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Episode Followup – Getting Started With Python Visualizations with Jessica Garson

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Jessica Garson presents “Getting Started With Python Visualizations” Jessica Garson is a senior developer advocate for twitter as well as a musician who creates her sound with python! In this episode she live codes how to quickly stand up a data visualization using Python & the Twitter API! Resources: https://twitter.com/jessicagarson https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/getting-started https://dev.to/twitterdev/getting-started-with-data-visualization-with-dash-and-recent-search-counts-22jn https://getting-started-with-dash.herokuapp.com/ https://twittercommunity.com/

Episode Followup – Certified Kubernetes Administrator: Last Minute Exam Prep Tips with Tyler Hatton

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Tyler Hatton (https://twitter.com/tlrhtn) wrap up our Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam series with 10 (plus 1!) useful exam preparation tips. From docs, to bookmarks, to testing environment, Tyler will have you well prepared to tackle the CKA exam. Resources:https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/tc-docs/certification/tips-cka-and-ckad https://github.com/shubhamtatvamasi/kubernetes-bookmarkshttps://vim-adventures.com/https://killer.sh/https://katacoda.com/https://kodekloud.com/courses/certified-kubernetes-administrator-cka/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/cheatsheet/https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/cheatsheet/#kubectl-context-and-configuration

Episode Followup – Certified Kubernetes Administrator: Networking (Part 2) with Marino Wijay

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Marino Wijay (https://twitter.com/virtualized6ix) continues our Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam prep series with part 2 of the networking domain. Discussion includes the exam blueprint, services review, CNI review, CoreDNS, and Ingress Resources: http://civo.com http://istio.io https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/dns-pod-service/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/network/customize-hosts-file-for-pods/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubectl/kubectl-commands#-em-ingress-em- https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/access-application-cluster/ingress-minikube/ https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/dns-debugging-resolution/

Episode Followup – CKA Episode 5: Networking Part 1 with Marino Wijay

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Marino Wijay presents “CKA Episode 5: Networking Part 1” Marino Wijay is a Field Engineer at a super secret startup. He could tell you the name of it… but then he’d have to kill you. In this talk he goes into the networking aspects of Kubernetes that you will need to understand to sit and
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Episode Followup – Certified Kubernetes Administrator: Cluster Installation presented by Nathan Bennett

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Nathan Bennett (https://twitter.com/vNathanBennett) continues our series covering the Certified @Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam. Nathan covered cluster installation methods, demoed an actual installation on a Raspberry Pi, and chatted about the latest Ted Lasso episode. Resources: Nate’s blog on this stuff: https://nerdynate.life/2021/03/14/learning-k8s-on-pi-kubeadm/ Kubernetes.io kubeadm installation: https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/install-kubeadm/ vRA stuff: https://vmguru.com/2020/06/kubernetes-as-a-service/ https://vmwarelab.org/2020/02/14/vsphere-customization-with-cloud-init-while-using-vrealize-automation-8-or-cloud/ https://gitlab.com/NathanBennett/k8s Udemy course that will definitely
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Episode Followup – Why (stateful) server-less matters for server admins with Leon Stigter

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Leon Stigter (https://twitter.com/retgits) walks through the “why” of serverless and shares a demo of using Knative and use cases with tools like VMware’s Event Broker Appliance for automation. Resources: https://flings.vmware.com/vmware-event-broker-appliance https://knative.dev/

Episode Followup – Pydantic: Modern Python Data Validation and Settings by Michael Kennedy

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Michael Kennedy (@mkennedy) returns to the show to talk about Pydantic, a Python library that works with data validation and settings management using Python type annotations. Michael joined us previously to discuss Python’s async and await implementations and we are excited to have him back to dive more into all things Python. Michael is a
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Episode Followup – Accelerate Your Journey to Cloud with Azure VMware Solution with Shannon Kuehn

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Shannon Kuehn presents “Accelerate Your Journey to Cloud with Azure VMware Solution” Shannon Kuehn is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. In this talk Shannon talks about cloud migrations, Azure VMware Solution, and the who-what-when-where-why of using AVS in your cloud migration strategy! Resources: AVS Overview – https://azure.microsoft.com/services/azure-vmware/ AVS Documentation – https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/azure-vmware/ Azure VMware Solution
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Episode Followup – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Terraform (But Were Afraid To Ask) by Ned Bellavance

