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Developer Security Jun 14, 2023

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Randall Degges (@rdegges, Head DevRel & Community @snyksec) talks about best practices of how to integrate security into application development environments.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Give everyone a quick background.

Topic 2 - The intersection of development and security has become a hot topic in recent years. How did the issues start and what are the most common vulnerabilities or issues you run into?

Topic 3 - Security can really exist anywhere and we constantly hear about shifting left. When we are talking about developers and security, where in the process and pipelines should people, process and tools get involved?

Topic 4 - I know API security has become quite well known and is a common area, what are other areas developers need to consider? With the rise of AI, how does this impact?

Topic 5 - There is a big difference between discovery and remediation. How should developers address this?

Topic 6 - What is the difference between Snyk Open Source and the company?

Topic 7 - How do you convince both security and development teams to adopt a common platform? Is this a challenge and how do you overcome issues?

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The Hollowing Out of the Software Middle Jun 11, 2023

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'Software companies taste like chicken,' says private-equity mogul. 'They’re selling different products, but 80% of what they do is pretty much the same'

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THE MARKET USUALLY ONLY SUPPORTS THREE OPTIONS

Walking around KubeCon,nearly every segment had 6-10 companies offering solutions
Markets can’t sustain more 3 in any category (Market Leader, Market Follower, Cheaper Option)
The Market can’t understand the differentiation of the 6-10 company market; 80% of the functionality is the same.
We’re coming out of Unicornpalozza (2019-2022)

OPEN SOURCE AND SAAS HAVE HOLLOWED OUT THE MIDDLE OF SOFTWARE

Open source typically highlights the creator, largest contributor to a project
Beyond that, open source is “integration” companies, or “lifecycle” companies
Large companies (or platforms) can buy up the “feature” companies to fill in their gaps
Companies in the middle have to build sales and marketing around mostly undifferentiated messaging or products.
SaaS allows companies to leverage product-led-growth, and micro-target to specific use-cases.
The successful middle (mid-sized, decent growth) will get picked off by PE
The unsuccessful middle (great tech, bad execution) may get picked off by large vendors
The unsuccessful middle (average tech, bad execution) will go under

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The Economics & Beyond of Object Storage Jun 07, 2023

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Jon Toor (CMO @CloudianStorage) talks about the history and evolution of object storage, the rise of enterprise class object storage, and the changing economics of cloud storage.

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Cloudian website

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show Jon. Tell us a little bit about your background. Your career and Cloudian parallel in many ways.

Topic 2 - Cloudian has been around since before object storage was cool. We first heard about Cloudian back in the OpenStack and early AWS S3 days. Object storage has come a long way. Can you help everyone frame where we were and where we are today?

Topic 3 - We’ve seen the rise of Enterprise class, S3 compatible object storage for use cases like hybrid cloud, data sovereignty, and more recently analytics such as data lakehouses. Where are you seeing implementations these days as we’ve moved beyond basic, simple storage behind cloud backends.

Topic 4 - With the recent changes to the world economy, how much does economics come into conversations around the design of solutions. There’s often a healthy tension between what is technically possible and what is economically feasible. How does that design conversation play out lately?

Topic 5 - We used to talk about “Data Gravity” all the time. The concept for those unfamiliar is that data has a certain weight and attracts more data to existing sources and becomes hard to move over time. We haven’t talked about it as much in recent years and we are seeing the rise of hybrid and multicloud solutions but folks often don’t think about access to the data. Where are folks building large data sets? What are they using them for? Are they ever moving them?

Topic 6 - Last question, Cloudian is well known for their partnerships, alliances and solutions. You partner with hardware companies, software companies, backup companies, public clouds, etc. It’s quite a mix. Has this been a factor in Cloudian’s longevity and tell everyone a little bit about how this came to be and how important you see this for the future.

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How to Build a Tech ROI Model Jun 04, 2023

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They get requested all the time; a technology ROI model. But how do you build one, what does it tell you, and how are they relevant for technology purchases?

