Gerhard joins the hosts to discuss what they didn't do, including holding S3 wrong, enabling HTTP/3 and Brotli compression, improving SLOs and Changelog Nightly, and attending KubeCon 2023 in Chicago. They also talk about a listener-built neural search engine, continuous improvement with Linode and Kubernetes, CDN collaboration and learning, graph technology and the 'nodes' conference, Brotli compression challenges, tools and workflows at big companies, perceptions of 'one password' and a new password manager, and their excitement for Koopcon and meeting listeners.
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The podcast discusses the process of migrating the Changlog Nightly app to Fly and using Dagger for deployment, enabling features like HTTP/3 and Brotli compression.
The hosts highlight the benefits and challenges of using password managers, mentioning One Password and the need for continuous improvement in password management.
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The podcast episode discusses the process of migrating the Changlog Nightly app to Fly and using Dagger for deployment. The host talks about enabling features like HTTP/3 and Brotli compression, as well as integrating with GitHub DB and storing secrets with OnePassword. They also highlight the benefits of using Dagger pipelines for consistent development across different environments, showcasing the ease of building, testing, and running the app locally. The summary concludes with mention of upcoming features like Dagger Shell and Dagger Serve.
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Discussion on One Password and the Need for Advanced Tooling
In this episode, the hosts discuss the benefits and challenges of using password managers. They mention One Password and its user experience shortcomings from a UX standpoint. The conversation delves into the need for sophisticated tools like One Password outside of big tech companies and the alternatives available, such as the open source password manager Passbolt. They also touch on the importance of having separate vaults for different contexts and the need for continuous improvement to address user needs in password management.
Gerhard joins us for the 12th Kaizen and this time talk about what we DIDN’T do. We were holding S3 wrong, we put some cash back in our pockets, we enabled HTTP/3, Brotli compression, and Fastly websockets, we improved our SLOs, we improved Changelog Nightly, and we’re going to KubeCon 2023 in Chicago.
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