Insightful conversations. Less snark.

Dann Berg, Senior Cloud Analyst at Datadog, was an early guest on "Screaming" is back again! Now with the title “senior” attached to the front end of his job. Dann and Datadog are also steeped in the mires of AWS billing, so naturally he and Corey have a lot to discuss in regard to cloud costs. From the arrival of FinOps, to building out an architecture across a team of very specifically selected people, there is a lot going on at Datadog that deserves attention. Dann and Corey go into the weeds of cost optimziation, and each of them bring their respective expertieses forward. Dann also talks about how Datadog is developing, and their exciting future. Dann’s offers his take on multi-cloud and how Datadog is tackling their costumer needs there. But the talent doesn’t end there, Dann is also an emerging thinker and influencer in the space, and to boot, an accomplished writer and playwright. Two of his plays been produced in NYC and China. Check out their conversation!

For this episode Corey is joined by Betty Junod, Senior Director of Multi-Cloud Solutions at VMWare. While there’s been plenty of jabs at multi-cloud on this show, Betty is here to set the record straight and make the multi-cloud case While Corey has his take on multi-cloud, Betty is here to highlight some of the nuance and relevance. Betty talks about what exactly the multi-cloud has to offer a wide variety of teams, and how VMWare is working towards those multiplicities. Betty talks about meeting the customer where they are as a means to adapt to their multi-cloud needs. Betty offers her take on the latest Docker news, a company where she’s spent a good chunk of time. She and Corey also ponder on how, when new ways of doing things come down the line, it’s necessary to cultivate flexibility when it comes to adopting new tech. But only when it does something that matters!

Ed Boyajian, CEO of EDB, is here to talk databases, but perhaps more importantly, to squelch some pronunciation issues! Postgres, via Ed, is a central topic to today’s discussion and Ed’s insight both personally and in regard to EDB, are quite enlightening. No matter what pronunciation you end up going with, tune into the whole episode for a lot of useful info! Corey and Ed dive into the nitty gritty details on Postgres migrations. They talk about all that EDB is bringing to the table in helping their enterprise customers make the shift to the cloud. Ed discusses how to synthesize the customer's need to have “a primary relationship with a database vendor as a partner and still be in the cloud.” Ed and EDB are certainly at the forefront of Postgres offerings, to include letting the customers be in control of their data. EDB’s insight is not one to shy away from!

This Corey is joined by Mark Thompson, Developer Relations Engineer at Google, who is here to offer an idea of what a not constnatly snarky assault on the cloud looks like! Mark also brings his work with Angular, DevRel and engineering, and teaching code. Teaching, it should be pointed out, is where Mark really excels and is an award winning university teacher. Corey and Mark start off with some back and forth on Angular and what exactly a DevRel engineer does. Mark also goes into the award winning part of his teaching, and the unrelenting positivity also keeps him humble. Mark has a lot to offer when it comes to being positive, especially when it comes to the often terrible things that get slung around on Twitter. Tune in for Mark’s inspiring take, and more!

This week Corey is joined by Chris Williams, Enterprise Architect for World Wide Technology, to talk titles, Twitter, business cards and other subjects of the ineffible. Chris’s title does include the letters AWS, but no, he doesn’t work there. Yet still AWS is still hard for Chris to shake! Chris discusses his place in the AWS community as a AWS hero, but he is also a VMware vExpert. Chris and Corey go into the specifics on the distinctions between the two and the roles that each play within their respective communities. Chris also breaks down the nuances between the various practices of enterprises and start ups, to which Chris has much to offer given his expertise as an enterprise architect. Corey and Chris also dive into some anecdotes on how some of these practices, at least at the enterprise level, need to change. Chris has a lot to offer so tune in for the details!

This week Cory is joined by Scott Johnston, CEO of (the church) of Docker, to talk about none other than Docker itself! Scott brought his previous experience to the table in 2013 where, as he says, he “first typed ‘docker run’...and hasn’t looked back.” Docker’s community and their fervor is well known, and Scott has much to say about it! Join the discussion as Scott goes into how he left Puppet after some exposure to Corey to become the CEO at Docker. Scott tells us what exactly Docker is, and where it starts, which is the community around it. Scott talks about the reset that Docker went through in November of 2019, where they decided to make the developer the focus of their mission. He also dives into Docker’s upcoming changes, and offers some insight into why they are instituting some of these changes. The big one being Docker Desktop, which Scott goes into the details on. Check out this episode for more!

