Practical Operations Podcast Episode Feed

Where we have Amin Astaneh on as a guest to discuss DevOps transitions, culture, consultancies and how to move forward in this career. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 137: Certo Modo MongoDB is Webscale Emotional Warrior Certo Modo Substack BOFH DevOps Meetup Talk - Demystifying SRE 8 Steps For Leading Change

Where we discuss people’s tendencies to resist automation of tasks, for whatever reason. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 135: XKCD 1205: Is it worth the time

Where we ChatGPT, Large Language Models and the dangers of trusting AI tools to be correct. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 134: I will not harm you unless you harm me first VSCode Rubberduck Github Copilot Self-hosted Stable Diffusion Microsoft Tay Microsoft Invests in OpenAI

Where we discuss how damaging Shadow IT can be, how to identify it, how to think about it, and some strategies for getting rid of it. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm.

Where look at Hollywood’s inability to get technology in movies even remotely correct… this time, we’re talking about “The Net”, a 1995 Sandra Bullock movie, where so many things are just… wrong. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 132: The Net (1995 film)

Where we discuss the longer term effects of Covid, burnout, and The Great Resignation. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 131: The Great Resignation [What is ‘The Great Resignation’](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/11/what-is-the-great-resignation-and-what-can-we-learn-from-it/ http://www.example.com) Tech Workers Try a Great Reconsideration Instead Why the great resignation is hitting the tech industry hard

Where we discuss another thing that is eating the world - Visual Studio Code. We also talk about IDEs in general. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 130: Bash VIM keybindings Code Server Cloud9 IDE Theia IDE XKCD Ineffective Sorts Stacksort Github Copilot Github Copilot Security Issues VIM codex plugin OpenAI Codex

Where we discuss setting up a zero-trust network access policy - what Google referrs to as “BeyondCorp”. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 129: Cryptocurrencies Are Detrimental to Society BeyondCorp\ BeyondCorp Wikipedia Page Traefik Authelia Bind Response-Policy Zones OpenID Connect Hairpin NAT CloudFlare Teams 1.1.1.1 Ory Pomerium Google Zanzibar

Where we discuss the end of 2021 and what we expect in 2022. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 128: Last Year’s Year In Review log4shell exploit log4shell explained tidelift openssl heartbleed leftpad Software Is Eating The World AWS Outages WFH Mental Health Reddit Salary/Workforce Post Top 12 Gartner 2022 Technology Trends IBM Quantum Developer Cert Amazon Bracket

Where we discuss how to scale things when the human element is the limited capacity. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 127: Hyrum’s Law

Where we discuss Tyler Treat’s essay about how the paradigm of SRE doesn’t scale. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 126: SRE Doesn’t Scale Google SRE Book: The Evolving SRE Engagement Model Reddit Pay Scale Post

Where we discuss observability, prompted by a post on The New Stack by Charity Majors, looking at the current state of observability in the industry. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 125: Observability (Wikipedia) Observability: The 5-Year Retrospective

Where we discuss grappling with getting structure into our production lives; be it terraform, Active Directory or AWS accounts. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 124: Gruntwork

Where we discuss outsourcing and insourcing - when to buy a product, when to staff a team, and when to do it all yourself. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 123: Model M Bolt Mod OpenCompute Networking AWS custom silicon for ASIC

Where we discuss the use of AWS Cloudstations and graphical remote desktop environments to get $work done. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 122: Amazon Workspaces Overview Google Cloudtops For Employees Only VSCode Remote SSH VSCode Remote Development HP t630 Thin Client A Hobbyist’s Guide to Amazon WorkSpaces

Where we discuss how we get personal things done away from our work from home workstations, while whishcasting about tech that we think should exist. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 121: Home on iPod AWS WorkSpaces ChromeOS Crostini Project Google Pixelbook Go Keyboard Review Google Tensor SoC and the Pixel 6 Windows Subsystem for Linux

Where we discuss building, managing and fostering healthy team dynamics, with a special guest, Jim Browne. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm.

Where we discuss interviewing - good versus bad questions, cultural issues, and how to avoid common pitfalls, bias and other things that are problematic. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm.

Where we discuss imposter syndrome and how it changes work dynamics for the worse. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 118: Imposter Syndrome Depth and Persistence: What Researchers Need to Know About Impostor Syndrome

Where we discuss human input and output. Who are we kidding? We talked about mechanical keyboards, with very mild diversions into trackballs, trackpads and monitors. This is a notes-heavy episode, please look at the shownotes! Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 117: Apple Chicklet Keyboard Apple Extended Keyboard II SpaceSaver Model VT100 Serial Terminal Keyboards IBM Selectric Typewriter Monoprice Cherry MX Blue Keyboard IBM 5251 with Solenoids List of key switches Switch Tester from WASD Socketable Keyswitch Mounts Keyboard Sizes Explained Sun Type 5 Keyboard Gateway 2000 Anykey Keyboard 40% Keyboards ErgoDox Split Ergonomic Ortholinear ErgoDox EZ Keychron K8 Keychron C1 Unicomp Sorarers Converter Model F Keyboards keeb.io Nyquist Keyboard Custom Keyboard Cable Supplies Chyrosran22 Keyboard Reviews i3wm Kensignton Expert Mouse HighDPI Displays in Linux Apple Cinema H