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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Mar 22, 2023 • 48min
Day Two Cloud 187: The Back End Of Bear Blog With Herman Martinus
Developer Herman Martinus discusses his open-source blogging platform Bear, prioritizing simplicity and speed over complexity. He shares insights on handling scope creep, Markdown customization, the importance of empathy in user support, and the pitfalls of premature optimization.
Mar 15, 2023 • 46min
Day Two Cloud 186: A Day In The Life Of A Sales Engineer With Pete Robertson
Sales engineer Pete Robertson shares his journey from software developer to sales engineer, highlighting the importance of understanding business needs, work-life balance, and technical knowledge. He discusses the challenges of transitioning to pre-sales, aligning technical solutions with organizational goals, and the significance of listening in sales engineering. Pete also emphasizes the similarities between engineering and sales, advocating for hands-on experience in the data center.
Mar 8, 2023 • 51min
Day Two Cloud 185: Grappling With Cloud Strategies With Tim Banks
Tim Banks, Lead Developer Advocate at Dell Technologies, discusses cloud strategies, workload repatriation, costs, DevOps, Kubernetes, and more. The podcast also explores the strategic nature of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the importance of conversations and customer needs, training and support for Kubernetes, navigating job searches post-layoff, and concludes with listener appreciation and sponsor call.
Mar 1, 2023 • 54min
Day Two Cloud 184: Think Multiplatform, Not Multicloud
The podcast discusses the flaws of a 'cloud-first' approach, the role of analysts in shaping solutions, and the shift in cost models in IT. It also explores the future model of IT and multi platform architecture, and emphasizes the significance of developing the skill of multiplatform thinking.
Feb 22, 2023 • 58min
Day Two Cloud 183: How Did We Get To WebAssembly And What Is It For?
Peeling the onion on WebAssembly (Wasm), a bytecode format to execute code, its applications in solving memory safety issues, running code on constrained devices, and protecting users. Exploring CDN 77 and serverless computing with Wasm. Discussing its security model, simplified business logic implementation, and tools for experimenting. Highlighting its potential in streamlining serverless operations and connecting with the guest and podcast community.
Feb 16, 2023 • 35min
Day Two Cloud 182: Assembling The Multicloud Networking Puzzle To Operate At Cloud Speed (Sponsored)
Today's Day Two Cloud assembles a panel to discuss the challenges of multicloud networking. We're sponsored by Prosimo, and the recording took place live at AWS re:Invent 2022. We discuss how and why an org goes multicloud, cloud networking issues, integrating ZTNA, and more.
Feb 8, 2023 • 55min
Day Two Cloud 181: Implementing Patterns And Practices For Infrastructure as Code
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and software practices you might want to put in place for the parts of your team who know what they're doing with infrastructure but may not be familiar with developer practices that can help make code more reliable and operational processes more repeatable. Our guest is author Rosemary Wang.
Feb 1, 2023 • 32min
Day Two Cloud 180: Understanding AWS EC2 At The Edge
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast, we speak with Jan Hofmeyr, a VP within Amazon Web Services (AWS). This show was recorded at AWS re:Invent 2022 in Las Vegas, and we discuss EC2 at the edge, AWS Outposts and how local zones work, connecting Outposts to the AWS cloud, and more.
Jan 25, 2023 • 48min
Day Two Cloud 179: Will CXL Make Composable Infrastructure Real?
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about Compute Express Link (CXL), a technology for composable infrastructure. The idea is to take all the peripherals in a system---network cards, memory, graphical processing units, and so on---and put them on a bus outside the chassis to share them among multiple hosts. Is this the dream of composable infrastructure coming true?
Jan 18, 2023 • 48min
Day Two Cloud 178: Implementing Zero Standing Privilege (Sponsored)
On today's sponsored Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about zero standing privilege with strongDM. Zero standing privilege goes beyond just-in-time credentials to a model where no credentials pre-exist, but are created in real-time and paired with appropriate permissions built from policy, also created in real-time. Can such a thing be accomplished technically---and without irritating all your end users? StrongDM's Sebastian Mankowski is here to make the case.
