In this episode of ShipTalk, we are joined with Ken Aherns, CEO and Founder of Speedscale. Kubernetes is turning 10 this summer  and we dig into how the ecosystem has been evolving.  Learn more from Ken as he walks through his journey on: * Don't forget the fundamentals  * 10 Years into K8s, what is still challenging * Enthusiasm, a very important skill ..read more

Explore the ins and outs of software engineering and organizational culture in the ShipTalk Podcast. In this episode, Dewan Ahmed, a Principal Developer Advocate at Harness, engages in a compelling conversation with Matt Anger, a Senior Staff Engineer at DoorDash. In this insightful discussion, Matt reflects on his career, from a fresh graduate to his current role as an engineering leader at DoorDash. The conversation covers the evolution of software delivery methodologies, touching on Matt's experiences with Kotlin for performance and ecosystem, scaling platform engineering at his org, and t ..read more

Welcome to the latest season of ShipTalk! In this episode, we get to talk to Dr. Vlad Ukis, Head of R&D for Siemens Healthineers and author of Establishing SRE Foundations.  We cover several great topics from starting and scaling an SRE fucntion in a healthcare/regulated industry to how to go about renegotiating your SLOs.  ..read more

In this episode of ShipTalk, Arch Mortgage Insurance Company's Head of Infrastructure and Operations, Scott Lee, discusses his home automation solution, deep dives into the massive gap between remote workers and their managers, and share a story about that one time he lived in an RV for 18 months with his wife and 2 dogs. Introductions Just for fun #1 - Automate all the things at home Main topic - A doctoral discussion on remote working Just for fun #2 - Scott's life in an RV and how he incorporated home automation ..read more

In this episode of ShipTalk, Deutsche Bank's Head of Cloud Engineering , Bijit Ghosh, takes us on a culinary journey to Croatia, discusses cloud native adoption and cultural change in the high stakes world of financial services, and brings us all home for meal time with the Ghosh family. Introductions Just for fun #1 - Bijit's favorite travel destination Main topic - Cloud Native adoption and cultural change in Financial Services Just for fun #2 - Bijit's favorite hobby ..read more

In this episode of ShipTalk, our host Jim Hirschauer interviews many of the speakers from the WTF is SRE conference and discusses the many life lessons they express. This episode is packed with important lessons to help you interact with your co-workers and to succeed in life in general. The crew also has some fun discussing foods for a deserted island. Introduction What's your favorite...? If you could give yourself one...what would it be? Just for fun ... Deserted island food ..read more

In this episode of ShipTalk (The SRE Edition), Red Hat's Chief Mermaid, Hilliary Lipsig, defines a new word that all techies should adopt into their vocabulary. For the main course, Hilliary describes how to use Observability data to do so much more than most companies are doing today. She also shares her favorite hobby which is something I have never heard of before. Introductions Just for fun #1 - Hilliary's new word - ooming Main topic - Using Observability data proactively Just for fun #2 - Hilliary's favorite hobby ..read more

In this episode of ShipTalk (The SRE Edition), Steve McGhee shares tells us about a new open-source project that helps SREs understand which capabilities are required to achieve increasing levels of reliability (the nines). He also shares some interesting stories about misadventures with user files and how Google handled the news that Michael Jackson had passed away. Introductions Just for fun #1 - Steve's activities outside of work Main topic - r9y.dev, what it is, how to use it, how to contribute Just for fun #2 - Steve's worst IT mess-ups and creating a new unit of measure Closing ..read more

In this episode of ShipTalk (The SRE Edition), Adrian Cockcroft shares his thoughts on "the 5th accelerate metric" - reliability - and the State of DevOps, using error budgets, and how to achieve continuous reliability. He shares some interesting stories about the differences between Netflix and Google, as well as some personal stories to boot. Introductions Just for fun #1 - Adrian's favorite hobby Main topic - State of DevOps reliability metric, error budgets, continuous resiliency Just for fun #2 - Adrian's best travel destination Closing ..read more

In this episode of ShipTalk (The SRE Edition), Bryan Finster discusses how to ensure reliability and resiliency across the SDLC by making everything part of the pipeline. Introductions Just for fun #1 - Bryan's favorite hobby Main topic - Leaning into delivery pipelines to ensure reliability and resiliency while creating efficiencies. Just for fun #2 - Bryan's worst IT mess up Closing ..read more