Best of DevOps 2023

Best of DevOps 2023

Author: Bret Fisher February 23, 2024 Duration: 52:08

Bret and Nirmal are joined by Melissa McKay, Developer Advocate at JFrog and Docker Captain, to discuss the best and worst of 2023.

😇 My new GitHub Security workshop has launched! A free 2-hour workshop with hands-on labs to harden your repos and your workflows from common supply chain attacks. I'll cover how attackers are getting in, and then we'll lock down a sample repo so you know what needs to be done to protect your code. You'll leave with a deep understanding of risks and mitigations as well as a list of helpful tools to keep your repos safe, including my new "gasa" tool for scanning your repos and orgs.

We recorded this episode in December of 2023 where we talked through our favorite tools. Whether a DevOps oriented tool or not, it just might be the things we like to use on containers and in Cloud Native DevOps. This is a fun episode of three friends talking about what they love. And I sometimes I think these are the best shows because we didn't plan them out. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we did recording it. 

The live recording of the complete show from December 14, 2023 is on YouTube (Ep. #245)

★Topics★
Dive Website
SlimToolkit Website
OpenTelemetry Website
eBPF Website
eBPF Documentary
Continuous Delivery Foundation
CDEvents Website
ML Ops Website
Ollama Website
Docker + Ollama
Neo4j Website
Inspektor Gadget Website
Arc Browser
k6 Load testing

Creators & Guests

  • (00:00) - DDT MAIN
  • (04:13) - A Little Tool Called Dive
  • (09:49) - SlimTooklit from Slim.AI
  • (12:11) - OpenTelemetry
  • (14:57) - eBPF
  • (18:44) - Chainguard Images
  • (21:48) - Digestabot
  • (25:03) - Looking Forward to 2024
  • (27:29) - CDEvents
  • (31:32) - MLOps
  • (34:58) - Ollama
  • (37:30) - WebAssembly
  • (38:26) - Inspektor Gadget
  • (39:33) - Arc Browser

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Bret Fisher hosts DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling alongside Nirmal Mehta, pulling conversations directly from their live audience sessions. This isn't a theoretical lecture series; it's grounded in the practical, often messy realities of building and running modern systems. Each episode digs into the specific tools and philosophies shaping infrastructure today, from the foundational elements like Docker and container orchestration with Kubernetes or Swarm to the broader cultural shifts of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering. You'll hear discussions that span the entire software lifecycle, touching on the integration of security with DevSecOps, the automation promises of GitOps, and what "Cloud Native" truly means for development teams. The dialogue stays focused on actionable insights and real-world use cases, offering a genuine sense of what works and what doesn't in the field. For anyone navigating the container and cloud ecosystem, this podcast serves as a regular, insightful check-in with practitioners and experts, hosted by someone deeply embedded in the community. The natural, interview-driven format makes complex topics accessible, ensuring listeners come away with more than just buzzwords-they get context and clarity.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling
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