Adventures in DevOps

Rosemary Wang joins the adventure to dive into a discussion on what Infrastructure as Code is and how to begin thinking about what it is and how it goes together.She focuses on maintainability, security, and reliability.PanelJeffrey GromanWill ButtonGuestRosemary Wang

Jeffrey Groman takes the reins and walks Chuck and Will through the latest and greatest security breaches out on the internet.He also walks them through how to operate to avoid being caught by several of these issues.Specifically, he explains the Microsoft issue in the print spooler and the breach of Kaseya and what the implications are within the wider world.PanelCharles Max WoodJeffrey GromanWill Button

Jeffrey, Will, and Chuck dive into the question "How do you know whether or not you want to take a job?" during and after the interview.The discussion ranges through what to ask employers, knowing what you want from the job, and how to determine before and after the interview whether the job offer is a good fit for you.PanelCharles Max WoodJeffrey GromanWill Button

Shimon Tolts is the CEO datree.io. Shimon talks the panel through an outage he experienced while working for a previous employer. He breaks down the situation and the explains the types of misconfiguration that caused his outage and how these things can cause problems in other applications as well.He explains how to set up rules and policies that allow people to move fast without breaking things and without getting in the way.PanelCharles Max WoodJeffrey GromanWill ButtonGuestShimon Tolts

Ian Eyberg jumps on with the panel to discuss the uses and origins of UniKernels. He and the panel discuss how to set them up and where they fit into your infrastucture conversations.PanelCharles Max WoodJeffrey GromanWill ButtonGuestIan Eyberg

Jillian Rowe specializes in setting up AWS clusters for collecting and analyzing bioinformatics data. She's worked with several companies to set up "virtual labs" where they can use Data Science techniques and Machine Learning to analyze and understand the data they collect from their studies.This episode walks through a lot of the approach she uses to communicate with her customers and deliver solutions that provide them with the information needed to do their jobs.PanelCharles Max WoodJeffrey GromanWill ButtonGuestJillian Rowe

Will and Jeffrey discuss the things that DevOps Engineers need to know. If you're diving into DevOps, you're probably wondering what skills do you need to know?Also, how much of the skill you need to have is technical versus non-technical. People skills and soft skills verus hard typing and at-the-keyboard skills.If you're in DevOps, these are the things you need to learn or the gaps you need to fill.PanelJeffrey GromanWill Button

Yann Stoneman joins the adventure to talk about the tools and approach he uses to cut AWS costs for his customers. The panel chimes in with how they track costs on AWS as well and what they do when they realize costs are creeping up.They then dive into Yann's story going from Juilliard to FreeCodeCamp to AWS Certifications to working full time as an AWS consultant.PanelCaleb FornariCharles Max WoodJeffrey GromanWill ButtonGuestYann Stoneman

Will Button returns to discuss the roots and meanings of the DevOps movement with Caleb, Chuck, and Jeffrey.They take on the idea that DevOps is the infrastructure department and dissect the ideas pulled from the Agile and other movements that fed ideas into the DevOps movement.They also go over leadership and other requirements that empower DevOps personnel to excel in their jobs and take their careers and companies to new levels.PanelCaleb FornariCharles Max WoodJeffrey GromanGuestWill Button

Matthew Helmke is a Senior Technical Content Developer at Grafana Labs. He helps companies and people track metrics and alerts around their data to understand what is going on in the systems and information that they manage.He walks Caleb and Jeffrey through the process of understanding systems and data to draw a picture that describes their systems and integrations so they can make better decisions and handle events that occur.PanelCaleb FornariJeffrey GromanGuestMatthew Helmke