The Cloud Gambit

TCG076: Packet Pushers Assemble! Bridging the Telemetry Divide

Today our Packet Pushers team assembles to discuss whether the grass is greener on the NetOps or DevOps side of the telemetry fence. William of The Cloud Gambit, Scott of Total Network Operations, and Ned and Kyler of Day Two DevOps discuss the difficulties and differences of getting telemetry and state from devices across different... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/the-cloud-gambit/tcg076-packet-pushers-assemble-bridging-the-telemetry-divide/]

TCG075: Say the Thing: How the Network Automation Conference Circuit Shaped One SP Operator’s Voice

Eyvonne and William sit down with Joseph Nicholson, a Network Operations Engineer with NTT DATA, to share how public speaking transformed his career and technical experience. Joseph went from a terrifying ten minute lightning talk at AutoCon 2 to presenting 45-minute sessions at conferences like NANOG. Together they discuss how conversations in conference halls influenced... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/the-cloud-gambit/tcg075-say-the-thing-how-the-network-automation-conference-circuit-shaped-one-sp-operators-voice/]

TCG074: From SOAR to Agents: Why Practical Automation Has to Survive Contact with Real Infrastructure

Eyvonne Sharp and William Collins speak with Sif Baksh, Principal Solutions Architect at Tines, to discuss the power of automation. Sif shares some personal stories of how he has been able to use automation to innovate and modernize networking operations. They also discuss the importance of learning AI and using it as a tool, how... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/the-cloud-gambit/tcg074-from-soar-to-agents-why-practical-automation-has-to-survive-contact-with-real-infrastructure/]

TCG073: From Vibes to Governed: What Building a Real Network Agent Reveals About Spec-Driven Development

Vibe coding: give AI a description of what you want, the model writes the code, you ship it, and then you hope for the best. It works great for side projects, but it can fall apart the moment you point an AI agent at production infrastructure. Today, William and Eyvonne sit down with John Capobianco,... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/the-cloud-gambit/tcg073-from-vibes-to-governed-what-building-a-real-network-agent-reveals-about-spec-driven-development/]

TCG072: AI and the Automation Engineer – When Your Scripts Start Writing Themselves

William Collins and Eyvonne Sharp invite Skylar Sands, Senior Automation Engineer at World Wide Technology, to discuss what it means to integrate AI into the daily workflow in a meaningful way. Together they break down the shift in the automation engineer’s role now that AI can instantly generate the “toolkit” of Python, Ansible, and Bash,... Read more » [https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/the-cloud-gambit/tcg072-ai-and-the-automation-engineer-when-your-scripts-start-writing-themselves/]