Best Data On Kubernetes Community Podcasts (2025)

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How to secure your AI Agents: A CISOs Journey 54:52

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Transitioning a mature organization from an API-first model to an AI-first model is no small feat. In this episode, Yash Kosaraju, CISO of Sendbird, shares the story of how they pivoted from a traditional chat API platform to an AI agent platform and how security had to evolve to keep up. Yash spoke about the industry's obsession with "Zero Trust,"…

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AI-First Vulnerability Management: Should CISOs Build or Buy? 1:01:30

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Thinking of building your own AI security tool? In this episode, Santiago Castiñeira, CTO of Maze, breaks down the realities of the "Build vs. Buy" debate for AI-first vulnerability management. While building a prototype script is easy, scaling it into a maintainable, audit-proof system is a massive undertaking requiring specialized skills often mi…

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Cybersecurity, Resilience, and Business with Caleb Mattingly 1:43:02

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In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy talks with Caleb Mattingly, Founder and CEO of Secure Cloud Innovations, about his journey through cybersecurity, compliance, and entrepreneurship. Caleb shares insights into navigating complex compliance frameworks, the importance of vulnerability management, and building trust in the cyberse…

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#529: Computer Science from Scratch 1:17:00

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A lot of people building software today never took the traditional CS path. They arrived through curiosity, a job that needed automating, or a late-night itch to make something work. This week, David Kopec joins me to talk about rebuilding computer science for exactly those folks, the ones who learned to program first and are now ready to understan…

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SIEM vs. Data Lake: Why We Ditched Traditional Logging? 46:53

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In this episode, Cliff Crosland, CEO & co-founder of Scanner.dev, shares his candid journey of trying (and initially failing) to build an in-house security data lake to replace an expensive traditional SIEM. Cliff explains the economic breaking point where scaling a SIEM became "more expensive than the entire budget for the engineering team". He de…

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#528: Python apps with LLM building blocks 1:16:46

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In this episode, I’m talking with Vincent Warmerdam about treating LLMs as just another API in your Python app, with clear boundaries, small focused endpoints, and good monitoring. We’ll dig into patterns for wrapping these calls, caching and inspecting responses, and deciding where an LLM API actually earns its keep in your architecture. Episode s…

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Data, Innovation, and Passion with Catherine Johnson 1:25:08

20d ago1:25:08

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In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy talks with Catherine Johnson, VP of Global Solutions Engineering at Hydrolix, about her career journey through data management, scalability, and innovation. With a background spanning leadership roles at Hydrolix, Grafana Labs, and Oracle, Catherine shares insights into balancing engineering, …

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How to Build Trust in an AI SOC for Regulated Environments 42:15

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How do you establish trust in an AI SOC, especially in a regulated environment? Grant Oviatt, Head of SOC at Prophet Security and a former SOC leader at Mandiant and Red Canary, tackles this head-on as a self-proclaimed "AI skeptic". Grant shared that after 15 years of being "scared to death" by high-false-positive AI, modern LLMs have changed the …

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Threat Modeling the AI Agent: Architecture, Threats & Monitoring 47:20

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Are we underestimating how the agentic world is impacting cybersecurity? We spoke to Mohan Kumar, who did production security at Box for a deep dive into the threats of true autonomous AI agents. The conversation moves beyond simple LLM applications (like chatbots) to the new world of dynamic, goal-driven agents that can take autonomous actions. Mo…

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#527: MCP Servers for Python Devs 1:06:25

25d ago1:06:25

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Today we’re digging into the Model Context Protocol, or MCP. Think LSP for AI: build a small Python service once and your tools and data show up across editors and agents like VS Code, Claude Code, and more. My guest, Den Delimarsky from Microsoft, helps build this space and will keep us honest about what’s solid versus what's just shiny. We’ll kee…

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Go, Medicine, and Adaptability with Salah Mahmud 1:27:21

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In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy talks with Salah Mahmud, a medical researcher specializing in epidemiology and medical statistics. Salah shares his journey from growing up in Libya under Gaddafi’s regime to conducting cutting-edge research in Canada on the connection between influenza and heart attacks. He discusses the chal…

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AI is already breaking the Silos Between AppSec & CloudSec 1:11:37

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The silos between Application Security and Cloud Security are officially breaking down, and AI is the primary catalyst. In this episode, Tejas Dakve, Senior Manager, Application Security, Bloomberg Industry Group and Aditya Patel, VP of Cybersecurity Architecture discuss how the AI-driven landscape is forcing a fundamental change in how we secure o…

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#526: Building Data Science with Foundation LLM Models 1:07:24