This week Chloe Condon, Senior Cloud Advocate for Microsoft, is back again! Which is surprising because between her last episode and now she and Corey have hung out plenty. Chloe is now working on the Next Generation Experiences team at Microsoft, but that is perhaps the least interesting thing she's been up to lately! Chloe has a lot of great insight on how to navigate the interest as well! Chloe recently started the Master Creep Theatre (yes, with the British spelling) which is a project to bring some more creative and artistic efforts into the tech world! Given Chloe’s non-traditional background she’s able to bring a lot of great perspective to weaving these two worlds together. Chloe also discusses the politics of navigating DMs as a woman on the internet, fun. Her and Corey discuss internet culture in general and how to make the most of it, in spite of all the baggage. Tune in for Chloe's take!

Nick Heudecker, who leads Market Strategy and Competitive Intelligence at Cribl, joins Corey who, as it turns out, has some similarities with Corey. Nick also spent some time in Maine, as a cryptologist for the Navy, and also spent the months of deep winter sitting at the computer. That set the stage for Nick to move into work as a industry analyst where he was able to bring forth their worth to the tech industry. Nick breaks down what exactly is an analyst firm, and why companies should care. Nick has some worthwhile insights into what an analyst can bring to the table for companies. Nick’s perspectives are certainly well founded and offer a lot on how to navigate that space successfully. Nick and Corey also go down the kaleidoscopic nature of observability, how Nick ended up at Cribl, and how Cribl is bringing forth some serious innovations in regards to observability. Tune in for Nick’s perspectives!

Abby Kearns, CTO at Puppet, and former CEO of the Cloud Foundry Foundation, joins Corey this week to talk about the importance of learning how to work well with others. Abby’s background allows an expertise on enterprise infrastructure to bring a wide view of some of the hang-ups some companies may experience, but also how to synthesize the potential tensions of people when it comes to technology. Abby and Corey discuss their respective work in configuration management. They also dive into how sometimes companies don’t always get to where they need to as quickly as they should, especially when it comes to cloud migration. Turns out, people are an important part of solving these transitional issues! Abby offers her take on how to smooth out the people part of tech and how she makes it a focus of her work because, as it turns out, it is the hardest work out there! Check out this week's conversation for the rest.

This week Corey is joined by Ewere Diagboya, Head of Cloud at Mycloudseries, and multifaceted blogger and author, and the first AWS Hero from Africa. Ewere’s book on CloudWatch is the first of its kind, and certainly a valuable asset to the community. Ewere’s passion for passing on lessons learned is very prevalent in his writing, and a core ethos in his drive to write. Ewere goes into the background of how his book, Infrastructure Monitoring with Amazon Cloudwatch, came to be. It starts with setting up memory, then building from there. Ewere talks about integrating Cloudwatch with EKS, Kubernetes clusters, containers and more AWS services. Ewere also talks about his future writing plans and passion to pass on the lessons he has learned. Whats more, there are other books he wants to write that will follow up Infrastructure. Tune in for the rest!

Tim Banks is back again! Now on board here at The Duckbill Group as a Principal Cloud Economist, Tim joins Corey for the rare third time around. Despite the unusual interview process via “Screaming” appearances, Tim is here to tell us what exactly a Principal Cloud Economist does and is. Tim’s insights are very useful, thus why he is back as a team member! Check them out. Tim and Corey go into the detais of Tim’s new job title, and how a background in engineering is fundamental to working well in that role. They also discuss Tim’s slightly diverging philosophy building out resilience, security, and costs on “the whiteboard.” By doing so Tim discusses how this can help you from accruing debt that needs to be paid later on and the importance that practice can have on cost optimization, observability, and more. Tune in for the details!

This week Corey is joined by Emma Bostian, a Software Engineer at Spotify in Sockholm, but it doesn’t stop there. Emma is also an author and a co-host of the Ladybug Podcast and Emma also has a strong following on Twitter to boot. Where, it turns out, her thoughts and opinions are quite valuable and worth sharing! Emma goes into the details on her podcast and the varied nature of her and her co-hosts, she also discusses her book Decoding the Technical Interview Process, in which she breaks down the seemingly esoteric nature of interviewing for these highly technical jobs—but her focus is on the frontend. She and Corey discuss the general banality of these interviews and the direction they can, and should, go in to improve. Emma also loves to teach, to add even more to her portfolio! She goes into the five w’s of her work with LinkedIn Learning and Frontend Masters. Emma also has some excellent insights into her sizable Twitter presence. Tune in for Emma’s variegated offerings!