Blog Posts & Recent Episodes
Episode Followup – From Ops to Dev: Understanding the Evolving Developer Landscape
The tech landscape is evolving faster than ever! Even if you’ve been in a traditional Ops role, knowing “how developers d …
Episode Followup – Increasing Confidence in Your Software Supply Chain with Mike Fiedler
Mike Fiedler, PyPI Safety and Security Engineer for the Python Software Foundation, joins the vBrownBag to talk about ris …
Episode Followup – Scared but Learning: A Survival Guide
We’re excited to welcome Faye Ellis — Pluralsight instructor, AWS Hero, and one of my favorite people to learn from!
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Episode Followup – Scared but Learning: A Survival Guide
Whitney Lee is a well-known figure in cloud computing. She is an international keynote speaker, the host of several succe …
Episode Followup – How Freelancing Can Prepare You for the Modern Workforce
Yufa Li is a Fullstack Software Engineer who has been freelancing for years! In this episode we get into ALL the question …
Episode Followup – How To Learn Like A Rockstar!
Amanda Ruzza is a DevOps Engineer, world famous Jass Bassist, and a Services Architect at Datadog! in this episode she sh …
Episode Followup – Top 5 Azure Automation Mistakes to Avoid with Mark Tinderholt
Mark Tinderholt, Azure architect and author of the book “Mastering Terraform”, joins the vBrownBag to talk about his top …
Episode Followup – Vibe Coding: Exploring the GenAI Coding Wave with Du’An Lightfoot
Du’An Lightfoot, AWS Developer Advocate, joins the vBrownBag crew to talk about how he went from frustrated tinkerer to c …
Episode Followup – vJailbreak Automated Migration from ESXi to KVM with Robby Stahl
Robby Stahl, technical account manager at Platform9, joins the vBrownBag crew to vJailbreak, an open source tool that aut …
Episode Followup – Leveraging Observability & AI in Software Development with Matthew Bonig
Matthew Bonig, chief cloud architect at Defiance Digital, and co-author of the AWS CDK book, joins the vBrownBag crew to …
Episode Followup – How To Prepare for the AWS AI/ML Certifications with Aaron Hunter
Aaron Hunter, AWS principal developer advocate, joins the vBrownBag crew to discuss general tips on preparing for certifi …
Episode Followup – Private GenAI for the Enterprise with Kyler Middleton
Kyler Middleton joins Chris and Damian to talk about her free and open-source generative AI solution for the enterprise.< …
Episode Followup – Let’s Talk About Impostor Syndrome with Ashley Lyon
Ashley Lyon joins Shala, Chris, and Damian for an entertaining yet insightful discussion about impostor syndrome, getting …
Episode Followup – The DevSec Blueprint
Damien Burks is the Founder of the DevSec Blueprint: “a comprehensive, free, and open-source learning guide designed to e …
Episode Followup – How to Build a BlueSky Bot with AWS Lambda and Terraform
AWS Community Builder and Software/Platform Engineer Ervin Szilágyi joins us today to talk about his project: creating a …
Episode Followup – AWS Survey 2025 with Peter Sankauskas
Every year AWS Hero Peter Sankauskas creates the AWS Survey. In it we can see trends for the various services: what’s hot …
Episode Followup – GitHub Actions: Tips, Tricks, and More
Welcome to the New Year and the first episode of the year: We are excited to be talking with Developer Advocate Jessican …
Episode Followup – AWS re:Invent re:Cap with Andrew Brown
Andrew Brown joins Shala, Chris, and Damian for a re:Invent re:cap of their favorite announcements, tips on how to attend …
Episode Followup – Serverless Machine Learning: 3 Paths to Success
What better way to learn about Machine Learning than with an AWS Machine Learning Hero???
Join us as we talk with …
Episode Followup – Build Amazon Q Apps to Scale & Drive Community Engagement with Linda Mohamed
AWS Hero Linda Mohamed joins the vBrownBag to show us how she uses Amazon Q to scale community engagement (also a sneak p …