Tiny DevOps

Jonny Williams — What is Delivery Management?

Jonny Williams works at Red Hat as an agile Delivery Lead, and he joins Tiny DevOps to cut through the confusion surrounding "Delivery Management". In this episode... * What is "Delivery Management"? * The discipline vs the role * Comparisons to Product Management, Agile, Lean, Scrum, ITIL, and ITSM * History of Delivery Management * How does Delivery Management fit into "Agile"? * Where is Delivery Management most popular? * How can you start benefiting from the Delivery Management discipline in your organization? * How to get started as a Delivery Manager * Who should avoid Delivery Management Guest Jonny Williams, Agile Delivery Lead at Red Hat Web site: https://delivervalue.uk/ [https://delivervalue.uk/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonny-williams-83433836/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonny-williams-83433836/] Resources Book: Delivery Management: Enabling Teams to Deliver Value [https://delivervalue.uk/] Watch this episode on YouTube. [https://youtu.be/n1k8MJ3I8aU]

Gorjan Jovanoski — Saving the planet, one server at a time

Gorjan Jovanoski is the co-founder of AirCare, the mobile app that helps you know what you breathe. He joins me to tell the story of founding AirCare, and share some of the surprises, good and bad, along the way. In this episode... * What is AirCare, and what does it do for you? * What is its business model? * AirCare's origin story * AirCare's tech stack: Flutter, PHP, MongoDB, DigitalOcian * Request volume and seasonality * How to aggregate 35,000 data sources in PHP * Detecting and responding to a DoS attack * The software development cycle at AirCare * Observability at AirCare * Scaling challenges along the way * Next steps and objectives Guest Gorjan Jovanoski AirCare web site [https://getaircare.com/] Watch this episode on YouTube [https://youtu.be/zTW3sRJ5cLE].

Oshri Cohen — What kind of CTO do you need?

Oshri Cohen is a fractional CTO with a diverse background, currently working with four companies. He joins me on the show to cut through some of the confusion surrounding the Chief Technical Officer role. In this episode: * The four phases of the CTO role * How often can the same person satisfy the needs of all four phases? (Spoiler: Very rarely) * How often can a founding CTO succeed in all four phases? * A good CTO focuses on his or her strengths, and hires out the rest * What lead Oshri to start as a fCTO * Why many, perhaps most, early-stage startups don't need a full-time CTO * Why a development agency is like a mischievous genie * Why developers love working with a fCTO * What could you do with the 150k you'd save by hiring a fCTO instead of a full-time CTO? * Tips for becoming an fCTO yourself Guest Oshri Cohen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oshricohen/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/oshricohen/] Website: oshricohen.me [https://www.oshricohen.me/] Watch this episode on YouTube [https://youtu.be/pcgbHSpGaoY].

Paul Cothenet — Observations on observability

Paul Cothenet of Patch.io joins me this time to discuss war stories implementing observabillity at two small startups. In this episode… - How to choose an obervabillity tool/platform - Why AWS doesn't provide the best observability platform - Teaching the team to use observability - How to convince stakeholders that observability is valuable - What would you miss the most if your observability platform was no longer available? - The business value of a good observability solution - Making observability metrics easy for management to use - What does it all cost? - Advice for getting started Resources Rands Leadership Slack: https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/ [https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/] Guest Paul Cothenet Twitter: @paulcothenet [https://twitter.com/paulcothenet] Company, and jobs: patch.io [https://patch.io/] Watch this episode on YouTube [https://youtu.be/0v-_uAewdoM].

James McShane — Is Kubernetes right for your small company?

James McShane is the Engineering Director at SuperOrbital and has been working with Kubernetes for about 6 years, in a large number of environments. He joins the show today to help unpack whether Kubernetes is a good choice for your small company. - What is Kubernetes, and what problems does it solve for you? - Choosing Kubernetes means choosing a set of problems. - Which application architectures match well with Kubernetes? - Which problems Kubernetes doesn't solve well for you. - How to handle your application data layer when starting with Kubernetes - Some of the differences between the big three's Kubernetes offerings - Should you hire experienced Kubernetes engineers before adopting Kubernetes? - Why is Kubernetes controversial, and how can a newcomer cut through the hype? - Common newbie mistakes - How does price figure into the decision to choose Kubernetes or not? - How to learn Kubernetes if your employer isn't using it Guest James McShane Twitter: @jmcshane [https://twitter.com/jmcshane] Engineering Director at SuperOrbital.io [https://superorbital.io/] Watch this episode on YouTube [https://youtu.be/3ksfKKM8eqQ].