Packet Pushers - Full Stack Journey

The Full Stack Journey is coming to an end. After five years and more than 80 episodes of deeply technical conversations about technologies, tools, and career journeys, this is the final episode of the series. I reflect on my time hosting the podcast, the challenges and pleasures of putting together a show, lessons and insights from all the conversations I've had, thoughts on the state of IT and technology, and what comes next. The post The Final Journey Of Full Stack Journey appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Full Stack Journey dives into Talos Linux, a "fit-for-purpose OS" designed for running Kubernetes. Host Scott Lowe speaks with Andrew Rynhard about Talos Linux and Sidero Labs, the company behind the Talos open source project. They discuss how Talos differs from other distributions, the concept of machine Linux, how Talos is designed for Kubernetes, and more. The post Full Stack Journey 082: Inside Talos Linux – The Distro Built For Kubernetes appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Full Stack Journey digs into the Acorn open source project with Darren Shepherd. Darren and Scott Lowe discuss where Acorn fits into the infrastructure and app development landscape, how it plugs gaps in Kubernetes, and how you can get started with Acorn. The post Full Stack Journey 081: Growing Your Application Deployments With Acorn appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Full Stack Journey talks with Rishab Kumar, developer advocate at Twilio. He and Scott Lowe discuss three key things Rishab learned in public cloud, Infrastructure as Code, and creating content that helped his career transitions. The post Full Stack Journey 080: Career Transitions Via Cloud, Infrastructure, And Content Creation With Rishab Kumar appeared first on Packet Pushers.

This Full Stack Journey podcast episode features host Scott Lowe and guest Frank Wiles of REVSYS discussing infrastructure management with GitOps and Flux. The post Full Stack Journey 079: Infrastructure Management With GitOps & Flux With Frank Wiles appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast we examine pyATS, a Python testing framework typically used for network testing. Our guest to explain all things pyATS is John Capobianco. John is a Developer Advocate for Cisco Training Bootcamps and a proponent of Python and automation. The post Full Stack Journey 078: Using pyATS For Network Testing With John Capobianco appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast, Scott Lowe talks with Alexandria Leary who left a career as a financial advisor to break into cybersecurity. Alexandria and Scott discuss the reasons why she changed careers, and provide some information and resources useful for others who are seeking to find a career in cybersecurity. The post Full Stack Journey 077: A Career Journey From Finance To InfoSec appeared first on Packet Pushers.

We all use certificates and certificate authorities every day, so in episode 76 Scott takes a deep dive on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with Linda Ikechuwku of Smallstep Labs. We discuss how PKI and certificates work, revocation options, pros and cons of DIY PKI, and more. The post Full Stack Journey 076: Going Deep On Public Key Infrastructure appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Authentication is a key technology that underpins large portions of the online world, and so it's worth exploring in a bit more detail. In this episode of the Full Stack Journey podcast, Scott talks with Dan Moore of FusionAuth about all things authentication. The post Full Stack Journey 075: Authentication’s Role In The Online World appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Full Stack Podcast, Scott is joined by Krithika Chandramouli, a software engineer at Meta, to discuss how the lessons she learned while preparing to run her first-ever half-marathon also apply to careers. They dive into the relationship between consistency and one's progress toward a goal, and how understanding the "why" behind a goal can help motivate you. The post Full Stack Journey 074: Going The Distance – What Running Can Teach Us About Careers appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Full Stack Journey podcast welcomes software engineer Kat Morgan to discuss finding and following passion projects---which for Kat include KubeVirt and UOR Framework. Scott and Kat have a technical and entertaining conversation about how pursuing passion projects can inform, shape, and create career opportunities. The post Full Stack Journey 073: Finding And Following Technical Passion Projects appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast we climb the ivory tower to get a glimpse of academic life in the field of networking and computer science with guest Dave Levin. Dr. Levin is Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on networking and security, including measurement, cryptography, artificial intelligence, and economics. The post Full Stack Journey 072: A Peek Inside The Comp Sci Ivory Tower appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today on the Full Stack Journey podcast, host Scott Lowe tries something new with an audio version of his Technology Short Takes blog series. Scott takes three career-focused articles, shares a brief summary of the article, and then discusses the article in a little bit of depth. The post Full Stack Journey 071: Technology Short Takes Audio Edition appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast we welcome guest Eric Chou, an author, educator, and network engineer. From traditional network engineering to the birth of "cloud" at Amazon and now working to share his knowledge via blog posts, videos, books, and classes, Eric shares lessons learned on his career journey. The post Full Stack Journey 070: A Network Automation Career Journey With Eric Chou appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Full Stack Journey podcast explores the barriers to network automation that individuals and organizations face. We also discuss how network engineers can overcome the inertia of just getting started, skills development tips, and more. Our guests are Matt Oswalt and Christian Adell. The post Full Stack Journey 069: Network Automation Challenges For Engineers And Organizations appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Full Stack Journey podcast is all about Pixie, an "open source observability tool for Kubernetes applications." Pixie takes advantage of eBPF to capture telemetry data. Joining Scott to provide a beginner-level overview of Pixie is Fabian Ngala. The post Full Stack Journey 068: An Introduction To Pixie For Open-Source Kubernetes Observability appeared first on Packet Pushers.

What, exactly, it GitOps? It seems like a new "Ops" word pops up every week! On today's Full Stack Journey podcast, guest Christian Hernandez of Codefresh explains GitOps, what it is, and how you can get started using it. The post Full Stack Journey 067: What The Heck Is GitOps? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Drew Conry-Murray and Du’An Lightfoot discuss essential skills for IT professionals in 2022. They include learning to code, learning Linux, and sharing your journey. This topic was inspired by a Tweet thread Du'An recently posted. We also talk about the role of content creation such as blogging and videos to enhance your own learning and advance your career. Du'An is a Sr. Cloud Networking Developer Advocate at AWS Cloud. You may know Du’An from his work as the creator behind LabEveryday, where he posts blogs and videos on technical topics and professional development. You can follow him on Twitter at @labeveryday. The post Full Stack Journey 066: Five IT Skills To Learn In 2022 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Full Stack Journey asks: Are there tools, techniques, or practices common to software development that other IT disciplines should consider adopting? Can these tools and practices help other IT disciplines improve automation, operations, and daily tasks? Guests Adeel Ahmad and Kurt Seifried join host Scott Lowe to discuss. The post Full Stack Journey 065: Developer Tools And Practices Other IT Disciplines Can Adopt appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Maybe you've heard of chaos engineering, and you're curious about what it is. This episode will help you understand! Joining Scott for the Full Stack Journey is Cwen (Chengwen) Yin, a co-founder of the Chaos Mesh project. We define chaos engineering, discuss what it's supposed to accomplish, cover the major components of Chaos Mesh, and more. The post Full Stack Journey 064: Should You Embrace Chaos Engineering? appeared first on Packet Pushers.