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In this episode, Kerim Satirli, Senior Developer Advocate II at IBM, who walks us through the major developments happening across the HashiCorp ecosystem since we last spoke. Kerim breaks down key updates such as Terraform Stacks, Actions, Search, and Infragraph, along with the debut of Vault Radar, which scans codebases and collaboration tools to uncover leaked or unmanaged secrets before they become incidents. He also reflects on industry trends—from the surge of MCP-powered AI agents to the growing urgency around supply-chain security highlighted by the ongoing Shi Hulud NPM attack, offering a clear view of how modern infrastructure and security practices are evolving.

In this episode, Taylor Dolezal, Head of Open Source at Dosu.dev, for a thoughtful deep dive into the evolving world of documentation and knowledge management. Taylor shares his journey from the CNCF to Dosu.dev, why he returned to his open-source roots, and how Dosu is reimagining documentation as a living, dynamic system. We discuss the fragmentation of knowledge across tools, AI’s role in documentation, and the emerging need for context-aware, fact-driven docs tailored to each user. Taylor also walks us through Dosu.dev’s unique approach—bringing structured facts, citations, and automation into docs to help maintainers and enterprises stay sane in an accelerating world.Check out a rich conversation on the past, present, and future of docs in open source and beyond.

In this episode, Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer at Infinidat, shares how the company is transforming enterprise storage with a blend of performance, resilience, and simplicity. From the power of InfiniSafe’s cyber-storage capabilities to the intelligence behind InfiniVerse and AI-driven automation, Eric explains how Infinidat delivers unmatched reliability and scalability while tackling modern IT challenges like skill shortages and data protection.

In this episode, Steve Flanders, Senior Director of Engineering at Splunk, shares how the company is driving the next wave of innovation in observability through OpenTelemetry.Steve dives into how open standards are eliminating vendor lock-in, streamlining telemetry data, and delivering unified visibility across today’s cloud-native environments. He discusses best practices for scalable data pipelines, auto-instrumentation, and semantic conventions that enhance monitoring precision. The conversation also looks ahead to the future of observability, covering performance profiling, real-user experience, and AI-driven workloads. This led to showcasing how OpenTelemetry is redefining how teams measure and optimize system reliability.

In this episode Itiel Shwartz‏, Co-founder and CTO at Komodor, shares how his team is reimagining site reliability with Claudia AI, an autonomous system that detects, investigates, and remediates Kubernetes issues in real time. Itiel discusses the evolution from early AIOps concepts to today’s multi-agent architectures, where AI handles repetitive operations and frees engineers to focus on innovation. He also explores the challenges of accuracy, hallucination control, and balancing automation with human oversight. The conversation offers a deep look at how Komodor’s AI agents are shaping the next generation of reliability engineering in the age of large language models.

Weaviate CEO & Co-Founder Bob van Luijt talks about how vector databases evolved into AI-native databases and why that matters for engineers building production AI.The conversation covers core use cases (vector search, RAG), the new wave of database-level agents (query & transformation agents), multi-tenancy and storage optimizations, and practical notes on getting started with Weaviate’s cloud and free tier. Expect clear explanations, a short demo video walkthrough, and product lessons from scaling an open-source database.

In this episode of The Software Plaza Podcast, we speak with Brad Micklea, Co-Founder and CEO of Jozu, a platform built to simplify and secure AI/ML deployment. Brad shares his journey from Red Hat and AWS to founding Jozu, diving deep into the challenges of taking AI models from experimentation to production. He explains how Jozu bridges the gap between data science, engineering, and operations, ensuring models are compliant, secure, and production-ready. Tune in to explore how open source, Kubernetes, and model packaging standards like KitOps are shaping the future of enterprise AI.

In this episode, Pavlo Baron, Co-founder & CEO of Platform Engineering Labs, shares how Formae is transforming platform engineering by replacing brittle YAML/JSON configs with smart, codified abstractions. Built on an agent-based system, Formae simplifies collaboration, reduces toil, and bridges the gap between developers and ops ushering in a faster, more reliable era of infrastructure management. He explains how Formae enables granular, patch-based changes to minimize blast radius and why modern infrastructure tools must evolve for speed, collaboration, and simplicity. It’s a fresh take on platform engineering designed for the realities of today’s distributed systems and teams.

In this episode, Sarah Polan, Transformational CTO and Consultant in Digital Infrastructure & Scalability, explores how large financial institutions are rethinking modernization in the era of AI. Sarah shares insights from real-world transformation projects, from navigating compliance-driven change under DORA regulations to tackling AI integration challenges and infrastructure modernization. She also unpacks why 95% of AI pilots fail, the importance of cultural leadership in tech transformations, and what it takes to future-proof an organization’s infrastructure for AI scalability.

Chris Lentricchia, Product Marketing Manager at Upwind, explains how runtime context turns thousands of scan alerts into the few that actually matter. Learn how Upwind’s eBPF-powered platform detects live exploits, reduces false positives, and helps teams secure production workloads efficiently. He also shares how organizations can move beyond static scanning, balance shift-left and shift-right practices, and achieve real-time visibility without adding system overhead. This conversation is packed with insights for cloud-native, DevOps, and security teams aiming to modernize runtime protection.

Jake Moshenko, Co-founder & CEO of AuthZed, gives a deep dive into relationship-based access control — the model behind SpiceDB and inspired by Google’s Zanzibar. This episode explains how modeling relationships (people↔data↔teams) unlocks fine-grained, portable policies and why treating auth as a database matters for caching, consistency, and scale. Jake also contrasts RBAC/ABAC tradeoffs, shows how centralized auth speeds product iteration, and outlines when teams should stop DIYing permissions. Ideal for architects and security leads rethinking access control.

Steve Fenton, Head of DevRel & Principal DevEx Researcher at Octopus, shares findings from Octopus’ Platform Engineering Pulse research. He explains why making security and operational policies mandatory often drives healthier platform adoption, how GitOps and Argo are shaping deployments, and which metrics (DORA / Monk) actually matter for platform success. Short, practical, and research-backed takeaways for platform teams and engineering leaders.

In this episode, Abdel SGHIOUAR, Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Google and CNCF Ambassador, unpacks the technical and cultural shifts happening in the Kubernetes ecosystem. As co-host of the Kubernetes Podcast, he shares how enterprises, from LinkedIn to CERN, are pushing Kubernetes beyond microservices into powering GenAI workloads. Abdel dives into the hardware bottlenecks, operational hurdles, and community-driven innovations shaping the future of Kubernetes.

In this conversation with Luca Forni, CEO, and Stefano Doni, CTO of Akamas, we explore how enterprises can achieve massive savings and reliability improvements through AI-driven optimization. They share why configuration tuning is often overlooked, how Akamas addresses the “butterfly effect” across the stack, and why optimization must be continuous. From Black Friday load spikes to everyday workloads, they explain how organizations can balance cost, performance, and reliability seamlessly.

In this episode, Matt Butcher, CEO of Fermyon, talks about the surprising realities of running serverless at scale. They cover how WebAssembly unlocks faster cold starts, higher density, and massive cost savings, plus the challenges of AI-driven bot traffic, Cloudflare outages, and edge reliability. Learn why Fermyon’s Spin project at CNCF and their Akamai partnership could shape the next wave of serverless.