DevOps Paradox

#185: You've been told that you have to reduce your AWS bill. You also know that you cannot make any major changes to your infrastructure quickly. By carefully considering your needs and being willing to make some concessions, you can reduce your AWS bill significantly. But where do you start?   In this episode, we talk with Ganesh The Awesome from GlobalDots about where to start when trying to reduce your AWS bill.   Ganesh’s contact information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenpuddephatt/   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

#184: The public cloud is a powerful tool that allows businesses to outsource their data and compute to ensure security, availability, scalability, and reliability. But like many tools, they cannot be used best without understanding the total cost of ownership. By cost, we really mean cold, hard cash.   In this episode, we talk with Jason Yaeger, Co-Founder & CEO of Tenacity Cloud, about how Tenacity is tackling the problem of helping businesses understand their true cloud costs and why you shouldn't trust your cloud provider to give you the best possible discounts.   Jason’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasnoyaeger LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonyaeger/   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

#183: Darin catches up with Viktor just minutes after he finishes up at KubeCon NA 2022. We discuss the good things and bad things that he experienced and some surprises that you might not have seen coming.   Save 25% on your first Barbaro Mojo order using the code "DevOps25": https://barbaromojo.com/discount/DevOps25   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

#182: As developers, we've all started at least a few side projects. Sometimes they're just for fun, or as a way of learning something new.   Other times you find yourself building something really cool that might even turn out to be your life's work. If you're able to run that project and grow it to a sizable monthly revenue, you could sell it and potentially do whatever you want for the rest of your life.   In this episode, we talk with Ryan Kulp about the path he took to get to Merge Freeze and how you might be able to follow a similar path.   Ryan’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanckulp Website: https://www.ryanckulp.com/   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

#181: Once you have your Kubernetes cluster up and running, what do you do next? One option is to monitor it and make sure everything is running smoothly.   On this episode, we talk with Ruben Hakopian, the founder of Kubevious, about how the project started and how you can start using it today.   Ruben’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubenhak LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubenhak   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

#180: At a time when big data and machine learning are transforming the enterprise, it is hard to see what is coming next. The answer: artificial intelligence. The transformation of AI into AIOps — machine learning in the cloud that continuously learns and optimizes predictive models — may be the next game-changer for businesses, but how can you get started?   In this episode, we speak with Richard Whitehead, CTO at Moogsoft, about where AIOps is in 2022, and why the humans shouldn’t fear for their jobs…yet.   Richard’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/rwhitehead LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwhitehead/   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

#179: For many decades, the use of service level objectives (SLOs) in IT has been a routine part of day-to-day business. The objectives are based on measurable impacts that each individual customer or operational unit should experience with a specific IT service. These SLOs are typically associated with costs and benefits that can be tracked over time.   But what do you need to do if you are new to SLOs? What are the pitfalls associated with introducing SLOs into an environment where they have not yet been a part of the culture? For those of you that have been working with IT for any length of time, there has probably been one idea in the IT space that has received more flak from different teams than anything else. Many people and teams still do not understand what SLOs are, how to use them and why some companies use them and others do not.   In this episode, we speak with Brian Singer, the Chief Product Officer at Nobl9, about the mechanics of implementing and maintaining SLOs in your organization.   Brian’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/brian_singer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briantsinger/   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

#178: Observability has been around since the dawn of computing. Around 1992, BPF was introduced. It gave us the ability to do network packet filtering. Around 22 years later in 2014, eBPF was included in Linux kernel 3.18, building on top of what was available with BPF. Now in 2022, eBPF is helping to supercharge Kubernetes observability.   In this episode, we speak with Shachar Azulay, CEO and Co-Founder of groundcover, about how eBPF is changing how we monitor our Kubernetes clusters in five minutes or less.   Shachar’s information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahar-azulay-54156bb4/   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

#177: Imagine this. What if you could magically turn your 20 year old Java and .NET applications into modern, containerized applications without having to spend years doing it? Also, what if you could do this with the help of AI? Seems too good to be true?   In this episode, we speak with Bob Quillin, Chief Ecosystem Officer at vFunction, about the classical and painful ways we’ve tried to do application modernization in the past and how AI is helping to reduce a lot of those pain points in 2022.   Bob’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobquillin LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-quillin-46802511/   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/

#176: Many people ask us what they need to do in order to start a career in DevOps. The usual initial question is “what technologies do I need to learn?” What if we told you that you shouldn’t necessarily start with the tech but with something else?   In this episode, we speak with Sashank Purighalla, CEO and Founder of BOS Framework, about the critical skills that every engineer should master in order to start and grow their DevOps career.   Sashank’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/sashankbos LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sashankpurighalla/   YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/devopsparadox/   Books and Courses: Catalog, Patterns, And Blueprints https://www.devopstoolkitseries.com/posts/catalog/   Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://www.devopsparadox.com/review-podcast/   Slack: https://www.devopsparadox.com/slack/   Connect with us at: https://www.devopsparadox.com/contact/