Geeking Out with Adriana Villela

Adriana Villela, Hannah Maxwell
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Geeking Out with Adriana Villela

The podcast about all geeky aspects of software delivery, DevOps, Observability, reliability, and everything in between.

  1. E17 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on All Things Hashi with Riaan Nolan

    2 DAYS AGO · BONUS

    E17 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on All Things Hashi with Riaan Nolan

    NOTE: We're on break for the next few weeks, and will be returning with brand-new episodes in mid-November 2024. Until then, please enjoy this re-run. Adriana geeks out with fellow HashiCorp Ambassador, Riaan Nolan, about All Things Hashi! Riaan shares how he pivoted from being a Director of DevOps in his native South Africa to moving to Australia and reinventing himself as a Terraformer extraordinaire as an individual contributor. He and Adriana also talk about what it's like to be a HashiCorp Ambassador, and what led him to create HashiQube - the ultimate playground for the Hashi stack and more!

    1h 48m
  2. E16 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Breaking Barriers with Edith Puclla

    NOV 12 · BONUS

    E16 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Breaking Barriers with Edith Puclla

    NOTE: We're on break for the next few weeks, and will be returning with brand-new episodes in mid-November 2024. Until then, please enjoy this re-run. Adriana geeks out with fellow CNCF Ambassador, Edith Puclla, about personal growth, Kubernetes, and community! They delve into Edith's decision to take a two-year hiatus to reflect on and make changes to her life. This led her to land an Outreachy internship, and eventually resulted in her current role at Percona. They also touch on Edith's journey into Kubernetes, and her ongoing efforts to give back to the community, by organizing Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) in Peru, happening in July 2024.

    39 min
  3. E15 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Being a Tech Journalist with Jennifer Riggins

    NOV 5 · BONUS

    E15 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Being a Tech Journalist with Jennifer Riggins

    NOTE: We're on break for the next few weeks, and will be returning with brand-new episodes in mid-November 2024. Until then, please enjoy this re-run. Adriana geeks out with freelance tech journalist Jennifer Riggins about being a tech journalist, AI, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and Platform Engineering. Jennifer keeps it real on the use of AI as a job aid, policy-making surrounding the responsible use of AI, and how AI can both help lower the environmental impact of datacenters, but can itself have an environmental impact. She also reminds us that, while DEI may not have been at the forefront in 2023, it is still very much an issue in 2024 that needs to be discussed and addressed. Finally, Jennifer shares her thoughts on Platform Engineering: the importance of building platforms that software engineers will want to use, and also using Platform Engineering to define a Yellow Brick Road, providing guardrails to developers so that they can develop quickly, safely, and effectively.

    43 min
  4. E14 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Observability with Charity Majors

    OCT 29 · BONUS

    E14 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Observability with Charity Majors

    NOTE: We're on break for the next few weeks, and will be returning with brand-new episodes in mid-November 2024. Until then, please enjoy this re-run. Adriana geeks out with the one and only Charity Majors on...SO MANY TOPICS! They talk about fixed vacation days vs unlimited vacation days, and how it affects productivity and morale. Charity and Adriana share stories on the challenges of software engineering managers, and how early is too early to get into management. Charity also reflects as a startup founder, including the importance of addressing customer pain points for sustained business growth, and the challenges of maintaining a healthy company culture. And finally, Charity talks about going beyond where Observability started, as she looks ahead to Observability 2.0, and what that means for the industry.

    1h 1m
  5. E13 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Kubernetes with Kelsey Hightower

    OCT 22 · BONUS

    E13 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Kubernetes with Kelsey Hightower

    NOTE: We're on break for the next few weeks, and will be returning with brand-new episodes in mid-November 2024. Until then, please enjoy this re-run. Adriana geeks out with the one and only Kelsey Hightower on Kubernetes, open source, and making tech accessible. Kelsey delves into Kubernetes' rise as an essential yet complex ecosystem, and shares his thoughts on where things might be headed. He switches gears a bit to talk about Kubernetes and Nomad: how they're similar and different, and how they benefit each other. The discussion also touches upon the significance of community engagement in open source projects, as Kelsey emphasizes the responsibilities of contributors and maintainers amidst the constant evolution and monetization of open-source software. Finally, Kelsey talks about the importance of learning and making complex topics accessible, punctuated by his own commitment to demystifying Kubernetes and encouraging progress over perfection in the tech field.

    38 min
  6. E12 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on the OTel Operator with Jacob Aronoff of SNCO

    OCT 15 · BONUS

    E12 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on the OTel Operator with Jacob Aronoff of SNCO

    NOTE: We're on break for the next few weeks, and will be returning with brand-new episodes in mid-November 2024. Until then, please enjoy this re-run. Adriana geeks out with fellow co-worker, Jacob Aronoff. Jacob highlights his experiences in leading an internal OpenTelemetry migration from OpenTracing. He also digs into the OpenTelemetry Operator's Target Allocator, highlighting how it can be used to supercharge Prometheus. Adriana and Jacob also reflect on the inclusiveness of the OpenTelemetry community, and how it encourages contributions and questions. Finally, Jacob talks about the Open Agent Management Protocol (OpAMP), and his recent KubeCon North America talk on the subject.

    44 min
  7. The One Where We Geek Out on Transitioning into Tech with Julia Furst Morgado

    OCT 8

    The One Where We Geek Out on Transitioning into Tech with Julia Furst Morgado

    Adriana geeks out with fellow CNCF Ambassador and Brazilian, Julia Furst Morgado. Julia shares her unlikely journey into tech, starting her career first as a lawyer, and discovering her love for tech, and eventually making her world to the cloud native world, where in a few short years, she became a CNCF Ambassador and international speaker. Julia also talks about her struggles with impostor syndrome, the challenges with saying no, and how she strives to keep learning in our changing technology landscape.

    51 min
  8. The One Where We Geek Out on Accessibility with Rynn Mancuso

    OCT 1

    The One Where We Geek Out on Accessibility with Rynn Mancuso

    Get ready to go on an amazing learning journey on accessibility with this week’s guest, Rynn Mancuso. Rynn sheds light the importance of keeping accessibility in mind when writing software, and how it makes for better software. They also talk about accessibility beyond tech and into the climbing gym, and how adaptive climbing allowed them to try a sport they might have never tried. Finally, Rynn explains the important work being done by the CNCF's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Working Group, and reflects on the importance of code of conduct committees and the challenges of being a code of conduct author.

    47 min
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The podcast about all geeky aspects of software delivery, DevOps, Observability, reliability, and everything in between.

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  • Creator
    Adriana Villela, Hannah Maxwell
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    46
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2023 Geeking Out Podcast
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    Geeking Out with Adriana Villela

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