vBrownBag

By vBrownBag

vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry to better their careers through educat... more

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November 11, 2025KubeVirt for vSphere Admins with Eric Shanks
Dive into KubeVirt with the vBrownBag crew and guest Eric Shanks! 🎤 Discover how vSphere admins can bridge their virtualization skills into Kubernetes, exploring practical architecture, live migration, and what it really takes to blend VMs and containers. Perfect for anyone facing VMware changes or curious about next-gen infrastructure. 💡🐧
Chapters:
00:00:00 Welcome & Guest Intros
00:06:30 Why KubeVirt? Market Shifts & Motivation
00:15:00 KubeVirt Fundamentals for vSphere Admins
00:38:30 Storage and High Availability in Kubernetes
00:48:50 Live Migration Demo & Q&A
Resources:
https://kubevirt.io/
https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericshanks/
#KubeVirt #Kubernetes #vSphere #virtualization #cloudnative #DevOps #vBrownBag
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1h 2min
November 03, 2025From Speech to Speech: A Tale about Amazon Nova Sonic
In this week’s vBrownBag, Principal Software Engineer Dominik Wosiński takes us on a deep dive into Amazon Nova Sonic — AWS’s latest speech-to-speech AI model.
Dominik explores how unified voice models like Nova Sonic are reshaping customer experience, DevOps workflows, and real-time AI interaction, with live demos showing just how natural machine-generated speech can sound.
We cover what makes speech-to-speech difficult, how latency and turn-detection affect conversational design, and why this technology marks the next frontier for AI-driven customer support.
Stick around for audience Q&A, live experiments, and insights on where AWS Bedrock and generative AI are headed next.
👉 Subscribe to vBrownBag for more weekly deep-dives with community experts and learn something new in cloud, DevOps, and AI every episode!
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Timestamps
00:00 – Intro & catching up with Eric Wright
05:00 – Meet Dominik Wosiński & Halo Radius
06:15 – Why speech-to-speech matters
10:00 – Challenges with chatbots and customer experience
15:00 – Latency, realism, and the human connection
20:00 – Evolution of synthetic voices (“Jennifer” demo)
25:00 – Why speech is hard for computers
30:00 – Architecture of speech-to-speech systems
40:00 – Inside Amazon Nova Sonic
48:00 – AWS Bedrock integration & limitations
52:00 – Pricing, tokens, and performance
55:00 – Lessons learned from real customer projects
57:00 – Live demo of Nova Sonic in action
01:04:00 – Q&A and closing thoughts
How to find Dom:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominik-wosi%C5%84ski-b27535b7/
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1h 9min
October 24, 2025OpenStack Demystified: A Practical Guide for VMware Admins with Damian Karlson
Join the vBrownBag crew for an insightful session with guest (and host!) Damian Karlson as he breaks down OpenStack for VMware administrators. From Broadcom’s shake-up to cultural, operational, and technical migration differences, Damian offers a practical, grounded walk-through of what it means to move from VMware to OpenStack. ☕️
Chapters
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:07:10 – Why organizations are leaving VMware
00:20:45 – Technical differences
00:33:00 – Operational differences
00:43:30 – Culture shift and community resources
Resources:
https://www.openstack.org/vmware-migration-to-openstack/vmware-to-openstack-migration-guide
https://www.openstack.org/coa/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/damiankarlson/
#OpenStack #VMware #OpenInfra #CloudMigration #vBrownBag
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54min
October 22, 2025Building FAST Channels with AWS MediaLive, MediaTailor, & MediaConvert
Luis is an AWS Community Builder, CTO, and game developer! In this session, you'll learn how to build a live FAST (Free Ad-Supported TV) channel using AWS Elemental MediaLive. We'll walk through the end-to-end process: from ingest and transcoding, to dynamic ad insertion with MediaTailor and VOD integration via MediaConvert. This talk is perfect for engineers, architects, or media professionals looking to deliver scalable, serverless streaming solutions on AWS.
00:00 - Intro
04:50 - Building FAST Channels
06:20 - Key Concepts
18:10 - Architecture of the demo
21:00 - QRs for repo and player demo
22:25 - Building the demo live!
46:51 - Alternate Architectures 2 & 3
How to find Luis:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/luis-valdivia-humareda/
Luis' links:
https://github.com/lvaldivia/vbrownbag2025
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1h
September 30, 2025AWS Heroes On Kiro
Join an epic panel of AWS Heroes as they dive into their experiences with Kiro, the AI-powered IDE shaking up development workflows. From spec-driven coding to pricing discussions and game demos, this conversation mixes deep tech insights with fun moments. Whether curious about AI's impact on coding or just looking for some cloud community vibes, this session offers laughs, honest feedback, and expert viewpoints. 🎮💻🤖☁️
#AWSHeroes #Kiro #SpecDrivenDevelopment #CloudDev #TechTalk #vBrownBag
Chapters
00:00 Welcome & AWS Heroes Introductions
08:00 Getting to Know Kiro
