Tag Archives: Cloud2030

CHIPs Act And Global Supply

How do we build advanced innovative products and companies? We discuss the Chips act and global supply chain of silicon and manufacturing in today’s episode.

We took that apart into its component parts: supply chains, raw materials, power, whether talent, real estate, and put it back together in ways that look forward towards how we think these forces and global politics are going to shape manufacturing for the next decade.

Absolutely fascinating and critical discussion that will impact every single person’s health, their careers, and frankly, what they can buy on the store shelves.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/JPNiGOfYD8WZzyqGcbQ9y4biN5k
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Rob’s Hot Take:

In the August 18th Cloud 2030 discussion, Rob Hirschfeld delves into the complex factors influencing technology innovation, including geopolitical considerations, weather, supply chain dynamics, and the significance of the CHIPS Act. The conversation explores the potential impacts on innovation, particularly in the semiconductor industry, and debates whether the CHIPS Act will lead to increased vertical integration by large companies or foster innovations in smaller-scale manufacturing methods like 3D printing. Hirschfeld highlights the disruptive nature of the CHIPS Act and its potential to reshape supply chain dynamics, encouraging listeners to explore the full episode at the2030.cloud.

Orchestration Balancing Events And Flows

When working with orchestration in automated systems, how do you find the right balance between things that are event driven and things that are workflow driven, or more linear?

We go through some of the history of where we went from linear orchestration (Ansible) to timed orchestration (Chef or Puppet). We also discussed SaltStack, which had an event driven system into it, but didn’t gain the traction that we might have expected as we look at the amount of orchestration systems that are now coming to light.

In this conversation, we address the balance between when you orchestrate and when you want to do workflow and linear transactions, and how to find that sweet spot.

One of the things that we’ve determined is, there aren’t a lot of tools that hit that sweet spot. And I think if you listen carefully, you’ll see why.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/ynb8KndfUhKsTvQG6965ktepv-Y
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Rob’s Hot Take:

In the August 16th orchestration discussion on Cloud 2030, Rob Hirschfeld emphasizes the importance of striking a balance between orchestrated systems and event-driven operations. He highlights the challenge of comprehending the consequences of operations in complex systems and emphasizes the need for a blend of orchestration and event-driven approaches while ensuring that automation workflows remain understandable to users. Hirschfeld encourages listeners to explore the full episode at the2030.cloud, where the discussion delves into various tools, techniques, and considerations for building effective systems.

Consumerization Of Power Storage

How can we structure incentives to build strong, resilient infrastructure? Today we talk about power infrastructure.

There are a lot of commercial incentives for internet providers and for consumers to have good internet, but there aren’t the same incentives for consumers to have reliable power systems. We’re seeing a rash of failures and faults in the grid.

In this conversation, we talk about storage systems and resilience of the grid, not by putting more wires in the ground but by actually creating incentives for people to have independent supplies, and independent sources of generation that can support them.

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Transcript: otter.ai/u/DENsKVB5VibrKpDCLAjoFj4Jrqs

Rob’s Hot Take:

In the August 11th Cloud 2030 episode, Rob Hirschfeld discusses power infrastructure resilience and incentives, highlighting the challenges and innovations in making the power grid more distributed and autonomous. He raises the question of who will bear the cost of improving resilience in individual power experiences and suggests that employers might play a crucial role in providing incentives, either at a city level or by helping employees achieve reliable and resilient power at home. The episode explores the interconnectedness of individual systems and discusses the incentives and innovations shaping the future. Check out the full conversation at the2030.cloud for an in-depth exploration of these topics.

Career Advice Part 2

We continue our hiring advice series in this episode. It’s a really powerful thing to have people who have established careers, think about what would have made a difference, think about what is important when we work with and mentor inexperienced and junior people who are building a career.

This episode is full of thoughtful advice on how to build subject matter expertise, and the ephemeral qualities that make somebody a good leader or a good worker, or what we were calling an executive function.

If you are building your career, or helping mentor people who are building a career, you will get a lot out of this.

PART 1: the2030.cloud/2022/06/19/the-car…e-wish-wed-gotten/

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Transcript: otter.ai/u/t2JEhT0XXcbPvDVuDM-OTRP_G84

The Dangers of Interconnected Systems

What are the challenges of interconnectedness and transparency, specifically concerning Kubernetes and cloud native applications?

We have a fascinating discussion sparked by the question of how exposed we are. What happens when something we don’t know is connected is open and exposed as hackable? What happens when it closes, and we didn’t know?

We talked about how this is inherent in the architecture of cloud native applications and what you can do about it.

