Adventures in DevOps

Today on the show, the panel discusses the intersection of data and DevOps, including various topics such as data warehousing, analytics, and source data, DVC and AWS Batch, and Snowflake integrations. In this episode…Data warehousingAnalytics with source dataData Version Control (DVC)AWS BatchProduction database schemas Real time data Snowflake integrationsSponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End DevsPicksJillian- iD Tech | Summer Coding Camp & Online Tech Programs for Kids & TeensJonathan- The Timeless Way of BuildingWill- ShouldeRök™Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

With the current economic downturn, companies big and small are facing layoffs, hiring freezes, and altering job offers.  Today on the show, Jonathan and Will share their decades of industry knowledge on various strategies you can implement to stand out in a crowded job search process. In this episode…Having a public profileListing your projects on your resumeSharing your accomplishments, not just your responsibilitiesKnowledge optionsLeveraging social mediaStack OverflowSoft skills SponsorsTop End DevsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialCoaching | Top End DevsPicksJonathan- Commitment - the book | Commitment - the bookWill- Building a Second BrainAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on the show, Will and Jonathan discuss the latest tools they have been using for CDIC deployments.  Specifically, they discuss the Next.js framework, which allows DevOps teams to provide richer application experiences without relying as much on backend infrastructure.  That shift has implications for everything from the amount of network bandwidth consumed to the performance of web applications. Moreover, within the Next.js family, the Vercel platform employs caching, routing, and a React framework to optimize application performance. SponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End Devs LinksDevelop. Preview. Ship. For the best frontend teams - VercelJenkinsNext.js by Vercel - The React FrameworkPicksJonathan – Agile Tour Vienna 2022Will- All You ZombiesWill- Pulumi - Universal Infrastructure as CodeAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Managing uptime is critical for customers and it can be a powerful customer activity that connects engineers to the value that customers receive from your product, however it can also be a heavy source of burnout for engineers.  Brian Scanlan with Intercom has created a volunteer management infrastructure that increases the efficiencies of on-call engineers while also reducing the inherent disruptive nature to the job.  Today on the show, the panel interviews Brian about his process and architecture to this on-call management infrastructure. In this episode…The on-call burdenAlarm management Escalation pathsIncentives for the volunteer teamsDeployment processesImproving standards and expectationsHuman centric vs. machine centricSponsorsTop End DevsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialCoaching | Top End DevsLinksIntercom's On-Call Strategy to Avoid Engineer Burnout [2021] 10 technical strategies to avoid when scaling your startup (and 5 to embrace) - Inside Intercom Infrastructure at speed: 5 lessons learned from building Intercom in EuropeBrian ScanlanTwitter: @brian_scanlanLinkedIn: Brian ScanlanPicksBrian- speedtapefilmsJonathan- Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa NostraWill - ThirdWeb.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Cloud’s DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team operationalize the Accelerate State of DevOps Report, surveying over 32,000 professionals worldwide in the DevOps industry.  Dave Mangot joins the show today to share how he leverages these metrics to improve companies within their technology organizations.   In this episode…DORA metricsSpeed and quality Monoliths vs. microservicesUptime and failure ratesMean time to recover Deployment frequenciesProduction monitoringSponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End DevsLinksMangoteque - Get good at delivering software℠The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology OrganizationsDevOps Solutions | Google CloudPicksDave- An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond codingJillian- Twitter: @PayGapAppJonathan - Toothpowder is better than toothpasteAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jonathan shares about the new job offer he received and the progression we went through to navigate the process.  Jonathan, Will, and Jillian also discuss the various aspects of the current DevOps job market, starting a new job, and how you can grow in your career. In this episode…Stack overflow and blogposts What do you do when you first start?Contracting gigsSocial life in the workplace vs. financial transactionSingle points of failure SponsorsTop End DevsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialCoaching | Top End DevsPicksJonathan - (Reverse Pick) Looking for a Terraform for Drip configuration tool. Does this exist? If so, email jonathan@jhall.io.Jillian- Appsmith | Build & self-host internal toolsJillian - Workspaces for MacJillian- Setapp | The best apps for Mac in one suiteWill- The Power of Go: Tools - Bitfield ConsultingWill - Trustified.ioAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on the show, Will talks about his latest project, Trustified.io and the steps he is considering to make it DevOps ready. Will and Jonathan discuss creating the dev environment, standardized logging, CI/CD, health checks, standardized reporting dashboards, configuring the app, database migration tools, user management, and ORMs. Elements to Make an App DevOps Ready:Creating the dev environmentStandardized loggingCI/CDHealth checksPrometheusStandardized reporting dashboardsConfiguring the appDatabase migration toolsUser managementORMs SponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End DevsPicksJonathan- 49" CHG90 QLED Gaming Monitor Monitors - LC49HG90DMNXZAWill- The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information AgeWill- Trustified.ioAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

An anti-pattern is a pattern that you use to fix a short-term problem at the expense of your long-term goals. The insidious thing about anti-patterns isn't that they don't work or fail outright, but that they work in the short term while causing long-term failure and pain. Today on the show, Jonathan, Jillian, and Will discuss the various anti-patterns and cargo culting in software engineering, including password management, team structures, mean time to recover, and docker files management. In this episode…What is cargo cult software engineering?Favorite anti-patternsPassword managementTeam structure and silosMean time to recoverDocker files managementSponsorsTop End DevsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialCoaching | Top End DevsPicksJillian - AWS ParallelCluster 3Jillian- Data Version Control · DVCJillian- Bioanalyze projectJonathan- Nest CamJonathan - Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment AutomationWill- The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the InformationWill - Trustified.ioAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today on the show, Will and Jonathan discuss deployment strategies, including rolling strategy, blue-green patterns, canary deployments, feature flags, and progressive delivery. They also discuss backward compatibilities and rollback and rollforward deployment strategies, plus share their current picks of the week. In this episode…Kubernetes orchestrationBlue-Green deployment patternsCanary deploymentsFeature flagsProgressive deliveryBackward compatibilityRollback deploymentRollforward deploymentSponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End DevsPicksJonathan - A Radical EnterpriseWill - Let’s Go FurtherWill - Skyrim – Music and AmbienceAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Imagine being able to program the cloud and bridge the Dev and Ops divide with cloud. Pulumi is a universal infrastructure as code platform that allows you to build, deploy, and manage modern cloud applications using familiar languages, tools, and engineering practices. Today, Jonathan and Will discuss all the ins and outs of Pulumi.In this episode…What is Pulumi and how does it work?Is Pulumi replacing tools such as Ansible, Chef, Terraform altogether?What is the learning curve?What languages is Pulumi limited to?When would you not use Pulumi?What are the processes for implementation?SponsorsTop End DevsCoaching | Top End DevsLinksPulumiPicksJonathan- LooLoo Kids - Nursery Rhymes and Children's SongsWill- The Murph ChallengeSponsored By:Coaching | Top End Devs: Do you want to level up your career? or go freelance? or start a podcast or youtube channel? Let Charles Max Wood Help You Achieve Your DreamsTop End Devs: Learn to Become a Top 5% Developer. Join our community of ambitious and engaged programmers to learn how.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy