Semaphore Uncut

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Elton Stoneman, Docker Captain, trainer, and author shares with us some great tips on how to get started with Kubernetes and exciting news about his latest project, Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches.

Elton is a Microsoft MVP, PluralSight Author, and the writer of a step-by-step guide for those just starting out with containers.

We talked about:

• Latest project: Learn Kubernetes in a Month of Lunches
• Kubernetes: The beginning is always the hardest
• Deploying to Kubernetes with Waypoint
• The great challenge of simplifying Kubernetes
• Containerisation future-proofs your app
• Automation: the way to a streamlined deployment process and secure apps

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In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Stephanie Wong, Developer Advocate at Google Cloud and the creator of the Google Cloud Youtube series Networking End-to-End and Kubeflow 101, talks about her work of creating remarkable online developer content.

Stephanie is a speaker, writer, supporter of communities for women in tech, and the host of Google's Next onAir broadcast.

Key takeaways:

• Online content maximizes reach
• Tailoring content for greater results
• Defining goals and metrics
• Updates: part of the content creation process
• Adopting an agile approach to content development
• DevRel: roles and responsibilities
• Engaging the whole persona
• Becoming a Developer Advocate

About Semaphore Uncut
In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Jérôme Petazzoni, leading instructor on containers and the creator of container.training talks about his amazing journey of becoming an evangelist and the impact of Kubernetes adoption.

Jérôme is a Senior Software Engineer, international speaker, and the co-author of the open-source eBook “CI/CD with Docker and Kubernetes”.

Key takeaways:

• The journey: from SRE manager to evangelist
• When Kubernetes became the next big thing
• Building Kubernetes knowledge
• How to achieve a 5-second build time
• The rise of platforms

About Semaphore Uncut
In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Justin Cormack, Senior Security Engineer at Docker and member of the Technical Oversight Committee at CNCF, shares insights from the security industry. We talk about why it’s important to think about what could go wrong when building software, how hackers are now exploiting vulnerabilities before shipping your code to production, and what companies can really do and use to secure their products.

Key takeaways:

• Security – a matter of software quality
• The threat modeling practice – understanding the potential security threats
• Using the experience of experts
• Supply-chain security
• Security integration into CI/CD pipelines
• Important vs. overhyped practices in the security industry

About Semaphore Uncut
In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Cheryl Hung, VP Ecosystem at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and founder of the Cloud Native London meetup, introduces us to the End User Community's latest initiative – the CNCF Technology Radar. Furthermore, we talk about the most common challenges companies face nowadays and why being part of the Kubernetes community is different.

Cheryl is a C++ engineer, a frequent speaker, and she leads the CNCF End User Community, the largest end user community of any open-source foundation.

We talked about:

• What the CNCF End User Community is and how it helps companies adopt cloud-native technologies
• The CNCF Technology Radar and how it helps the cloud-native community share knowledge about the many technologies available to them
• The necessity of service meshes
• Most common challenges for cloud-native end-users in 2020
• Why being part of the Kubernetes community feels special.

About Semaphore Uncut
In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

In a new episode of Semaphore Uncut, Solo.io founder and CEO Idit Levine (@Idit_Levine) shares insights on what’s next in service mesh solutions. We dig into the importance of network for distributed systems, the evolution of API gateways, the cutting edge of service mesh infrastructure, and more. Idit was very kind to share many details from her journey in discovering and developing Solo's products.

Key takeaways:

1. When everything is distributed, everything has to go on the network wire.
2. Gloo is a feature-rich, Kubernetes-native ingress controller, and next-generation API gateway.
3. Service Mesh Hub lets you group multiple service meshes into one virtual service mesh that you talk to.
4. WebAssembly Hub is a place for the community to share and consume service mesh or API gateway extensions.

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In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

In this episode of Semaphore Uncut, Alexis Richardson, CEO and co-founder of Weaveworks, shares insights on how GitOps is reshaping the industry. We talk about why Weaveworks was founded, the problems it solves, and how GitOps best practices emerged from their work. We follow the evolutionary path all the way to the company's new GitOps Toolkit. Alexis also touches on ways one can contribute to the community and ongoing open-source projects.

Prior to Weaveworks, Alexis co-founded RabbitMQ and was also the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) chair at Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) for three years.

We talked about:

• Weaveworks: minimizing Kubernetes complexity through automation
• The history and essence of GitOps
• The GitOps conversation kit
• The GitOps toolkit
• GitOps Days: call for contributors

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In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

To many developers, deploying an application to Kubernetes may feel like riding a wild horse. That experience will soon change as more high-level abstractions appear. Bryan Liles, Senior Staff Engineer at VMware, was kind to share with us his views on how to think about Kubernetes, where the next innovations will appear, and his latest project.

Bryan is an expert in software architecture with nearly 25 years of experience.

Key takeaways:

• Octant - what it is and how it can help users develop a better understanding of Kubernetes clusters.
• Kubernetes is a platform for building platforms, not the endgame of app deployment experience.
• YAML is the new machine code.
• Where to expect new innovations and how the landscape will look in two years.

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In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

Since its initial release, Kubernetes has seen a fantastic rise as more and more organizations are migrating production workloads to containers. But how do you know if the next big thing is the next right thing for you? Who better to ask than our guest – Nigel Poulton, famous author, and Kubernetes aficionado?

Nigel is a popular trainer and author, internationally recognized for his Docker Deep Dive book, rated as one of the best Docker books of all time by BookAuthority, but also for his legendary courses on Kubernetes.

We talked about:

• How passion for technology shapes the future
• Importance of knowledge sharing
• The opportunities and challenges of the Kubernetes adoption
• His latest book – The Kubernetes Book

About Semaphore Uncut
In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.

It’s not every day that you get to peek inside the inner workings of a major tech company like WeTransfer. But today, I had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Antoine van der Lee about his work as a lead iOS engineer at the file transfer company.

Antoine van der Lee, who lives in Amsterdam, is also the founder of SwiftLee, a weekly blog jam-packed with useful Swift, iOS, and Xcode tips.  

During our chat, Antoine revealed:

• Why WeTransfer uses unit tests, not UI tests
• What the company’s continuous integration set-up looks like
• How WeTransfer structures its release train

About Semaphore Uncut
In each episode of Semaphore Uncut, we invite software industry professionals to discuss the impact they are making and what excites them about the emerging technologies.