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DevOps'ish Podcast

By Chris Short

The DevOps’ish Podcast is a look at the news from the sources that feed the newsletter itself. We will go over the inputs into the newsletter (not necessarily the newsletter itself) to give listeners a different look at the news that complements the newsletter. The DevOps’ish Podcast is recorded via Twitter Spaces and audience participation is highly encouraged (follow @ChrisShort on Twitter).

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The DevOps'ish Podcast: 2022-09-19

DevOps'ish PodcastSep 26, 2022

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The DevOps'ish Podcast: 2022-10-31

The DevOps'ish Podcast: 2022-10-31

The DevOps'ish Podcast is brought to you by the good folks at honeycomb.io. Observe your stacks y'all!

Here's the links mentioned in this weeks podcast:

Meet the Windows servers that have been fueling massive DDoSes for months | Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/10/researchers-id-12k-microsoft-servers-that-are-a-ddosers-best-friend/

Sign up - Hachyderm.io: https://hachyderm.io/invite/52R3N6to

devopsish subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/devopsish/

RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language • The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/29/kathleen_booth_obit

50 Useful Vim Commands - VimTricks: https://vimtricks.com/p/50-useful-vim-commands/

SadServers - Troubleshooting Linux Servers: https://sadservers.com/

Announcing knative v1 8 release - Knative: https://knative.dev/blog/releases/announcing-knative-v1-8-release/

The Big Tech Hiring Slowdown Is Here and it will Hurt - The Pragmatic Engineer: https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/big-tech-hiring-slowdown/

Layoffs.fyi - Tech Layoff Tracker and Startup Layoff Lists: http://layoffs.fyi/

komodorio/helm-dashboard: The missing UI for Helm - visualize your releases: https://github.com/komodorio/helm-dashboard

Microsoft is selling a $600 mini PC with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, 32GB RAM and 512GB storage - Liliputing: https://liliputing.com/microsoft-is-selling-a-600-mini-pc-with-snapdragon-8cx-gen-3-32gb-ram-and-512gb-storage/

A Chrome fix for an in-the-wild exploit is out—Check your version: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/10/update-chrome-now-and-fix-a-vulnerability-with-an-existing-exploit-for-it

Security Advisory: Upcoming Critical OpenSSL Vulnerability: https://blog.aquasec.com/openssl-vulnerability-2022

Using eStargz to reduce container startup time on Amazon EKS: https://blog.realvarez.com/using-estargz-to-reduce-container-startup-time-on-amazon-eks/

Fedora 37 Release Delayed To Mid-November Over Critical OpenSSL Vulnerability - Phoronix: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-37-November-Delay

The State of Vault and Kubernetes, and Future Plans: https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/the-state-of-vault-and-kubernetes-and-future-plans

Fermyon raises $20M to build tools for cloud app dev | TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/24/fermyon-cloud-app-webassembly-20m-funding-series-a/

Sigstore Announces General Availability at SigstoreCon - Open Source Security Foundation: https://openssf.org/press-release/2022/10/25/sigstore-announces-general-availability-at-sigstorecon/

Kyverno 1.8 Released | Kyverno: https://kyverno.io/blog/2022/10/24/kyverno-1.8-released/

Cloud native policy and governance usage 2022 Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T3PM9J8

Oct 31, 202239:04
The DevOps’ish Podcast: 2022-10-17

The DevOps’ish Podcast: 2022-10-17

The DevOps'ish Podcast is brought to you by the good folks at honeycomb.io. Observe your stacks y'all!

Here's the links mentioned in this weeks podcast:

2022 CNCF Contributor Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CNCF-Contributor-Survey-2022

William Shatner: My Trip to Space Filled Me With Sadness - Variety: https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/william-shatner-space-boldly-go-excerpt-1235395113/

NocoDB takes on Airtable with open source no-code platform that connects to production databases | TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/11/nocodb-takes-on-airtable-with-open-source-no-code-database-that-works-with-production-data/

Oh yes, the year of the Linux desktop will come • The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/14/year_of_linux_desktop/

Windows 95 went the extra mile to ensure compatibility of SimCity, other games | Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/windows-95-went-the-extra-mile-to-ensure-compatibility-of-simcity-other-games/

Intel Alder Lake BIOS code leaked, may contain vital secrets • The Register: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/10/alder_lake_bios_code_leaked/

Wall of Awful: Tactics for Summiting Your Most Mountainous Molehills - Trip Longworth - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMXHPolTyaM

What are the 4 Golden Signals for Monitoring Kubernetes? - Isovalent: https://isovalent.com/blog/post/what-are-the-4-golden-signals-for-monitoring-kubernetes/

Make your QEMU 10 times faster with this one weird trick — Determinate Systems: https://determinate.systems/posts/qemu-fix

“So much screaming inside me”—Google Stadia shutdown stuns indie developers | Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/10/meet-the-stadia-developers-blindsided-by-googles-latest-product-shutdown/

Nutanix Explores Sale After Receiving Takeover Interest - WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nutanix-explores-sale-after-receiving-takeover-interest-11665739802?mod=djemalertNEWS

Post | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thechrisshort_kubecon-activity-6986464767817261056-GL4v/

Airborne Drones Are Dropping Cyber-Spy Exploits in the Wild: https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/drones-cyber-spy-exploits-in-the-wild

Intel Could Be Preparing For Massive Layoffs as Demand for PCs Plunge | Tom's Hardware: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-massive-layoffs-2022

