Come listen to experts in building infrastructure and enabling development and deployment processes discuss the ideas and technologies involved in DevOps.
Observability and Serverless Intelligence Platforms with Aviad Mor - DevOps 132
Aviad Mor is the CTO and co-founder of Lumigo, a serverless intelligence platform that helps developers understand and troubleshoot serverless applications. Today on the show, Jonathan Hall interviews Aviad to discuss observability within DevOps and the future of serverless. In this episode… Observability and Lumigo Linux Kernel MRTG tool Managing distributed systems What is “serverless”? Tracing optimization Onboarding with Lumigo Black boxes and Kubernetes Observability tools Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links Lumigo - Serverless Monitoring and Troubleshooting Platform Monitoring Cloud Native Microservices - Lumigo LinkedIn: Aviad Mor Twitter: @AviadMor Picks Aviad- Islands in the Stream Jonathan- A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
Endless Possibilities with WebAssembly with Taylor Thomas - DevOps 131
WebAssembly is a portable binary-code format and a corresponding text format for executable programs to interface software for facilitating interactions between programs and their host environment. Today on the show, WebAssembly expert Taylor Thomas shares his insights into WebAssembly and the endless possibilities for which it allows. In this episode… What is WebAssembly Practical application for WebAssembly Building WebAssembly in cloud vs. browser Gain support from all major browsers Resources for building WebAssembly Run times and optimization Serverless and WebAssembly Where to get started Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Why WebAssembly Belongs Outside the Browser Cloud Native Wasm Day North America | Linux Foundation Events WebAssembly Components and wasmCloud Actors: A Glimpse of the Future GitHub: thomastaylor312 Twitter: @_oftaylor Picks Jonathan- This Is Your Mind on Plants Taylor- Star Trek: Lower Decks (Official Site) Watch on Paramount Plus Will- THINKERS Notebook - Transform your ideas from paper to the cloud
Transforming from DevOps to DevSecOps - DevOps 130
With recent high-profile software supply chain breaches and President Biden's Executive Order to improve the nation's cybersecurity, there is an increase in the urgency for businesses and governments to move to DevSecOps. How shall your enterprise integrate security with its DevOps process? Today on the show, Will Kelly outlines his approach to transforming from DevOps to DevSecOps. In this episode… What is DevSecOps? Startups vs large enterprises First steps to making changes internally Common pitfalls with security Advocating for security Software supply chain security Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links Launching a DevOps to DevSecOps transformation LinkedIn: Will Kelly Twitter: @willkelly Picks Jonathan – Reducing On-Call Engineer Burnout with a Volunteer Management Infrastructure - DevOps 121 Jonathan- What Pickles Can Do for Your Health Will Button – Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering Will Kelly – Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making Will Kelly – #opentowork and available for new job opportunities
Application Security Challenges with Harshit Chitalia - BONUS
DevOps culture and rapid cloud adoption has developers shipping code faster than ever and security is struggling to keep up. How do you ensure secure deployment while still maintaining speed with releasing applications? Today on the show, Harshit Chitalia, CTO & Founder at Tromzo shares his industry insights related to application security and applicable ideas on what developers can start trying today. In this episode… Navigating application security for developers How to keep track of security issues Shift left vs. shift right Security automation Tracking security processes Security solutions and tools Connect with Harshit ChitaliaLinkedIn: Harshit ChitaliaLinks Homepage - Tromzo State of Modern Application Security: Insights From 400+ AppSec Practitioners - Tromzo
The Future of Intelligent Monitoring and Alerting with Ava Naeini - DevOps 129
Today on the show, Ava Naeini shares about her patent pending intelligent engine tool that uses machine learning and statistical processing with various heuristics to determine the healthiness and performance of distributed systems. The panel discusses what this new platform can do and how it can help enhance developers with distributed systems. In this episode… The main challenges with testing distributed systems Developing confidence within your systems Performance testing models Monitoring and performance testing gaps Inclusive technical specs Pulse Operations (company) Current similar tooling options Production data analytics Accuracy and data exposure Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Pulse Operations LinkedIn: Ava Naeini Picks Ava- Intelligent Diagramming | Lucidchart Jonathan- GitHub - jesseduffield/lazygit: simple terminal UI for git commands Will- Best Portable Teleprompter for Smartphones
The GitOps Framework with Tanmay Bhat - DevOps 128
GitOps is an operational framework that takes DevOps best practices used for application development such as version control, collaboration, compliance, and CI/CD, and applies them to infrastructure automation. Today on the show, Will and Jonathan interview Tanmay Bhat to discuss the GitOps framework, advantages and disadvantages, and favorite tools. In the episode… GitOps vs CDIC automated deployment GitOps vs infrastructure as code Who should use GitOps? Favorite tools and recommendations Getting started with GitOps Flux and RODC Pitfalls with GitOps Connect with Tanmay via email: tanmaybhat24@gmail.com Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links GitHub: tanmay-bhat Twitter: @Tanmaybhat98 Picks Jonathan- Technology Connections Jonathan- Join the American Red Cross to Sound the Alarm. Save a Life. Tanmay- ElectroBOOM Will- Drive | Daniel H. Pink