23:00 Spec-Driven Development Explained
35:00 Pricing Debate & Challenges
44:00 Multiplayer Voice-Controlled Game Demo
50:00 AI Coding Workflow & Feedback Loops
1:00:00 Wrap-Up & Future Thoughts on AI Coding
Resources:
https://kiro.dev/
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58min
September 30, 2025DevOps Without the "Oh, ****!" Moments with Shala Warner
Ready to conquer DevOps fearlessly? Watch as Shala Werner walks through “DevOps Without the Oh, ****!” moments—sharing real-world stories, and her creative Terraproof sandbox for breaking things safely (without blowing up production)! Whether you're a seasoned engineer or just getting your feet wet, you’ll pick up new strategies and learn how to turn nerves into a superpower. Stick around for laughs, relatable tech tales, and some solid advice on experimenting and failing smart. 🦸‍♀️🛠️✨
#DevOps #Terraform #TechTalk #FailSafely #vBrownBag #Sandboxing
Chapters
00:00 Meet Shala, Chris & Damian
08:00 Turning Fear into a Superpower 🚀
17:00 Break Stuff Safe: The Terraproof Way 🛡️
28:00 Demo Time: Sandboxes & Real Stories 🏗️
36:00 Q&A, Life Advice & Wrap-up 💬
Resources:
https://events.giftedlane.com/links
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September 05, 2025Hack Your Own Cloud: The Most Common Mistakes and How to Stop Them with Rajeev Joshi
Unlock essential cloud security lessons with Rajeev Joshi and the vBrownBag team as they explore the most common AWS mistakes: misconfigured S3 buckets, over-permissive IAM, open ports, hard-coded secrets, and blind spots in logging. Hear real-world breach stories and learn practical best practices for safer cloud deployments, whether starting out or leveling up as a security engineer.
#CloudSecurity #AWS #CyberSecurity #DevSecOps #CloudCareers #vBrownBag #Infosec
Chapters
00:00:03 Cloud Security Introduction & Welcome
00:05:31 Why Cloud Security Matters: Data Breaches, Shared Responsibility
00:18:31 Top Mistakes: S3 Bucket and IAM Misconfigurations
00:31:12 Open Ports, Bad Security Groups, and Real-World Case Studies
00:40:29 Hard-Coded Secrets, Logging, and Monitoring
00:54:54 Best Practices, Careers, and Closing Advice
Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeev-joshi-7964b4221/
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September 04, 2025Designing Tomorrow: Where AI Meets the Human Touch
Snigdha Joshi is a UI/UX Designer: In this session, we unravel how artificial intelligence is redefining the future of creative technology from intuitive UI/UX design to dynamic content creation, generative art, immersive storytelling, and beyond. Gain insight into how AI is unlocking new dimensions of expression, streamlining design processes, and giving rise to transformative career roles at the intersection of imagination and intelligence.
00:00 - Intro
03:50 - Designing Tomorrow
05:00 - Fear of AI
10:29 - User Research
24:18 - Beyond Chat
36:37 - Tools that Do More
41:45 - Final Takeaway
51:22 - Q&A
How to find Snigdha:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/snigdha-joshi-20a476253/
Snigdha's links:
https://snigdhajoshi.framer.website
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54min
August 22, 2025Cloud Credibility: Marketing Yourself in the AWS ERA
Janvi Bhagchandani is an AWS Community Builder and an AWS Cloud Captian! In this episode she talks about personal branding and self-marketing within the AWS ecosystem while covering aspects like credentials as social proof, visible expertise, community recognition, and other psychological marketing angles that tie these elements together in the AWS context.
00:00 - Intro
05:43 - Cloud Credibility
07:46 - Authority Bias
16:01 - The 7-38-55 Rule
23:09 - The Primacy Effect
34:45 - The Reciprocity Principle
40:57 - Liking Principle
53:00 - Q&A
How to find Janvi:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janvi-bhagchandani-b58853256/
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August 14, 2025Why Vibe Coding Isn't Enough
In this episode we talk to AWS Hero Brian Hough: Vibe Coding with GenAI is fast and fun — until your app has to actually work in production. That’s when reality hits: fragile APIs, missing auth, surprise AWS bills, strict constraints, and no clear path to scale. In this Dev Chat, I’ll share what it takes to evolve from AI-generated MVPs to real-world, production-ready apps for millions of users. We’ll talk infrastructure as code, scaling APIs, adding observability, and building systems that don’t break under pressure. If you’ve used GenAI tools like Amazon Q, Bedrock, or your favorite code copilot, this session will help you ship faster and smarter.
00:00 - Intro
15:43 - Why Vibe Coding Isn't Enough
17:10 - The vibe coded initial app
18:30 - What could possibly go wrong?
24:42 - (Agenda) How we're going to fix the vibe coded app
27:55 - Fixing our vibe code workflow
29:06 - The Architecture
31:29 - Our Toolkit & Fixing all the things!
55:17 - The repo to play along at home!
55:23 - Q&A
How to find Brian:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhhough/
https://brianhhough.com/
Brian's links:
https://github.com/BrianHHough/aws-summit-2025
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FAQs about vBrownBag:

How many episodes does vBrownBag have?

The podcast currently has 723 episodes available.