DevOps Decrypted

Welcome back to DevOps Decrypted, where, in our first show of the year, we discuss the State of Resilience 2025, a new report from Cockroach Labs. We used it as a springboard for a deep discussion on cyber security, the CrowdStrike event of 2024, and the increased awareness around digital resilience. Jobin, Laura, and Matt discuss the return of on-prem and data centre repatriation, the tyranny of "all the apps", and vendor lock-in. This fascinating topic highlights just how easily the complex systems we rely on can crumble with just one small point of failure. So – are you ready for the next CrowdStrike? Listen in now, and if you want to share your experiences with us, email us at DevOpsdecrypted@adaptavist.com. Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here. Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? Email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com We would love to hear your feedback. To thank you for your ongoing support, we will be giving away some free Adaptavist swag bags!

In this lighter episode of DevOps Decrypted, Jon and Jobin meet to discuss a heavy subject: the massive CrowdStrike outage of summer 2024. Everyone in tech (and many outside of the industry) remembers the day it happened. But what have we all learned from it? Well, we might have the answers. Adaptavist surveyed more than 400 participants from medium and large organisations, all of whom were affected by the CrowdStrike outage. Some of the results are pretty thought-provoking. Jon and Jobin run through the findings of our exclusive report, revealing what actions have been taken since—and whether they'll be enough to survive the next inevitable crisis. Listen in now, and if you want to share your experiences with us, email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here. Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? Email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com We would love to hear your feedback. We will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

In this episode, our Adaptavist panel is joined by a very special guest – Frank Merla from BetaNXT. Together, we discuss an extensive business transformation case study that we carried out at BetaNXT, the complexities of transitioning from legacy systems to a modernised, scalable platform, and how, in the end, it all comes down to people. Frank shares BetaNXT's journey, highlighting the challenges of driving change across multiple business units with distinct processes and long-standing workflows. We discuss the importance of having internal champions to encourage adoption and reflect on the impact of AI tools and security considerations. It was great having Frank on and for him to share his insights from the client's perspective. This was a successful project for us all, thanks to our adaptability to change and Frank’s influence within BetaNXT. This episode goes deep into our approach to organisational transformation. Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here. Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? Email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com We would love to hear your feedback. We will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

In DevOps Decrypted episode 28, we're all feeling a little… meh. Why? Maybe it's all the stagnant innovation, monopolising, and open-source rug-pulling. Whatever it is, it's got Rasmus (today's stand-in host) a little down in the dumps. To lift him out of his funk, he’s joined by Jon and Matt, who discuss the current state of DevOps and the technology landscape. What's going on with the stalled evolution of the iPhone, with software versioning – and with monopolistic cloud services? Has the whole tech industry reached a plateau in innovation? Maybe less rapid innovation is a good thing, and stable, incremental improvement is what we really need. Join us as we talk through our tech troubles and try to overcome our overwhelming ennui.   Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here. Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? Email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com We would love to hear your feedback. We will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Welcome to this "minisode" edition, with Rasmus, Jon and our special guest, Jennifer Davis – Google Engineering Manager and author of Effective DevOps and Modern System Administration. Of course, we're talking about CrowdStrike… But from a different perspective, the human one. It's all too easy to get caught up in the technical nuts and bolts of an issue like this one, but Jon and Jennifer remind us that, at the core of this outage, there are people. And some of them are going to be having a pretty tough time right now. Join us as we discuss the human element in DevOps and how there can never be "one” solution to rule them all. Then, listen to Jennifer's insights on DevRel and community. It's a fascinating discussion, and we're keen to get Jennifer back to learn more.   Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? Email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com We would love to hear your feedback. We will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Is AI finally in a place where it's useful in DevOps? It might just be, as we discover in another fascinating panel discussion from the usual DevOps Decrypted gang – plus special guest Lilly Holden. Lilly joined us to speak about her role in the Platform Team at Adaptavist, where she's working on a DevEx initiative aimed at de-complexifying Kubernetes. It's no coincidence that we're doing this episode as Kubernetes celebrates its tenth anniversary—it gives us a chance to look back over its history and try to figure out where it all got so complicated… We discuss what humans will do when AI does all the things (including whether Jobin is secretly a great poet), how open source started closing doors – and whether DevEx and security are best left to us humans or to machines. This was a super fun episode, and we'll be sure to have Lilly back to update us on her DevEx journey. Stay tuned for more, and please give us your feedback on the show at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com. Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? Email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com We would love to hear your feedback. We will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

