Best Keith Townsend Podcasts (2026)

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Keith Townsend 1:01:49

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Keith Townsend is an independent CTO advisor and infrastructure practitioner focused on how enterprises actually adopt AI, cloud, and open-source platforms at scale. He’s the founder of The Advisor Bench and the voice behind The CTO Advisor, where he helps CIOs and CTOs navigate hard infrastructure decisions around hybrid cloud, AI systems, and pla…

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The AI Productivity Gap with Keith Townsend 41:23

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Corey Quinn reconnects with Keith Townsend, founder of The CTO Advisor, for a candid conversation about the massive gap between AI hype and enterprise reality. Keith shares why a biopharma company gave Microsoft Copilot a hard no, and why AI has genuinely 10x’d his personal productivity while Fortune 500 companies treat it like radioactive material…

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Avery Pennarun on Tailscale's Evolution: From Mesh VPN to AI Security Gateway 44:19

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Corey Quinn sits down with Avery Pennarun, co-founder and CEO of Tailscale, for a deep dive into how the company is reinventing networking for the modern era. From finally making VPNs behave the way they should to tackling AI security with zero-click authentication, Avery shares candid insights on building infrastructure people actually love using,…

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How Grokability Built a Profitable Open Source Business with Jeremy Price 30:38

2d ago30:38

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Most open source companies do the same thing. They take investor money, lock their best features behind paywalls, sell the company, and disappoint everyone. Grokability did something different. Jeremy Price, VP of Technology at Grokability talks with Corey Quinn about how they built a business that makes enough money without chasing endless growth.…

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Ring in 2026 with Marshall Jefferson and Kevin "Mega" McFall! WE LOVE HOUSE MUSIC!! 1:24:27

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HAPPY 2026 VHS FAMILY!! Your Main Man Mega hosts this special 10th Anniversary Season episode with world-renowned DJ/Remixer and Producer of the House Music Anthem (Move Your Body) - Marshall Jefferson. We get biographical and learn exactly who Marshall Jefferson is. Marshall Jefferson is an American DJ and musician. He is considered a pioneer of H…

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Jan De Dobbeleer 1:06:42

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Jan combines the precision of his background in luxury watchmaking with deep experience in platform engineering and open source. As a GitHub Star and Microsoft MVP, he has demonstrated impact in the community and with companies worldwide. He led teams of dozens of engineers at NIKE EMEA, built the popular cross-platform prompt theme engine Oh My Po…

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Kat Cosgrove Returns 1:00:34

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Kat is the Head of Developer Advocacy at Minimus, focused on the growth and nurturing of open source through authentic contribution. In particular, her specialties are approachable 101-level content and deep dives on the history of technology, with a focus on DevOps and cloud native. She was the Kubernetes Release Lead for 1.30 Uwubernetes, and cur…

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Sarah Young 1:01:34

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Once described on Reddit as “technically challenged”, Sarah is a Principal Security Advocate working at Microsoft. She has lived all over the place but currently calls Melbourne home. Sarah has been working in cyber security since before it was cool, has previously spoken at many security conferences including Black Hat and has co-authored a few Mi…

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Chris Nance - North Muskegon Mayor 24:26

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In this episode of Muskegon County Municipalities at Work, host DJ Hilson sits down with newly elected North Muskegon Mayor Chris Nance to explore his remarkable career in public service—from international PR and White House advance work to senior roles under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger—and how those experiences shape his vision for North Muskeg…

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Lori Branch and IAMBRANDON on the Vintage House Show 57:19

29d ago57:19

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IAMBRANDON is an amazing artist whose career has exploded!! IAMBRANDON SHARES the origin story, the gaming story, the DJ story and the tougher story of obtaining thousands of followers. Listen and Follow VintageHouseShow.us Support the show www.VintageHouseShow.com Preserving and Celebrating the History of House Music…

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AI Agents, Enterprise Risk, and the Future of Recovery: Rubrik’s Vision with Dev Rishi 36:26

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In this episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey Quinn sits down with Rubrik’s GM of AI, Dev Rishi, to unpack the real story behind enterprise AI adoption, the rise of agentic systems, and why most organizations are still stuck in read-only mode. Dev breaks down how Rubrik’s Agent Rewind brings safety, observability, and resilience to AI-driven act…

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Jeff Williams 1:01:52

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Jeff Williams is the Co-Founder and CTO of Contrast Security, where he leads innovation in runtime-based application security. A pioneer in modern AppSec and co-founder of OWASP, Jeff has spent more than two decades helping organizations understand and manage software risk through instrumentation, context, and continuous learning. You can find Jeff…

