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Thoughtfully CriticalConsulting Life RealitiesFrom the shocking realities of technical debt in major companies to my first big win as both designer and implementer, this is my origin story as a "Technologist as a Service." I share key lessons for aspiring consultants, including the importance of listening, writing, and networking.Thoughtfully Critical is a weekly podcast created by Chris Wahl. You can find out more about Chris by reading his newsletter at Wahl Network. Please subscribe and leave a review to help shape the conversation.Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:45 The Consulting Life05:26 Learning to Desi...2025-01-2713 min
Hacker News DailyTech parents increasingly choose homeschooling to "opt out" of average society, sparking debate on its impactThe rising interest in homeschooling among tech individuals
Forrest Brazeal explores the motivations behind the growing trend of homeschooling in tech-savvy families. Once associated with academic rigidity, homeschooling is now seen as a means to provide personalized education. The article highlights potential drawbacks, including a lack of social interaction and the risk of elitism affecting children’s development of empathy. Brazeal argues that opting out of average social experiences could ultimately hinder children’s goals of making impactful changes in the world.
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The CloudcastThe Pros and Cons of Living in Silicon Valley during the AI BoomAs the AI era emerges, the debate about the best place to live to take advantage of it for your career has started up again. Is Silicon Valley still the best place to live when a new trend starts?SHOW: 877SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #877 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSOR:Love the insights from this e...2024-12-0126 min
Autonomous ITAutonomous IT, Live! – 3 Ways to Make Your Path to Director of IT Less ScaryIt’s not just a show, it's a lifeline for how to unscary a seemingly daunting career journey – no matter where you're at in your IT or security hustle.From super-talented IT cartoonist and influencer marketing service agency co-owner, Forrest Brazeal, and gifted Automox VP of Customer Experience, Charles Coaxum, to the sagely verbose CISO and VP of Product at Automox, Jason Kikta, and Gong’s inspirational Director of IT, James Sennett – our handpicked line-up of industry trailblazers won’t just talk about how to advance. Instead, they’ll walk you through real-life strategies to help you climb the ca...2024-10-3142 min
Autonomous ITHands-On IT – The State of IT Careers and the Role of AI with Forrest Brazeal, E11In this episode of Hands-On IT, host Landon Miles sits down with special guest Forrest Brazeal to explore the current state of IT careers and the evolving role of AI in the tech landscape. As a renowned cloud architect and co-founder of Freeman and Forrest, Forrest shares his insights on upskilling for today’s competitive job market, the real impact of AI on IT roles, and how professionals can leverage creativity and networking to stand out. Tune in to hear expert advice on navigating career paths in IT, common job search pitfalls, and strategies for staying adaptable in a ra...2024-10-2914 min
Screaming in the CloudReplay - Creatively Giving Back to the Cloud Community with Forrest BrazealOn this Screaming in the Cloud Replay, we revisit our chat with Forrest Brazeal. When this episode first aired, Forrest was the Head of Content at Google Cloud, but today, he helps run Freeman & Forrest, an influencer marketing service focused on enterprise tech. In this trip down memory lane, Forrest goes into detail on how he is working to give back to the cloud community. Forrest discusses his time at A Cloud Guru, his time as an AWS Serverless Hero, and the technical excellence he brings to his vast-ranging and prolific content. Forrest is also a successful author of...2024-10-2432 minThe CloudcastInfluence Marketing in Emerging TechEmily Freeman (@editingemily) and Forrest Brazeal (@forrestbrazeal), co-founders of Freeman and Forrest talk about the intersection of technical products and marketing and the evolution of marketing to reach an increasingly technical audience including the rise of influence marketing. SHOW: 863Want to go to All Things Open in Raleigh for FREE? (Oct 27th-29th)We are offering 5 Free passes, first come, first serve for the Cloudcast CommunityRegistration Link - www.eventbrite.com/e/916649672847/?discount=Cloudcastfree Instructions:Click reg linkClick “Get...2024-10-0933 min
The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceStarbucks DVD peddlers (Friends)Emily Freeman joins the show alongside our Ship It co-host, Justin Garrison! We hear Emily’s burnout story & learn how she and Forrest Brazeal are putting tech-focused influencers on tap. But first: area code turf wars, bad movie reboots & buying used DVDs… at Starbucks?!