This discussion should get you thinking about how to architect not just your applications, but the platforms that you need to connect together to make them work.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/6m6yPHG7cV_lrmdOEPGyHmo1ifM
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Content Moderation in the Metaverse with Open Source

How do you moderate content, and why? What is important to enforce and what are we thinking about?

We talk content moderation all the way to the point of open source licenses for different rules of engagement depending on the space you are in. How we got there is fascinating and important.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/UK3qGMyAc4EqSjHzeUwOW3MbgI0
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Rob’s Hot Take:

In the July 28th Cloud 2030 episode, Rob Hirschfeld delves into the topic of content moderation, emphasizing the need to expand our perspective in two crucial ways. Firstly, he highlights that moderation and amplification are interconnected, emphasizing how platforms have the power to manipulate content visibility, and these actions should be considered moderation. Secondly, he underscores the importance of clear and upfront rules on platforms, advocating for a standardized, open, and transparent approach to content moderation. The episode delves into these aspects, discussing the evolving rules on social media platforms and the necessity for a more informed and standardized approach to content moderation. For a comprehensive exploration of these themes, check out the complete podcast at the2030.cloud and join the ongoing discussions.

Events And Monitoring [bonus Complexity chat]

How do you build GitOps, infrastructure and systems relying on events and monitoring, when you need to revert to a polling loop, or augment a polling loop with an event system?

Today, we drill into concrete technical details about events and monitoring. We also suggest practical functional advice on how Git Ops works, how systems work, and how you can build a resilient system.

Stick around for a bonus at the end of the discussion, where we talk a little bit about complexity!

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Transcript: otter.ai/u/udK3y3upQMszo2IVtbrdGigmehE

Rob’s Hot Take:

In the July 26th DevOps Lunch and Learn episode, Rob Hirschfeld delves into the intricacies of monitoring and events, highlighting the importance of eventing systems for scalability. The discussion explores the intersection between building a resilient standalone system using polling and enhancing responsiveness through eventing to create a comprehensive and adaptable solution. The key takeaway emphasizes the need for systems that can effectively integrate both polling and eventing to ensure durability and improved performance. For a detailed exploration of these concepts, tune in to the full podcast on monitoring and eventing from July 26th at the2030.cloud.

Web3 and Decentralized ID

How do we handle distributing identity? DID stands for distributed identifiers, and today we talk about Web3 as well as distributing identity.

Distributing identity is not just about people and personal identity, but also about things and how we identify and track different things in a distributed way without a centralized infrastructure. That’s fundamental to what Web3 is talking about.

How do we break down the centralization that we have been building over the last 15 years of what Web3 people call Web2, and look at ways to do it in a decentralized way where the trust is between the parties involved? Where it’s set up in a way that you don’t have to have a centralized trust authority.

We spend a lot of time talking about this, what the spec is, what it means, and looking at it in a broader context.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/lT1uCvM01HxlhROTlGBkq2U1toU
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Rob’s Hot Take:

In the July 21st episode, Rob Hirschfeld explores the world of decentralized identifiers (DIDs), a crucial technology emerging from W3C specifications for web three. The conversation underscores the significance of laying the groundwork for web3 protocols and establishing bridges between current and future technologies. While the disruptive impact of web3 remains uncertain, the episode emphasizes the importance of widely adopting, testing, and integrating these new specifications into present-day technologies to shape the next generation of digital frameworks. For a deeper dive into the discussion on decentralized identifiers, tune in to the full podcast at the2030.cloud.

Humans vs Code: Governance As Code

Human factors make governance as code a challenge – today we discuss why looking at things like audit and how we determine what has happened and respond to it in an automated way, may be a great first step to adding controls into a system.

We talk about a lot of human factors of what makes it hard to create a governance system, or what creates a biased system or an unevenly governed system.

We spent the first couple minutes of this podcast talking about our agenda, and those conversations spell out a lot of interesting topics that we will discuss. So hang in for those first couple of minutes, and then we will get straight to the governance.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/aqx5-wivDgPARqAXwXGCIm-bO5U
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Real Life Chaos Monkeys And Other Infrastructure Challenges

How do we use chaos monkeys in real life, and practically? This happens all the time when we have failures. The Rogers failure that took out the internet and cell phone use in Canada last week was the start of our discussion.

Predicting how things are going to go out is a common theme for chaos monkeys, and really comes back to how we test infrastructure. Should we be putting it under stress in planned ways like Chaos Monkey, in order to ensure that our increasingly internet and power dependent society is prepared for the inevitable outages?

We have a really fascinating discussion about what it would take to make this type of practice real, including alternatives that people can look at today.

Transcript: otter.ai/u/D0ZV5c3ikvAiinsK7ugf_duCjv8
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