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Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the DevOps Sauna, Darren Richardson and Pinja Kujala discuss the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, its history, and the importance of cybersecurity as a whole. Sign up for The Future of Software in London (March 26, 2025): https://www.thedevopsconference.com/london

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the DevOps Sauna, Darren Richardson and Pinja Kujala are joined by Lauri Palokangas and Henri Hämäläinen to discuss the history of The DEVOPS Conference and highlight why events like The Future of Software are important to the software industry. Sign up for The Future of Software in London (March 26, 2025): https://www.thedevopsconference.com/london

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the DevOps Sauna, Darren Richardson and Pinja Kujala are joined by Heikki Hämäläinen and Hannah Waller to reminisce on the history of DevOps, The DEVOPS Conference, and what to look forward to in The Future of Software. Sign up for The Future of Software in London (March 26, 2025): https://www.thedevopsconference.com/london

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the DevOps Sauna, Darren Richardson and Pinja Kujala round up the latest industry news for January 2025, including current stories on DevOps, technology, and AI. Sign up for The Future of Software in London (March 26, 2025): https://www.thedevopsconference.com/london

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the DevOps Sauna, Darren Richardson and Pinja Kujala are joined by Henri Terho to discuss DeepSeek, the newest AI model released from China that's been making headlines on social media. They also share their thoughts on what open source means for AI in general. Sign up for The Future of Software in London (March 26, 2025): https://www.thedevopsconference.co...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the DevOps Sauna, Darren Richardson and Pinja Kujala discuss the concept of psychological leadership and how to identify psychological challenges in the workplace and implement solutions for them to improve work, processes, and morale in your organization. Sign up for The Future of Software in London (March 26, 2025): https://www.thedevopsconference.com/london

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of DevOps Sauna, Darren and Pinja share their thoughts on liminal spaces and ideas on how transitional spaces can be applied to software development. Darren and Pinja also note that AI is shifting the software development landscape, highlighting the trends organizations will need to adapt to stay on top. For more information, check out our DevOps trends 2025 guide:...

Send us Fan Mail This DevOps Sauna episode discusses the impact of AI and Bots on social media. Darren Richardson and Pinja Kujala discuss the impact of artificial intelligence and bot accounts on social media platforms like X and Bluesky and the wider implications AI will have on these platforms in the future. Sign up for The Future of Software in London (March 26, 2025): https://www.thedevopscon...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of the DevOps Sauna gives a recap on all of the speaker talks and topics at The Future of Software in Helsinki. Marc and Darren sit down with Pinja Kujala to discuss all of the fun and exciting talks at The DEVOPS Conference, as well as share their own stories and experiences with each of the speakers and organizations that came. Sign up for The Future of Software in...

Send us Fan Mail This episode recaps all the speaker talks and topics at The DEVOPS Conference 2024 in Copenhagen and Stockholm. Marc and Darren sit down and discuss all of the fun and exciting talks at The DEVOPS Conference, from stories on how value stream management empowers DevOps to how Observability 2.0 is changing the software landscape. Sign up for The Future of Software in London (March 2...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of DevOps Sauna, Marc and Darren discuss the latest stories in DevSecOps, including using AI for automating governance and an increased focus on companies using RAG models to help leverage internal documentation to streamline DevSecOps tasks.   Marc and Darren also highlight other developments, including IBM acquiring HashiCorp, updates to Terraform and the IO doma...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Darren and Marc are joined by Dan Grøndahl and Emma Dahl-Jeppesen. Emma and Dan advocate for a product-driven approach to platform engineering, with clear boundaries and purpose to prevent team burnout—a shift from traditional, sometimes ambiguous DevOps roles. They humorously explore “10 things we hate about platform engineering,” touching on issues like the buil...

Send us Fan Mail This episode delves into the key topics surrounding security, SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials), AI, and the seamless integration of security tools into DevOps. Priyanka Syal emphasizes the importance of transparency in both software and training data, especially as AI introduces new challenges around ethics and security. Darren adds that many organizations are still struggling w...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Marc and Darren chat with Charity Majors, co-founder and CTO of Honeycomb. They explore how Charity balances a public role in tech, her thoughts on leadership, and the importance of building diverse, inclusive teams. Charity opens up about her journey with Honeycomb, her personal life, and why she values hiring junior engineers. The conversation also touches on th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of DevOps Sauna, Marc and Darren are joined by Dan Khurram to discuss a white paper that originated from a collaborative workshop focused on AI scenarios. The workshop, which involved various experts, explores the potential impacts of AI on businesses. The conversation delves into the process behind creating the white paper, the different AI scenarios examined, and...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of DevOps Sauna, Marc and Darren discuss the recent arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov by French authorities over allegations of failing to moderate criminal activities on the platform. They explore the complexities of Telegram's encryption practices, noting that while the platform claims to offer secure communication, its lack of default end-to-end encryp...

Send us Fan Mail Helen Beal, a renowned expert in DevOps and Value Stream Management (VSM), steps into the sauna with Marc and Darren to discuss the significance of experimentation in production environments and the role of leadership in driving successful DevOps transformations. Helen also explores the evolution and importance of Value Stream Management in modern DevOps practices and shares insig...

Send us Fan Mail Marc and Darren discuss the recent CrowdStrike root cause analysis (RCA) following a significant incident where an update to their Falcon sensor caused around 8 million Windows computers to crash. The incident was traced back to an error in the software update that expected 20 inputs but received 21, leading to widespread blue screen crashes. The importance of thorough testing, in...

Send us Fan Mail In this season finale, Marc and Darren take a reflective journey through the most compelling episodes of late, encapsulating key themes in DevOps, AI, and security while reflecting on the insights shared by notable guests such as Amanda Brock and Cheryl Hung. They revisit key discussions on topics such as the challenges of AI in infrastructure, the importance of psychological safe...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of DevOps Sauna season 4, Darren and Marc delve into key DevOps and security updates, focusing on GitHub's potential new standard for SBOMs and its collaboration with JFrog. They joke about their reliance on ChatGPT, given its recent outage, and discuss the concerning frequency of cyber attacks, referencing significant breaches such as Ticketmaster's. Amo...

Send us Fan Mail Dan Plumbley, Eficode's first GitLab champion, joins hosts Marc and Darren for an episode exploring GitLab. The discussion highlights GitLab's holistic approach, incorporating project management, CICD pipelines, and security features within a single platform. Dan covers the integration of open-source tools that provide a seamless user experience with minimal context swit...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Marc's anecdote about resolving a stuck bike axle underscores the importance of having diverse tools and approaches when tackling problems—a principle that extends to security where relying solely on one method can lead to vulnerabilities. Exploring the value of diverse strategies, redundancy, and rapid feedback loops in both mechanical problem-solving and se...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Marc and Darren are joined by Sven Peters, Developer Advocate at Atlassian, discussing enhancing developer joy and productivity. Sven emphasizes that developers often understand their own problems, and management should listen to them. He discusses the increased cognitive load from responsibilities like observability and being on duty for microservices. Introducin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Marc and Darren are joined by colleagues Henri and Kalle to discuss the proactive role of DevOps in integrating AI into organizations. They emphasize the importance of robust security measures to manage risks and highlight the benefits and challenges of using AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), for apps like customer support and content creation. They a...

Send us Fan Mail Darren and Marc discuss the EU AI Act, the world's first regulation on artificial intelligence development. The Act, aimed at controlling and putting guardrails on AI development, is seen as a step towards addressing potential risks associated with AI, such as manipulation, bias, and exploitation. While acknowledging the Act's spirit of protecting against AI misuse, they...