Brandon Whichard

Episode 302: Amsterdam hates cars

May 28th, 2021  |  58 mins 22 secs

This week we try to make sense of Snowflake’s stance on open source and review the State of Serverless. Plus, some advice on parking cars in Amsterdam.

Episode 301: Justin McCarthy on Zero Trust and securing hybrid clouds

May 25th, 2021  |  45 mins 55 secs

interview

Brandon interviews Justin McCarthy the CTO and Co-founder of strongDM and they discuss Zero Trust, securing hybrid clouds and keeping auditors happy. Plus, a few tips on gardening during a pandemic.

Episode 300: No more architecture talk

May 21st, 2021  |  54 mins 32 secs

This week we discuss cloud migration strategies, the rise of Serverless and the future of PaaS. Plus, advice on how to start your day.

Episode 299: Working Backwards

May 14th, 2021  |  1 hr 19 mins

This week we take a deep look inside life at Amazon by discussing the book Working Backwards written by two former Amazon Executives.

Episode 298: Come on Gophers

May 7th, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins

This week we discuss Red Hat’s open source strategy, public cloud adoption and Signal’s Instagram ads. Plus, advice on setting your thermostat.

Episode 297: Grant Miller from Replicated on delivering and managing Kubernetes apps anywhere

May 4th, 2021  |  47 mins 8 secs

interview

Brandon interviews Grant Miller the CEO of Replicated. They discuss Grant's background, building enterprise software and how to deliver Kubernetes apps anywhere. Plus, Grant tell us what it's really like to be an intern at an investment bank.

Episode 296: Fungated into my mind

April 30th, 2021  |  59 mins 13 secs

This week we discuss the Rackspace-Platform9 partnership, Microsoft buying Kinvolk and the commodification of DevOps. Plus, some hot takes on Zoom’s new immersive view.

Episode 295: Status Quo Fork

April 23rd, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins

This week we discuss Grafana moving to the AGPL, Signal goes on offense and Grad Students infecting the Linux Kernel. Plus, how many door locks do you need?

Episode 294: I already have a job

April 16th, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins

This week we discuss IBM’s Kyndryl, AWS launches OpenSearch and what makes a good strategy. Plus, how much do you really need to know about wine?

Episode 293: Don’t steal my kid’s bike, steal my bike

April 9th, 2021  |  1 hr 3 mins

This week we discuss the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Google vs. Oracle and the future of open source business models. Plus, do you really need a yard?

Episode 292: Wrap Around Analysis

April 2nd, 2021  |  59 mins 30 secs

This week we discuss a potential Box/Dropbox merger, Discord rumors and the meaning of work. Plus, what happens when you spill water on your laptop?

Episode 291: Master of the Coin

March 26th, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins

This week we discuss Discord rumors, Slack Connect, the new AWS CEO and what would make Tableau and Salesforce better. Plus, why did Google Reader really get canceled…?

Episode 290: Make your own slides

March 19th, 2021  |  50 mins 15 secs

This week we discuss tech’s rich valuations, Airtable vs. Excel and the Goldman Analysts’ Presentation. Plus, some advice on when to buy a house.

Episode 289: The sabbatical is not going well

March 12th, 2021  |  1 hr 21 mins

This week we discuss how corporate life changes in a post-pandemic world, security startups raising VC and the adoption of Zero Trust. Plus, we test Coté’s geography skills.

Episode 288: The EULA of Life

March 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins

This week we discuss Redmonk’s Language Rankings, Okta buys Auth0 and Zoom Fatigue. Plus, Matt gets a puppy and explains why he needs a longer sabbatical.

Episode 287: The Bureaucracy Episode

February 26th, 2021  |  1 hr 25 mins

This week we discuss LinkedIn’s new marketplace, Platform9, TriggerMesh and Event-based Architectures. Plus, are meetings always bad?