It's episode 25 of DevOps Decrypted – and we're talking about some big news in DevOps. It was recently revealed that a backdoor had been intentionally planted in XZ Utils, an open-source data compression utility available on almost all installations of Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. We talk about the ramifications and ask, surely things would be better if they weren't open source? We'll let Rasmus stew on that one for a bit… The conversation leads us to the importance of observability and alerts, and we circle back to a past episode about SBOMs. We wrap up with some events on our calendar, including Team 24 – and as always, we're eager to hear your feedback. Tell us what you think of the show at devopsdecrypted@adaptavist.com! Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? Email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com We would love to hear your feedback. We will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!  

Money, money, money… In this episode, we're talking about how we've enabled FinOps at Adaptavist with CloudZero as a way to highlight anomalous spending through simple chatbots and give teams a sense of cost ownership. We've got Chalky on as our special guest, talking to Rasmus, Matt and Laura about the inevitability of overprovisioning at the start of a new venture, controlling Kubernetes through Crossplane – and the concept of efficient scaling. There's a lot to unpack – but while it's all about money, the heart of the matter comes down to linking people and process, through FinOps. If you like what you hear, or wish something would change about the podcast, we’d love to know! Please give us your feedback on the show at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com.   Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? Email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com We would love to hear your feedback. We will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

We're back – still riding high after our last episode with Gene Kim, whose words are still echoing in our minds as we talk about our upcoming business transformation ebook, hackathons, and, of course… AI. Once again, artificial intelligence dominates the news, as OpenAI launches Sora – and deepfakes make for headlines we never thought we'd read. We discuss the ethical ramifications of AI leading to job cuts and whether DevOps roles are on the line. We also cover cloud repatriation, ongoing big tech layoffs, and AWS's latest move around IPs. And we all learned a new favourite word – it was 2023's word of the year, no less! This was a really fascinating discussion, and it’s already spawned a whole bunch of new launchpads for future episodes. Stay tuned for more, and please give us your feedback on the show at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? Email us at devopsdecrypted@adaptivist.com We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

In this very special episode of DevOps Decrypted, we are joined by none other than Gene Kim – the bestselling author of The Phoenix Project, The DevOps Cookbook and The Unicorn Project.  It's a really great chat where Gene talks to us about his latest book, Wiring the Winning Organization. With our very own Laura, Rasmus, Jobin, Matt – and CIO Neal, join us in this fascinating discussion about slowing down to speed up, the limits of limitless communication, and the “social wiring” of companies that operate at the highest levels. There was so much to discuss that we’re just going to have to invite Gene back to talk more! Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted.    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Welcome back to another episode of DevOps Decrypted, where we unpack the events of KubeCon and BackstageCon. Host Laura and our resident DevOps Decrypted gang (Jobin, Rasmus and Jon) are joined by Mike Maheu – GM and Co-Founder of Venue.sh, part of the Adaptavist Group. And this episode arrives just in time to prove some of our predictions… Last year, we highlighted platform engineering as one of our picks for "the next big thing", and it looks like we're about to see it come of age. Mike and the team talk about Venue.sh, the difference between DevOps and platform engineering, and how together they can enhance experiences for everyone. Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted.    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Welcome to episode 20 of DevOps Decrypted, a milestone achievement for our podcast! Milestones like this allow us to reflect on everything we've achieved, what we could improve, and how to shape our future – through the magic of metrics.  So it was probably good that we talked to our guest, Chris Boys from Umano, on this episode. Umano is a platform dedicated to understanding the human side of team performance metrics, and Chris tells us all there is to know about it. Jobin tells us about DevOpsDays in London, where Adaptavist will have a booth and a speaker taking the stage as Laura and Rasmus steer the chat around meaningful measurements and behavioural change in teams. Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted.    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

It looks like Rasmus has gone rogue in this episode… He’s kicked Laura out as host and commandeered the DevOps Decrypted podcast to further his own agenda – ranting about open-source drama! We're kidding about Laura, she’s just taken a break for this episode. But we're certainly not kidding about the open-source drama; it's actually a huge topic that could have far-reaching consequences for devs and providers globally. Of course, we're referring to HashiCorp's decision to move Terraform to the business source licence, or BSL. Jon, Jobin and Rasmus discuss what this all means, how it reminds them of the Jenkins debacle, and what impact it could have on Adaptavist and the dev community at large. Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted.    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Welcome back to another episode of DevOps Decrypted! In this episode, Laura, Jobin, Rasmus and Jon are joined by special guest Sandesh Kumar – an Engineering Manager at Adaptavist Group. Sandesh tells us about how his team is using AI in quality engineering and testing and why it's not the existential threat to jobs that everyone's making it out to be. But the big story on the agenda is Adaptacon 2023, our internal, global conference. Jon explains the challenges of organising an event like this and its benefits – even when the talks appear to have nothing to do with our business. Have you missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted.    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!  

