Day Two DevOps
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Join hosts Ned Bellavance and Kyler Middleton as they dive deep into the challenges of DevOps from the perspective of seasoned practitioners. You'll hear from expert guests—technical leaders, trainers, and consultants with years of hands-on experience—discussing the nuances of DevOps. From AWS to Azure, networking to security, automation to modern cloud environments, each weekly episode equips you with the insights to confidently address tech and business challenges such as resilience, cost management, and performance. Whether you want to hone your skills today or prepare for what’s coming next, Day Two DevOps cuts through the vendor fog to guide you through a shifting IT landscape.
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Dec 17, 2025 • 46min
D2DO290: AI’s Impact on Developer Productivity Vs. Development Productivity
Ned Bellavance and Kyler Middleton are joined by Rachel Stephens, Research Director at RedMonk, to discuss the state of DevOps and the impact of AI. They explore the distinction between developer productivity and development productivity, underlined by a DORA report finding that while AI dramatically boosts individual developer productivity, it often fails to improve overall... Read more »
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Dec 10, 2025 • 37min
D2DO289: Instana: Leading the Future of Observability (Sponsored)
As AI tools and agentic AI become part of how applications are developed, delivered, and managed, application performance monitoring and observability have to adapt. Ned Bellavance sits down with Drew Flowers and Jacob Yackenovich from IBM Instana about where these fields sit today, and the potential impacts of AI. They detail the challenges of application... Read more »
Dec 3, 2025 • 47min
D2DO288: Technology, Career, and Finding a Purpose with Deana Solis
Ned and Kyler sit down with Deana Solis, a freelance FinOps engineer and mentor. They discuss the undervalued skills of communication, look at the inherent biases and misplaced confidence of AI models, and offer guidance for those starting their careers. Deana also talks about her journey to discover the intersection of technology, career, and finding... Read more »
Nov 19, 2025 • 38min
D2DO287: Leveling Up in Data Science
Ever wonder what it takes to level up your career in data science? Senior Data Scientist Darya Petrashka joins Ned and Kyler to share her personal journey from management and linguistics into data science, the real difference between a junior and a senior role, and helps us get under the “data science umbrella” to see... Read more »
Nov 5, 2025 • 41min
D2DO286: Scaling Kubernetes Across Clouds – Identity, DNS, and Security
If you think managing Kubernetes clusters is hard, what about managing Kubernetes clusters across three different public clouds? We dive into the challenges that arises from running multi-cloud Kubernetes workloads. These challenges include workload identity, DNS query resolutions, and security. Here to help us navigate this complexity and offer possible solutions is Goutam Tadi, Staff... Read more »
Oct 22, 2025 • 40min
D2DO285: The Death of IaC Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
While declaring the death of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or Terraform may get you clicks on LinkedIn, IaC is alive and kicking. On today’s Day Two DevOps we talk about why IaC still matters. Guest Malcolm Matalka argues that IaC provides the tools and a model for managing infrastructure across its lifecycle in a structured... Read more »
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Oct 8, 2025 • 45min
D2DO284: AI, MCP, and the Identities that Tie Them All Together
AI is developing at an incredible pace. With that development comes questions. For instance, how do you connect your resources to agents? How do agents connect with each other? And how do you keep it all secure? Our guest Christian Posta is here to guide us through AI, MCP, and the concept of workload identities.... Read more »
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Sep 24, 2025 • 34min
D2DO283: Lessons Learned When a Startup Doesn’t Take Wing
In this discussion with Elad Ben-Israel, founder of Wing Cloud and creator of WingLang, we dive into his journey of building a startup and the challenges faced. Elad shares insights on the importance of aligning a product with actual business needs and the pitfalls of timing and target market mismatch. He reflects on how AI trends skewed focus during development and debates the integration of application and infrastructure. The talk also explores the future of WingLang and the lessons he learned about scaling automation and managing cloud resources effectively.
Sep 10, 2025 • 30min
D2DO282: Simplifying Complex Kubernetes Deployments With kro
Kubernetes is flexible and customizable, but it can also be notoriously complex and difficult to deploy to. On today’s Day Two DevOps we learn about kro (Kube Resource Operator), an open-source tool that helps simplify complex application deployments. Our guest is Islam Mahgoub, a Solutions Architect at AWS focused on building kro. We talk about... Read more »
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Sep 3, 2025 • 45min
D2DO281: Faddom: Providing a Unified Source of Truth for Security and IT Operations (Sponsored)
Itamar Rotem, CPO of Faddom, and Ofer Regev, CTO, dive into the innovative world of application dependency mapping for hybrid IT. They discuss the importance of real-time visibility across servers and data flows, emphasizing how Faddom's agentless approach simplifies data collection. The duo explains how their technology enhances migrations and change management while ensuring security with features like anomaly detection. Key insights include a push for contextual maps and a commitment to minimizing guesswork in IT operations.
