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The SoftwarePlaza IT podcast keeps you up-to-date with all that’s happening in the world of the IT community. Learn about the latest news, best practices, reviews, and how-to’s. Subscribe and listen to more SoftwarePlaza podcast episodes or visit www.softwareplaza.com.

  1. 12/10/2025

    Inside Modern Infra: Kerim Satirli on Terraform, Vault Radar & AI-Safe Workflows

    In this episode, Kerim Satirli, Senior Developer Advocate II at IBM, who walks us through the major developments happening across the HashiCorp ecosystem since we last spoke. Kerim breaks down key updates such as Terraform Stacks, Actions, Search, and Infragraph, along with the debut of Vault Radar, which scans codebases and collaboration tools to uncover leaked or unmanaged secrets before they become incidents. He also reflects on industry trends—from the surge of MCP-powered AI agents to the growing urgency around supply-chain security highlighted by the ongoing Shi Hulud NPM attack, offering a clear view of how modern infrastructure and security practices are evolving.

    39 min

  2. 12/10/2025

    Shaping the Future of Documentation: Taylor Dolezal on OSS, Knowledge & Dosu.dev

    In this episode, Taylor Dolezal, Head of Open Source at Dosu.dev, for a thoughtful deep dive into the evolving world of documentation and knowledge management. Taylor shares his journey from the CNCF to Dosu.dev, why he returned to his open-source roots, and how Dosu is reimagining documentation as a living, dynamic system. We discuss the fragmentation of knowledge across tools, AI’s role in documentation, and the emerging need for context-aware, fact-driven docs tailored to each user. Taylor also walks us through Dosu.dev’s unique approach—bringing structured facts, citations, and automation into docs to help maintainers and enterprises stay sane in an accelerating world.Check out a rich conversation on the past, present, and future of docs in open source and beyond.

    55 min

  3. 11/25/2025

    Redefining Enterprise Storage with Infinidat

    In this episode, Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer at Infinidat, shares how the company is transforming enterprise storage with a blend of performance, resilience, and simplicity. From the power of InfiniSafe’s cyber-storage capabilities to the intelligence behind InfiniVerse and AI-driven automation, Eric explains how Infinidat delivers unmatched reliability and scalability while tackling modern IT challenges like skill shortages and data protection.

    50 min

  4. 11/25/2025

    Reimagining Observability How Splunk is Powering the Future with OpenTelemetry

    In this episode, Steve Flanders, Senior Director of Engineering at Splunk, shares how the company is driving the next wave of innovation in observability through OpenTelemetry.Steve dives into how open standards are eliminating vendor lock-in, streamlining telemetry data, and delivering unified visibility across today’s cloud-native environments. He discusses best practices for scalable data pipelines, auto-instrumentation, and semantic conventions that enhance monitoring precision. The conversation also looks ahead to the future of observability, covering performance profiling, real-user experience, and AI-driven workloads. This led to showcasing how OpenTelemetry is redefining how teams measure and optimize system reliability.

    50 min

  5. 11/25/2025

    Redefining Reliability How Komodor is Building the Future of AI-Driven SRE

    In this episode Itiel Shwartz‏, Co-founder and CTO at Komodor, shares how his team is reimagining site reliability with Claudia AI, an autonomous system that detects, investigates, and remediates Kubernetes issues in real time. Itiel discusses the evolution from early AIOps concepts to today’s multi-agent architectures, where AI handles repetitive operations and frees engineers to focus on innovation. He also explores the challenges of accuracy, hallucination control, and balancing automation with human oversight. The conversation offers a deep look at how Komodor’s AI agents are shaping the next generation of reliability engineering in the age of large language models.

    30 min

  6. 11/25/2025

    From Vector Search to Database Agents - Weaviate’s Journey to Powering Production AI

    Weaviate CEO & Co-Founder Bob van Luijt talks about how vector databases evolved into AI-native databases and why that matters for engineers building production AI.The conversation covers core use cases (vector search, RAG), the new wave of database-level agents (query & transformation agents), multi-tenancy and storage optimizations, and practical notes on getting started with Weaviate’s cloud and free tier. Expect clear explanations, a short demo video walkthrough, and product lessons from scaling an open-source database.

    42 min

  7. 11/25/2025

    Operationalizing AI How Jozu Brings Machine Learning to Production

    In this episode of The Software Plaza Podcast, we speak with Brad Micklea, Co-Founder and CEO of Jozu, a platform built to simplify and secure AI/ML deployment. Brad shares his journey from Red Hat and AWS to founding Jozu, diving deep into the challenges of taking AI models from experimentation to production. He explains how Jozu bridges the gap between data science, engineering, and operations, ensuring models are compliant, secure, and production-ready. Tune in to explore how open source, Kubernetes, and model packaging standards like KitOps are shaping the future of enterprise AI.

    51 min

  8. 11/25/2025

    Beyond YAML The Future of Platform Engineering with Formae

    In this episode, Pavlo Baron, Co-founder & CEO of Platform Engineering Labs, shares how Formae is transforming platform engineering by replacing brittle YAML/JSON configs with smart, codified abstractions. Built on an agent-based system, Formae simplifies collaboration, reduces toil, and bridges the gap between developers and ops ushering in a faster, more reliable era of infrastructure management. He explains how Formae enables granular, patch-based changes to minimize blast radius and why modern infrastructure tools must evolve for speed, collaboration, and simplicity. It’s a fresh take on platform engineering designed for the realities of today’s distributed systems and teams.

    51 min
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