Episodes

  • D2DO263: An Anthropologist’s Advice for Improving IT Cultures

    D2DO263: An Anthropologist’s Advice for Improving IT Cultures
    Jan 22 2025
    It’s tempting to run IT organizations the same way we run infrastructure: as resource units to be applied to various jobs. But people aren’t infrastructure. They have opinions. They form teams. They operate on different incentives, which sometimes clash within an organization (i.e. sales vs. product managers, or infosec vs. everybody). Today’s guest, Lianne Potter,... Read more »
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    45 mins
  • D2DO262: The Science and Magic of Network Mapping and Measurement

    D2DO262: The Science and Magic of Network Mapping and Measurement
    Jan 8 2025
    Measuring network speed seems straightforward: send some traffic between two endpoints and see how long it took. But what path did the traffic take? Were wired or wireless networks involved? What intermediary devices stood between your two endpoints? Was there interference? Congestion? Are device limitations affecting your results? The fact is, there’s more to measurement... Read more »
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    39 mins
  • D2DO261: Year in Review: Peak Serverless, K8s Complexity, DevOps Sprawl (and What’s Next)

    D2DO261: Year in Review: Peak Serverless, K8s Complexity, DevOps Sprawl (and What’s Next)
    Dec 18 2024
    Join us today for a look back at this year’s developments in cloud security and DevOps. We ask if serverless computing has peaked, why Kubernetes continues to be so hard, whether cloud repatriation is a real trend, and whether the DevOps role has become too darn big. We also explore the future of cloud computing,... Read more »
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    42 mins
  • D2DO260: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: Humor and Threat Detection

    D2DO260: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: Humor and Threat Detection
    Dec 11 2024
    Humor is the best medicine, so they say. In critical IT security jobs, a little humor could help you prevent burnout and maintain your mental equilibrium. Lydia Graslie, a Cloud Threat Detection Engineer at Edward Jones, shares her insights on the complexities of cloud security and the challenges posed by modern cloud platforms, as well... Read more »
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    35 mins
  • D2DO259: See Deep Inside Public Cloud for Greater Visibility and Troubleshooting with ThousandEyes Cloud Insights (Sponsored)

    D2DO259: See Deep Inside Public Cloud for Greater Visibility and Troubleshooting with ThousandEyes Cloud Insights (Sponsored)
    Dec 4 2024
    Public cloud networks can be a bit of a black box when it comes to monitoring and troubleshooting. Today on Day Two DevOps we talk with sponsor Cisco ThousandEyes about its Cloud Insights tool, which aims to open that box so you can see exactly what’s going on in your cloud networks, identify problems, help... Read more »
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    33 mins
  • D2DO258: How System Initiative Rethinks Infrastructure as Code

    D2DO258: How System Initiative Rethinks Infrastructure as Code
    Nov 27 2024
    System Initiative is a new product that aims to improve on Infrastructure as Code (IaC). On today’s episode we talk with System Initiative creator Adam Jacob to find out why he wanted to improve on IaC, how System Initiative works, how it compares to other platforms in the market, how it handles key features such... Read more »
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    45 mins
  • D2DO257: Love is in the Firmware

    D2DO257: Love is in the Firmware
    Nov 13 2024
    With the current cultural emphasis on AI and how that is changing our world, we often forget the human element of individuals and teams when building an effective software development team. On today’s Day Two DevOps, we explore the psychology behind software teams, psychological safety for those teams and how the advent of AI plays... Read more »
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    42 mins
  • D2DO256: Alkira’s Universal Transit: Simplifying Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Networks (Sponsored)

    D2DO256: Alkira’s Universal Transit: Simplifying Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Networks (Sponsored)
    Nov 6 2024
    We are firmly entrenched in a hybrid cloud world, from on-prem data centers to multiple cloud platforms to branch and remote offices, not to mention wandering end users connecting via VPN. While the network is the common substrate among all these locations, every cloud provider has its own network implementation. Managing, monitoring and securing all... Read more »
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    39 mins