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Today, we’re talking about building real AI products with foundation models. Not toy demos, not vibes. We’ll get into the boring dashboards that save launches, evals that change your mind, and the shift from analyst to AI app builder. Our guide is Hugo Bowne-Anderson, educator, podcaster, and data scientist, who’s been in the trenches from scalable…

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AI Agents for SOC: Hype Curve vs. Measurable ROI 36:21

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Is the AI SOC analyst just hype, or is there measurable ROI? We spoke to Edward Wu, founder of Dropzone AI about this and he shared insights from a recent Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) benchmark report that quantified the impact of AI augmentation on SOC teams. The study revealed significant improvements in speed (45-60% faster investigations) and …

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#525: NiceGUI Goes 3.0 1:17:46

1M ago1:17:46

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Building a UI in Python usually means choosing between "quick and limited" or "powerful and painful." What if you could write modern, component-based web apps in pure Python and still keep full control? NiceGUI, pronounced "Nice Guy" sits on FastAPI with a Vue/Quasar front end, gives you real components, live updates over websockets, and it’s runni…

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Marketing, Innovation, and Averi AI with Zack Holland 1:28:35

2M ago1:28:35

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In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy talks with Zack Holland, CEO & Founder of Averi AI, about his journey from early life in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest to building an AI-powered marketing platform. Zack shares lessons from early business ventures, the challenges of running startups, and the evolution of his entrepreneurial mind…

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Can You Build an AI SOC with Claude Code? The Reality vs. Hype 47:39

2M ago47:39

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Can you just use Claude Code or another LLM to "vibe code" your way into building an AI SOC? In this episode, Ariful Huq, Co-Founder and Head of Product at Exaforce spoke about the reality being far more complex than the hype suggests. He explains why a simple "bolt-on" approach to AI in the SOC is insufficient if you're looking for real security o…

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#524: 38 things Python developers should learn in 2025 1:09:15

2M ago1:09:15

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Python in 2025 is different. Threads really are about to run in parallel, installs finish before your coffee cools, and containers are the default. In this episode, we count down 38 things to learn this year: free-threaded CPython, uv for packaging, Docker and Compose, Kubernetes with Tilt, DuckDB and Arrow, PyScript at the edge, plus MCP for sane …

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#523: Pyrefly: Fast, IDE-friendly typing for Python 1:07:00

2M ago1:07:00

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Python typing got fast enough to feel invisible. Pyrefly is a new, open source type checker and IDE language server from Meta, written in Rust, with a focus on instant feedback and real-world DX. Today, we will dig into what it is, why it exists, and how it plays with the rest of the typing ecosystem. We have Abby Mitchell, Danny Yang, and Kyle Int…

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Incident Response of Kubernetes and how to Automate Containment 52:22

2M ago52:22

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How do you perform incident response on a Kubernetes cluster when you're not even on the same network? In this episode, Damien Burks, Senior Security engineer breaks down the immense challenges of container security and why most commercial tools are failing at automated response. While many CNAPPs provide runtime detection, they lack a "sophisticat…

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Writing, Technology, and a Nomadic Lifestyle with Mike Elgan 2:05:57

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In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy talks with Mike Elgan, technology editorialist, about his journey to becoming a professional writer. Mike reflects on the evolution of journalism, the digital publishing revolution of the 90s, and the role of communication in shaping society. He also shares insights from his nomadic lifestyle,…

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#522: Data Sci Tips and Tricks from CodeCut.ai 1:09:32

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The Truth About AI in the SOC: From Alert Fatigue to Detection Engineering 45:39

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"The next five years are gonna be wild." That's the verdict from Forrester Principal Analyst Allie Mellen on the state of Security Operations. This episode dives into the "massive reset" that is transforming the SOC, driven by the rise of generative AI and a revolution in data management. Allie explains why the traditional L1, L2, L3 SOC model, lon…

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#521: Red Teaming LLMs and GenAI with PyRIT 1:02:40

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English is now an API. Our apps read untrusted text; they follow instructions hidden in plain sight, and sometimes they turn that text into action. If you connect a model to tools or let it read documents from the wild, you have created a brand new attack surface. In this episode, we will make that concrete. We will talk about the attacks teams are…

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Cybersecurity, Beyond Identity, and Identity Defense with Jasson Casey 1:36:50

2M ago1:36:50

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In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy talks with Jasson Casey, CEO and co-founder of Beyond Identity, about modern cybersecurity. Jasson shares his journey from early interests in technology and networking to leading startups and building products that address today’s security challenges. They explore the evolution of authenticati…

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The Security Gaps in AWS Bedrock & Azure AI You Need to Know 55:06

