Cloud Foundry Weekly

DaShaun and Keith will join the show to discuss Tanzu Small Runtime and the various ways it can be deployed! Keith's Installer: https://github.com/KeithRichardLee/Tanzu-GenAI-Platform-installer

Hot off the presses in model releases - we will explore the Qwen3-30b-a3b MoE model running on the Tanzu Platform. Early testing shows it performs exceptionally well on somewhat older enterprise-grade server CPUs (aka Cascade Lake). This show will provide some insights on how enterprises can use their existing server infrastructure to start their intelligent application modernization efforts.

Cote will join the show to discuss his latest experiences in the vibe coding scene and recap the latest and greatest updates on VMware Tanzu strategy!

Corby and Kirti return to show how Cloud Foundry is the enterprise's Agentic AI platform of choice! We will continue to explore the Model-Context Protocol (MCP), Spring AI, and GenAI on Tanzu Platform. Last but not least, we will provide some commentary on what can be achieved on CPUs vs. GPUs within the platform and what resources you may need to run your LLMs locally on Tanzu Platform. 

Let's take a test drive of the latest Open WebUI release (0.6.0), which introduces MCP support! We will dive deep into this and how to debug LLMs running on the Tanzu Platform. Don't miss the episode to as we will be showing tips and tricks for getting LLM function support, MCP, and one of the best GenAI frontends working on Cloud Foundry!

DMZ, Nishad, and Rajan will join the show this week to discuss how Team Tanzu proactively handles the ever-changing security landscape by implementing proactive practices to respond to and mitigate the CVE threat landscape. We will also ask the team for their thoughts on wrapping security around the Model Context Protocol(MCP) as it continues to pick up steam!

We welcome special guests Chris Phillipson and Brian Kirkland to the show to discuss implementing continuous platform engineering with cf-kaizen and the rest of the cf-tool suite.  Don't miss this episode to see how you can harness the power of agents to improve your overall platform operations and engineering.

We will have special guest Joey McDonald on the show to discuss his latest project, ConcourseGPT! ConcourseGPT aims to tame the Beasts of CI/CD Infrastructure with AI-generated documentation! It solves the challenge of undocumented, complex Concourse pipelines with an AI-powered tool that generates comprehensive documentation for configurations that often remain untouched for months or years. If y...

We welcome Adib Saikali back to the show to continue covering his Zero to Hero class on Spring AI! We will also continue to show how easy it is to expand and empower Java developers on the platform using Spring AI to jumpstart intelligent app development using Cloud Foundry and our GenAI tile. Grab the code: https://github.com/asaikali/spring-ai-zero-to-hero Catch up on part 1 here: https://www.yo...

We continue our coverage on running Open-WebUI on Cloud Foundry! We will dig into what services we can tie in from the Cloud Foundry marketplace to expand our exploration of running GenAI apps and LLMs within your foundations. Last but not least, we will give a sneak peek at Nick's latest addition to his homelab.

We are kicking off our "How-To" mini-series with this episode! We will show a deep dive on deploying the popular open-webui application on Cloud Foundry! Open-WebUI is a great tool to explore and experiment with GenAI on your locally deployed LLMs running on the GenAI for Tanzu Platform tile. We will also deep dive into different model variants and inference engines such as Ollama and vLLM. Open-W...

Are you curious about the Model Context Protocol (MCP)? Join the show this week to hear from special guests Corby Page and Kirti Apte to learn the basics of MCP and to use that in the scope of your Cloud Foundry environment!

DaShaun Carter and Dan Vega will join the show this week to give an update on what's going on in the world of Spring! Don't miss this episode to see how you can pair Cloud Foundry with our favorite java framework :)

Are you trying to make sense of all the AI news around deepseek-r1? Well, then join the show this week to get a deep dive on how to deploy deepseek-r1 in your datacenter running on the Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry

Nick and Nicky will explore the latest features released in tPCF 10. Be sure to check out this episode to learn about the latest updates in your favorite Cloud Foundry distribution.

DMZ will join the show to give the first Into the DMZ update for 2025. Be sure to check out this episode for the latest security updates in the Cloud Foundry ecosystem.

Join the CF Weekly crew and special guest Cote as we complete our year-end performance review for the podcast. We will discuss the top episodes and events in the CloudFoundry/tech ecosystem, set goals, and look forward to upcoming events and episodes in 2025!

Join the extended Cloud Foundry weekly crew as we celebrate the holidays, reflect on the year, and geek out about our homelabs!

This week, friends of the pod Tim Leong and Mark Fynes will join the show again to discuss all the goodness that Tanzu adds on top of the Cloud Foundry ecosystem.

This will be the first part of our Tanzu Platform 10 launch coverage. Nicky and Nick will deep dive into the GA release of the GenAI for Tanzu Platform Tile. Don't miss this episode to get the latest tips and tricks on installing the GenAI tile.

Nicky will share his insights from Kubecon North America! He will share his stories from working at the Cloud Foundry Foundation and VMware Tanzu booths. Links Cloud Native Heroes Challenge:  Help vanquish patent trolls!  https://www.cncf.io/heroes/ KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Salt Lake City 2024 Playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2Pw4mRw4S-1p_xLARMqPkA7 

Cote and Keith Lee will join the show this week live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2024!

cf-toolsuite fans - Don't miss this episode! Friend of the pod, Chris Phillipson, will return to share updates on the latest addition to the cf-toolsuite, Sanford! This new app will run, use the GenAI on the Tanzu Platform tile, and do some fun document analysis.  Of course, stay tuned for general updates on cf-tool suite and perhaps some Halloween fun :)

What to catch up on all Cloud Foundry excitement from Karlsruhe this year? Be sure to tune into the show as we recap all the great talks and topics from Cloud Foundry Day 2024 EU!

It's time for another "Into the DMZ" security series update with David Zendzian! Chris Cropper will also join the show to deep dive into cloud-native security and compliance!