Is there a war against third-party app developers? Well, it sure might feel like it if you’ve been following the Reddit fiasco. But it’s not an isolated incident, and it could be down to how AIs are mining data… In this episode, Jon, Jobin, Laura and Rasmus talk about how third-party applications are handled by companies like Reddit, Stack Overflow – and Atlassian. The team also dives into the “slackening” of Slack and how Discord is starting to eat into Slack’s customer base. And finally, the conversation turns as Jon and Jobin start dropping SBOMs all over the place (we promise there's no swearing!), exploring the importance of pinpointing supply chain vulnerabilities. Missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted.    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Welcome again to DevOps Decrypted – where we're unpacking Amazon's seemingly shocking decision to ditch serverless for their Prime Video product. Does this move mean serverless is dead? Join Laura, Jobin, Jon and Rasmus, along with our special guest Erko Knoll from Stitch It, as we discuss the architecture agenda and how some groups use Amazon’s decision to push their own narratives. We discuss the benefits and limitations of a serverless architecture and why it probably won’t go anywhere soon. We also get to hear all about Stitch It – a code-first cross-platform integration tool, and how it can be used to navigate and mitigate the limitations of serverless environments. Missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted.    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Welcome to DevOps Decrypted Episode 15, where we ask; are Kubernetes tools doomed to be complicated? In this episode, some new voices (and faces, if you're watching on YouTube) join Romy and Rasmus. We welcome Michael Guarino, CTO and Co-founder of Plural, who shares his knowledge on deploying open-source software onto Kubernetes. We also speak with two more of our fellow Adaptavists; Timothy Chin, Platform Team Lead for our new venture, Venue DevOps – and Daniel “Chalky" Chalk, Engineering Manager for our business services infrastructure. It's an in-depth episode that'll resonate with anyone who's juggled deployment with Kubernetes, Crossplane, Terraform, Rancher… And the main takeaway? Kubernetes is hard. Will software and DevOps practitioners ever find a silver bullet solution? Missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted.    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Welcome to Episode 14 of DevOps Decrypted, where Romy, Rasmus, Jobin and Jon talk about platforms, people, and processes. Just what exactly is a platform, and can we even define what an IDP is? Naturally, this leads onto the subject of Backstage – Spotify's gift to the dev world: an open source framework for building developer portals. We discuss its limits, its power, and how culture and people-driven your tech stack really is. The talk turns to Google's Service Weaver, which Jon has some choice words for (and a little bit of praise, too!), before wrapping the show up with cloud complexity; is it really the cause of one in five cloud outages? Romy talks about some hands-on experience with increasingly complex cloud integrations and what happens when it all falls down. Missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted.    Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Welcome to DevOps Decrypted! This month, guest host Ryan Spilken joins the conversation with Jobin, Jon and Rasmus. The group talks about a different kind of Ops – MLOps, specifically – and how you might build a chatbot with it… That's all in a special interview segment with Péter Bozsó – Channel Solutions Architect for GitLab. Péter tells us all about his role in DevSecOps and working on the new MLOps features within GitLab. We also talk about the Atlassian Unleash event, where Adaptavist announced a new DevOps platform called Venue DevOps, and we cover all the biggest news from the event. Missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted   Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback, and as a thank you, we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to thank you for your ongoing support!

Happy New Year, and welcome to the first episode of DevOps Decrypted for 2023! It's a really exciting one – covering billionaires, Artificial Intelligence, and a major project we've released here at Adaptavist! Missed an episode? You can find all our previous episodes here: https://www.adaptavist.com/podcast/devops-decrypted  Like what you hear? Why not leave us a review to let us know how we're doing or highlight topics you would like us to discuss in our upcoming episodes? We love to hear your feedback and as a thank you we will be giving out some free Adaptavist swag bags to say thank you for your ongoing support!