The New Stack Podcast

Scott Johnston, CEO of Docker, talks about the evolving role of developers in architectural decision-making and tool development. He believes that integrating generative AI into the developer experience will drive business growth. Johnston downplays concerns about AI taking jobs, stating that it would alleviate repetitive tasks. He likens this evolution to expanding bike lanes in a city, leading to increased bike traffic. The demand for over 750 million apps in the next two years demonstrates the growing appetite for creative solutions from developers.

Technologists from AWS discuss the development of Powertools for AWS Lambda, which supports advanced use cases like workload safety and batch processing. Powertools reduces the need for code re-architecting and rewriting. The success of Powertools is attributed to its strong open source community, with 40% of new features contributed by the community. The community offers assistance in multiple languages and time zones. The podcast also highlights the value of open source and its impact on security.

KubeCon 2023 will showcase GenAI and Large Language Models (LLMs) focusing on security and integration. Platform engineering is on the rise, enhancing internal product teams and fostering product proliferation. WebAssembly gains significance in edge computing scenarios, complementing containers and enabling efficient data processing. These three trends will dominate discussions at KubeCon NA 2023, offering insights into the future of cloud-native technology.

Digital.ai, an AI-powered DevSecOps platform, serves large enterprises such as financial institutions, insurance companies, and gaming firms. The primary challenge faced by these clients is scaling their DevOps practices across vast organizations. They aim to combine modern development methodologies like agile DevOps with the need for speed and intimacy with end-users on a large scale.This episode features a discussion between Wing To of Digital.ai and TNS host Heather Joslyn about platform engineering and the role of AI in enhancing automation. It delves into the dilemma of whether increased code production and release frequency driven by DevOps practices are inherently beneficial. Additionally, it explores the emerging challenge of AI-assisted development and how large enterprises are striving to realize productivity gains across their organizations.Digital.ai is focused on incorporating AI into automation to assist developers in creating and delivering code while helping organizations derive more business value from their software in production. The company employs templates to capture and replicate key aspects of software delivery processes and uses AI to automate the rapid setup of developer environments and tooling. These efforts contribute to the concept of the internal developer platform, which consists of multiple toolsets for tasks like creating pipelines and setting up various components.Learn more from The New Stack about Platform Engineering, DevSecOps and Digital.ai:Platform Engineering Overview, News, and TrendsSRE vs. DevOps vs. Platform EngineeringMeet the New DevSecOps Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this insightful discussion, Matt Stellpflug, a senior FinOps specialist at ProsperOps, delves into the challenges of forecasting cloud expenses. He emphasizes the unpredictable nature of cloud costs and the need for reference workloads. Stellpflug highlights the vital role engineers play in FinOps and suggests collaborating with them to identify key metrics. He also distinguishes between resource and rate optimization, advocating for best practices that tackle high-impact areas first. Tune in for practical strategies to navigate cloud cost management!

Fatima Sarah Khalid, keynote speaker at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit Europe, discusses the importance of allyship in open source communities. She highlights improving diversity and inclusion, making open source events more inclusive, and GitLab's unique approach to allyship. Khalid shares commitments to embrace allyship, such as educating oneself and centering underrepresented voices.

The podcast discusses the potential impact of the Cyber Resilience Act on open source development in Europe. It explores the risks and challenges faced by individuals and organizations, the importance of forks, and the need for better communication and advocacy for open source. It also highlights the importance of opposing a decision that could hinder open source development in Europe.

Uma Daniel discusses the complexities in the global economy, the concept of FinOps, debunking misconceptions, implementing FinOps by creating awareness and building a team, and USD's approach to FinOps and customer engagement.

Madhukar Kumar, CMO of SingleStore, discusses experiments with large language models (LLMs), including Gorilla. He explains 'retrieval augmented generation' (RAG) to keep LLMs updated and addresses the limitation of LLMs being 'frozen in time.' Kumar highlights SingleStore's use of RAG to provide current and contextually accurate information, making AI applications more reliable and responsive for enterprises.

Cloud-native observability in multi-cloud environments is increasingly complex, creating challenges of rising incidents and costly tools. The podcast explores the need to prioritize alerts and shift security responsibility to developers. It also dives into the cultural shift towards DevOps and the gap in addressing developer needs with current observability tools. The guest suggests empowering developers to run and maintain their software in production with cloud-native observability tools, providing insights into complex environments. The podcast also covers the impact of multi-cloud and cloud-native architecture, open source updates, and trends in observability.