Software Defined Talk

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

406 episodes of Software Defined Talk since the first episode, which aired on April 29th, 2016.

  • Episode 363: Bad Bosses

    June 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins

    This week we discuss Oracle buying Corner, drama at Coinbase and the Gartner MQ for Observability. Plus, some thoughts on European Design Style…

  • Episode 362: Are we using version control?

    June 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins

    This week we discuss work life balance, the State of Continuous Delivery Survey and recap WWDC. Plus, some thoughts on Buddha and parenting…

  • Episode 361: This is Bonkers

    June 3rd, 2022  |  50 mins 33 secs

    This week Brandon is joined by special guest host JJ Ashgiar and they record a live episode at the THAT Conference. Brandon and JJ interview Clark Sell and Brett Slaski about the origins and purpose of the THAT Conference and then the group discusses Broadcom acquiring VMware.

  • Episode 360: Radical Transparency

    May 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

    This week we discuss “Radical Transparency,” State of Crypto, IBM’s Cloud Efforts and Zoom’s Earnings. Plus, paying at the pump abroad.

  • Episode 359: Sell the Slide

    May 20th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins

    This week we discuss the "sum of the parts" of Rackspace, Rocky Linux recreates CentOS and thoughts on the economy. Plus, a debate: rental car vs. Uber.

  • Episode 358: Philip Griffiths on Zero Trust Networking and OpenZiti

    May 17th, 2022  |  46 mins 6 secs
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    Brandon interviews Philip Griffiths, the VP of Global Business Development at NetFoundry. They discuss how OpenZiti enables zero trust networking and how to build certificate-based security into your applications. Plus, some thoughts on creating an open source mascot.

  • Episode 357: Is platform engineer the new thing?

    May 13th, 2022  |  57 mins 44 secs

    This week we discuss DevOpsDays Austin, the impending (?) economic downturn and advice on migrating your iCloud account when moving abroad. Plus, some thoughts on driving…

  • Episode 356: They should have consulted us

    May 6th, 2022  |  57 mins 28 secs

    This we week we discuss palace intrigue at Apple. the death of passwords and Twilio’s valuation. Plus, Matt explains how to resurrect a dead MacBook Pro…

  • Episode 355: That’s why he runs my Marketing department

    April 29th, 2022  |  58 mins 26 secs

    This week we discuss Matt’s new job at Kubecost, Istio joins the CNCF, the latest cloud earnings and Twitter gets bought. Plus, the first ever Cloud Startup Fantasy Draft…

  • Episode 354: We’ve always been doing Agile

    April 22nd, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

    This week we discuss the disruption happening to Netflix, Corporate Metrics and a few thoughts on Heroku. Plus, some summer travel tips.

  • Episode 353: This smells like shenanigans

    April 15th, 2022  |  51 mins 58 secs

    This week we discuss the legacy of Puppet, Private Equity acquisitions and a few thoughts on Cloud Migrations. Plus, the five types of All Hands meetings…

  • Episode 352: Layers of Abstraction

    April 8th, 2022  |  54 mins 21 secs

    This week we discuss Dagger’s Launch, Employee Tacking and Executive Compensation. Plus, some thoughts on beans and broccoli…

  • Episode 351: You can’t put it all on one slide

    April 1st, 2022  |  57 mins 10 secs

    This week we discuss the potential consequences of the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Gaming M&A and Docker’s latest funding. Plus, Coté offers advice about snakes….

  • Episode 350: Email in Excel

    March 25th, 2022  |  47 mins 13 secs

    This week we discuss how the software supply chain impacts business continuity and analyze the latest attempt to disrupt Microsoft Excel. Plus, some thoughts on bread heels….

  • Episode 349: The Janitor Strategy for Developer-led Sales, also, The School of the Philosophy of Rocks and Time

    March 18th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins

    This week, Coté and Matt define three sales model for doing developer-led sales. Also, we know that clown fish are optional, but do rocks need to exist?

  • Episode 348: Jevons Paradox

    March 11th, 2022  |  50 mins 11 secs

    This week we discuss the potential digital transformation of the Dollar and Snowflake’s Strategy. Plus, what exactly is Heavy Metal…