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Sydnee Mayers 1:05:10

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Sydnee leads AI product initiatives at Cribl, the data engine for IT & Security. Prior to joining Cribl, Sydnee was leading hyperscale inference within the CoreAI group at Microsoft. Sydnee is passionate about helping individuals learn and adopt AI safely and responsibly.You can find Sydnee on the following sites: LinkedIn PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE P…

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Shawn Bride - Roosevelt Park Police Chief 26:49

2M ago26:49

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In this episode of Muskegon County Municipalities at Work, host DJ Hilson sits down with Roosevelt Park Police Chief Shawn Bride to explore his remarkable 30-year law enforcement career, from his early days with the City of Muskegon to leading a small but highly engaged department. Chief Bride discusses the transformative power of community policin…

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Adriana Villela 1:07:44

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Adriana is a CNCF Ambassador, blogger, host of the Geeking Out Podcast, and a maintainer of the OpenTelemetry End User SIG. By day, she's a Principal Developer Advocate at Dynatrace, focusing on Observability and OpenTelemetry. By night, she climbs walls. She also loves capybaras, because they make her happy. You can find Adriana on the following s…

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David Sabat and DJ Lori Branch on the Vintage House Show 57:12

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David Sabat has been spinning and shooting photos of Chicago's House Music scene over three decades. Learn more about his career, his love of House Music and his knowledge of the early Chicago House scene!! Don't miss the Chicago: Home of House exhibit at O'hare Airport! The Vintage House Show shares the history of house music using unique and inno…

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Renee Gavin - Emergency Manager Muskegon County 20:44

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In this episode of Muskegon County Municipalities at Work, host DJ Hilson interviews county Emergency Manager Renee Gavin, whose 20+ years of public safety experience—including law enforcement, EMS, and emergency planning—shape her vital leadership role in community preparedness and disaster response. Gavin explains how emergency management identif…

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From Code to Cash: How André Arko Builds Better Tools and Gets Paid for Open Source 40:42

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André Arko, CEO of Spinel Cooperative and longtime Bundler maintainer, joins Corey Quinn to introduce RV, a new Ruby tool that installs Ruby in one second instead of 10-40 minutes by using precompiled binaries. Inspired by Python's UV, RV aims to simplify Ruby dependency management without the complexity of older tools like RVM and rbenv. They talk…

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Kathy Moore - Muskegon County Public Health Director 27:39

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Kathy Moore, Muskegon County’s longtime Public Health Director and its most senior employee, joins DJ Hilson on Muskegon County Municipalities at Work to share her 35 years of experience serving in wastewater, airport operations, county administration, and public health leadership. She outlines the wide range of services delivered by the health dep…

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Phil Nash 1:00:05

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Phil Nash is a developer relations engineer for Langflow at IBM. Sometimes he writes code on stage in front of a crowd, hoping everything just works. Sometimes he writes open source code, which is much less stressful because if it is wrong someone else can correct it. He writes code in tweets or toots sometimes, but not much fits. You can find Phil…

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Cyber Resilience Beyond Prevention with Anneka Gupta 34:14

2M ago34:14

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When attackers are smart enough to hit your backups, recovery becomes your best defense. Rubrik’s Chief Product Officer, Anneka Gupta, joins host Corey Quinn to break down what true cyber resilience looks like in today’s multi-cloud world. From AI-driven recovery to surviving ransomware with your data (and reputation) intact, this episode covers wh…

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Keith Townsend - Muskegon Area Transit System 27:20

2M ago27:20

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In this episode of Muskegon County Municipalities at Work, host DJ Hilson sits down with Keith Townsend, a lifelong Muskegon resident and second-generation transit worker with the Muskegon Area Transit System (MATS). Townsend shares how MATS connects residents to jobs, schools, and essential services through fixed routes, ADA-compliant vehicles, an…

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Protecting Your Music and Cultural Production w/Atty Mel Flowers and DJ Louie Green on VHS 58:16

2M ago58:16

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Join Special Guest Host Louie Green and Creative Artist Attorney Mel Flowers LIVE IN STUDIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15TH 10PM. Melvin Flowers has been a dedicated leader and advocate for pro bono work throughout his legal career, and across varied cases and communities. Formerly Accenture’s Global Legal Lead for Strategic Initiatives as part of the Globa…

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Emily Morgenstern - Community Coordinator Muskegon Police Department 26:09

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In this episode of Muskegon County at Work, host DJ Hilson sits down with Emily Morgenstern, Community Coordinator for the Muskegon Police Department, to explore how community engagement is transforming local public safety. A lifelong Muskegon native, Emily shares her journey from the Chamber of Commerce to public service and explains how her role …

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Mark Techson 1:01:52

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Mark Techson, an award-winning university instructor and senior software engineer, has two decades of experience developing tech solutions. Passionate about creating meaningful learning experiences and demystifying coding, he currently works as DevRel Lead on the Angular Team at Google. You can find Mark on the following sites: Website LinkedIn Git…