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The race to deploy AI is on, but are the cloud platforms we rely on secure by default? This episode features a practical, in-the-weeds discussion with Kyler Middleton, Principal Developer, Internal AI Solutions, Veradigm and Sai Gunaranjan, Lead Architect, Veradigm as they compare the security realities of building AI applications on the two larges…

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#520: pyx - the other side of the uv coin (announcing pyx) 1:00:11

2M ago1:00:11

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A couple years ago, Charlie Marsh lit a fire under Python tooling with Ruff and then uv. Today he’s back with something on the other side of that coin: pyx. Pyx isn’t a PyPI replacement. Think server, not just index. It mirrors PyPI, plays fine with pip or uv, and aims to make installs fast and predictable by letting a smart client talk to a smart …

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#519: Data Science Cloud Lessons at Scale 1:02:56

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Today on Talk Python: What really happens when your data work outgrows your laptop. Matthew Rocklin, creator of Dask and cofounder of Coiled, and Nat Tabris a staff software engineer at Coiled join me to unpack the messy truth of cloud-scale Python. During the episode we actually spin up a 1,000 core cluster from a notebook, twice! We also discuss …

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The Evolution of Email Security: From Pre-Breach to Post-Breach Protection 30:02

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For the last 30 years, email security has been stuck in the past, focusing almost entirely on stopping bad things from getting into the inbox. In this episode, Rajan Kapoor, Field CISO at Material Security and former Director of Security at Dropbox, argues that this pre-breach mindset is dangerously outdated. The real challenge today is post-breach…

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Adaptability, Google, and MCP with Jonathan Amsterdam 1:32:21

3M ago1:32:21

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In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, Bill Kennedy interviews Jonathan Amsterdam from the Go team at Google about his journey from academia and finance to software engineering, his work on Go and API design, and the importance of adaptability, community, and building impactful software. 00:00 Introduction 00:30 What is Jonathan Doing Today? 02…

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Using AI to Fix Your Cloud Security Backlog beyond Visibility 48:40

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You have the visibility, you see the alerts, but your security backlog is still growing faster than your team can fix it. So, are you actually getting more secure? In this episode, Snir Ben Shimol, CEO of Zest Security, argues that "knowing about an open door or an open window don't make you more secure... just make you more aware" . We spoke about…

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#518: Celebrating Django's 20th Birthday With Its Creators 1:08:13

4M ago1:08:13

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Twenty years after a scrappy newsroom team hacked together a framework to ship stories fast, Django remains the Python web framework that ships real apps, responsibly. In this anniversary roundtable with its creators and long-time stewards: Simon Willison, Adrian Holovaty, Will Vincent, Jeff Triplett, and Thibaud Colas, we trace the path from the L…

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Your SecOps Team Can't Save Your Cloud: A New Blueprint for Security. 47:03

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The conversation around cloud security is maturing beyond simple threat detection. As the industry grapples with alert fatigue, we explore the necessary shift from a reactive to a proactive security posture, questioning if a traditional SecOps model is sufficient for modern cloud environments. We spoke with Gil Geron, CEO of Orca Security, to exami…

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Interviews, Soft Skills, and Career Growth with Kacie Bail 1:32:55

3M ago1:32:55

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In this conversation, career coach Kacie Bail discusses her work helping others navigate the job market. She emphasizes the growing importance of soft skills in job applications, the challenges of job rejections, and the need for empathy from interviewers. Kacie shares her journey from bioengineering to consulting, highlighting the significance of …

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New Identity Blueprint for a Future with Cloud & AI 49:44

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Identity is the root cause of over 70% of all security incidents, yet many organizations still rely on fundamentally flawed authentication methods. In this episode, Jasson Casey, CEO and co-founder of Beyond Identity, explains why even common forms of MFA are insufficient and why any system that relies on a "secret moving" is vulnerable to attack. …

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#517: Agentic Al Programming with Python 1:17:01

4M ago1:17:01

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Agentic AI programming is what happens when coding assistants stop acting like autocomplete and start collaborating on real work. In this episode, we cut through the hype and incentives to define “agentic,” then get hands-on with how tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and LangChain actually behave inside an established codebase. Our guest, Matt Makai,…

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#516: Accelerating Python Data Science at NVIDIA 1:05:42

4M ago1:05:42

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Python’s data stack is getting a serious GPU turbo boost. In this episode, Ben Zaitlen from NVIDIA joins us to unpack RAPIDS, the open source toolkit that lets pandas, scikit-learn, Spark, Polars, and even NetworkX execute on GPUs. We trace the project’s origin and why NVIDIA built it in the open, then dig into the pieces that matter in practice: c…

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DevRel, Community, and Storyblok with Facundo Giuliani 1:28:21

