Screaming in the Cloud

Rachel Dines, Head of Product and Technical Marketing at Chronosphere, talks about the importance of creating a cloud-native observability strategy and the challenges that come with it. They discuss the need for a well-defined strategy, the role of experience in operations, challenges of implementing observability in cloud-native environments, and the downstream effects of observability costs. The podcast wraps up by promoting the Chronosphere website and episode sponsor.

Jeff Morris, VP of Product & Solutions Marketing at Couchbase, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss Couchbase’s new columnar data store functionality, specific use cases for columnar data stores, and why AI gets better when it communicates with a cleaner pool of data. Jeff shares how more responsive databases could allow businesses like Dominos and United Airlines to create hyper-personalized experiences for their customers by utilizing more responsive databases. Jeff dives into the linked future of AI and data, and Corey learns about Couchbase’s plans for the re:Invent conference. If you’re attending re:Invent, you can visit Couchbase at booth 1095.About JeffJeff Morris is VP Product & Solutions Marketing at Couchbase (NASDAQ: BASE), a cloud database platform company that 30% of the Fortune 100 depend on.Links Referenced:Couchbase: https://www.couchbase.com/

Jeremy Tangren, Director of Media Operations at The Duckbill Group, discusses his career shift from IT to media operations in the cloud industry. They explore the challenges and benefits of working with cloud infrastructure, the impact of technology on project management, and the value of attending conferences in the AWS community. Tangren highlights the importance of small process improvements and the behind-the-scenes work that ensures smooth operations.

Alex Lawrence, Field CISO at Sysdig, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss how he went from studying bioluminescence and mycology to working in tech, and his stance on why open source is the future of cloud security. Alex draws an interesting parallel between the creative culture at companies like Pixar and the iterative and collaborative culture of open-source software development, and explains why iteration speed is crucial in cloud security. Corey and Alex also discuss the pros and cons of having so many specialized tools that tackle specific functions in cloud security, and the different postures companies take towards their cloud security practices. About AlexAlex Lawrence is a Field CISO at Sysdig. Alex has an extensive history working in the datacenter as well as with the world of DevOps. Prior to moving into a solutions role, Alex spent a majority of his time working in the world of OSS on identity, authentication, user management and security. Alex's educational background has nothing to do with his day-to-day career; however, if you'd like to have a spirited conversation on bioluminescence or fungus, he'd be happy to oblige.Links Referenced:Sysdig: https://sysdig.com/sysdig.com/opensource: https://sysdig.com/opensourcefalco.org: https://falco.org

Laurent Doguin, Director of Developer Relations & Strategy at Couchbase, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to talk about the work that Couchbase is doing in the world of databases and developer relations, as well as the role of AI in their industry and beyond. Together, Corey and Laurent discuss Laurent’s many different roles throughout his career including what made him want to come back to a role at Couchbase after stepping away for 5 years. Corey and Laurent dig deep on how Couchbase has grown in recent years and how it’s using artificial intelligence to offer an even better experience to the end user.About LaurentLaurent Doguin is Director of Developer Relations & Strategy at Couchbase (NASDAQ: BASE), a cloud database platform company that 30% of the Fortune 100 depend on.Links Referenced:Couchbase: https://couchbase.comXKCD #927: https://xkcd.com/927/dbdb.io: https://dbdb.ioDB-Engines: https://db-engines.com/en/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldoguinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldoguin/

Mike Goldsmith, Staff Software Engineer at Honeycomb, discusses Open Telemetry, company culture, work-life balance as a remote employee, and the value of core values. He also compares Go and .NET programming languages. A focus on building strong relationships in a distributed organization and the challenges of changing company culture are covered.

Amir Szekely, owner of CloudSnorkel, talks with Corey about the importance of being pragmatic in cloud migration. They also discuss the differences in approaches to cloud development over the years. Amir shares his motivation for open-source projects and his satisfaction in fixing bugs for CloudSnorkel.

Chris Hill, owner of HumblePod and host of the We Built This Brand podcast, discusses the future of podcasting and the role of emerging technologies. Topics include AI's struggle in podcasting, the importance of authenticity and niche, where video podcasting works, content's significance over technical specs, and gauging podcast audience health with the Podcast Listener Lifecycle tool.

John Wynkoop, Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, discusses his career move to become an AWS billing consultant. They explore transferable skills among cloud providers and the post-pandemic trend of multi-cloud adoption. John emphasizes the need for cost control, even for VC-funded start-ups, and shares his fascination with cost optimization and engineering. They also shed light on the complexity of the AWS bill and the importance of making cost-conscious decisions.

Seif Lotfy, Co-Founder and CTO at Axiom, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss how and why Axiom has taken a low-cost approach to event data. Seif describes the events that led to him helping co-found a company, and explains why the team wrote all their code from scratch. Corey and Seif discuss their views on AWS pricing, and Seif shares his views on why AWS doesn’t have to compete on price. Seif also reveals some of the exciting new products and features that Axiom is currently working on. About SeifSeif is the bubbly Co-founder and CTO of Axiom where he has helped build the next generation of logging, tracing, and metrics. His background is at Xamarin, and Deutche Telekom and he is the kind of deep technical nerd that geeks out on white papers about emerging technology and then goes to see what he can build.Links Referenced:Axiom: https://axiom.co/Twitter: https://twitter.com/seiflotfy