Best The Duckbill Group Podcasts (2025)

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The launch of Major League Hacking 49:17

2M ago49:17

49:17

Jon Gottfried recounts the founding story of Major League Hacking (MLH), from its origins in connecting university hackathon communities to becoming a platform that has reached over one million developers. He discusses pivotal moments like landing Dell as their first major sponsor and explains why word-of-mouth marketing outperformed paid acquisiti…

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The launch of GitHub Copilot 53:08

3M ago53:08

53:08

Launching GitHub Copilot wasn’t just another product launch—it was a shift in how developers interact with AI. Alyss Noland breaks down the challenges of taking an experimental product from a skunkworks project to a widely adopted tool, while managing internal expectations and developer trust. Alyss shares what worked, what didn’t, and the lessons …

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The Accidental Rise of Live Coding on Twitch 42:47

4M ago42:47

42:47

What happens when you accidentally discover a whole new developer audience? At Twitch, Katie Penn and her team set out to build a platform for game integrations—but instead found developers eager to live code. She shares how they recognized the opportunity, leaned into it, and built a thriving developer ecosystem. Sponsored by Developer Marketing i…

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Postman's developer marketing with Kasey Byrne 43:26

5M ago43:26

43:26

Kasey Byrne shares lessons from her time at Postman and NPM, including how to grow free users into power users without crossing the line. She talks about the importance of showcasing creative use cases, avoiding buzzwords, and building authentic relationships with technical audiences. We also dig into the challenges of attribution in developer mark…

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Marketing Duckbill Group with Corey Quinn 43:44

7M ago43:44

43:44

Corey Quinn is hard to miss if you're even slightly interested in the AWS ecosystem. As founder of Duckbill Group, Corey built his brand on speaking frankly—and often humorously—about AWS billing headaches. In this episode, he reveals how he transformed Duckbill from a one-person consultancy into a trusted cloud cost management team. he shares his …

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Developer marketing at Auth0, with Gonto 42:17

7M ago42:17

42:17

Gonto, a pioneer in developer marketing and Auth0’s first marketer, reveals how he set out to build a version of marketing tailored for developers. His innovative approach played a key role in driving Auth0’s growth, ultimately leading to its IPO and $6.5 billion dollar acquisition. Brought to you by the developer narketing coaching and training pr…

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Standing in the Rain Isn't Diving in the Sea 9:11

3+ y ago9:11

9:11

Links: Microsoft Azure Cloud Vulnerability Exposed Thousands of Databases: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/microsoft-azure-cloud-vulnerability-exposed-thousands-of-databases Google, Amazon, Microsoft Share New Security Efforts After White House Summit: https://www.darkreading.com/operations/google-amazon-microsoft-share-new-security-efforts-post-…

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Can You Hear Me, Can You See My Screen? 10:06

3+ y ago10:06

10:06

Links: How to Make Your Next Third-Party Risk Conversation Less Awkward: https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/how-to-make-your-next-third-party-risk-conversation-less-awkward 5 Vexing Cloud Security Issues: https://www.itprotoday.com/hybrid-cloud/5-vexing-cloud-security-issues Attackers Increasingly Target Linux in the Cloud: https:/…

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Attacks, Tools, and Ails 10:06

4y ago10:06

10:06

Links: AWS Cancels re:Inforce Security Conference in Houston Due to COVID-19: https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-cancels-re-inforce-security-conference-in-houston-due-to-covid-19 Cloud-native security benefits and use cases: https://searchcloudsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/cloud-native-security-benefits-and-use-cases The state of cloud security: IaC …

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The Castle is Lost 9:42

4y ago9:42

9:42

Links: Cloud Security Basics CIOs and CTOs Should Know: https://www.informationweek.com/cloud/cloud-security-basics-cios-and-ctos-should-know/a/d-id/1341578? Spring 2021 PCI DSS report now available with nine services added in scope: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/spring-2021-pci-dss-report-now-available-with-nine-services-added-in-scope/ To…

