announced, and yes, we’re old,) some more drama from the CrowdStrike fiasco, lots of updates to GitHub, plus more. Join us! Titles we almost went with this week: Github Universe full of ECS containers ️Github Universe lives up to the Universal expectations...
Nov 07, 2024•45 min•Ep. 281
Welcome to episode 280 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! This week Justin, Jonathan, Ryan, and Matthew are your hosts as we travel through the latest in cloud news. This week we’re talking more about nuclear power, some additional major employee shakeups, Claude releases, plus saying RIP to CloudWatch Evidently and hello to Azure Cobalt VMs. Titles we almost went with this week: ☢️The cloud providers are colluding on Nuclear Power I fear our AWS AI nightmare might get worse ...
Oct 31, 2024•56 min•Ep. 280
Welcome to episode 279 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! This week Justin, Jonathan and Matthew are your guide through the Cloud. We’re talking about everything from BigQuery to Google Nuclear power plans, and everything in between! Welcome to episode 279! Titles we almost went with this week: AWS SKYNET (Q) now controls the supply chain ⛓️AWS Supply Chain: Where skynet meets your shopping list Digital Ocean follows Azure with the Premium everything ⛰️EKS mounts S3 GCP now a...
Oct 23, 2024•55 min•Ep. 279
Welcome to episode 278 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! When Justin’s away, the guys will… maybe get a show recorded? This week, we’re talking OpenAI, another service scheduled for the grave over at AWS, saying goodbye to pesky IPv4 fees, Azure FXv2 VMs, Valkey 8.0 and so much more! Thanks for joining us, here in the cloud! Titles we almost went with this week: Another One Bites the Dust Peak AI reached: OpenAI Now Puts Print Statements in Code to Help You Debug A big thank...
Oct 16, 2024•47 min•Ep. 278
Welcome to episode 277 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Ryan, and Matthew are your hosts this week for a news packed show. This week we dive into the latest in cloud computing with announcements from Google’s new AI search tools, Meta’s open-sourced AI models, and Microsoft Copilot’s expanded capabilities. We’ve also got Oracle releases, and some non-liquid Java on the agenda (but also the liquid kind, too) and Class E IP addresses. Plus, be sure to stay tuned for ...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 277
Welcome to episode 276 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! This week, our hosts Justin, Matthew, and Jonathan do a speedrun of OpenWorld news, talk about energy needs and the totally not controversial decision to reopen 3 Mile Island, a “managed” exodus from cloud, and Kubernetes news. As well as Amazon’s RTO we are calling “Elastic Commute”. All this and more, right now on The Cloud Pod. Titles we almost went with this week: The Cloud Pod Hosts don’t own enough pants for five...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 276
Welcome to episode 275 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matthew and Ryan are awake and ready to bring you all the latest and greatest in cloud news, including SQream, a new partnership between OCI and AWS (yes, really) Azure Linux, and a lot of updates over at AWS. Get comfy and we’ll see you all in the cloud! Titles we almost went with this week: I SQream, You SQream, The CloudPod SQreams for AI Ice Cream ️AWS East gets Stability, but only for AI. AWS has some Loft...
Sep 18, 2024•47 min•Ep. 275
Welcome to episode 274 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Ryan and Matthew are your hosts this week as we explore the world of SnapShots, Maia, Open Source, and VMware – just to name a few of the topics. And stay tuned for an installment of our continuing Cloud Journey Series to explore ways to decrease tech debt, all this week on The Cloud Pod. Titles we almost went with this week: The Cloud Pod in Parallel Cluster The Cloud Pod cringes at managing 1000 aws accounts ...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 274
Welcome to episode 273 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Hold onto your butts – this week your hosts Justin, Ryan, Matthew and (eventually) Jonathan are bringing you two weeks worth of cloud and AI news. We’ve got Karpenter, Kubernetes, and Secrets, plus news from OpenAI, MFA changes that are going to be super fun for Matthew, and Azure Phi. Get comfy – it’s going to be a doozy! Titles we almost went with this week: The Cloud Pod Teaches Azure-normalized Camel Casing The Clo...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 273
Welcome to episode 272 of The Cloud Pod! This week, Matthew and Justin are bringing you all the latest in cloud and AI news, including new updates to the ongoing Crowdstrike drama, JSON schemas, AWS vaults, and IPv6 addresses – even some hacking opportunities! All this and more, this week in the cloud. Titles we almost went with this week: ️The cloud pod is now logically air-gapped The Cloud Pod has continuous snark The Cloud Pod points the finger at delta AI now with JSON SCHEMAS!!! A big thank...