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WHY ARE MANAGERS ALWAYS ASKING FOR THE ROI?

Businesses, and IT groups, always have more projects than they have budget
How do they prioritize which projects to work on? Which ones to ignore?
People higher up don’t understand tech, but they understand finance.

WHY ISN’T ROI EASIER TO CALCULATE? AND DOES ANYONE CARE LATER ON?

ROI could be about making money, saving money, or reducing risk.
ROI Basics: Revenues, Costs, Time
Tech ROI is mostly a scoping activity - what are we including in the calculation?
Tech ROI could be short-term or long-term.
Finance Stuff: CAPEX, OPEX, Depreciation, Time-Value-of-Money, IRR, Hurdle Rate
Good ROI vs. Bad ROI?
Basics: Build a “Before and After” Model
Stuff included in ROI calculations: Expected Revenues, Expected Costs (all of them: technology, people, changes, etc.), Cost Savings/Eliminations, Productivity Improvements, Experience Improvements (Assumptions, Storytelling)
What if the decision-makers aren’t around when the ROI timeline ends?

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DevOps, OSS Communities & WASM in the Public Cloud May 31, 2023

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Bridget Kromhout (@bridgetkromhout, Principal PM @Azure) & Ralph Squillace (@ralph_squillace, Principal PM @Azure) talk about DevOps, Public Cloud involvement with OSS communities, CNCF, WASM and OSS Communities.

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Topic 1 - Bridget, welcome back! It's been over 7 years since you were last on the show! Ralph, welcome to the show!

Topic 2 - Bridget, let’s talk about your journey. You were involved with Arrested DevOps Podcast & DevOps Days. Your career has changed a bit from the Developer Advocate path into the PM side. Tell us a little bit about that.

Topic 3 - For those that aren’t familiar, tell everyone about OSS @ Azure. How does Azure work with the Linux Foundation and the CNCF?

Topic 4 - Ralph, let’s talk about Web Assembly a bit. How did you get involved? How does Web Assembly fit into the bigger Azure architecture? How does it compare to Azure Functions?

Topic 5 - We last talked about WASM probably in the summer last year. Momentum appears to have picked up dramatically judging by interest at recent KubeCon events. From your perspective, how has the space evolved and changed in the last 12 months?

Topic 6 - How is Web Assembly different from the past promises of PaaS? What are some of the unique capabilities and use-cases that have evolved?

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AI is the new Bi-Modal IT May 28, 2023

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As AI begins to go mainstream in IT, we’re now at the stage where projects will either be AI-enabled or not, creating the new Bi-Modal IT for the 2020s.

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EVERY VENDOR NOW HAS A PATH TO AI-INTEGRATED CAPABILITIES

When cloud emerged in 2010s, IT projects became Bi-Modal (technology & people)
Projects become classified as fast vs slow, old vs new
Groups become classified as fast vs slow, old vs new

WILL AI-ENABLED CAPABILITIES CHANGE HOW AI PROJECTS ARE MEASURED?

Expect AI to be asked about for every IT project, by leadership
Expect to see AI being pushed into every IT project
Every vendor is going to highlight the AI integrations in their products
Start learning how the economics change if IT is potentially part of a project
Expect people-reduction to be a real consideration with AI projects

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The Rise of Platform Engineering May 24, 2023

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Luca Galante (@luca_cloud, Product @humanitec_com & PlatformCon Organizer) talks about the latest trends in Platform Engineering, what to expect at PlatformCon 2023, and how to get engaged and join the community.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Luca, how did you get involved with Platform Engineering and how did PlatformCon come into being?

Topic 2 - Platform Engineering is having its moment. There is a lot being written about Platform Engineering and a lot of customers, companies and vendors are all jumping on board. As someone who was there at the beginning, why do you think this happened? What was the need filled and the main problem solved?

