Author Archives: Cassidy Reynolds

Compliance Death Curve [Working Session 1]

The compliance death curve is something I’ve been working on as an evolving concept that tries to explain how companies fight compliance governance and standardization efforts, something that is critical to platform team and infrastructure operations.

Today we try to decompose some of the mathematics that I’ve been using into more universal, more easily understood components. We built a compliance flywheel that I found really fascinating which you can see an example of that work in our podcast description.

It could also be helpful to check out my previously recorded compliance death curve talk that has been released.

Resources:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RUKsakKZI0

Transcript: otter.ai/u/k9q5ZZ81Hm-EAAtfkV…?utm_source=copy_url

API Consumption [TechOps 003]

TechOps series episode 3 covers how to automate against API’s. We discuss exactly the ways in which you can use API’s effectively, and ways you can run into trouble. We also discuss how we should be consuming API’s, both as a consumer but also in times when we have produced API’s. Many ideas discussed were pulled from learning how people consume our API’s and what we can do to help make them better and safer.

Enjoy this broader TechOps series where we are diving in deep in tips and techniques that improve your journey as an Automator.

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Adaptability vs Agile Innovation

How can we understand agility and adaptability? In this discussion, we get very concrete about the differences between agility and adaptability and why that’s important for you as you go on your own innovation journey.

This includes looking for places where standards can be applied and accelerate your team, where it’s too early, and learning iterations that we would call agile processes more appropriate. We also discuss how teams get caught in the middle between standardization and agility.Transcript: otter.ai/u/vsWqEiJpssWnyqlOCm…?utm_source=copy_urlImage by DALL-E

Data Ops Platforms [Does DevOps work in AI?]

We dive into data operations in today’s episode! We cover the idea that with all of the work we’re doing in AI and ML data analytics analysis, you actually have to steward your data.

We also cover processes controls, like what we have with DevOps in infrastructure, but with similar types of concepts (governance controls automation) around how your data is flowing in your system.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/pesotDnHCCD5lyPVx7…?utm_source=copy_url
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Broadcom Creates Chaos & Opportunity

We dive into the chaos created by Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware. In this episode, we discuss what Broadcom is doing, why it’s a problem, how enterprises are reacting, and what alternatives are on the market.

We cover the whole mess in all its glory, and even provide some love for Broadcom.

Resources:
www.thestack.technology/vmware-is-kil…isor-and-nsx/
www.siderolabs.com/platform/saas-for-kubernetes/

Transcript: otter.ai/u/SO8PD-p8AHwwsKfGsN…?utm_source=copy_url
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DevOps and Legacy Buildings

Departing from our typical podcast format, today’s episode is part of a presentation that I’ve been preparing about comparing 125 year old house building architecture to modern DevOps. We also analyze as things that work and don’t work.

There are a lot of home maintenance stories and comparison notes. Particularly in the back half of the episode we get into how this type of challenge relates to Operations Management.

Refereces: nationalpost.com/news/canada/afte…oard-sewer-pipes

Transcript: otter.ai/u/jf8at50nf0KKQG7Drl…?utm_source=copy_url
Image by DALLE: Victorian house with the second floor redesigned in a modern style, featuring extensive use of glass. Each image also includes the porch with rockers and a poodle.

Time for SBOMS? What’s Ahead for 2024?

After a brief hiatus, thecloud2030 group is back and deep in tech, talking about things that we think are going to come on the tech front, sans AI.

In this episode, we take some time to go through Kubernetes, hardware, software, bill of materials, and some governance. This includes a smattering of predictions to get your year started off with a bang.

From there, we are going to be moving into our tech-ops series. Find more details about that in today’s outro!

Resources:
www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/bruc…erens_post_open
developersalliance.org/open-source-l…ty-is-coming/

Transcript: otter.ai/u/UQyqHKJ9oNd1SquAWW…?utm_source=copy_url
Image by DALLE: cartoon images of a robot reviewing a long bill of materials on a scroll of paper.

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Innovation Agility vs Adaptability

How can companies, enterprises and individuals become more innovative? We investigate the idea of innovation and disruption and continue past where we were with the three horizons model in our previous discussions.

Today’s podcast focuses on breaking this apart into adapting an agile disruption, the use of standardization and the cognitive dissonance of innovation, even digging down into distinguishing between inventions and applications.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/XCidE-0xG7zNmIC7FK…?utm_source=copy_url
DALL-E Prompt: a factor of rubber chickens getting stretching and upgraded into cybertoys

Reflecting On Our 2023 Podcasts

Let’s celebrate the work that we’ve done as a community in the Cloud2030 group this year, and talk about some really exciting things we have planned for next year for 2024.

It’s remarkable to look back on how this podcast has evolved from a meeting place during COVID, as a place where we could have those hallway tracks that we had been missing, into something that is really discussing technology at the forefront. The forefront of not just tech, but actually of the human and business implications of that technology.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/d4Rq_a_tdyihTp5Eyz…?utm_source=copy_url
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