In this episode, Marc and Darren explore stress in IT, covering the signs, types, and management strategies. They share personal experiences and offer practical tools like the three and four-panel methods for addressing stress-inducing situations. They advocate for seeking professional help, breaking the stigma around mental health conversations, and promoting psychological safety in the workplace. Overall, their conversation underscores the importance of recognizing and addressing stress to foster well-being in both personal and professional spheres ..read more

In this episode of the DevOps Sauna podcast, Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK, explores the impact of AI-generated code on open source software. She addresses licensing complexities, ownership issues, and maintainer responsibilities. The discussion also covers the misuse of open source in AI contexts and concerns about regulations like the Cyber Resilience Act and the EU AI Act. Amanda emphasizes community engagement in setting standards to ensure fair regulation. She highlights the necessity of users complying with laws over licenses and the trend of shifting liability onto commercializers. Legal ..read more

Darren and Marc discuss the concept of repatriation in DevOps in this episode of DevOps Sauna, advocating for a return to manual deployment and bare metal servers. They discuss the importance of treating servers like pets rather than cattle, emphasizing hands-on care and control over automated processes. They also touch on topics such as maintaining server room temperature, manual cable management, the value of monoliths in software development, and the idea of allowing servers to "work from home" rather than relying on cloud-based solutions ..read more

In this episode, Marc and Darren discuss the feasibility and implications of creating a fully open source toolchain for software development. They explore various aspects of the toolchain, including version control, compliance, secure storage, documentation, task management, and more. Specific tools and their suitability for different purposes within the toolchain are explored. Darren evaluates options such as Gitea and GitLab for version control, SonarQube, and Aqua Security tools for compliance, and HashiCorp Vault for secure storage. Challenges in finding suitable replacements for commerci ..read more

Darren and Marc discuss incident response in cybersecurity in this episode, with a focus on the importance of disconnecting rather than shutting down during security incidents. They cover the four phases of incident response: Discovery, analysis, action, and postmortem, highlighting the shift in cybersecurity from prevention to effective response due to the inevitability of breaches. They look at the complexity of achieving a perfectly secure system and stress the importance of continuous improvement and preparation in cybersecurity practices ..read more

Marc and Darren address the resistance to change within organizations when it comes to adopting new technology. They cover the challenges of traditional command and control hierarchies in modern workplaces, emphasizing the importance of involving knowledge workers in the change process for successful adoption. Also highlighted is the need for flexibility in selecting tools. They caution against tooling bias and stress the importance of management and developer buy-in for effective change management. The role of platform ownership and the importance of security considerations in change manage ..read more

In this podcast episode, Marc and Darren discuss platform engineering, with a focus on how to start building an effective platform from scratch in 2024. They emphasize the importance of erasing past mistakes, standardizing tooling, and gaining management buy-in. Marc and Darren advocate a balanced approach that prioritizes getting software running quickly in a production-like environment to facilitate rapid feedback loops, and  touch on investment, resistance to change, and the need for software to be adaptable to new platforms ..read more

Darren and Marc highlight the importance of going all in on a platform transformation, emphasizing the need for commitment and resources. They discuss the shift towards internal developer platforms and the challenges of overcoming ill-defined areas in platform engineering. The conversation touches on common pitfalls, including the delay in considering security, tooling bias (with a specific mention of Jenkins), and the tendency to try to build a perfect system instead of focusing on iteration. Find out how to address these pitfalls by considering security early on, cultivating a DevOps cultu ..read more

Join in the conversation at The DEVOPS Conference with a fantastic group of speakers, an engaging worldwide online audience, and a live audience in London of practitioners and decision-makers ..read more

In this episode, Marc and Andy are joined by the VP of Engineering at Showpad, Patrick Debois. They discuss GenAI and the metaverse, emphasizing their significance in the industry. Patrick reflects on his famous quote about DevOps breaking silos and how the industry has evolved from large to smaller, more collaborative teams. They delve into DevOps with security, the evolution of collaboration among teams, and the challenges of working with external SAS vendors. Patrick shares his thoughts on the future of AI, the metaverse, and the concept of "reality as code," as well as collaboration, und ..read more