Topic 3 - We often hear about IDP’s (Internal Developer Platforms) associated with Platform Engineering, often as the “product” or outcome. What are your thoughts on this?

Topic 4 - Every “hype cycle” eventually hits the dreaded trough of disillusionment. Momentum moves from excitement (Backstage as an example) into the “getting things done” stage and often complexity gets in the way. Do you see that happening here and how should the community address this?

Topic 5 - Let’s talk about PlatformCon. What is it and what should folks expect? Was 2022 the first year? How did it go? Any lessons learned you are bringing to 2023?

Topic 6 - You’re also heavily involved with the Platform Engineering Slack Community. I think you recently passed over 12k members if I remember correctly. How did that get started and what do you think contributed to such growth in such a short amount of time?

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The Cloud-Native Trough of Disillusionment May 21, 2023

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Are some of the flaws of the Cloud-native ecosystem and architectures starting to get exposed? Or is this just the natural evolution of new technologies?

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Good article from Adrian Cockroft on the Prime Video take on Serverless vs. Monoliths
AWS grows 16% as margins narrow
Here Comes the Anti-Cloud Crowd (The Cloudcast Feb 2023)

THE CLOUD-NATIVE MOVEMENT WAS BUILD ON A FEW PRINCIPLES

Public Cloud would be the dominant place to run apps
Public Cloud would be cheaper to build/operate than DIY or on-premises
Just use open source software
Build new applications with microservices
Multi-cloud is not a real thing anyone will do

IT’S VERY RARE THAT ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TECHNOLOGY

CNCF / KubeConEU just had 10,000 people in attendance
We’re seeing backlash against some of the modern technologies as “one-size fits-all”.
We’re seeing cloud-cost-optimization becoming a focus area
We saw layoffs, and we continue to see companies not invest in internal skills
One story doesn’t make a trends (but it is easy to repeat)
From lulls and economic downturns have historically come great technology advances
Companies value experience and expertise

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Simplifying FinOps for AI Workloads in the Cloud May 17, 2023

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Sam Clark (Technical Account Manager, @doitint) and Miguel Mendao (CTO @Recognyte) talk about managing the cloud costs of AI services, FinOps implementations, and spinning out new business services.

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DoIT (homepage)
DoIT Flexsave (dynamic cost management)

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your backgrounds,

Topic 2 - We’ve spoken several times on the show about tools to control cloud cost management, but we don’t spend much time talking about the process of how companies decide it’s time to make it a focus area. Let’s talk about what thresholds tend to trigger customers to make cost management a focus area.

Topic 3 - Is cost management something that companies can think about ahead of time, or do they usually need to get past the excitement of being able to do things dynamically in the cloud first?

Topic 4 - Do you find that there are unique things in different clouds that customers should focus on around cost management? For example, you spend a lot of time with Google Cloud.

Topic 5 - Can you tell us some more about DoIT Flexsave, and maybe how it differs from some of the other types of cloud cost management tools out there? Are there typical savings that companies might expect to see?

Topic 6 - What are some of the best practices that DoIT uses with customers that are at different stages of cloud cost management, and want to get their bill under control?

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Recognizing the Adults in the Room May 14, 2023

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Can we take the lessons we learned from our mothers (on Mothers Day), and apply some of those lessons to the known challenges of generative AI?

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DON’T FORGET TO CALL YOUR MOTHER, OR SUPPORT YOUR MOTHER

How did your mother support or encourage you?
What lessons from your mother do you carry forward to this day?
How often do you keep in touch with your mother?

EMBRACE CREATIVITY, AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO PARTNER WITH AN EXPERIENCED

Knowing if output from tools like ChatGPT are correct will often require domain expertise (at broad levels and nuanced levels). How to get that experience?
How will you do onboarding to new roles, with new hires without domain experience?
Thoughtful adults realize that they often don’t understand new trends, and will ask younger people to explain it. They embrace the unknown if it can be explained.

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