Aug 24, 2024•51 min•Ep. 272
Welcome to episode 271 of the Cloud Pod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Jonathan and Matthew are your hosts today as we discuss the latest news in cloud and AI, including earnings reports, Google’s legal trouble, and SQL updates. We even take a minute to give some side eye to AWS’s deprioritization techniques. Spoiler alert: 0 out of 5 stars for keeping customers informed. Titles we almost went with this week: No Google, you can’t own Park Place, Boardwalk, the railroads a...
Aug 14, 2024•54 min•Ep. 271
The Cloud Pod Puts a Hex-LLM on all these AI Announcements Welcome to episode 270 of the Cloud Pod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Jonathan, Ryan, Matt and Justin are your hosts today as we sort through all of the cloud and AI news of the week, including updates to the Crowdstrike BSOD event, more info on that proposed Wiz takeover (spoiler alert: it’s toast) and some updates to Bedrock. All this and more news, right now on the Cloud Pod! Titles we almost went with this week: The ...
Aug 09, 2024•54 min•Ep. 270
Welcome to episode 269 of the Cloud Pod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matthew and Ryan are your hosts this week as we talk about – you guessed it – the Crowdstrike update that broke, well, everything! We’re also looking at Databricks, Google potentially buying Wiz, NY Summit news, and more! Titles we almost went with this week: ✈️You can’t take Justin down; but a 23-hour flight to India (or Crowdstrike updates) can Google wants Wiz, and Crowdstrike Strikes all Crowdstrik...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 269
Welcome to episode 268 of the Cloud Pod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin says he’s in India, but we know he’s really been replaced by Skynet. Jonathan, Matthew, and Ryan are here in his stead to bring all the latest cloud news, including PGO for optimization, a Linux vulnerability, CloudFront’s new managed policies, and even a frank discussion about whether or not the AI Hype train has officially left the station. Sit back and enjoy! Titles we almost went with this week: Ope...
Jul 21, 2024•49 min•Ep. 268
Welcome to episode 265 of the Cloud Pod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! It’s a full house this week – Matthew, Jonathan, Ryan and Justin are all here to bring you the latest in cloud news – including FOCUS features in AWS Billing, Magic Quadrants, and AWS Metis. Plus, we have an Andoid vs. Apple showdown in the Aftershow, so be sure to stay tuned for that! Titles we almost went with this week: Tech reports show Gartner leads in the BS quadrant ⚖️Oracle adds cloud and legal expens...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 266
Welcome to episode 265 of the Cloud Pod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin and Matthew are with you this week, and even though it’s a light news week, you’re definitely going to want to stick around. We’re looking forward to FinOps, talking about updates to Consul, WIF coming to Vault 1.17, and giving an intro to Databricks LakeFlow. Because we needed another lake product. Be sure to stick around for this week’s Cloud Journey series too. Titles we almost went with this week: T...