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Cloud Repatriation: Because Conspiracy Theories Are Cheaper with Deana Solis 40:01

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Deana Solis, 2022 FinOps Foundation Evangelist of the Year, joins Corey Quinn to discuss her winding career path from electrical engineering to healthcare IT to FinOps. She shares why certifications are "largely performative," warns that AI can turn your AWS bill into "a telephone number," and explains why NAT Gateway costs hit everyone from hobbyi…

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Brian Pontarelli 1:02:48

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Brian Pontarelli is a technology entrepreneur currently solving login, registration, and user management challenges with FusionAuth. Brian started programming at the age of 8 and studied Computer Engineering at CU Boulder. During his early career, Brian worked as a software engineer at companies such as BEA and Orbitz. He started working on his own…

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DJ and Artist Shaun J Wright with guest host Producer Wes Green on the Vintage House Show 59:19

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Shaun J Wright is a dancer, singer, DJ, performer and House Music LOVER! With influences from Chicago to New York to London Shaun is bringing an edge to the genre that host Louie Green describes as fearless!! From Maywood, IL to Morehouse College to performances in South America and Europe Shaun has a unique point of view on the past, present and f…

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Sarah Wilson - Treasurer, City of Muskegon 29:06

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Five Slot Machines at Once: Chris Weichel on the Future of Software Development 40:52

3M ago40:52

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On this episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey welcomes back Chris Weichel, CTO of Ona (formerly Gitpod). Chris explains the rebrand and why Ona is building for a future where coding agents, not just humans, write software. They discuss what changes when agents spin up environments, why multi-agent workflows feel addictive, and how Ona is solving…

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Don Mackinnon 58:25

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Don is the CTO and Co-Founder at Searchcraft, a developer-centric platform focused on re-imagining content search for applications. Don has spent nearly 30 years in software engineering, building applications for both startups and enterprise-scale companies. You can find Don on the following sites: Website LinkedIn GitHub Bluesky Here are some link…

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Keith Nunnally on the Vintage House Show October 2017 w/hosts Kirk Townsend and Kevin McFall 56:49

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House Music Pioneer, Vocalist, Songwriter and Actor Keith Nunnally transitioned September 2025. Keith was LIVE in studio in 2017 and shared amazing stories about his career and his health with hosts Kevin "Mega" McFall and Kirkland Townsend. We are so blessed to be able to share these memories with the family and his fans. www.VintageHouseShow.com …

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Dan Wahlin 1:02:24

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Dan Wahlin is a Principal Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft working with developers to leverage the capabilities available in Azure, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform. In addition to his work at Microsoft, Dan creates training courses for Pluralsight, speaks at conferences and meetups around the world, and offers webinars on a variety of techni…

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Dawson Romanosky - Fleet Manager, City of Muskegon 27:57

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In this episode of Muskegon County Municipalities at Work, host DJ Hilson interviews Dawson Romanosky, a lifelong Muskegon resident and automotive professional who now manages the City of Muskegon’s fleet of over 550 vehicles and pieces of equipment. From police cars and plow trucks to bulldozers and utility vehicles, Dawson oversees maintenance, r…

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From Aurora to PlanetScale: Intercom’s Database Evolution with Brian Scanlan 43:33

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Brian Scanlan, Senior Principal Engineer at Intercom, the company building Fin.ai, joins Corey Quinn on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss Intercom’s move from AWS Aurora to PlanetScale’s managed Vitess after years of scaling challenges with their Ruby on Rails monolith. He explains how 13 Aurora clusters created operational pain and why PlanetScale…

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Deborah Sweet - Community Engagement Manager 22:16

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In this episode of Muskegon County Municipalities at Work, host DJ Hilson interviews Deborah Santiago Sweet, Community Engagement and Communications Specialist for the City of Muskegon. Deborah shares her passion for public service, rooted in a family legacy of community involvement, and highlights her unique role in building collaboration across c…

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Kevin Mega McFall hosts Artist Randall Dean and Scholar Chloe Forte LIVE in the WNUR studio 1:09:14

4M ago1:09:14

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House Music deserves new scholarship, unique artists and new energy! Mega hosts a unique discussion around the history and future of House Music with Randall Dean and Scholar Chloe Forte. The Vintage House Show illuminates the stories of House Music every Wednesday nite. Don't miss us on WNUR.org 89.3FM Chicago. www.VintageHouseShow.com Support the…

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Alvin Ashcraft 58:59

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Alvin is a technical writer and software developer specializing in Microsoft technologies, specifically .NET, C#, and XAML. He has over 30 years of experience developing applications for Windows, mobile, and the web. He has authored two books for Packt Publishing and is a full-time content developer on the Windows developer docs on Microsoft Learn.…