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Ned Bellavance (@Ned1313) sits down with us for an discussion about Terraform, the latest from Hashiconf, tips and tricks for using Terraform for automating your infrastructure, and more. Ned is a Hashicorp Ambassador, a Microsoft MVP, and a Pluralsight author. He currently hosts and cohosts podasts such as Day Two Cloud, Buffer Overflow, and The
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Episode Followup – Cisco Intersight Service for HashiCorp Terraform with Vinnie Ramirez

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Vinnie Ramirez presents “Cisco Intersight Service for HashiCorp Terraform” Vinnie Ramirez is a Solutions Architect at Hashicorp. In this talk, Vinnie walks us through the Terraform OSS and Enterprise product and how they are different. Then he goes into the architecture of the Cisco Intersight Service and how it can integrate with Terraform to streamline
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Episode Followup – Fun with AWS Step Functions Sean Doyle

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Sean Doyle (@cloudosmotic) presents “Fun with AWS Step Functions”.Sean Doyle is a Principal Cloud Architect with over 20 years in the IT industry ranging from Systems Engineering to Automation and DevOps. Sean also held the titles of AWS Partner Ambassador and AWS Partner AI/ML Blackbelt. In this episode, Sean provides an overview of the AWS
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Episode Followup – All I need to know about cybersecurity and digital citizenship I learned in middle school with Sean Tibor

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Sean discusses lessons he’s learned from his middle school students and how parallels can be drawn to the IT Security world. Resources: https://www.teachingpython.fm/ https://barbaraoakley.com/ https://thenextweb.com/news/weather-apps-are-secretly-selling-your-location-data-to-the-highest-bidder https://www.amazon.com/Soul-New-Machine-Tracy-Kidder-ebook/dp/B005HG4W9W https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083DJXCM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1925

Episode Followup – How To Get Into The Video Game Industry with Denis Dyack

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Denis Dyack (@Denis_Dyack) presents “How To Get Into The Video Game Industry” Denis Dyack is the Founder and CEO of Apocalypse Studios. He has been making video games for decades and has an extensive list of fantastic games to his credit. His studio evangelizes using a cloud-first approach in game development and partners with AWS
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Episode Followup – Automating the lifecycle of Infrastructure as Code from Deploy to Destroy! with Tim Davis

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Tim Davis (@vtimd) presents “Automating the lifecycle of Infrastructure as Code from Deploy to Destroy!” In this presentation, Tim Davis walks us through the process of defining what are stable vs dynamic cloud infrastructures and why you want to use the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) lifecycle. He then does a live demo of the Env0
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Episode Followup – Sales Skills for Technical Types with Joe Onisick

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Joe Onisick (@joeonisick) presents “Sales Skills for Technical Types” Joe is a self described polarizing technologist and consummate bullshit artist 🙂 That being said, this presentation is no bs! In it he talks about why everyone in tech is also really in sales. This talk is repleat with tips and tricks on how to level
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Episode Followup – Getting Started in Cybersecurity with Christophe Limpalair

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Christophe Limpalair (@christophelimp) presents “Getting Started in Cybersecurity” Christophe has worked on several online training platforms including Linux Academy. Recently he founded Cybr.com, a learning platform for cybersecurity. Here he talks about his recommendations for learning about and getting into the various different fields within the realm of cybersecurity. Resources: https://cybr.com https://cybr.com/blog/ https://www.beautiful.ai/player/-MUUEEAeaLVT55LRYDbH https://hackthebox.eu

Episode Followup – Special Education Teacher to AWS Hero with Hiroko Nishimura

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Hiroko Nishimura (@hirokonishimura) presents “Ms.Hiro to AWS Hero: From Special Education Teacher to AWS Hero” Hiroko came from a non-technical background and wanted to get into AWS. Here she talks about her tips and recommendations for learning IT jargon when you are starting from zero technical background. Resources: https://hiroko.io https://hirokonishimura.com https://awsnewbies.com/ https://introtoaws.com/