DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling

Bret Fisher
DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling

Interviews from Bret Fisher's live show with co-host Nirmal Mehta. Topics cover container and cloud topics like Docker, Kubernetes, Swarm, Cloud Native development, DevOps, SRE, GitOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and the full software lifecycle. Full show notes and more info available at https://podcast.bretfisher.com

  1. Heroku + MCP = The Fastest Way to Run AI Agents in the Cloud

    6 JUN

    Heroku + MCP = The Fastest Way to Run AI Agents in the Cloud

    Julián Duque from Heroku joins me to explain and demo their new AI platform. Check out the video podcast version here https://youtu.be/BGqlLZHdRDs Creators & Guests Cristi Cotovan - Editor Bret Fisher - Host Beth Fisher - Producer Julián Duque - Guest You can also support my content by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news! Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com (00:00) - Introduction (05:12) - Deep Dive into Heroku's AI Capabilities (14:23) - Heroku MCP server (28:27) - Describing MCP Tool Interactions (30:48) - DevOps Automation with Heroku MCP server (37:02) - Heroku AI and Future Prospects

    41 min
  2. Is AI ready for DevOps?

    4 JUN

    Is AI ready for DevOps?

    Launching our new Podcast: https://agenticdevops.fmBret and Nirmal are at KubeCon London and record their ideas about how AI Agents will change DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, automation, troubleshooting, and more. Creators & Guests Cristi Cotovan - Editor Bret Fisher - Host Beth Fisher - Producer Nirmal Mehta - Host You can also support my content by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news! Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

    27 min
  3. What you missed at KubeCon

    24 MAY

    What you missed at KubeCon

    At KubeCon EU 2025 in London, Nirmal and I discussed the important (and not-so-important) things you might have missed. There's also a video version of this show on YouTube. Creators & Guests Cristi Cotovan - Editor Beth Fisher - Producer Bret Fisher - Host Nirmal Mehta - Host (00:00) - DDT Audio Podcast Edited (00:04) - Intro (01:24) - KubeCon 2025 EU Overview (03:24) - Platform Engineering and AI Trends (07:03) - AI and Machine Learning in Kubernetes (15:38) - Project Pavilions at KubeCon (17:05) - FinOps and Cost Optimization (20:39) - HAProxy and AI Gateways (24:00) - Proxy Intelligence and Network Layer Optimization (26:52) - Developer Experience and Organizational Challenges (29:23) - Platform Engineering and Cognitive Load (35:54) - End of Life for CNCF Projects You can also support my content by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news! Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

    39 min
  4. Docker Model Runner

    21 APR

    Docker Model Runner

    Docker launched "Docker Model Runner" to run LLMs through llama.cpp with a single "docker model" command. In this episode Bret details examples and some useful use cases for using this way to run LLMs. He breaks down the internals. How it works, when you should use it or not use it; and, how to get started using Open WebUI for a private ChatGPT-like experience. ★Topics★Model Runner DocsHub ModelsOCI ArtifactsOpen WebUIMy Open WebUI Compose file Creators & Guests Cristi Cotovan - Editor Beth Fisher - Producer Bret Fisher - Host (00:00) - Intro (00:46) - Model Runner Elevator Pitch (01:28) - Enabling Docker Model Runner (04:28) - Self Promotion! Is that an ad? For me? (05:03) - Downloading Models (07:11) - Architectrure of Model Runner (10:49) - ORAS (11:09) - What's next for Model Runner? (12:13) - Troubleshooting You can also support my content by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news! Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

    13 min

  5. 26 MAR

    What's Coming in 2025?

    This episode is about what I'm seeing and what I'm doing right now, and then for the rest of the year. There are three parts. First, I talk about what's about to happen for me for the next few weeks re going to London for KubeCon. Then what I'm planning to change in this podcast, as well as my other content on YouTube for the rest of the year. And lastly, I talk about some industry trends that I'm seeing that will force me, I think, to change the format of this show. I recorded the episode on March 22, 2025.★Topics★My work at KubeCon EU in LondonWhat's next for this Podcast and my YouTubeWhat's up with AI for DevOps? Creators & Guests Beth Fisher - Producer Bret Fisher - Host (00:00) - What's Coming in 2025 (01:07) - Highlights I'm excited about re KubeCon (04:35) - Changes to this Podcast (05:58) - What's up with AI and "Agentic DevOps"? (15:11) - Upcoming guests You can also support my content by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news! Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

    17 min
  6. Docker Build the best way with Docker Bake

    24 MAR

    Docker Build the best way with Docker Bake

    The Docker Bake Build tool just went general availability, and I'm excited about what this means for creating reproducible builds and automation that can run anywhere. In this video I'm gonna break down some of the features, the benefits and walk through some examples. In this episode I explain why docker buildx bake exists, what it can do, and I walk through multiple examples of Bake files and how it's better than docker build image and docker compose build. I also touch on BuildKit and Docker's GitHub Actions.There's also a video version of this show on YouTube. ★Get started with Docker Bake★Walkthough https://docs.docker.com/guides/bake/ Docs: https://docs.docker.com/build/bake/GA Announcement: https://www.docker.com/blog/ga-launch-docker-bake/ Creators & Guests Beth Fisher - Producer Bret Fisher - Host (00:00) - Intro (00:04) - / (00:41) - History Lesson (01:29) - Bake Today (02:43) - Ad for... Me! (03:53) - List of Benefits (10:29) - Use Bake Everywhere (12:41) - Leaning into Bake, maybe? You can also support my content by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news! Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

    15 min

  7. 6 FEB

    Is Swarm at EOL?