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Cables2CloudsIs AWS Following Google's Playbook? - NC2C016Send us a textCan you handle the truth about how your favorite AI models are trained? Brace yourself for an eye-opening exploration as we uncover NVIDIA's use of publicly available content, including videos from MKBHD and Netflix, to develop their AI systems. We dive into privacy, copyright concerns, and the ethical implications of such practices. But wait, there's more! We also revisit our conversation on OpenAI's Search GPT, speculating how it might disrupt tech titans like Google and Microsoft.Shifting into high gear, we tackle the intersection of AI and networking infrastructure, inspired by...2024-08-1428 min
Hanselminutes with Scott HanselmanDecoding Tech Influencers with Emily FreemanFreeman and Forrest is the first influencer marketing service focused on enterprise tech. After running developer relations, product marketing, and community teams at companies like AWS, Google, Microsoft, and startups, Emily Freeman and Forrest Brazeal have now assembled a dream team of influencer partners across many niches like cloud to security and even generative AI. Today Emily talks to Scott Hanselman about the rise of the technology influencer.https://www.freemanandforrest.com/
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Raw Data By P3 AdaptiveGood Tech Things and the Limits of AI, w/Forrest BrazealDive into this week's episode where we explore the fascinating intersection of technology and creativity with Forrest Brazeal. Forrest, a former software engineer turned tech educator, uses his unique talents in art and music to break down the barriers of traditional tech communication. This episode features Forrest sharing his journey from coding complex software to crafting educational and engaging content that lights up the tech community. He discusses how artificial intelligence is woven into the fabric of our daily tools, making it essential yet invisible, and gives practical examples that bring this technology to life for listeners...2024-05-211h 10
Raw Data By P3 AdaptiveImpact Forward vs Infrastructure Forward: The Faucets First PhilosophyIn this episode, we unpack the 'Faucets First' philosophy, a cornerstone of how we approach data projects at P3 Adaptive. Imagine bypassing complex infrastructures and instead, using a straightforward method that brings immediate results and clarity. It's about being agile, practical, and impactful right from the start. Join us as we explore how modern tools, especially from Microsoft, enable this transformative approach, moving away from the traditional, cumbersome methods. We'll dive into real-life applications and discuss the dramatic improvements in speed and efficiency it brings to data projects. With exciting guests like Miguel Myers and...2024-05-0718 min
Changelog Master FeedThe threat to open source comes from within (Changelog News #91)Forrest Brazeal is concerned about the open source threat from within, Vicki Boykis explains why Redis is forked, John O’Nolan and the Ghost team plan to federate over ActivityPub, Llama 3 is now available for “businesses of all sizes” & nolen writes up questions to ask when you don’t want to work.
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Changelog NewsThe threat to open source comes from withinForrest Brazeal is concerned about the open source threat from within, Vicki Boykis explains why Redis is forked, John O’Nolan and the Ghost team plan to federate over ActivityPub, Llama 3 is now available for “businesses of all sizes” & nolen writes up questions to ask when you don’t want to work.
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The AWS Developers PodcastEpisode 114 - AWS Certification Exam Prep - Part 6/6 with Anya Derbakova and Ted
TrentlerIn the grand finale of our six-part AWS Certification Exam Prep Series, join
hosts Dave and Caroline as they chat with Anya Derbakova, a Senior Startup Solutions
Architect at AWS, known for weaving social media magic, and Ted Trentler, a Senior AWS
Technical Instructor with a knack for simplifying the complex.
We journey beyond the technical realms to explore the treasure trove of resources provided
by AWS to ensure your success in the Solutions Architect Associate Exam. This episode not
only serves as your ultimate guide to the best study resources but also recaps the
invaluable insights shared throughout our...2024-03-2938 min
Chaos Lever PodcastTech News of the Week for 2/20/24ESXi Free is Dead, Cohesity is acquiring Veritas Data Protection, Forrest Brazeal Announces Kubernetes Resume Challenge, and Nginx is Being Forked Because Russia?!Nginx Being Forked Because RussiaESXi Free is DeadSince the very early days of VMware, there has been a free version of ESX you could run in perpetuity without paying for a license.Forrest Brazeal Announces Kubernetes Resume ChallengeCohesity is acquiring Veritas Data Protection2024-02-2009 min
On CloudGoogle's Forrest Brazeal on gen AI and the tech talent gapForrest Brazeal, Google's head of developer media, discusses the ongoing tech talent shortage, how to address it, and how companies can use gen AI to help new talent learn the process of software development.2023-10-2526 min
Tech For Work by TABGEEKSLegacy Land - The Complete Opening Song from Google Cloud Next 2023 Developers KeynoteOh My GOD is this one hell of a catchy earworm. This has to be one of, if not the absolute best developer keynote openings ever. Massive props to the production team, writers, and performers 🎹 Forrest Brazeal, 🎤 Amanda Lewis, 🎤 Holt Skinner, and 🎺 Miles Ward. I just had to upload it and share it with everyone. Enjoy! 😁
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Screaming in the CloudThe Evolving Role of a Software Engineer with Forrest BrazealForrest Brazeal, Head of Developer Media at Google Cloud, joins Corey on Screaming in the Cloud to discuss how AI, current job markets, and more are impacting software engineers. Forrest and Corey explore whether AI helps or hurts developers, and what impact it has on the role of a junior developer and the rest of the development team. Forrest also shares his viewpoints on how he feels AI affects people in creative roles. Corey and Forrest discuss the pitfalls of a long career as a software developer, and how people can break into a career in cloud as well...2023-08-1737 min
Chaos Lever PodcastElectoral College of My Emotions: AI is a Stupid Parrot with a God Complex
[52]Electoral College of My Emotions: AI is a Stupid Parrot with a God Complex
Episode: 52
Published: 4/4/2023
AI is a Parrot with a God Complex
A.I. is B.S. by Adam Conover
Forrest Brazeal has a think about AI
Ben Thompson on AI
Heavy Strategy: ChatGPT is coming for your job
On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots
Moratorium on LLM and AI development
Lightning Round
Microsoft announces a new Teams client with a LOT of AI
WiFi Standards Aren���t Standard Enough
The Humble Barcode celebrates it���s 50th birthday
Will Magnon Enter Our Lexicon?
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Dev InterruptedEducating the Next Generation of Cloud Engineers | Google Cloud's Forrest BrazealHappy New Year and welcome to Season 3 of Dev Interrupted! We couldn't think of a better way to kick off Season 3 of the podcast than with the immensely talented Forrest Brazeal. Not only is Forrest the Head of Developer Media at Google Cloud, but he lists being a writer, speaker, cartoonist, cloud architect and AWS Serverless Hero, among his many accolades. To top it all off, Forrest is an all around great guy with a passion for education and advocacy. That's why he's working to help educate, train and develop the next generation of...2023-01-0329 min
Changelog InterviewsState of the "log" 2022Our 5th annual year-end wrap-up episode! Sit back, relax, pour a glass of your favorite beverage and join us for listener voice mails, our favorite episodes, some must-listens, and of course the top 5 most listened to episodes of the year. Thanks for listening! 💚
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Changelog Master FeedState of the "log" 2022 (The Changelog #520)Our 5th annual year-end wrap-up episode! Sit back, relax, pour a glass of your favorite beverage and join us for listener voice mails, our favorite episodes, some must-listens, and of course the top 5 most listened to episodes of the year. Thanks for listening! 💚
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Go Time #250: Mat’s GopherC...2022-12-231h 28The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceState of the "log" 2022 (Interview)Our 5th annual year-end wrap-up episode! Sit back, relax, pour a glass of your favorite beverage and join us for listener voice mails, our favorite episodes, some must-listens, and of course the top 5 most listened to episodes of the year. Thanks for listening! 💚
Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Listener favs:
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Telco in 20Ep 54 - Bye-bye, private cloud; hello, public cloudEvery telco leader, consultant, and analyst I talk to these days says the telecom industry’s move to the public cloud is in full swing. Today’s guest, Davide Bellini, agrees. As Accenture Applied Intelligence lead for the communications and media industry, he has his finger on the pulse of telcos around the world—what they’re thinking about, how they’re navigating challenges, and their vision for a future powered by the public cloud. Click play to hear Davide’s thoughts on: Public cloud adoption trends around the globe [03:40];What’s changed to make telcos more open to cloud transf...2022-11-1525 min
AWS InsidersCommitment Issues: The Case Against MulticloudRahul and Hilary get into one of the great battles in the cloud: commitment issues. When it comes to your choice of cloud vendor, are you more Tinder or Match.com? Do you want to choose one vendor for life, or prefer to play the field with multicloud? Head of Developer Media at Google Cloud, Forrest Brazeal foresees the inevitable rise of multicloud while Rahul sticks to his single vendor, all-AWS guns.
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Google Cloud Platform PodcastNext 2022 with Forrest Brazeal and Stephanie WongForrest Brazeal joins Stephanie Wong today on the second day of Google Cloud Next ‘22. We’re talking about all the exciting announcements, how the conference has changed in recent years, and what to expect in the days ahead. The excitement and energy of the first in-person Next since 2019 was one of the best parts for Forrest. With 1300 releases in just half the year, a lot has happened in BigQuery, AI, Looker, and more. Next includes announcements in many of these areas as well, as Google Cloud expands and makes Cloud easier for all types of projects and clie...2022-10-1243 minTelco in 20Ep 46 - The nitty gritty about public cloud securityOne thing I’ve learned from talking to telco execs across the globe about the public cloud is that security is top of mind. Another thing I’ve learned is that many of them don’t know a lot about just how secure the public cloud is. So for this episode, I’m joined by Amy Zwarico, director of cybersecurity at AT&T, one of the world's largest and oldest telcos. She’s here to explain why the public cloud is more secure than the way many telcos are doing business today, and how AT&T has been preparing for its tr...2022-07-2619 min
Cloud and ClearEP 125 / GOOGLE CLOUD BARD & GROUND SCHOOL KEYNOTE SPEAKER FORREST BRAZEAL SHARES INDUSTRY INSIGHTSDROPPING TODAY! Welcome to another #nextlevel episode of #CloudNClear. 📻 Google Cloud’s Head of Content Forrest Brazeal and SADA’s CTO Miles Ward discuss what #cloudinfrastructure will look like this year and what it means for your career as a #cloudengineer or #clouddeveloper. ☁️🎙 Tune in on-demand, and you’ll get to know more about Forrest the #CloudBard and hear him share how much #cloudsolutions have changed over the past decade, including why there’s less spackle required to deliver an end-to-end solution. Forrest will also preview his upcoming #GroundSchool keynote session, “The Secret Lives of #CloudEngineers” on May 18 at 9 a.m. PT...2022-05-1020 minCloud and ClearEP 125 / GOOGLE CLOUD BARD & GROUND SCHOOL KEYNOTE SPEAKER FORREST BRAZEAL SHARES INDUSTRY INSIGHTSDROPPING TODAY! Welcome to another #nextlevel episode of #CloudNClear. 📻 Google Cloud’s Head of Content Forrest Brazeal and SADA’s CTO Miles Ward discuss what #cloudinfrastructure will look like this year and what it means for your career as a #cloudengineer or #clouddeveloper. ☁️🎙 Tune in on-demand, and you’ll get to know more about Forrest the #CloudBard and hear him share how much #cloudsolutions have changed over the past decade, including why there’s less spackle required to deliver an end-to-end solution. Forrest will also preview his upcoming #GroundSchool keynote session, “The Secret Lives of #CloudEngineers” on May 18 at 9 a.m. PT...2022-05-1020 min
Day Two DevOpsDeveloping Multicloud FluencyToday's Day Two Cloud is a discussion about how to build your multicloud fluency. That is, having knowledge of, and competence in, more than one cloud. The short answer? Learn to code. That's the position of our guest Forrest Brazeal, and he brings his justifications.2022-04-061h 00
The Fat Pipe - Most Popular Packet Pushers PodsDay Two Cloud 141: Developing Multicloud FluencyToday's Day Two Cloud is a discussion about how to build your multicloud fluency. That is, having knowledge of, and competence in, more than one cloud. The short answer? Learn to code. That's the position of our guest Forrest Brazeal, and he brings his justifications.2022-04-061h 00
The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers PodsDay Two Cloud 141: Developing Multicloud FluencyToday's Day Two Cloud is a discussion about how to build your multicloud fluency. That is, having knowledge of, and competence in, more than one cloud. The short answer? Learn to code. That's the position of our guest Forrest Brazeal, and he brings his justifications.2022-04-061h 00
The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers PodsDay Two Cloud 141: Developing Multicloud FluencyToday's Day Two Cloud is a discussion about how to build your multicloud fluency. That is, having knowledge of, and competence in, more than one cloud. The short answer? Learn to code. That's the position of our guest Forrest Brazeal, and he brings his justifications.2022-04-061h 00The CloudcastDeveloping Multi-Cloud SkillsForrest Brazeal (@forrestbrazeal, Head of Content @GoogleCloud) talks about the realities of multi-cloud (intended and accidental), how to adapt skills to new cloud environments, and best vs. worst practices. SHOW: 602CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST - "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:Datadog Monitoring: Modern Monitoring and AnalyticsStart monitoring your infrastructure, applications, logs and security in one place with a free 14 day Datadog trial. Listeners of The Cloudcast will also receive a free Datadog T-shirt.CloudZero...2022-03-2336 minThe Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceSong Encoder: Forrest Brazeal (Interview)Welcome to Song Encoder, a special series of The Changelog podcast featuring people who create at the intersection of software and music. This episode features Pwnie Award-winning songwriter Forrest Brazeal.
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Changelog++ – You love our content and you want to take it to t...2022-01-3124 minChangelog Master FeedSong Encoder: Forrest Brazeal (The Changelog #477)Welcome to Song Encoder, a special series of The Changelog podcast featuring people who create at the intersection of software and music. This episode features Pwnie Award-winning songwriter Forrest Brazeal.2022-01-3124 minChangelog InterviewsSong Encoder: Forrest BrazealWelcome to Song Encoder, a special series of The Changelog podcast featuring people who create at the intersection of software and music. This episode features Pwnie Award-winning songwriter Forrest Brazeal.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com
Changelog++ – You love our content and you want to take it to t...2022-01-3124 min
Google Cloud Platform PodcastGoogle Cloud Next '21 with Brian Hall and Forrest BrazealOn the podcast this week, Mark Mirchandani and Stephanie Wong hear all about the cool stuff happening at Cloud Next 2021. Brian Hall and Forrest Brazeal join the show to outline exciting announcements, fun partnerships, and what the future holds for Google Cloud. The immense prep and planning that went into Next shows through in the intentional and unified strategy of announcements and offerings at the conference. Our guests talk about this process and the challenges and decisions that went into the content choices and scheduling. The addition of Community Day, for example, was implemented to create a...2021-10-1344 min
Software Defined TalkThe sounds of ExcelThis week we discuss Docker’s new licensing, Wirecutter goes behind a paywall and Serverless COBOL. Plus, Coté explains why open source is like College Football.
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Docker is Updating and Extending Our Product Subscriptions - Docker Blog
New York Times’ Wirecutter Product-Review Site Moves Behind Paywall
Serverless COBOL in Knative
Announcing VMware Tanzu Application Platform: A Better Developer Experience on any Kubernetes
VMware’s new Tanzu platform aims to unify Kubernetes development
Databricks raises $1.6B series H funding round
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Screaming in the CloudCreatively Giving Back to the Cloud Community with Forrest BrazealAbout Forrest Forrest is a cloud educator, cartoonist, author, and Pwnie Award-winning songwriter. He currently leads the content marketing team at Google Cloud. You can buy his book, The Read Aloud Cloud, from Wiley Publishing or attend his talks at public and private events around the world.Links:The Cloud Bard Speaks: https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/the-cloud-bard-speaks-with-forrest-brazeal/The Read Aloud Cloud: https://www.amazon.com/Read-Aloud-Cloud-Innocents-Inside/dp/1119677629The Cloud Resume Challenge Book: https://forrestbrazeal.gumroad.com/l/cloud-resume-challenge-book/launch-dealThe Cloud Resume Challenge: https://cloudresumechallenge.devTwitter: https://t...2021-09-0136 min
Views on VueProduct Design and Authentication with David Atanda - VUE 158In this episode, Lindsay, Steve, and Luke talk with David Atanda, product designer and developer. We talk about his path from building products into development, and some of the products he has built. We also talk about how David looks at products and determines what to build next. After that, we discuss his blog post on authentication in Vue, and some of the decisions that need to be made for authenticating an SPA. Panel Lindsay WardellLuke DieboldSteve Edwards Guest David Atanda Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator Links Tackling Authentication With Vue Using RESTful APIsKiwanoLearn In PublicPHPSandboxVoV 104: Exploring GraphQL in Vue with V...2021-08-0351 min
Last Week in .NET[Object]ing... for now.Last Week in .NET - February 6th, 2021No releases of note this week; but several updates in the .NET area that are useful, especially around Windows UI. Let's get to it.Microsoft News👐 Microsoft Open sourced the storage engine that powers Exchange Server, Office 365, and parts of Windows. They open sourced the Extensible Storage Engine, or ESE for short, and it's been a foundational part of windows since Windows NT 3.51. This is cool and I'm still holding out hope for IIS to be open sourced so I can finally figure out...2021-02-0805 min
AWS Morning BriefThe Unconventional Guide: The Cloud Is Not Your Data CenterLinksForrest Brazeal article referenced: https://acloudguru.com/blog/engineering/the-lift-and-shift-shot-clock-cloud-migrationUnconventional Guide: https://www.duckbillgroup.com/resources/unconventional-guide-to-aws-cost-management/ TranscriptCorey: This episode is sponsored in part by our friends at Fairwinds. Whether you’re new to Kubernetes or have some experience under your belt, and then definitely don’t want to deal with Kubernetes, there are some things you should simply never, ever do in Kubernetes. I would say, “run it at all;” They would argue with me, and that’s okay because we’re going to argue about that. Kendall Miller, president of...2021-01-2920 min
Cisco Podcast NetworkEp. 32: What Happened with Slack’s Outage; & Cloud Resiliency with Forrest Brazeal of A Cloud GuruThis is The Internet Report, where we uncover what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why. Despite a quiet last couple of weeks on the Internet, we started off our new year with quite the bang. As droves of mildly-caffeinated workers returned to their home offices on Monday after the holiday break, many were surprised to find that Slack was not available. On today’s episode, we go under the hood of Slack’s Monday outage to see what went wrong and how it was resolved. We’re also excited to be joined by Forrest Brazeal, a cloud arch...2021-01-0634 min
The Internet ReportWhat Happened with Slack’s Outage; Plus, Talking Cloud Resiliency with Forrest Brazeal of Cloud Guru (Week of 12/28/20-01/04/21) | Outage Deep DiveThis is The Internet Report, where we uncover what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why. Despite a quiet last couple of weeks on the Internet, we started off our new year with quite the bang. As droves of mildly-caffeinated workers returned to their home offices on Monday after the holiday break, many were surprised to find that Slack was not available. On today’s episode, we go under the hood of Slack’s Monday outage to see what went wrong and how it was resolved. We’re also excited to be joined by Forrest Brazeal, a cloud arch...2021-01-0634 min
The Internet ReportAbout Monday’s Google Outage; Plus, Talking Holiday Internet Traffic Trends with Fastly (Week of Dec. 7-14) | Outage Deep DiveIn this week's episode of #TheInternetReport...
00:00 Welcome
00:16 Headlines: About Monday’s Google Outage; Plus, Talking Holiday Internet Traffic Trends with Fastly
00:43 Under the Hood: This week, we go under the hood on a recent outage that took down the availability of several Google applications, including YouTube, Gmail and Google Calendar. Yesterday morning at approximately 6:50 AM EST, users around the world were unable to access several Google services for a span of around 40 minutes. While short-lived, the outage was notable in that it occurred during business hours in Europe and toward the beginning of the school day on the US east co...2020-12-1620 min
Career Chats with Swyx and RandallGetting into Cloud (ft. Forrest Brazeal)This week we have another guest interview with the multi-talented Forrest Brazeal (site, twitter, newsletter) who is one of the most passionate cloud advocates in the world. Definitely check out A Cloud Guru's Cloud Resume Challenge if you or someone you know is interested in getting into the cloud, and stay for his hot takes on mid-century children's literature!0:00 - Intro & Background1:55 - Cloud Resume Challenge- a child of the pandemic- https://twitter.com/forrestbrazeal/status/1254822417203113986?s=20- https://cloudresumechallenge.dev/- https://acloudguru.com/blog/news/introducing-the-cloudguruchallenge2020-12-1132 min
The Cloud PodGet Your Hands Cloudy with Forrest Brazeal from A Cloud GuruIn this TCP Talks episode, Justin Brodley and Jonathan Baker talk with Forrest Brazeal, a Senior Manager at A Cloud Guru, a cloud education platform that has attracted more than two million students. A Cloud Guru offers full certification training and technical deep dives for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and more.
Forrest talks about why companies need to invest in training to reap the benefits of “cloud fluency,” and how A Cloud Guru is contributing to cloud adoption success at Fortune 500 companies.
While discussing knowledge gaps, Forrest highlights how important it is to clearly identify which cloud...2020-11-0636 minTCP TalksGet Your Hands Cloudy with Forrest Brazeal from A Cloud GuruIn this TCP Talks episode, Justin Brodley and Jonathan Baker talk with Forrest Brazeal, a Senior Manager at A Cloud Guru, a cloud education platform that has attracted more than two million students. A Cloud Guru offers full certification training and technical deep dives for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and more.
Forrest talks about why companies need to invest in training to reap the benefits of “cloud fluency,” and how A Cloud Guru is contributing to cloud adoption success at Fortune 500 companies.
While discussing knowledge gaps, Forrest highlights how important it is to...2020-11-0636 minTelco in 20Ep 3 – Lift Off: Telcos moving to the public cloud – beware of lift and shiftUsing a lift and shift strategy for public cloud migration demands clear vision around what’s waiting on the other side. Cloud architect Forrest Brazeal explains what you need to know and why.
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The DevOps FAUNCastDiving Deep Into Serverless Architectures (1/2)This episode is sponsored by The Chief I/O.
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In November 2017, The Register published an article, 'Lambda and serverless is one of the worst forms of proprietary lock-in we've ever seen in the history of humanity'.
The article goes on and...2020-09-0814 minScreaming in the CloudThe Cloud Bard Speaks with Forrest BrazealAbout Forrest BrazealForrest is an enterprise cloud architect, speaker, and community advocate. Currently a senior manager at A Cloud Guru, he spent years designing applications for the cloud at Infor and Trek10. One of the original AWS Serverless Heroes, Forrest was also named one of Jefferson Frank's Top 7 Global AWS Experts in 2019. His first book, "The Read-Aloud Cloud", is coming from Wiley in September 2020.Links ReferencedBook: https://www.amazon.com/Read-Aloud-Cloud-Innocents-Inside/dp/1119677629Cloud Irregular: https://cloudirregular.substack.com/ works. Note that this is the link behind some text that is “forrestBrazeal.com/ma...2020-07-2136 min
Talking Serverless#17 - Forrest Brazeal Cloud BardWhat is a "Cloud Bard"? Why it's someone who shares with the community tales of the Cloud, and who better to do it than Forrest Brazeal?
Forrest is not only an enterprise cloud architect, speaker, and community advocate-- he is also the Sr. Manager at A Cloud Guru and spent years designing applications for the cloud at Infor and Trek10. One of the original AWS Serverless Heroes, Forrest was also named one of Jefferson Frank's Top 7 Global AWS Experts in 2019. In this episode we pick Forrest's brain about the opportunities of Cloud Computing, how to get started, and...2020-07-0934 min
Serverless ChatsEpisode #49: Things I Wish I Knew Before Migrating to the Cloud with Jared ShortAbout Jared Short: Jared has been building and operating serverless technologies in production at scale since 2015, and is laser focused on helping companies deliver business value with a serverless mindset. Jared is currently Senior Cloud Engineer, Developer Accelerator, at Trek10, Inc. but was formerly Head of Developer Experience and Relations at Serverless, Inc. and an early contributor to the Serverless Framework. In his current role, Jared's day-to-day is serverless all the time, as he helps people build and operate cloud native architectures.
Twitter: twitter.com/ShortJared
Email: jaredlshort@gmail.com
Website: jaredshort.com/
3 Guiding Principles for Building N...2020-05-181h 10Serverless ChatsEpisode #14: Serverless CI/CD for the Enterprise with Forrest BrazealAbout Forrest BrazealForrest Brazeal is an AWS Serverless Hero and a Senior Cloud Architect at Trek10, where he hosts the Think FaaS serverless podcast and contributes to their open source efforts. He understands the challenges faced by enterprises moving to the cloud and loves building solutions that provide maximum business value for minimal cost. Outside of his day job, he interviews the top names in cloud for his “Serverless Superheroes” series at A Cloud Guru and also creates the FaaS and Furious webcomic. He is the co-chair of ServerlessConf and regularly speaks at workshops and other even...2019-09-1635 minServerless ChatsEpisode #5: Event-Driven Applications using Amazon EventBridge with Mike DeckAbout Mike DeckMike Deck is focused on building a community of partners around the AWS Serverless Platform. He spent the first half of his career as a full-stack software developer building enterprise applications and coaching teams on agile delivery methodologies. For the last four years he’s been working as a solutions architect for AWS on the partner team helping both ISVs and consulting partners accelerate their pace of innovation using the cloud.
Twitter: @mikedeck
EventBridge Product Page: https://aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/
EventBridge Documentation: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/index.html
Ev...2019-07-1537 min
StarShipSofaStarShipSofa No 587 Forrest BrazealMain Fiction: "The Girl of the Golden City" by Forrest Brazeal
This story is original to StarShipSofa.
Forrest Brazeal is a software engineer, writer, and cartoonist based in rural Virginia. His short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Daily Science Fiction, Diabolical Plots, Abyss & Apex, and elsewhere. Find him at forrestbrazeal.com or on twitter @forrestbrazeal.
This story is narrated by the author.
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StarShipSofaStarShipSofa No 587 Forrest BrazealMain Fiction: "The Girl of the Golden City" by Forrest BrazealThis story is original to StarShipSofa.Forrest Brazeal is a software engineer, writer, and cartoonist based in rural Virginia. His short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Daily Science Fiction, Diabolical Plots, Abyss & Apex, and elsewhere. Find him at forrestbrazeal.com or on twitter @forrestbrazeal.This story is narrated by the author.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2019-05-0832 minScreaming in the CloudEpisode 18: Sitting on the curb clapping as serverless superheroes go byWhat’s serverless? Are you serverless now? Is going from enterprise to serverless a natural evolution? Or, is it a “that was fun, now let’s go ride our bikes” moment? Is serverless “just a toy?” Is it a wide and varied ecosystem, or is it Lambda plus some other randos? What's up with serverless vs. containers?
Today, Forrest Brazeal is here to answer those questions and discuss pros and cons of serverless. He was a senior Cloud architect prior to joining Trek10. Forrest spent several years leading AWS and serverless engineering projects at Infor. He understands the challeng...2018-07-1136 min
Screaming in the CloudEpisode 18: Sitting on the curb clapping as serverless superheroes go byWhat’s serverless? Are you serverless now? Is going from enterprise to serverless a natural evolution? Or, is it a “that was fun, now let’s go ride our bikes” moment? Is serverless “just a toy?” Is it a wide and varied ecosystem, or is it Lambda plus some other randos? What's up with serverless vs. containers?
Today, Forrest Brazeal is here to answer those questions and discuss pros and cons of serverless. He was a senior Cloud architect prior to joining Trek10. Forrest spent several years leading AWS and serverless engineering projects at Infor. He understands the challeng...2018-07-1136 min