Turn around your Git mistakes in 17 ways - DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻: https://dev.to/smitterhane/turn-around-your-git-mistakes-in-17-ways-2mn1

Open Source After Dark Detroit: https://opensourceafterdarkdetroit.splashthat.com/?sc_channel=sm&sc_campaign=Open_Source&sc_publisher=TWITTER&sc_geo=NAMER&sc_outcome=awareness&trk=Open_Source&linkId=185315437

Chris Short 🇺🇸🇺🇦 on Twitter: "On Linux, what is your preferred text editor?" / Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisShort/status/1579841167252131840

Oct 17, 202242:24
The DevOps’ish Podcast: 2022-10-03

The DevOps’ish Podcast: 2022-10-03

Welcome to the third attempt at me running a Twitter Space as a podcast (https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ypJddDEyXQJW). Today's SNAFU was the fact that, for whatever reason, my external mic would not work with the iPhone where it has before (FUN!).

The DevOps'ish Podcast is brought to you by the good folks at honeycomb.io. Observe your stacks y'all!

Here's the links mentioned in this weeks podcast:

Ask Command — AI-powered Developer Assistant
Girls Who Code Founder Speaks Out After Learning a School District Had Banned Her Books
Carbon removal hype is becoming a dangerous distraction | MIT Technology Review
TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products - Apple Support
Kubefirst
trendy.dev | Daily trending repositories
The pros and cons of eBPF profiling | Open Source Continuous Profiling Platform
Big COVID-19 waves may be coming, new Omicron strains suggest | Science | AAAS
Microsoft Confirms 2 New Exchange Zero-Day Flaws Being Used in the Wild
Release Nvim v0.8.0 · neovim/neovim
Why Stadia Failed
NSA Employee Leaked Classified Cyber Intel, Charged with Espionage - Nextgov
Numerous orgs hacked after installing weaponized open source apps | Ars Technica
USB kills off SuperSpeed branding as it tries to simplify its ubiquitous connector - The Verge
Blocking annoying and privacy-harming cookie consent banners | Brave Browser
The Baffling Maze of Kubernetes - Last Week in AWS Blog
kairos-io/kairos: The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes.
US candidate defeats Russian rival to head UN tech agency - The Record by Recorded Future
allero-io/allero: By scanning CI/CD misconfigurations, Allero helps reduce production issues, harden your security posture and shift-left CI/CD from DevOps to developers.
Istio is an official CNCF project - what does it mean for you? - Solo.io
Fedora Linux Disabling Mesa's H.264 / H.265 / VC1 VA-API Support Over Legal Concerns - Phoronix
Oct 03, 202246:31
The DevOps'ish Podcast: 2022-09-26

The DevOps'ish Podcast: 2022-09-26

Welcome to the second attempt at me running a Twitter Space as a podcast (https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lPKqBNQvrQGb).

Thank you to Justin Garrison and others for helping me navigate link sharing.


Here's all the articles discussed during the podcast...


Why fix Kubernetes and Systemd?. Learn why and how the Aurae Runtime… | by Kris Nóva | Sep, 2022 | Medium

https://medium.com/@kris-nova/why-fix-kubernetes-and-systemd-782840e50104


Chris Short at @devopsdayschi 🇺🇸🇺🇦 on Twitter: "It’s the QUACKEN!!! I wonder if we could get this for #KubeCon but in goose form? It’s at the same venue (the venue is equally massive by the way). The Detroit Auto Show was a nice reconnoiter. https://t.co/jsg1z937uJ" / Twitter

https://twitter.com/ChrisShort/status/1573647492272586753


The record-setting DDoSes keep coming, with no end in sight | Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/09/the-record-setting-ddoses-keep-coming-with-no-end-in-sight/


Record 25.3 Billion Request Multiplexing DDoS Attack Mitigated by Imperva | Imperva

https://www.imperva.com/blog/record-25-3-billion-request-multiplexing-attack-mitigated-by-imperva/


Kubernetes Guide: Graceful Shutdown with Lifecycle preStop Hook | Datree.io

https://www.datree.io/resources/kubernetes-guide-graceful-shutdown-with-lifecycle-prestop-hook


Practical Systems Awareness. The principle of least awareness. Why… | by Kris Nóva | Sep, 2022 | ITNEXT

https://itnext.io/practical-systems-awareness-322faf092da2


Achieve Consistent Application-level Tagging for Cost Tracking in AWS | Containers

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/achieve-consistent-application-level-tagging-for-cost-tracking-in-aws/


Chainguard releases Wolfi, a Linux 'undistribution' | ZDNET

https://www.zdnet.com/article/chainguard-releases-wolfi-a-linux-undistribution/


Tune in next week: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ypJddDEyXQJW


Sep 26, 202254:06
The DevOps'ish Podcast: 2022-09-19
Sep 26, 202245:17
001: A bluer hue of red

001: A bluer hue of red

This week I go over notes from "DevOps'ish 135: DevOps’ish Deep Cuts podcast, burnout, on-call, Cloudflare fustercluck, multicloud mess, and more"

See the newsletter and show notes at devopsish.com


Jul 10, 201915:15
000: The titles are too damn long

000: The titles are too damn long

This week I go over notes from "DevOps'ish 134: Kubernetes Security, multicloud marvels, BGP bungle, Bill's biggest blunder, Big Blue blows through EU, Big Red roiling JEDI requisition, and more"

See the newsletter and show notes at devopsish.com

Jul 04, 201915:38