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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Jul 3, 2024 • 39min
D2C246: Can Service Level Objectives (SLOs) Help Keep Users Happy?
Exploring the significance of Service Level Objectives (SLOs) in measuring system reliability and meeting customer expectations. Discussing the challenges of increasing uptime and justifying costs to leadership. Implementing SLOs for system reliability through collaboration between product, engineering, and business teams.
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Jun 19, 2024 • 0sec
D2C245: Don’t Fear Database DevOps
Adam Furmanek discusses the importance of database linters, observability, and abstraction in advancing database DevOps. Topics include unit testing, normal forms in databases, blending database operations with DevOps practices, developer ownership of databases, and enhancing efficiency in database management through DevOps practices.
Jun 5, 2024 • 45min
D2C244: When the Cloud was Born
Eric Chou was there for the birth of the public cloud. Before DevOps or SREs were a thing, before Azure was Azure, Eric was a network engineer for Amazon, helping them build out their retail technology platform. Of course, that platform evolved into the world’s leading public cloud–AWS. Eric joins the show today to tell... Read more »
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May 28, 2024 • 45min
Heavy Strategy: Failure and Resilience
Join Kyler Middleton and Ned Bellavance from the Day Two Cloud podcast as they discuss the importance of failure in personal and professional growth. They share stories of setbacks, strategies for handling failure gracefully, and the shift from blaming individuals to addressing systemic failures in technology products. Learn valuable lessons on resilience and problem-solving in this insightful episode.
May 22, 2024 • 38min
D2C243: Your Kubernetes Clusters are Showing
There are about 1.4 million Kubernetes clusters just sitting out there on the public internet as we speak. That is 1.4 million lateral-movement rich, highly privileged environments. The bearer of this anxiety-provoking news is today’s guest, Lee Briggs. Lee explains why major cloud providers make this the default option– ease of use. The good news... Read more »
May 8, 2024 • 0sec
D2C242: Data Engineering and its Streams, Rivers, and Lakes
Keith Gregory teaches us about data engineering in a way DevOps folks (and hydrologists) can understand. He explains that the role of a data engineer is to create pipelines to transport data from metaphorical rivers and make it usable for data analysts. Keith walks us through the testing process; the difference between streaming pipelines and... Read more »
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Apr 24, 2024 • 39min
D2C241: Choose Your Own Adventure: Manager, Director, or IC
Hazel Weakly, an experienced professional in management, directorship, and individual contribution, shares insights on the different skill sets needed for each role. Topics include transitioning into leadership, balancing remote and in-person collaboration, and the unique skills required for engineering leadership. Key points cover managing teams, career growth, and the importance of soft skills like empathy.
Apr 17, 2024 • 55min
D2C240: The Duality of Enterprise AI
AI has been around forever; AI is emergent. AI is just data analytics; AI hallucinates. AI doesn’t have many business use cases; AI is already being used by your employees. Today, Greg and Johna from the Heavy Strategy podcast join Day Two Cloud to give their takes on enterprise AI. Johna brings with her the... Read more »
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Apr 10, 2024 • 42min
D2C239: “(Almost) Every Infrastructure Decision I Endorse or Regret”
Jack Lindamood, an expert in IT tools and processes, shares his insights on making infrastructure decisions at a startup. Topics include leveraging personal networks for advice, optimizing team size, promoting transparency in decision-making, the nexus of tools and culture in software development, optimizing code ownership in DevOps, and the power of saying no within teams.
Mar 27, 2024 • 39min
D2C238: Tech Hiring is Borked
Life isn’t easy for someone looking for a job in tech. There are lots of content mills pushing the idea that if you just pass this one six-month course, you’ll have a six-figure career in no time. There are lots of hiring companies who make job applicants jump through a ton of hoops, but often... Read more »