DevOps and Log Management - DevOps 127
Logging in today’s DevOps landscape has become more difficult than ever. DevOps needs visibility into workloads that security, development, and operations teams collaboratively manage and provide. Today on the show, Jonathan and Will discuss various strategies to logging and log management and what you can start implementing today. In this episode… Who owns the logging process? Lack of strategy in logging Building the library Debugging and error management Following structured logging patterns Basic monitoring Building dashboards vs 3rd party services Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Jonathan – Sentry.io Jonathan- Files · master · Jonathan Hall / Ale · GitLab Will- The Network State: How To Start a New Country
Personal Branding as a Developer with Pavan Belagatti - DevOps 126
Top Dev Ops global influencer, award-winning tech writer, and developer advocate Pavan Belagatti joins the show today to share the importance of personal branding as a developer, plus tactical strategies you can implement today. In this episode… How to get started and get noticed Building your brand through networks Benefits of building a brand Writing tech articles to get an edge Utilizing Google alerts Refining your thoughts and communication delivery Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs LinksPavan Belagatti - Developer Advocate - Harness | LinkedInPicks Jonathan – Sentry.io Jonathan- Agile Tour Vienna 2022 Jonathan – Dynamic Reteaming Pavan- Harness | The Modern Software Delivery Platform - CI, CD, Feature Flags, Cloud Costs & more Will- The Network State: How To Start a New Country Will- Building a Second Brain
The Pull Request Paradox with Yishai Beeri - DevOps 125
You just finished some code that can have a positive impact on your customers, and you are motivated to release it as quickly as possible, but your team members are also incredibly busy working on their own code. This conflict is The Pull Request Paradox. Today on the show, the panel interviews Yishai Beeri to share his insights on how to manage this paradox and the best PR strategies you can implement today. In this episode… Where do pull requests come from Collaborating and empowering developers Differentiating and managing PR lanes The ship show ask model Optimizing pull requests Rule based models Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links LinkedIn: Yishai Beeri LinearB Picks Jonathan- Dynamic Reteaming: The Art and Wisdom of Changing Teams Will- Building a Second Brain Yishai- Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - IMDb
The Intersection of Data and DevOps - DevOps 124
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 warehousing Analytics with source data Data Version Control (DVC) AWS Batch Production database schemas Real time data Snowflake integrations Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Jillian- iD Tech | Summer Coding Camp & Online Tech Programs for Kids & Teens Jonathan- The Timeless Way of Building Will- ShouldeRök™
Standing Out in the Job Search Process - DevOps 123
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 profile Listing your projects on your resume Sharing your accomplishments, not just your responsibilities Knowledge options Leveraging social media Stack Overflow Soft skills Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Jonathan- Commitment - the book | Commitment - the book Will- Building a Second Brain
Modern Updates to CDIC Deployments - DevOps 122
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. Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Develop. Preview. Ship. For the best frontend teams - Vercel Jenkins Next.js by Vercel - The React Framework Picks Jonathan – Agile Tour Vienna 2022 Will- All You Zombies Will- Pulumi - Universal Infrastructure as Code
Reducing On-Call Engineer Burnout with a Volunteer Management Infrastructure - DevOps 121
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 burden Alarm management Escalation paths Incentives for the volunteer teams Deployment processes Improving standards and expectations Human centric vs. machine centric Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Links Intercom'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 Europe Brian Scanlan Twitter: @brian_scanlan LinkedIn: Brian Scanlan Picks Brian- speedtapefilms Jonathan- Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Crime Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra Will - ThirdWeb.com
DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) Metrics with Dave Mangot - DevOps 120
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 metrics Speed and quality Monoliths vs. microservices Uptime and failure rates Mean time to recover Deployment frequencies Production monitoring Sponsors Top End Devs Coaching | Top End Devs Links Mangoteque - Get good at delivering software℠ The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations DevOps Solutions | Google Cloud Picks Dave- An incomplete list of skills senior engineers need, beyond coding Jillian- Twitter: @PayGapApp Jonathan - Toothpowder is better than toothpaste
How to Navigate the Job Market in DevOps - DevOps 119
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 gigs Social life in the workplace vs. financial transaction Single points of failure Sponsors Top End Devs Raygun | Click here to get started on your free 14-day trial Coaching | Top End Devs Picks Jonathan - (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 tools Jillian - Workspaces for Mac Jillian- Setapp | The best apps for Mac in one suite Will- The Power of Go: Tools - Bitfield Consulting Will - Trustified.io