Andrey feels frustrated that he has to develop a way to configure environments for every customer. Think for yourself - you arrive at a new project or company. It is day one, and you need to get the right tools as well as the correct environment configuration. During this episode, we are trying to figure out how companies solve it. And is there a standard solution? What are the options?
Henrik Hoegh is back to talk about his experiences working in the platform team at his new job, but before that, we are getting through the following topics:
us-east-1 will never go down, and if it would, half of the internet would go down. It is what people used to say. So, us-east-1 went down big time. What does it mean for us as practitioners? What should we consider going forward? In this episode, we talk through the incident and disaster recovery strategies you can consider to keep your company up
We have had Git around for more than 15 years, and during that time, it has become a standard de-facto to share code and track code changes. While Git is a superior version control system to most of what we have seen before, it has been 15 years since the first release. Should we be looking for new ways to approach version control systems? Is the time right for the next generation of tools in this area?
Our first episode was about Infrastructure as code, and we feel that it is time to revisit the topic after almost two years. Another reason is the release of the second edition of Infrastructure as Code book by Keif Morris. Thus, in this episode, we revisit the definition of Infrastructure as code and try to summarize what has changed over the years. We hope you like it!
Julien gives his impressions of Google Cloud Next 2021, and Andrey recaps HashiConf Global 2021 as well as gives his take with the twist on why do we might need HashiCorp Waypoint.
Everyone seems to be talking about service mesh. Mattias, Julien, and Andrey are trying to separate hype and real value. Most importantly, they dig into when is the good time for the organization is to embrace service mesh and what are the prerequisites.
As a follow-up to the last episode about hiring an infrastructure automation person we decided to reverse the view and talk about how do you get hired as an infrastructure automation person. This episode is full of career advice for people who are just only from university as well as people who already have experience in the industry.
Have you ever conducted an interview to hire an infrastructure automation person? What would you ask? How do you check their skills? And what skills are essential? Tune in for our tips on hiring and finding the right person for your team!
Logs, metrics, and traces are the three pillars of observability. Where should you start? What are the common mistakes to avoid? And if you are to pick one - which one should you do?