Jun 28, 2024•40 min•Ep. 265
Welcome to episode 264 of the Cloud Pod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Jonathan, Ryan (and eventually) Matthew are all on hand this week – and *announcement noise* this week it’s the return of the Cloud Journey Series! There’s also a lot of news from Re:inforce, a ground-breaking partnership between Oracle and Google Cloud, and updates to GKE. The guys also look ahead to Finops ‘24. Titles we almost went with this week: ✍️First, AI came for Writers/Artists, then it came f...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 264
Welcome to episode 263 of the Cloud Pod Podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week we’re diving into the world of Snowflake, including announcements from their latest conference and details about their recent breach. Seriously – MFA is important! Plus we look at updates to Terraform, Claude 3, and OCI pushing the IOPS limits and much more. Join us! Titles we almost went with this week: ❄️Snowflake Announces State-of-the-Art way for hackers to Talk to your Data ️Ticketmaster gets a ...
Jun 12, 2024•55 min•Ep. 263
Welcome to episode 262 of the Cloud Pod podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, and Ryan are your hosts this week, and there’s a ton of news to get through! We look at updates to .NET and Kubernetes, the future of email, new instances that promise to cause economic woes, and – hold onto your butts – a new deep sea cable! Let’s get started! Titles we almost went with this week: ☁️What is a vagrant when you move it into your cloud I only Aspire not to use/support .NET AI Is the Gate...
Jun 06, 2024•53 min•Ep. 262
Welcome to episode 261 of the Cloud Pod podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Matthew, and Ryan are your hosts this week, and there’s a ton of news to cover, including a slew of Azure and Oracle stories! This week the guys cover some new cost management strategies from FinOps, some Kubernetes updates, MS Build, and even fancy schmancy CoPilot PCs! Titles we almost went with this week: Azure woke up and announced things AWS stops taking your IPv4 Money ✈️Well now everything has ...
May 29, 2024•54 min•Ep. 261
Welcome to episode 260 of the Cloud Pod podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week your hosts Justin, Matthew, and Jonathan and Ryan are talking about changes in leadership over at Amazon, GPT-4.o and its image generating capabilities, and the new voice of Skynet, Amazon Polly! It’s an action packed episode – and make sure to stay tuned for this week’s after show. Titles we almost went with this week: Who eats pumpkin pie in May Bytes and Goodbyes: AWS CEO Logs Off AWS lets you kno...
May 24, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 260
Welcome to episode 259 of the Cloud Pod podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week your hosts Justin, Matthew, and Jonathan and Ryan (yes, all 4!) are covering A LOT of information – you’re going to want to sit down for this one. This week’s agenda includes unnecessary Magic Quadrants, SecOps, Dataflux updates, CNAME chain struggles, and an intro into Phi-3 – plus so much more! Titles we almost went with this week: ⚛️GKE Config Sync or the Auto Outage for K8 Feature If only all my ...
May 15, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to episode 258 of the Cloud Pod podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week your hosts Justin, Matthew, and Jonathan dig into all the latest earnings reports, talk about the 57 announcements made by AWS about Q, and discuss the IBM purchase of HashiCorp – plus even more news. Make sure to stay for the aftershow, where the guys break down an article warning about the loss of training data for LLM’s. Titles we almost went with this week: Terraform hugs to Big Blue (Bear) The C...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 258
Welcome to episode 257 of the Cloud Pod podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week your hosts Justin, Matthew, Ryan, and Jonathan are in the barnyard bringing you the latest news, which this week is really just Meta’s release of Llama 3. Seriously. That’s every announcement this week. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Titles we almost went with this week: Meta Llama says no Drama No Meta Prob-llama Keep Calm and Llama on Redis did not embrace the Llama MK The bedrock of good AI is buil...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 257
Welcome to episode 256 of the Cloud Pod podcast – where the forecast is always cloudy! This week your hosts, Justin and Matthew are here this week to catch you up on all the news you may have missed while Google Next was going on. We’ve got all the latest news on the custom silicon hot war that’s developing, some secret sync, drama between HashiCorp and OpenTofu, and one more Google Next recap – plus much more in today’s episode. Welcome to the Cloud! Titles we almost went with this week: I have...
Apr 24, 2024•41 min•Ep. 256