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Security Summer Camp 10:01

4y ago10:01

10:01

Links: 4 Factors that Should Be Part of Your Cybersecurity Strategy: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3625254/4-factors-that-should-be-part-of-your-cybersecurity-strategy.html Software Bill of Materials’—not just good for security, good for business: https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/564787-software-bill-of-materials-not-just-good-for-secu…

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All Roads Lead to Cloud 8:53

4y ago8:53

8:53

Links: What does it Take to Secure Containers?: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/what-does-it-take-to-secure-containers- Critical ICS vulnerabilities can be exploited through leading cloud-management platforms: https://threatpost.com/industrial-networks-exposed-cloud-operational-tech/168024/ Kaseya Obtains Universal Decryptor for REvil Ransomware:…

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Compliance, Ransomware and Privacy, Oh My! 9:05

4y ago9:05

9:05

Links: How to Bridge On-Premises and Cloud Identity: https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities—threats/how-to-bridge-on-premises-and-cloud-identity-/a/d-id/1341512 How AWS is helping EU customers navigate the new normal for data protection: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-aws-is-helping-eu-customers-navigate-the-new-normal-for-data-prot…

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Who's Fooling Who? 9:04

4y ago9:04

9:04

Links: Fake Amazon cloud service AWS InfiniDash quickly goes viral: https://siliconangle.com/2021/07/05/fake-amazon-cloud-service-aws-infinidash-quickly-goes-viral/ 7 Unconventional Pieces of Password Wisdom: https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/7-unconventional-pieces-of-password-wisdom/d/d-id/1341400 Pentagon Cancels Disputed JEDI Clo…

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Use a Vault Before Ransomware Does It For You 8:59

4y ago8:59

8:59

Links: Cyber insurance isn’t helping with cybersecurity, and it might be making the ransomware crisis worse, say researchers: https://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-has-become-an-existential-threat-that-means-cyber-insurance-is-about-to-change/ House lawmakers introduce bill to increase American awareness of cyber threats: https://thehill.com/pol…

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Thesauruses are fun: Adaptable Durable Flexible 10:06

4y ago10:06

10:06

Links: Cybersecurity industry reacts as antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3623188/cybersecurity-industry-reacts-as-antivirus-pioneer-john-mcafee-found-dead.html Storms & Silver Linings: Avoiding the Dangers of Cloud Migration: https://beta.darkreading.com/cloud/storms-silver-linings-avoiding-the-dangers-of-…

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Real Risk vs Movie Risk 8:31

4y ago8:31

8:31

Transcript Jesse: Welcome to Meanwhile in Security where I, your host Jesse Trucks, guides you to better security in the cloud. Announcer: If your mean time to WTF for a security alert is more than a minute, it’s time to look at Lacework. Lacework will help you get your security act together for everything from compliance service configurations to …

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You Down with ATP? Yeah, You Know Me 9:49

4y ago9:49

9:49

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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Pirates and Castles 9:08

4y ago9:08

9:08

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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Caution with Automation 8:51

4y ago8:51

8:51

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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Stop Using Passwords, No Really, Stop 9:57

4y ago9:57

9:57

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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A Jump To The Left Not A Step To The Right 8:29

4y ago8:29

8:29

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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The Grid Has Fallen and It Can't Get Up 9:54

4y ago9:54

9:54

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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All Changes Are Permanent Until Replaced 9:14

4y ago9:14

9:14

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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Hooked on Compliance 9:10

4y ago9:10

9:10

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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ZTA: What's Your Plan? 12:12

4y ago12:12

12:12

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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Zero Trust: Do You Trust Me? 10:39

4y ago10:39

10:39

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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AWS, Verizon, and MEC: Demystified 10:12

4y ago10:12

10:12

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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Know News Is Good News 10:31

4y ago10:31

10:31

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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Trilogy of Threes and a New Mantra 11:54

