In this episode of the vBrownBag, a host is a guest! Damian does a deep dive into the vBrownBag Meatgrinder, an event-driven automation solution built with AWS Serverless that powers the show behind the scenes. Meatgrinder uses AWS S3, Event Bridge, Step Functions, Lambda, and Cloud Watch and handles post-production automation of vBrownBag content. We'll talk about the design decisions made while architecting the solution, and lessons learned along the way.

• 00:00 Intro and so much banter!

Resources:

https://vbrownbag.com

https://aws.amazon.com/serverless/

https://damiankarlson.com/2024/04/21/whats-in-the-bag-behind-the-scenes-at-vbrownbag-com/

Riaan Nolan is a HashiCorp Ambassador that has developed Hashiqube, a DevOps development lab that runs all HashiCorp products. Hashiqube has a Docker daemon inside meaning we can run containers inside Hashiqube using Kubernetes (Minikube) or Nomad or Docker run. It runs all Hashicorp products: Vault, Terraform, Nomad, Consul, Waypoint, Boundary, Vagrant, Packer and Sentinel.

It also runs a host of other popular Open Source DevOps/DevSecOps applications (Minikube, Ansible AWX Tower, Traefik etc.) showcasing how simple integration with Hashicorp products can result in tangible learnings and benefits for all its users.

In this episode, we'll explore HashiQube on GitHub CodeSpaces.

• 00:00 Introductions

Resources:

https://hashiqube.com/

https://riaannolan.com/

https://github.com/star3am

https://github.com/star3am/hashiqube

Reuven Lerner has been using Python for 30 years and teaching it for over 20. Join us as we talk about "How to sort anything with Python". This is sure to be a fun & interesting show as we learn more about Python with Reuven.

• 00:00 - Intro

Resources:

https://x.com/reuvenmlerner

https://lernerpython.com

https://www.bambooweekly.com

https://practiceyourpython.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THv-m8niDho (All about decorators)

Sr. Software Engineer Kat Morgan has been in the IaC and software space for a long time and she has opinions! Join us as we talk about the shifting landscape of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AI, Programming Languages (cough cough Python) and how Orchestration is changing!

• 00:00 - Intro

Resources:

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

https://github.com/usrbinkat

https://x.com/usrbinkat

We've been anticipating this one 🥰 InstructLab is a model-agnostic open source AI project that facilitates contributions to LLMs! In this episode, IBM DA JJ Asghar talks about InstructLab and Open Source AI! JJ walks us through how to setup and train models locally so that you too can AI 🤖😂

• 00:00 - Intro

Resources:

InstructLab workshop - https://ibm.github.io/opensource-ai-workshop

The whitepaper - https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/X9W4O6BM

InstructLab site - https://instructlab.ai/

InstructLab repo - https://github.com/instructlab

In this episode, AWS Support Engineer Deepti Trivedi talks about how she gamified her AWS certification process and how she leveraged that process to get her AWS Solutions Architect Professional cert!

• 00:00 - Intro

Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepti-s-trivedi/

https://aws.amazon.com/training/digital/aws-cloud-quest/

https://skillbuilder.aws/

In this episode, VP of Cloud and Data Solutions Jenn Bergstrom talks with us about multi-cloud! It's an often used phrase, but what does it really mean? She defines what multi-cloud is, what are both good and bad uses cases, and says "it depends" a lot! Join us for this extra funny episode 🤣

• 00:00 - Intro

Resources:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenn-bergstrom/

In this episode, Ben Dalton talks with us about VPCs: How you should connect them, why you should connect them, and which services are best in which use cases!

• 00:00 - Intro

Resources:

https://github.com/b-dalton

https://medium.com/@b-dalton/using-vpc-peering-to-enable-private-inter-vpc-communication-a5c0f52150b9

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DISCLOSURES ❤

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Intro music attribution: Artist - MaxKoMusic

In this episode, the vBrownBag crew gets into something that we've all been thinking about but very few folks are addressing out loud. The impact of the tech layoffs, how we're all being affected, and what you can do if you've been affected.

In this episode, Suresh Madhu, Lead Architect for Pure Storage, walks us through new innovations in the Pure Storage Disaster Recovery portfolio & gives us a live demo of the Pure Protect DRaaS platform!

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Chapters

• 00:00 - Introduction

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Resources

https://www.purestorage.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/suresh-madhu-9544181/