Tim Banks will optimize your modem baud rate and kick your ass—respectfully. Then they'll teach you how to be a better person. Their career includes systems, sales, and many other facets of business, but who they are is not defined by what they do for money. Join us on this wonderful conversation about understanding who you are and bringing your whole self. Of course it wouldn't be Fork Around and Find Out without some hot takes on AI and the future of tech.LinksTim's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/elchefe.metim-banks.ghost.ioShip It! Episode https://changelog.com/shipit/116
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Staying Calm with Duffie Cooley
Sidero and Oxide Kubecon NA event registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oxidesidero-at-kubecon-north-america-2025-tickets-1538869282449Duffie has lived through a lot. From multiple startup exits to big company changes. He stays grounded by remembering where he came from and what's important—people. This episode is full of career and life advice from one of the kindest people in the industry.LinksUnfortunately, we don't have links for most of the companies Duffie talks about because they've all been acquired. CoreOS, Heptio, and Isovalent are all either gone or part of bigger companies now.CoreOS -> Red Hat -> IBMHeptio -> VMware -> BroadcomIsovalent -> CiscoThankfully the Isovalent products are still going strong. Check them out at isovalent.com
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Colocating Data with David Aronchick
David has worked on a lot of cool tech you know like Kubernetes and Kubeflow, and he's usually a few years ahead of the game. So getting to catch up with him about what he's working on now is probably something you'll want to know about before you have these problems. He has great insights in how to get companies to support open source and how Kubernetes has evolved over time.LinksDavid on Bluesky ExpansoAn oral history of KubernetesConfigHubPetSet GitHub issue
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Building Trust with Sean Goedecke
What is it like to ship software in big tech? Sean gives us his experience from multiple companies and what he’s learned. It's probably not what you think. It doesn't matter if you're vibe coding features or bash-ing devops, we all need to remember why we were hired.Links:https://www.seangoedecke.com/how-to-ship/
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Cooling Infrastructure with Ellie Ford
https://fafo.fm/storeThis Episode has a full spread of FAFOFM topics. Ellie has a breadth of knowledge across cloud, on-prem, hardware, and—of course—Kubernetes. We dive into some of the new hardware available as well as the importance of hardware to train the next generation of engineers. A full cycle of interests we think you'll love. 🧡Linkshttps://ellie.fmhttps://bsky.app/profile/ellie.fmhttps://devzero.iohttps://www.cloudlab.us/https://github.com/clastix/kamaji
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Fork Around and Find Out is your downtime from uptime. Your break from the pager, and a chance to learn from expert’s successes and failures. We cover state-of-the-art, legacy practices for building, running, and maintaining software and systems.