
Adventures in DevOps
Come listen to experts in building infrastructure and enabling development and deployment processes discuss the ideas and technologies involved in DevOps.
Latest episodes

Feb 2, 2021 • 56min
DevOps 062: Behind the SolarWinds breach
In this week’s episode, Charles Wood interviews Jeffrey Groman. They discuss how SolarWinds was breached, what it means going forward and lessons learned for protecting your business from attacks.PanelCharles WoodJeffrey GromanSponsorsNext Level MastermindRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialPicksCharles- Used tires on classifiedsCharles- Next Level MastermindCharles- The Vision Driven Leader by Michael HyattJeffrey- Camtasia: Screen Recorder & Video EditorJeffrey- HandBrake: Open Source Video TranscoderAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 26, 2021 • 57min
DevOps 061: How to be a Top 5% DevOps Engineer
In this week’s episode, Jeffrey Groman and Charles Wood discuss what makes a top 5% engineer, and how to get there. We cover the gamut of technical skills, soft skills, giving back, and producing content.PanelCharles WoodJeffrey GromanSponsorsOctopus Deploy Pty. LtdNext Level MastermindPicksCharles- Wheel of Time Premium Boxed Set I: Books 1-3 (The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn) by Robert JordanCharles- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandCharles- Most Valuable DeveloperJeffrey- SmartDrawAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 19, 2021 • 55min
DevOps 060: How to Have Everything at Your Fingertips Next Time Things Break
Charles Wood and Jeffrey Groman are joined by Phil Wilkins, author of Unified Logging with Fluentd to talk about logging, infrastructure, monitoring and how to get started.PanelCharles WoodJeffrey GromanGuestPhil WilkinsSponsorsOctopus Deploy Pty. LtdRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialNext Level MastermindPicksCharles- Building a StoryBrand by Donald MillerCharles- Greenlights by Matthew McConaugheyJeffrey- Silos, Politics and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni Special Guest: Phil Wilkins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 5, 2021 • 46min
DevOps 059: Speed bumps moving to a DevOps culture
Jeffrey Groman and Chuck Wood are joined this week by Caleb Fornari of StartOps. We discuss people, process and technology that all need to be addressed as you go down the path towards DevOps.PanelChuck WoodJeffrey GromanGuestCaleb FornariSponsorsRaygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialPicksCaleb - Terraform by HashiCorpChuck - Podcast Growth SummitChuck- A Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph CampbellJeffrey -Important steps for customers to protect themselves from recent nation-state cyberattacksSpecial Guest: Caleb Fornari. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 1, 2021 • 1h 7min
BONUS: How to Crush Your Biggest Goals in 2021
Get the 2020 Goal Setting Workshop + Success Accelerator Deal HERE (Coupon Code: GOALS for a massive discount)Mani Vaya joins Charles Max Wood to walk him through the 6 pillars of success that lead to meeting your goals.Mani has read thousands of books on success, setting and achieving goals, and personal growth and has distilled these 6 principles from the books and then figured out how to put them into practice.He and Chuck walk through the principles and strategies that create success and allow you to set goals that will bring you the things you want during the next year or so.Listen to this episode to learn how to crush your biggest goals in 2021. Get the 2020 Goal Setting Workshop + Success Accelerator Deal HERE (Coupon Code: GOALS for a massive discount) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dec 29, 2020 • 49min
DevOps 058: Core Kubernetes with Chris Love
Chris Love is the co-author of Core Kubernetes. Chris and his co-author Jay recognized that there's a general lack of knowledge of the internals of and what makes up Kubernetes. Other resources cover the concepts and basics of how to deploy on Kubernetes, but the problems people run into sometimes exist one layer down in Kubernetes. Chris leads the adventure along the ways that you can get to know the internals and control plane of Kubernetes.PanelHenry JewkesJoe StevensGuestChris LoveSponsorsJfrog | Take the Docker Challenge for FREE t-shirt!Audible.comPicksChris - Breath by James NestorChris- PlantsHenry- FiveThirtyEightHenry- Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect CocktailJoe- Star Wars: The MandalorianJoe- Samsung 49-Inch CHG90 144Hz Curved Gaming Monitor Special Guest: Chris Love. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dec 23, 2020 • 57min
DevOps 057: Operations Anti-Patterns, DevOps Solutions with Jeffrey Smith
Jeff Smith's book is full of practical ways to implement good DevOps practices within our teams, especially in the case where one might not have the flexibility to make sweeping organizational changes. He shares his wisdom and experience regarding building DevOps organizations and instilling culture into our teams.PanelJeffrey GromanHenry JewkesGuestJeffrey SmithSponsorsJfrog | Take the Docker Challenge for FREE t-shirt!Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialPicksJeff Smith - GitHubJeff Smith- Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystalJeff Smith- How to Measure Anything by Douglas W. HubbardJeff Smith- The Bureau (TV Show)Jeff Groman -ScrivenerHenry - CodeSandboxHenry- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Special Guest: Jeffrey Smith. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dec 8, 2020 • 50min
DevOps 056: Building Successful Platform Teams with Ivan Krnic
Ivan Krnic and the DevOps panel discuss the role of the platform team and where the idea comes from. They discuss why an organization should are about and pay attention to their platform teams. They dive into the ins and outs of building a platform team within various organizations.PanelJeffrey GromanHenry JewkesSponsorsJfrog | Take the Docker Challenge for FREE t-shirt!Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialPicksHenry - https://obsproject.com/Jeffrey - https://learnistic.com/Ivan - Zoom and Mural integrationAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nov 27, 2020 • 47min
BONUS: How to do LARGE Volumes of HIGH Quality Work - While Spending Fewer Hours Working
Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discountMani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time.He has read hundreds of books that have taught him the secrets to getting more done by getting into this state.He starts by telling us how he was passed over for a promotion at Qualcomm in favor of someone younger and less experienced and how that inspired him to figure out what the other guy was doing differently. He learned that he needed to get more done with the time he was spending on his projects.The trick? Deep Work!Deep Work is the ability to spend uninterrupted, focused time on a task to bend your entire mind toward the goal.Other developers call it "Flow" or "the Zone."Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time. Get the Black Friday/Cyber Monday "Double Your Productivity by 5pm Today" Deal Coupon Code: "DEEP" for a GIANT discount Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Nov 10, 2020 • 50min
DevOps 055: Deeper Dive Into Implementing DevOps In Your Organization
In this episode of Adventures in DevOps,Henry Jewkes and Jeffrey Groman discuss roles, teams, specialties and culture as the relate to implementing DevOps.PanelJeffrey GromanHenry JewkesSponsorsJfrog | Take the Docker Challenge for a FREE t-shirt!Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trialAudible.comCacheFlyPicksJeffrey Groman:Amazon FreeTime and Microsoft Windows – monitor and manage parental controlsHenry Jewkes:https://www.oculus.com/Follow Adventures in DevOps on Twitter > @DevOpsPodcastAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy