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vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry to better their careers through education. Most frequent activity is producing the vBrownBag podcast. vBrownBag also attends global conferences to produce TechTalks and theater sessions

  1. 3D AGO · VIDEO

    Increasing Confidence in Your Software Supply Chain with Mike Fiedler

    Mike Fiedler, PyPI Safety and Security Engineer for the Python Software Foundation, joins the vBrownBag to talk about risks of software supply chain insecurity, and the concrete actions that software consumers & producers can take to make their software safer. Chapters: 02:12 Introducing Mike 07:20 What is software supply chain security? 08:45 Recent examples of software supply chain compromises 12:15 How do we prevent compromises in open source software? 18:57 Software consumers & software producers in the software supply chain 21:32 Recommended practices for software consumers 42:40 Recommended practices for software producers 50:15 Where to find Mike, and audience questions Resources: https://lnk.bio/miketheman https://blog.pypi.org

  2. MAY 2 · VIDEO

    Scared but Learning: A Survival Guide

    We’re excited to welcome Faye Ellis — Pluralsight instructor, AWS Hero, and one of my favorite people to learn from! In this session, Faye shares inexpensive and accessible ways you can start learning about Foundation Models (FMs), Large Language Models (LLMs), and AI. Whether you’re just starting your AI journey or looking for practical experiments without a huge investment, this episode is packed with actionable insights. Faye also shares the top AI skills needed in 2025! 🔔 Subscribe to vBrownBag for more expert talks on AWS, AI, cloud computing, and career development 00:00 - Intro 02:03 - The AI tools we're playing with 08:15 - What is Amazon Bedrock? 15:22 - AWS SDK for Python (boto3) 16:23 - The Converse API 29:39 - Demo time! 32:56 - QR Code to tutorial and code base 34:21 - The AI skills in demand today! 37:58 - Q&A How to find Faye: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fayeellis/ Bluesky: @faye-ellis.bsky.social Faye's links: Tutorial - https://bit.ly/converse-faye Code - https://bit.ly/converse-demo-code

  3. APR 25 · VIDEO

    Scared but Learning: A Survival Guide

    Whitney Lee is a well-known figure in cloud computing. She is an international keynote speaker, the host of several successful streaming shows, and a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Ambassador. But here’s the wild part: Whitney wrote her first line of code EVER when she was almost 40 years old, only 6 years ago 🤯 🥳 In this inspiring episode we talk to Whitney about her journey, her learning techniques & recommendations, and how YOU can use them to level up! 00:00 - Intro 07:30 - Who is Whitney? 11:20 - The pre-tech years 15:50 - Getting into tech 27:50 - Getting into advocacy 38:10 - Learning in public 56:00 - How to go far in your career (and life!) How to find Whitney: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitneylee/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wiggitywhitney Whitney's links & recommendations: Anki learning tool - https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Fluent Forever book - https://amzn.to/44CfQsv Range book - https://amzn.to/4itJQKr

  4. APR 24 · VIDEO

    How Freelancing Can Prepare You for the Modern Workforce

    Yufa Li is a Fullstack Software Engineer who has been freelancing for years! In this episode we get into ALL the questions: What was her journey like? What are the ups and downs of freelancing? What works, what doesn't, what you should charge, EVERYTHING! 00:00 - Intro 08:00 - Let's talk about freelancing 12:00 - Freelance Statistics 2025 14:30 - The Pros 21:30 - The Cons 29:00 - How to get started freelancing! 37:50 - Q&A 39:15 - Use a dedicated business account How to find Yufa: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yufa-li/ Her blog: https://the-zen-programmer.beehiiv.com/subscribe

  5. APR 3 · VIDEO

    How To Learn Like A Rockstar!

    Amanda Ruzza is a DevOps Engineer, world famous Jass Bassist, and a Services Architect at Datadog! in this episode she shares how she ‘migrated’ traditional music studying techniques into learning Cloud and all things tech related! "Study is fun and it’s all about falling in love with the journey 📚🎶🎼 " 00:00 - Intro 19:03 - Study Techniques for Busy Humans 20:21 - Figure out your WHY 24:30 - Define your non-negotiables 25:15 - Assess your Learning Style 28:01 - Your schedule 30:25 - Create a plan 31:43 - Execute the plan 39:27 - Iterate 40:31 - Make it fun! How to find Amanda: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaruzza/ Link to her deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bt3_Bk7y7xAZinARANhP1Fl8AEb7NA46LFMRYZQF-6c/edit Amanda's favorite resources: AWS Power Hour on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/aws AWS Workshops - https://workshops.aws/ AWS - FAQ’s and Official AWS Blogs - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/ DevOps - Anton Putra’s YouTube Channel - all things Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS https://www.youtube.com/antonputra DevOps toolkit - all things Kubernetes, Open Source tools and Linux https://www.youtube.com/c/DevOpsToolkit Terraform/Vault - Hashicorp Tutorials https://developer.hashicorp.com/tutorials Terraform - Ned in the Cloud’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/NedintheCloud Nana’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@TechWorldwithNana Ansible and Linux - Learn Linux TV Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@LearnLinuxTV On-Prem and Networking - Network Chuck YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@NetworkChuck Python - Cory Schafer’s YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@coreyms DevOps - Spacelift Blog - all things Terraform and Kubernetes https://spacelift.io/blog Terraform - Mattias Fjellstrom’s Blog https://mattias.engineer/

  6. MAR 30 · VIDEO

    Top 5 Azure Automation Mistakes to Avoid with Mark Tinderholt

    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 07:06 Big Mistake #1: Boiling the ocean 17:39 Big Mistake #2: The Cloud Shotgun 23:29 Big Mistake #3: Deploying by hand 28:50 Big Mistake #4: Security last 35:16 Big Mistake #5: The one person band 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

  7. MAR 21 · VIDEO

    Vibe Coding: Exploring the GenAI Coding Wave with Du'An Lightfoot

    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 02:49 What is vibe coding? 03:42 The importance of our foundational knowledge 07:12 Getting a high-level overview of your project 10:53 Digging deeper into specific implementations 17:30 Amazon Q Developer builds a website from scratch 25:22 Amazon Q Developer deploys the website to AWS 34:11 Documenting what it did 49:45 How Q Developer works 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

  8. MAR 14 · VIDEO

    vJailbreak Automated Migration from ESXi to KVM with Robby Stahl

    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 04:49 What is vJailbreak? 10:06 vJailbreak on GitHub 13:45 A demo is attempted, but the demo gods do not approve 22:00 A video of the demo is attempted, but the video gods do not approve 23:40 Robby shares some successful customer anecdotes 34:12 Philosophizing ensues 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/

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vBrownBag.com is a community of people who believe in helping other people. Specifically we work in IT infrastructure and we help other people in the IT industry to better their careers through education. Most frequent activity is producing the vBrownBag podcast. vBrownBag also attends global conferences to produce TechTalks and theater sessions

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