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Conversations at the Intersection of AI and Code with Harjot Gill 33:41

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AI is rewriting the rules of code review and CodeRabbit is leading the charge. In this featured episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Harjot Gill shares with Corey Quinn how his team built the most-installed AI app on GitHub and GitLab, nailed positive unit economics, and turned code review into a powerful guardrail for the AI era. Show Highlights (0:…

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Nick Vander Molen - Muskegon Major Case Team 27:15

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In this episode of Muskegon Municipalities at Work, host DJ Hilson sits down with Detective Sergeant Nick Vander Molen of the Michigan State Police to explore his journey from Allendale native to leader of the Muskegon Major Case Team. Vander Molen shares insights into the intensive state police recruit school, his early assignments, and the collab…

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Noelle Russell 57:53

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Noelle Russell is a multi-award-winning speaker, author, and AI Executive who specializes in transforming businesses through strategic AI adoption. She is a revenue growth + cost optimization expert, 4x Microsoft Responsible AI MVP, and named the #1 Agentic AI Leader in 2025. She has led teams at NPR, Microsoft, IBM, AWS and Amazon Alexa, and is a …

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Jake Eckholm - Director of Development, City of Muskegon 42:16

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On this episode of Muskegon County Municipalities at Work, host DJ Hilson interviews City of Muskegon Director of Development Services Jake Eckholm about how vision-driven public service is fueling local progress—linking housing as economic development, diversified job growth, and small-business support across the city’s commercial corridors. Eckho…

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DJ Lori Branch with DJ Twan on the Vintage House Show!! 45:05

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How is the landscape of House Music Changing in Chicago!! Hot DJ Twan is promoting, producing and performing his style of HOUSE MUSIC citywide and beyond. House Legend DJ Lori Branch discusses his Chicago Reader best DJ nomination and what's next for the young star!! www.VintageHouseShow.com Support the show www.VintageHouseShow.com Preserving and …

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Patrik Svensson 1:09:12

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Patrik is a programmer from Sweden with over 20 years of experience, starting his journey at the age of 7 on an ABC-800 and later exploring platforms like the Commodore 64, Amiga, and PC. He has been active in the open source community since 2010 and is the creator of tools such as Cake and Spectre.Console, along with several other open source proj…

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The Transformation Trap: Why Software Modernization Is Harder Than It Looks 33:26

5M ago33:26

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In this episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey Quinn talks with Jonathan Schneider, CEO of Moderne and author on Java microservices and automated code remediation. They explore why upgrading legacy systems is so hard, Schneider’s journey from Netflix to building large-scale code transformation tools like OpenRewrite, and how major companies like …

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Debbie Hillebrand - City of Whitehall Council Person 30:39

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Debbie Hillebrand, a Pennsylvania native who now runs the Lewis House Bed & Breakfast in Whitehall, shares her journey from business owner to city council member in this episode of Muskegon County Municipalities at Work. After falling in love with the community’s walkability, natural beauty, and vibrant arts scene, she decided to run for council as…

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MO MAMI WITH HAMEEDULLAH | MIYAGI RECORDS AND DJ UNIVERSITY 55:27

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LIVE AT MIYAGI RECORDS, SPOTLIGHT HOST MO MAMI TALKS WITH HAMEEDULLAH ABOUT TRAINING THE FUTURE OF HOUSE MUSIC CREATIVES. A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION WITH YOUNG ARTISTS, LABEL OWNERS AND DJS!! Hailing from Chicago, educator, beatmaker, and DJ, Hameedullah takes and blends from his disciplines to create music and experiences that are uniquely his own. …

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Kohsuke Kawaguchi 1:02:51

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Kohsuke Kawaguchi is a prominent software engineer, best known as the creator of Jenkins, an open-source automation server that is widely used for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). He is currently the Co-Head of AI at leading DevOps provider, CloudBees and the former Co-CEO of Launchable, an AI platform that speeds up testing …

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AI's Security Crisis: Why Your Assistant Might Betray You 1:05:01

5M ago1:05:01

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On this episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey Quinn talks with Simon Willison, founder of Datasette and creator of LLM CLI about AI’s realities versus the hype. They dive into Simon’s “lethal trifecta” of AI security risks, his prediction of a major breach within six months, and real-world use cases of his open source tools, from investigative j…

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Spriha Tucker 59:41

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Spriha Tucker is the Field CTO at Buildkite, where she plays a pivotal role in bridging the gap between Buildkite's engineering teams and its clients. A two-time Y-Combinator founder, Spriha previously co-founded Aviator, a developer productivity platform, which served customers like Slack, Figma, Doordash, Bosch, and others. Her prior experience i…