The Datanauts talk with HashiCorp co-founder and CTO Mitchell Hashimoto about automation. And while HashiCorp makes automation software, the conversation isn’t just about that company’s products.

The Datanauts engage in a wide-ranging conversation with Hashimoto about how to bring automation to infrastructure, why servers still matter in the age of VMs and containers, and the growing role of APIs and how they’re relevant to more than just applications.

They also talk about how security must be carefully integrated, and why a good scheduler is the linchpin in any automation framework.

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