Mark Tinderholt, Azure architect and author of the book "Mastering Terraform", joins the vBrownBag to talk about his top 5 Azure automation mistakes to avoid. Learn how to approach complex automation tasks and how to solve them, all while maintaining your sanity. 🥳

Chapters:

• 00:00 Introductions

Resources:

https://www.udemy.com/course/terraform-101-azure-edition/?couponCode=B715AFF362472841EE02

https://amzn.to/4j52lFS

https://www.youtube.com/@azure-terraformer

"As You Wish" by Cary Elwes

Du'An Lightfoot, AWS Developer Advocate, joins the vBrownBag crew to talk about how he went from frustrated tinkerer to confident builder. He'll demonstrate his actual workflow, and live-code a project using nothing but vibes and Amazon Q Developer. Come see how and why anyone with ideas can now be a developer.

Chapters:

• 00:00 Introductions

Resources:

https://twitter.com/@labeveryday

https://www.linkedin.com/in/duanlightfoot

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/code-security-scanning-with-amazon-q-developer/

https://x.com/KanikaTolver/status/1902488505109848176

Robby Stahl, technical account manager at Platform9, joins the vBrownBag crew to vJailbreak, an open source tool that automates VM migration from VMware ESXi to KVM.

Chapters:

• 00:00 Robby & Damian banter

Resources:

https://github.com/platform9/vjailbreak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seThilJ5ujM&list=PLUqDmxY3RncV-_mzIgL3P29Jssri7Y052&index=5

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robby-stahl/

Matthew Bonig, chief cloud architect at Defiance Digital, and co-author of the AWS CDK book, joins the vBrownBag crew to talk about leveraging observability & AI in software development.

Chapters:

• 00:00 Roger, Damian, and Matthew have a bit of a chit-chat

Resources:

https://matthewbonig.com

https://thecdkbook.com

https://matthewbonig.sidkik.app

Aaron Hunter, AWS principal developer advocate, joins the vBrownBag crew to discuss general tips on preparing for certifications, the AWS AI/ML certification catalog, and great tools YOU can use to help pass an AWS AI/ML certification.

Chapters:

• 00:00 Sean, the prodigal son, returns! There is much rejoicing across the lands! 🥳

Resources:

https://aaronshunter.com/

https://bit.ly/examprepmls

https://bit.ly/examprepmla

https://bit.ly/examprepaif

https://bit.ly/examprepclf

Kyler Middleton joins Chris and Damian to talk about her free and open-source generative AI solution for the enterprise.

The second link below includes a free 30 day subscription to Substack. You have Kyler's express permission to cancel on the last free day. 😊

Also, I (Damian) forgot that we were doing chapters in these show notes. Sorry!

Chapters:

• 00:00 Shenanigans ensue

Resources:

https://www.letsdodevops.com/p/lets-do-devops-building-an-azure

https://www.letsdodevops.com/vbrownbag

https://bsky.app/profile/kymidd.bsky.social

Ashley Lyon joins Shala, Chris, and Damian for an entertaining yet insightful discussion about impostor syndrome, getting past being afraid of The Worst Thing Happening, and more.

Resources:

https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/129099/how-to-know-if-i-am-a-real-developer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleylyon1/

Damien Burks is the Founder of the DevSec Blueprint: "a comprehensive, free, and open-source learning guide designed to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to transition into DevSecOps or grow within your DevSecOps career."! In this episode he walks us through the blueprint, his inspiration for creating it, and how to get started!

• 00:00 - Intro

How to find Damien:

Website: https://www.devsecblueprint.com/

Twitter: @damienjburks

Bluesky: @damienjburks.bsky.social

GitHub: https://github.com/damienjburks

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damienjburks/

AWS Community Builder and Software/Platform Engineer Ervin Szilágyi joins us today to talk about his project: creating a BlueSky Bot (for good, not evil 😂). Join us as he walks through the build process, his architectural decision making, and some lessons he learned along the way!

• 00:00 - Intro

How to find Ervin:

Website: https://ervinszilagyi.dev/

Bluesky: @ervinszilagyi.dev

GitHub: https://github.com/Ernyoke

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szilagyiervin/

Show Resources:

Website: https://ervinszilagyi.dev/articles/how-to-build-a-bluesky-rss-like-bot-with-aws-lambda-and-terraform.html

Every year AWS Hero Peter Sankauskas creates the AWS Survey. In it we can see trends for the various services: what's hot, what's not 🤣 Join us for the 2025 AWS Survey where we review findings from years past and make some predictions about what we'll see in 2025! P.S. Do the survey!!! https://answersforaws.com/survey/

• 00:00 - Intro

How to find Peter:

Bluesky: @pas256.bsky.social

GitHub: https://github.com/pas256

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersankauskas/

Show Resources:

Website: https://answersforaws.com/survey/