Brandon Whichard

Episode 286: Press the turbo button on that one

February 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 5 mins

This week we discuss the demise of the blameless post mortem, a $500 Million mistake and some forgiveness for Red Hat. Plus, a live update on the Texas Winter Apocalypse.

Episode 285: "Work is Punishment"

February 12th, 2021  |  48 mins 32 secs

This week, we discuss Googler’s ideas for making open source more secure, obsessing over top of funnel influencer lifestyle management, and a bit of surfing. The power at Brandon’s house went out just as we were starting, so it’s mostly just Matt and Coté.

Episode 284: That’s Mr. Jeff to you

February 5th, 2021  |  57 mins 38 secs

This week we discuss Amazon’s new CEO, AWS & GCP Earnings and Facebook vs. Apple. Plus, should you sign up for Clubhouse…?

Episode 283: There are no chicken tenders in calendaring

January 29th, 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins

This week we give our hot takes on GameStop, Clubhouse and Calendly. Plus, is Austin really a bad place to move?

Episode 282: The Engine Should Not Be the Differentiator

January 22nd, 2021  |  1 hr 6 mins

This week we discuss Elasticsearch changing their license and the merits of Bitcoin. Plus, what is the prefect age for reincarnation.

Episode 281: That’s a thing, I don’t need to read about it

January 15th, 2021  |  1 hr 1 min

This week we discuss VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger jumping to Intel and what is going on with DevSecOps. Plus, lots advice on picking movies both you and your partner will enjoy.

Episode 280: It would be nice if calendaring were fixed

January 8th, 2021  |  49 mins 51 secs

This week we offer advice to Zoom on why they should build a calendar and what companies they should acquire. Plus, Matt explains why you want to mount your browser tabs as files.

Episode 279: Squire Earle on securing the Enterprise

January 5th, 2021  |  1 hr 31 mins

interview

Brandon interviews Squire Earle who offers practical advice on how to secure your Enterprise. Plus, Squire shares some personal finance tips and explains how and why he takes mini-retirements.

Episode 278: Sebastien Goasguen from TriggerMesh on becoming Serviceful

December 29th, 2020  |  52 mins 31 secs

interview

Brandon interviews Sebastien Goasguen from TriggerMesh. They discuss his time in academia, how he got into cloud computing and why he started TriggerMesh. Plus, Sebastien tells us why South Carolina is the OpenStack capital of the world!

Episode 277: This episode was way better than I expected

December 23rd, 2020  |  1 hr 8 mins

This week we answer listener questions, recap the year’s top stories and make a few predictions. Plus, we select the slides of the year!

Episode 276: I don’t understand how that works but I want to learn more

December 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

This week we discuss the state of virtual events, recent AWS re:Invent Announcements and the SolarWinds Hack. Plus, is YouTube Premium worth it…?

Episode 275: Your competition should not be your community

December 11th, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins

This week we discuss CentOS going upstream, Kubernetes removes Docker support and who’s buying the AirPods Max. Plus, Coté critiques Apple’s Notes App.

Episode 274: Can we start a Slack Channel to discuss this?

December 4th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

This week we discuss Salesforce acquiring Slack and recap all the important announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some advice on chopping onions and robot vacuums.

Episode 273: Look at my iPad

November 27th, 2020  |  56 mins 19 secs

The week we preview AWS re:Invent, breakdown the latest CNCF Survey and discuss container adoption. Plus, a review of banking apps, Google Pay and an update on Coté’s quest to achieve the iPad Lifestyle.

Episode 272: This time we’re doing it in green

November 20th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins

This week we discuss IBM buying Instana, highlights from Kubecon and the rise of Substack. Plus, Coté updates us on his quest to live the iPad lifestyle.

Episode 271: The Defaults Lifestyle

November 13th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins

This week we breakdown Apple’s new M1 chip, the new MacBook Air and discuss why so many devs still use vi. Plus, a discussion about when to use the default Documents Folder.