    I've been a big fan of Swarm since it was launched over a decade ago and I've made multiple courses on it that still sell. But, we recently got some news out of Mirantis that might be bad news. So I talked about it last week on my live stream.There's also a video version of this show on YouTube. ★Topics★Blog post that sparked this discussion:https://www.portainer.io/blog/portainer-the-essential-tool-for-docker-swarm-users-facing-a-kubernetes-future Creators & Guests Cristi Cotovan - Editor Beth Fisher - Producer Bret Fisher - Host (00:00) - Intro (00:34) - Mirantis' Role in Swarm's Future (01:52) - The Hope of Swarm being shipped in Docker Engine (02:43) - Portainer's Perspective on Swarm's Viability (04:27) - Swarm Community and Support (05:47) - One Sentence Signals Change? (08:37) - Swarm in Maintenance Mode (10:47) - The Docker-Swarm Stack (11:43) - Future of Swarm in Docker Engine (13:52) - Integration Challenges You can also support my content by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news! Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

    18 min

  8. 10 JAN

    Best of Cloud Native 2024

    Bret and Nirmal reunite for their traditional annual Holiday Special episode of breaking down the most significant developments in cloud native from 2024 and sharing predictions for 2025. 💥 This episode is brought to you by our valued sponsor and friends at Aikido!💥 Aikido is a no-nonse platform that helps developers get security done. It consolidates multiple scanning tools like code analysis, dependency analysis, and cloud security into a single platform. Aikido’s superpower is its ability to remove false positives, so you can focus on the real issues. Aikido not only helps you find true vulnerabilities but their new AI features auto triage and even fix issues for you. Aikido is FREE for small teams or anyone wanting to simply explore so check it out today at aikido.dev We touch on infrastructure evolution, exploring Kubernetes fleet management challenges and emerging solutions for simplified tool stacks, we cover essential cloud native trends of 2024, infrastructure automation breakthroughs, notable technical innovations, projects that aspire to be part of CNCF as well as predictions for cloud native in 2025.There's also a video version of this show on YouTube. ★Topics★Cloud Native End User Technical Advisory Board (TAB)Adam Jacob's Talk: Reimagining OSS Licensing and Commercialization with Fair Sourcekubevirt Keda Cloud Native Reference Architectures Karpenter eBPF ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb_vD3XZYOA ebpf documentary) (Ebpf summit)GitHub Copilot, now Free Kubernetes transitioning into enterprise maturity (https://www.fairwinds.com/blog/10-years-kubernetes-innovation)FinOps mattersRead the tea leaves sandbox issues  Creators & Guests Cristi Cotovan - Editor Beth Fisher - Producer Bret Fisher - Host Nirmal Mehta - Host (00:00) - Intro (03:32) - Structure of the Show (03:58) - Kubernetes is 10 and CNCF Maturity (05:12) - What is a CNCF Graduated Project? (08:08) - IDPs (09:28) - Legacy Projects Aspiring for CNCF (19:17) - Favorite Tools of 2024 (19:32) - Argo's Increasing Use (23:52) - GitHub Copilot (26:30) - KubeVirt (32:38) - Event-Driven Autoscaling with KEDA (34:22) - Cloud Native Reference Architectures (36:33) - Karpenter Workshop Highlights from KubeCon (37:45) - Kubernetes Stacks and AI Workloads (40:07) - Predictions for Kubernetes in 2025 (40:13) - Kubernetes "LAMP" Stack (41:08) - AI in 2025 (45:10) - Efficiency, Energy and Environmental Impact (47:32) - Fleet and Multi-Cluster Management (52:21) - Optimizing Inference (54:05) - Edge Hybrid (54:34) - Container-Optimized Linux Distros (01:00:31) - Open Source Licensing and Business Models (01:02:58) - Purely Open Source Kubernetes Stack (01:03:48) - The CNCF Sandbox (01:10:09) - Final Thoughts You can also support my free material by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news! Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses.Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord.Grab some merch at Bret's Loot BoxHomepage bretfisher.com

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Interviews from Bret Fisher's live show with co-host Nirmal Mehta. Topics cover container and cloud topics like Docker, Kubernetes, Swarm, Cloud Native development, DevOps, SRE, GitOps, DevSecOps, platform engineering, and the full software lifecycle. Full show notes and more info available at https://podcast.bretfisher.com

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