4y ago11:54

11:54

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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The Holy Trinity & the CIA Triad 11:03

4y ago11:03

11:03

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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The Golden Triangle 12:18

4y ago12:18

12:18

Jesse Trucks is the Minister of Magic at Splunk, where he consults on security and compliance program designs and develops Splunk architectures for security use cases, among other things. He brings more than 20 years of experience in tech to this role, having previously worked as director of security and compliance at Peak Hosting, a staff member a…

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Welcome and Why Does Security Matter? 14:04

4y ago14:04

14:04

Links: https://simonsinek.com/product/start-with-why/ https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en Transcript Jesse: Welcome to Meanwhile in Security where I, your host Jesse Trucks, guides you to better security in the cloud. Announcer: Are you building cloud applications with a distributed team? Check out Tel…

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Introducing Meanwhile in Security 2:14

4+ y ago2:14

2:14

Ever noticed how security tends to be one of those things that isn't particularly welcoming to folks who don't already have the word "security" somewhere in their job title? Introducing our fix to that: Meanwhile in Security. Featuring Jesse Trucks.By Jesse Trucks

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On-Call Nightmares: Back in a New York Groove 1:21

5y ago1:21

1:21

Hey friends, it's been a while. I haven't been on-call, but I have been working on meeting tons of new people for new content for this podcast. I can't do it alone though. Would you like to be on the podcast? Reach out! Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnCallNightmare Email: [email protected] The commitment for your story is under 35 minutes a…

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Episode 46 - Year in Review with Corey Quinn of The Duckbill Group 36:18

5+ y ago36:18

36:18

Well 2019 is just about done, that means one more podcast. This time I break format a bit and welcome on Corey Quinn. Corey and I take a look at how he founded the company and how they help people save money on their AWS bills. Then Corey and I take a dive into some of the topics that impacted the cloud in 2019. A fun conversation to end 2019! Core…

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Episode 45 - Kelsey Hightower - Google 34:04

5+ y ago34:04

34:04

It's the One Year Anniversary of On-Call Nightmares. When I set out to start this podcast, there were a few people on a list that i just felt I needed to speak to. I finally checked off the first name I had on the list. Episode 45 is a conversation with Google Principal Developer Advocate, Kelsey Hightower. Kelsey Hightower is a Technologist workin…

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Episode 44 - Silvia Botros - Twilio 34:00

5+ y ago34:00

34:00

This week I chat with Silvia Botros also known as the @dbsmasher from Twitter. I learn about her experiences on-call for databases, motherhood and an affinity for breaking things. An awesome conversation with an incredible person. Silvia Botros is a Sr Principal Engineer at Twilio. She focuses on ways to break databases but is also talented at find…

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Episode 43 - Damon Edwards - Rundeck 30:45

5+ y ago30:45

30:45

One of the best parts of attending DOES 2019 in Las Vegas was meeting so many of the leaders and innovators from the world of DevOps. Damon Edwards's work is extremely well known in the DevOps field and I was lucky enough to discuss his history during this interview. Damon Edwards is a Co-Founder of Rundeck Inc., the makers of Rundeck, the popular …

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Episode 42 - John Willis - Red Hat 36:26

5+ y ago36:26

36:26

The number 42 has a huge meaning for baseball fans. Jackie Robinson wore 42, Mariano Rivera wore 42 and now one of the greatest in DevOps, John Willis wears the On-Call Nightmares podcast episode #42! Learn from John's past, his present and his future at Red Hat. We got together at the 2019 DevOps Enterprise Summit in Las Vegas to chat about all th…

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Episode 41 - JJ Asghar - IBM 41:50

5+ y ago41:50

41:50

On-Call Nightmares returns to talk to the man from Texas who represents Big Blue, JJ Asghar. JJ and I discuss his start as a 15-year-old in technology and how on-call has morphed over the years. JJ works at IBM on the IBM cloud as a Developer Advocate. He’s focusing on the IBM Kubernetes Service trying to make companies and users have a successful …