4M ago1:28:21

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In this episode of the Ardan Labs Podcast, host Bill Kennedy sits down with Facundo Giuliani, Solutions Engineering Team Manager at Storyblok, to trace his path from his early experiences with computers to leading a remote solutions engineering team. They explore headless CMS, the shift into developer relations, the balance of technical and soft sk…

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#515: Durable Python Execution with Temporal 1:10:54

4M ago1:10:54

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What if your code was crash-proof? That's the value prop for a framework called Temporal. Temporal is a durable execution platform that enables developers to build scalable applications without sacrificing productivity or reliability. The Temporal server executes units of application logic called Workflows in a resilient manner that automatically h…

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AI for SOC Automation: A Blueprint for the New world of Incident Response 52:39

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The nature of Security Operations is changing. As cloud environments grow in complexity and data volumes explode, traditional approaches to detection and response are proving insufficient. This episode features an in-depth conversation with Kyle Polley, who leads the AI security team at Perplexity, about a modern blueprint for the Security Operatio…

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The Truth About Agentic AI in the SOC: Reality vs. Hype 52:39

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What does the integration of AI into a Security Operations Center (SOC) practically look like? This episode explores the concept of the "Agentic SOC," moving beyond marketing terms to discuss its real-world applications and limitations. Ashish Rajan is joined by Edward Wu, CEO of Dropzone AI, for an in-depth discussion on the current state of artif…

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AI Agents, Tooling, and Limitations with Kenneth Stott 49:05

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In this episode Bill Kennedy and Kenneth Stott discuss the evolving role of AI in organizations, emphasizing the importance of human intelligence in leveraging AI tools effectively. They explore the challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI, the need for a structured data language within organizations, and the ethical considerations s…

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Understanding a $10B Fraud Vector in Cloud-Native Workflows 44:42

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A $10 billion fraud vector is currently exploiting a common feature in many cloud-native applications: the SMS verification flow. This isn't a traditional breach. Instead of stealing data, adversaries use bots to trigger costs that are quietly absorbed into your company's operational budget, often showing up as an inflated cell phone or marketing b…

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#514: Python Language Summit 2025 1:13:00

5M ago1:13:00

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Every year the core developers of Python convene in person to focus on high priority topics for CPython and beyond. This year they met at PyCon US 2025. Those meetings are closed door to keep focused and productive. But we're lucky that Seth Michael Larson was in attendance and wrote up each topic presented and the reactions and feedback to each. W…

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How BT Tackled 180 Years of Legacy to Build a Passwordless Future 19:51

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How do you modernize security in a 180-year-old company that operates critical national infrastructure? What does it look like when you discover tens or even hundreds of thousands of credentials hidden across your estate? In this episode, we sit down with Christian Schwarz, Security Director for Network Services at BT Group , recorded at HashiDays …

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Keebo, DevOps, and Team Dynamics with Mary Moore-Simmons 1:43:56

5M ago1:43:56

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In this episode, Mary Moore-Simmons, VP of Engineering at Keebo, shares her journey from early tech interests to leadership roles at SendGrid, GitHub, and Keebo. She discusses navigating career transitions, the value of mentorship, and her passion for building innovative developer tools and empowering teams. 00:00 Introduction 07:48 First Memory of…

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Why Security Can Be Stricter: A Zero Trust Approach to AppSec with AI 45:42

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Is AI making application security easier or harder? We spoke to Amit Chita, Field CTO at Mend.io, the rise of AI agents in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) presents a unique opportunity for security teams to be stricter than ever before. As developers increasingly use AI agents and integrate LLMs into applications, the attack surface is ev…

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#513: Stories from Python History 1:08:36

5M ago1:08:36

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Why do people listen to this podcast? Sure, they're looking for technical explorations of new libraries and ideas. But often it's to hear the story behind them. If that speaks to you, then I have the perfect episode lined up. I have Barry Warsaw, Paul Everitt, Carol Willing, and Brett Cannon all back on the show to share stories from the history of…

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Guide to Hybrid Cloud & Bare Metal Secret Management 32:23

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Is your organization struggling with secret management across bare metal, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments? Standard cloud-native tools often fall short when you need a single, standardized solution that bridges all your infrastructure. Dan Popescu, Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Booking.com joins us to share how they built a cloud-agnosti…

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Wednesday, Consulting, and Business with Ali Hafizji 1:34:01

5M ago1:34:01

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In this episode, Ali Hafizji, founder of Wednesday, shares insights into his unique approach to product engineering through a sprint model that emphasizes outcomes over time. He discusses the importance of Agile methodology in adapting to change, the dynamics of client relationships, and the challenges of communication across time zones. He discuss…