Jon and Jay sit down to discuss what a program is, what a product is and what the difference between the two is. Are they company-specific and completely unrelated, or, are they reliant on each other? This light-hearted episode covers the ins and outs of products and programs.

Jon and Jay sit down to discuss the importance of consistency when structuring cloud setups.

Jon and Rafe sit down to discuss how things changed for Depop, after the Etsy acquisition, what the CPTO role comprises and when makes sense for an organisation to have one. They also cover how to avoid the pitfalls of measuring engineering productivity.

Dean and Jon discuss Cloud adoption and the trials and tribulations of implementing new technologies while maintaining best practices and not hindering innovation! Dean Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanbryen/

Jon and Idriss sit down to discuss Marks and Spencer's cloud adoption journey, from hosting on-prem to Microsoft Azure. Landing zones and developer self-service were critical to the transformation and modernisation of Marks and Spencer's datacentre exit.

David Heinemeier Hansson, is a Danish programmer, entrepreneur, and author, best known as the creator of web development framework, Ruby on Rails. Co-founder and CTO at Basecamp, a web-based project management tool, David is also recognised for his strong opinions on software development, business practices, and digital privacy. A vocal advocate for sustainable work practices, he has co-authored several books, including "Rework" and "Remote: Office Not Required", challenging traditional...

In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, Jon and author Matthew Skelton discuss the book Team Topologies and the complexities of team management in the modern workplace. Matthew Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewskelton/

Jon and Jay discuss the challenges involved in creating and maintaining culture in the modern workplace.

In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, Jon and Viktor discuss how the role and responsibilities of a platform engineer have developed over time. Viktor Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktorfarcic/

In this episode of the Cloud Unplugged podcast, Jon Shanks and Jay Keshur share their thoughts on product management and delivery management. They discuss how these roles contribute to efficient product development and when they become crucial, the challenges and importance of having a clear vision for your product, and how to settle the potential conflicts between these roles.

In this episode of The Cloud Unplugged Podcast, Nicholas Chang, and Steve Nicholl, from Kainos, join Jon to share insights on the challenges of navigating cloud adoption framework, platform engineering, and the significance of collaboration in the industry. They cover keeping up with the rapidly evolving cloud technologies through social networking, choosing the right platform and service for creating applications, and giving autonomy to developers while implementing the necessary guardrails...

Jon sits down with Chris Stura, Director of Financial Services at PwC. Together, Jon and Chris delve into the realm of cloud computing and software development, highlighting the challenges that businesses in the technology sector face. Gain valuable insights on leveraging technology for business success and the crucial role of integrating technology into effective business strategies. Chris Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-stura-8089249/

In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, Jon sits down with Colin Humphreys, CEO & Co-Founder of Syntasso. The two tackle the confusing jargon prevalent in the cloud industry and its impact on effective communication, they delve into the significance of product management and design as crucial elements of platform engineering, and they relive the challenging times when Dev and Ops used to be separate entities. Colin Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-humphreys-80691322/

In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, host Jon is joined by Haseeb Budhani, the Co-founder and CEO of Rafay Systems. During their captivating conversation, Jon and Haseeb delve into the core focus of Rafay Systems, addressing the problems they aim to solve and the specific audience they serve. They explore the thought-provoking topic of the build over buy mentality prevalent in the platform engineering world, shedding light on the advantages and challenges associated with this approach....

In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, host Jay Keshur is joined by Richard Simon, the CTO of Cloud Transformation at T-Systems, a business that drives digital transformation for companies by offering integrated end-to-end IT solutions. Jay and Richard’s discussion encompasses the four stages of cloud migration, how to establish a Cloud Centre of Excellence, what exactly is polycloud, and why you need more than a hammer to build a house.

In this episode, host Jay Keshur is accompanied by Charles Humble, the Editor-in-Chief at Container Solutions, a cloud native consultancy. Together, Jay and Charles discuss working remotely in the cloud space, why some companies fail at cloud adoption, and draw parallels between programming and writing. Finally, they wrapped up their discussion by exploring what part AI shall play in the future of technical writing.

This time on Cloud Unplugged, hosts Jon and Jay are joined by Kaspar von Grünberg, the Founder and CEO of Humanitec. In the episode, Jon, Jay and Kaspar discuss what it means to be a platform engineer, if the industry has a measure of what ‘good’ looks like, and whether having strong opinions of a platform is a positive or negative thing.

In this episode, Jon Shanks and Jay Keshur discuss the ideal sizes for platform engineering teams. During the course of their conversation, the pair talk through ways to optimise team size to ensure business efficiency, what an ideal platform team size ratio would be, why some platform teams have become bloated, and hypothesise about the concept of a ‘zero-person’ company.

In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, hosts Jon Shanks and Jay Keshur explain how platform engineers can enable developer self-service with existing technologies. Jon and Jay touch on the evolution of self-service, and how cloud technology has made it easier to provide self-service and open-source solutions for self-service cloud experiences.

In this episode of Cloud Unplugged, hosts Jon Shanks and Jay Keshur analyse the findings of Puppet’s recent report on the state of DevOps and platform engineering. The pair discuss what they thought was lacking from the report, the difference between platform teams and platform engineering teams, and Jon finds an excuse to have a rant about the term cognitive load.

In this episode, Jon Shanks and Jay Keshur discuss ways to best manage and lead platform engineering teams. Sharing what they've learnt from running their own business, Jon and Jay talk through setting objectives and key results (OKRs) that are anchored to business goals, the importance of diversity and collaboration, and secrets to unlocking talent and potential amongst your team.

In this episode, hosts Jon Shanks and Jay Keshur tackle the complexities of cloud platform engineering, including cognitive load, the total cost of ownership, public and private cloud, and more. Learn how to save time, money, and effort for businesses by taking advantage of cloud services while managing cost and security properly. Plus, get tips on how to reduce cognitive load when it comes to DevOps engineering.

This time, Jon Shanks and Jay Keshur take a deep dive into the security decisions when you're looking into single and multi-tenancy on Kubernetes cluster architectures. The pair cover everything from role-based access control to, encrypting secrets stored in the cloud, and process isolation to root read-only file systems.

In this episode, Jon Shanks and Jay Keshur get stuck into the concept of single versus multi-tenancy in Kubernetes cluster architectures. The pair talk through the decision criteria on how to decide when to go single tenancy and when to go multi-tenancy, addressing the compromises you may be making when you share infrastructure, and whether Jon can say "Goodbye" in French!