DevOps Paradox

#175: When most people start with low-code and no-code applications, they log in to a user interface, fill in some forms and do a lot of pointing and clicking. As we’ve learned over the years, that is just an invitation for long-term trouble. What if were possible to treat our low-code and no-code application development the same way as we treat our normal application development?   In this episode, we speak with Gil Hoffer, Co-Founder and CTO of Salto, about a number of issues around the low-code and no-code application development ecosystem and why you might want to consider approaching these development processes in a more standard way.   Gil’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/gilhoffer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilhoffer/   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/

#174: As more and more companies start to use low-code and no-code solutions within their organizations, how many of them are actually evaluating their security posture? Do these organizations not realize they are literally giving away the keys to their kingdoms to third party providers?   In this episode, we speak with Alon Jackson, CEO and Co-Founder at Astrix Security, about how these internally produced low-code and no-code applications present even further security risks due to the lack of professional security processes for these applications.   Alon's contact information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackson-alon/   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/

#173: How much time have you wasted writing YAML files, helm charts or Kustomize configurations? What if deployments to Kubernetes could be as simple as drag and drop?   In this episode, we speak with Dom Holt, the CEO of Harpoon, about how Harpoon can make this drag and drop dream become reality.   Dom’s contact information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicholt/   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/

#172: As a developer, we might think we know how our application is going to run in production. We know we’ll need a web server, an application server and a database. But what we might not know is how popular (or unpopular) our application is going to be and what the actual sizing is that we’ll need in order to optimally run our application.   In this episode, we speak with Maxim Melamedov from Zesty about the different models that need to be taken into account when not only designing and writing our applications but also operating them at scale.   Maxim’s contact information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximmelamedov/   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/

#171: How many hours a day do you think you code? 5? 4? Maybe 3?   What if I told you that you were only averaging 52 minutes each day?   In this episode, we talk with Mason McLead, CTO at Software, about the Code Time Report they released. In this report, you may discover that a few key secrets to help you increase your time in front of your IDE and less time in meetings.   Mason’s contact information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmclead/   Global Code Time Report https://www.software.com/reports/code-time-report   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/

#170: Containers are one of the quickest ways we can move away from a traditional server-centric architecture, as they allow us to host software "in the cloud" without over-provisioning resources or managing infrastructure like we did with virtual machines.   What do you think about when you hear edge computing? Is it CDN, serverless functions, or something else? All of these definitions can be heavily related to the concept of edge computing. The term itself is ambiguous and hard to grasp.   But what happens when you try to run containers at the edge? In this episode, we speak with Dan Bartholomew, Co-Founder & CTO at Section, about how running containers at the edge is much more than deciding what city to run your container in.   Dan’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/dbartholomew LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-bartholomew-27baa625/   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/

#169: With the development trend toward cloud services, developers need to build and deploy applications in this new paradigm. However, it may be difficult to determine what is possible and what is not, because building on a cloud service can lead to unforeseen difficulties that require a more complex solution.   In this episode, we speak with Ala and Aaron from Klotho about how complexity cannot be avoided as well as how operations teams are on the rise.   Ala’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/alashiban LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alashiban/   Aaron’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarontorres LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torresaaron/   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/

#168: At DockerCon 2022, Docker announced a number of improvements to Docker Desktop, including extensions and Docker Desktop for Linux. What is it going to take for Viktor to install Docker Desktop on his machine again?   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/

#167: When you install vanilla Kubernetes, which security option do you take? Trick question. There are no options. It is always installed wide open. If you're just experimenting, that's probably not a big deal.   However, how many times have we had an experiment turn into a production system? Probably too many times to count. At that point, retrofitting security into your Kubernetes cluster is near impossible.   In this episode, we speak with Lachlan Evenson about his thoughts on the proper strategies to secure your Kubernetes clusters.   Lachlan’s contact information: Twitter: https://twitter.com/LachlanEvenson   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/

#166: In-person events are starting to ramp back up. However, there are plenty of online conferences. Worse yet, some companies are still trying to do hybrid events.   In this episode, we dig into what makes for a bad online experience and some different ways that event organizers should consider to make the experience better for attendees.   Robin’s blog posts: Remote-First Developer Advocacy https://rmoff.net/2022/04/07/remote-first-developer-advocacy/   Hanging up my Boarding Passes and Jetlag…for now https://rmoff.net/2022/04/07/hanging-up-my-boarding-passes-and-jetlagfor-now/   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/