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Episode 40 - Ryan Kitchens - Netflix 33:47

5+ y ago33:47

33:47

A big milestone, episode 40! This week I speak with Netflix SRE Ryan Kitchen about birds, DR and movies! Ryan Kitchens has been in a variety of positions in software over the past ten years allowing him to experience the good and the bad, the amazing and the bizarre. As an SRE with a film degree, he currently works at Netflix on the CORE team, focu…

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Episode 39 - Daniel Bentley - tilt.dev 33:05

5+ y ago33:05

33:05

This week I speak with Dan Bentley of tilt.dev! Dan is a software engineer who's currently fixing microservice development as CEO of Tilt ( https://tilt.dev ). Before that, he was at Google for 11 years and then Twitter, working on tools for devs and tools for non-developers. He's opened for The Who and has checks from Donald Knuth. Transcript: htt…

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Episode 38 - Gene Kim - IT Revolution 35:51

5+ y ago35:51

35:51

Live from DevOpsDays Portland, I speak with Gene Kim, Author of "The Phoenix Project" and the upcoming book "The Unicorn Project." When I started this podcast, one of my goals was to talk to Gene about his own experiences in IT, thankfully this trip to DevOpsDays in PDX helped that happen. Cameos by Jennifer Davis, Matty Stratton, Jason Yee and Ter…

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Episode 37 - Jason Schuster - Stratasan 28:04

5+ y ago28:04

28:04

The On-Call Nightmares Listener feedback system works! Without your stories I just cannot do this podcast. Thankfully, Jason Schuster reached out to share his experience in a 20 year career in technology. Share in his nightmare on this latest episode! Transcript: https://aka.ms/AA606at Jason's Bio: After graduating with a BFA in theater design in 2…

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Episode 36 - Michael Stahnke - CircleCI 30:39

5+ y ago30:39

30:39

Live from DevOpsDays Chicago! I meet up with Ops Veteran, Michael Stahnke as we discuss his career in technology. From the weird days of AIX systems all the way till his time now at CricleCI, Michael has plenty of great stories. Special cameos by Jason Yee and Joshua Zimmerman (our laugh track). Michael Stahnke is VP of Platform Engineering at Circ…

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Episode 34 - Xander Grzywinski - Microsoft 35:51

6y ago35:51

35:51

X gonna give it to ya! Xander from the Microsoft Azure Kubernetes SRE Team joins me to talk about his history on-call and more! Xander is a Site Reliability Engineer at Microsoft, he currently slings containers on Azure Kubernetes Service. Previous to Microsoft, he did all the things with retail tech at both Starbucks and Target. You are always wel…

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Episode 33 - Ben Halpern - DEV Community 42:21

6y ago42:21

42:21

On-call can come in different shapes and sizes. Sometimes it's a group of developers who are attacking a problem to keep other developers afloat. That's what Ben Halpern and the team at the DEV Community are up to. Founder of DEV, Canadian, generalist software developer who writes a lot of Ruby. Transcript: https://aka.ms/AA5r8ja https://dev.to/ben…

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Episode 32 - Matty Stratton - PagerDuty 50:01

6y ago50:01

50:01

This week I speak with my friend Matty Stratton as we discuss the hard times and the processes to make them better. Matty Stratton is a DevOps Advocate at PagerDuty, where he helps dev and ops teams advance the practice of their craft and become more operationally mature. He collaborates with PagerDuty customers and industry thought leaders in the …

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Episode 31 - Jason Yee - Datadog 34:18

6y ago34:18

34:18

Datadog Dash was this week which meant I was lucky enough to catch up with my friend, Jason Yee. We discuss his time in tech, measuring everything and a lot more! Jason is a technical evangelist at Datadog, where he works to inspire developers and ops engineers with the power of metrics and monitoring. Previously, he was the community manager for D…

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