Practical Operations is about the difference between running your IT organization the "Right Way" and the Practical Way. Your hosts talk about the theory of small to web scale operations and DevOps and then discuss how to get the most out of these tools in practice.
Episode 137 - Amin Astaneh
Where we have Amin Astaneh on as a guest to discuss DevOps transitions, culture, consultancies and how to move forward in this career. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 137: Certo Modo MongoDB is Webscale Emotional Warrior Certo Modo Substack BOFH DevOps Meetup Talk - Demystifying SRE 8 Steps For Leading Change
Episode 135 - Resisting Automation
Where we discuss people’s tendencies to resist automation of tasks, for whatever reason. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 135: XKCD 1205: Is it worth the time
Episode 134 - ChatGPT
Where we ChatGPT, Large Language Models and the dangers of trusting AI tools to be correct. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 134: I will not harm you unless you harm me first VSCode Rubberduck Github Copilot Self-hosted Stable Diffusion Microsoft Tay Microsoft Invests in OpenAI
Episode 133 - Shadow IT
Where we discuss how damaging Shadow IT can be, how to identify it, how to think about it, and some strategies for getting rid of it. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm.
Episode 132 - HollywoodOS - The Net
Where look at Hollywood’s inability to get technology in movies even remotely correct… this time, we’re talking about “The Net”, a 1995 Sandra Bullock movie, where so many things are just… wrong. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 132: The Net (1995 film)
Episode 131 - COVID, Burnout, And The Great Resignation
Where we discuss the longer term effects of Covid, burnout, and The Great Resignation. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 131: The Great Resignation [What is ‘The Great Resignation’](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/what-is-the-great-resignation-and-what-can-we-learn-from-it/ http://www.example.com) Tech Workers Try a Great Reconsideration Instead Why the great resignation is hitting the tech industry hard
Episode 130 - VSCode and Cloud IDEs
Where we discuss another thing that is eating the world - Visual Studio Code. We also talk about IDEs in general. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 130: Bash VIM keybindings Code Server Cloud9 IDE Theia IDE XKCD Ineffective Sorts Stacksort Github Copilot Github Copilot Security Issues VIM codex plugin OpenAI Codex
Episode 129 - BeyondCorp
Where we discuss setting up a zero-trust network access policy - what Google referrs to as “BeyondCorp”. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 129: Cryptocurrencies Are Detrimental to Society BeyondCorp\ BeyondCorp Wikipedia Page Traefik Authelia Bind Response-Policy Zones OpenID Connect Hairpin NAT CloudFlare Teams 1.1.1.1 Ory Pomerium Google Zanzibar
Episode 128 - 2021 How We Haven't Missed Ya
Where we discuss the end of 2021 and what we expect in 2022. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 128: Last Year’s Year In Review log4shell exploit log4shell explained tidelift openssl heartbleed leftpad Software Is Eating The World AWS Outages WFH Mental Health Reddit Salary/Workforce Post Top 12 Gartner 2022 Technology Trends IBM Quantum Developer Cert Amazon Bracket
Episode 127 - Scaling Humans
Where we discuss how to scale things when the human element is the limited capacity. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 127: Hyrum’s Law
Episode 126 - SRE Doesn't Scale
Where we discuss Tyler Treat’s essay about how the paradigm of SRE doesn’t scale. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 126: SRE Doesn’t Scale Google SRE Book: The Evolving SRE Engagement Model Reddit Pay Scale Post
Episode 125 - Observability Defined
Where we discuss observability, prompted by a post on The New Stack by Charity Majors, looking at the current state of observability in the industry. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 125: Observability (Wikipedia) Observability: The 5-Year Retrospective
Episode 124 - Enforcing Structure On Production
Where we discuss grappling with getting structure into our production lives; be it terraform, Active Directory or AWS accounts. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 124: Gruntwork
Episode 123 - Outsourcing and Insourcing
Where we discuss outsourcing and insourcing - when to buy a product, when to staff a team, and when to do it all yourself. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 123: Model M Bolt Mod OpenCompute Networking AWS custom silicon for ASIC
Episode 122 - Cloudstations and Remote Graphical Workstations
Where we discuss the use of AWS Cloudstations and graphical remote desktop environments to get $work done. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 122: Amazon Workspaces Overview Google Cloudtops For Employees Only VSCode Remote SSH VSCode Remote Development HP t630 Thin Client A Hobbyist’s Guide to Amazon WorkSpaces