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 91 - Is DevNetOps a Thing? With Brandon Peskin
Where we talk at length with Brandon Peskin, a Sysadmin turned Network Engineer, who has pretty much seen and done it all - from microwave repeaters across parking lots to massively redundant datacenter to cloud migration projects. 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. Sponsors for Episode 91: 42 Lines is a DevOps consulting firm specializing in Observability, Cloud Migration, Cost Control, Security Practices, and Team Mentoring. Links for Episode 91: Brandon Peskin Monitorama 2017 PDX Power Issues Considerations For Moving An Engineering Organization Fully Remote
Episode 90 - Practice
Where we discuss practice, and how it makes everything easier - for both personal and professional things. 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. Sponsors for Episode 90: 42 Lines is a DevOps consulting firm specializing in Observability, Cloud Migration, Cost Control, Security Practices, and Team Mentoring. Links for Episode 90: Theory vs Practice Quote
Episode 89 - Simple Systems Are More Available
Where we discuss Greg Kogan’s Article, “Simple Systems Have Less Downtime” and rant about simplicity and how to choose what things to spend time running. 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. Sponsors for Episode 89: 42 Lines is a DevOps consulting firm specializing in Observability, Cloud Migration, Cost Control, Security Practices, and Team Mentoring. Links for Episode 89: Simple Systems Have Less Downtime Slackware KISS Philosophy
Special Episode - Considerations For Moving An Engineering Organization Fully Remote
Where we invite Ashi Sheth, the Senior Manager of Global End User Services at LinkedIn, to talk about the logistical and personal considerations of moving a 20,000 user organization to full-time remote work with very little advanced notice. 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. Sponsors: 42 Lines is a DevOps consulting firm specializing in Observability, Cloud Migration, Cost Control, Security Practices, and Team Mentoring. Links for the Episode: Ashi Sheth
Episode 88 - Experimenting With Kubernetes On ARM
Where we talk to Ken Mink about his trials and tribulations setting up a Raspberry Pi/Rock64 Kubernetes cluster. 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. Sponsors for Episode 88: 42 Lines is a DevOps consulting firm specializing in Observability, Cloud Migration, Cost Control, Security Practices, and Team Mentoring. Links for Episode 88: Pico Cluster Atomic Pi
Episode 87 - You Don't (Always) Need Kubernetes
Where we discuss the fact that for many environments, Kubernetes may be overkill. That said, it still has an important role to play. 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 Sponsors for Episode 87: 42 Lines is a DevOps consulting firm specializing in Observability, Cloud Migration, Cost Control, Security Practices, and Team Mentoring. Links for Episode 87: RancherOS OpenShift History MiniKube Nomad Project
Special Episode - Preparing For Pandemic Triggered Remote Work
Where we discuss the mass migration of the tech community to remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, even if only on a temporary basis. 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. Sponsors for Special Episode 1: 42 Lines is a DevOps consulting firm specializing in Observability, Cloud Migration, Cost Control, Security Practices, and Team Mentoring. Links for Special Episode 1: CDC - COVID-19 resources and information Logitech Wireless Headset Sysadmin Advice
Episode 86 - Moving Back To The Monolith
Where we discuss the future of microservices… is it the monolith? 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 86: Monoliths Are The Way Forward The Majestic Monolith Steve’s Platform Rant Jepsen.io/consistency Jepsen II: Linearizable Boogaloo
Episode 85 - Concurrency vs Parallelism in Systems Design
Where we discuss concurrency and parallelism in systems design, and touch on programming languages and challenges a little bit. 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 85: Concurrent Computing Embarrassingly Parallel Problems MongoDB is Webscale Stackless Python Rob Pike - Concurrency is not Parallelism Alan Perlis Quote
Episode 84 - Observability Best Practices
Where we discuss best practices around selecting technologies and strategies for building an observability stack. 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 84: The USE Method The RED Method The Four Golden Signals DataDog Tagging Standards Logz.io Logging Best Practices DataDog Field Standards
Episode 83 - Analog Tools For a Digital World - Part 2
Where we discuss analog tools for an work-from-home digital world. Desk ergonomics, common utility items, and other considerations to make life easier. 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 83: Ergonomics Maha Battery Charger MXL 990 Microphone ATR 2100 USB Microphone Golden Bear Pencils Book Of Knowing Midlands Weather Radio
Episode 82 - Analog Tools For a Digital World
Where we discuss analog tools for an on-the-go digital world. Everyday Carry Bags, the contents of said bags, and our preferences for notebooks and writing implements. 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 82: InCase Icon Backpack Crumpler Bags Neoprene Laptop Sleeve Apple Lightning Digital AV Adapter Zebra F301 Ball Point Pen M301 Mechanical Pencil Micron PIGMA Fineliner 005 Golden Bear Wood-cased Pencil Lechturm 1917 Dotted Grid A5 ISO A-Size Paper The Book Factory The Book Factory Classic Journal The Book Factory Log Book Swiss Micros RPN Calculator
Episode 81 - The End Of The Year
Where we talk about evens in 2019 and expectations of 2020. 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 80 - Revisiting Immutable Infrastructure
Where we talk (again) about immutable infrastructure, especially now that Kubernetes has a mature way to handle state, the statefulset. 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 80: Single Instance ASGs Practical Operations Podcast Episode 62 Elastic inside Kubernetes LeftPad RedHat/Quay
Episode 79 - Professional Certifications and Exams
Where we discuss professional certifications, exams and some of the pitfalls and caveats that go along with them. 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