Best Hashicorp Podcasts (2025)

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What you missed at KubeCon 39:21

1d ago39:21

39:21

At KubeCon EU 2025 in London, Nirmal and I discussed the important (and not-so-important) things you might have missed. There's also a video version of this show on YouTube. Creators & Guests Cristi Cotovan - Editor Beth Fisher - Producer Bret Fisher - Host Nirmal Mehta - Host (00:00) - DDT Audio Podcast Edited (00:04) - Intro (01:24) - KubeCon 202…

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E175: How Dragonfly Is Taking on Redis With a New Data Store 39:42

5d ago39:42

39:42

Roman Gershman is Co-Founder & CTO of Dragonfly, the drop-in Redis replacement for heavy data workloads that has significant performance, cost, and scale benefits. Their open source dragonflydb has 28K stars on GitHub. Dragonfly has raised $21M from investors including Quiet Capital and Redpoint. In this episode, we dig into: The challenges with Re…

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CHANGELOG - Nomad 1.10 & HCP Vault Radar 23:37

18d ago23:37

23:37

Rosemary Wang and Michael Kosir (developer advocates at HashiCorp, an IBM Company) discuss new releases like Vault and Nomad on IBM Z and LinuxONE, Nomad 1.10, and HCP Vault Radar as well as updated features to HCP Boundary and the Terraform Enterprise provider.Podcast Notes- https://www.ibm.com/new/announcements/ibm-vault-self-managed-for-z-and-li…

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E174: The SDF / DBT Acquisition (1 + 1 = 3) 39:43

23d ago39:43

39:43

Lukas Schulte is Co-Founder & CEO of SDF Labs, the developer platform that scales SQL understanding across organizations, which was recently acquired by data transformation unicorn dbt Labs. In this episode, he's joined by Anders Swanson, Senior Developer Experience Advocate at dbt, to discuss the acquisition and future of data engineering. In this…

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Docker Model Runner 13:06

1M ago13:06

13:06

Docker launched "Docker Model Runner" to run LLMs through llama.cpp with a single "docker model" command. In this episode Bret details examples and some useful use cases for using this way to run LLMs. He breaks down the internals. How it works, when you should use it or not use it; and, how to get started using Open WebUI for a private ChatGPT-lik…

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E173: Feature Flagging with OpenFeature 35:03

1M ago35:03

35:03

Andrew Norris is Co-Founder & CEO of DevCycle, the leading feature flagging platform based on the OpenFeature project. OpenFeature provides a standard for feature flagging unifying tools behind a common interface and avoiding vendor lock-in at the code level. DevCycle is a product created by Taplytics, the platform for marketing and product teams t…

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E172: How MetalBear Makes Cloud Development 100x Faster 35:22

2M ago35:22

35:22

Aviram Hassan is Co-Founder & CEO of MetalBear, the cloud development platform that lets developers run local code as if it were part of their remote environment. Their project, mirrord, has 4K stars on GitHub and is loved by users at companies like SentinelOne, Flexport, and Run.ai. In this episode, we dig into: How traditional staging environment…

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E171: How Companies Like Block Build Viral Open Source Projects 40:08

2M ago40:08

40:08

Manik Surtani is Head of Open Source and Bradley Axen is Principal Engineer at Block. Manik was key to launching Block's Open Source Programs Office and Bradley is a major open source contributor - including the project Goose which is Block's extensible AI agent project. It currently has over 11K stars on GitHub and has been used for a number of in…

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CHANGELOG - Vault 1.19 & Terraform 1.11 22:04

2M ago22:04

22:04

Rosemary Wang and Michael Kosir (developer advocates at HashiCorp, an IBM Company) discuss what's new in Vault 1.19 and Terraform 1.11, including automatic rotation of root credentials, post-quantum cryptography, Terraform test enhancements, and write-only arguments for ephemeral values.Podcast Notes- https://www.hashicorp.com/en/blog/vault-enterpr…

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What's Coming in 2025? 16:42

2M ago16:42

16:42

This episode is about what I'm seeing and what I'm doing right now, and then for the rest of the year. There are three parts. First, I talk about what's about to happen for me for the next few weeks re going to London for KubeCon. Then what I'm planning to change in this podcast, as well as my other content on YouTube for the rest of the year. And …

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E170: From Idea to Working Web App Using Only Python with Reflex 39:19

2M ago39:19

39:19

Nikhil Rao is Co-Founder of Reflex, the open source framework to build and deploy web apps in python. Their project, also called reflex, has over 22K stars on GitHub and is a library to build full-stack web apps. Reflex has raised $5M from investors including Lux Capital. In this episode, we dig into: The power of deploying apps using only Python B…

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Docker Build the best way with Docker Bake 15:05

2M ago15:05

15:05

The Docker Bake Build tool just went general availability, and I'm excited about what this means for creating reproducible builds and automation that can run anywhere. In this video I'm gonna break down some of the features, the benefits and walk through some examples. In this episode I explain why docker buildx bake exists, what it can do, and I w…

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E169: Building New Standards for Observability - Lightstep & OpenTelemetry 38:31

2M ago38:31

38:31

Ben Sigelman is the Co-Founder & CEO of observability platform Lightstep as well as Co-Creator of open source observability frameworks OpenTracing and OpenTelemetry. Lightstep was acquired by ServiceNow in 2021 and OpenTelemetry was released in 2019 and has since become the standard observability framework. In this episode, we dig into: The foundin…

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E168: One (Multi-Model) Database to Rule Them All - SurrealDB 39:36

3M ago39:36

39:36

Tobie Morgan Hitchcock is the Co-Founder & CEO of SurrealDB, the next generation serverless cloud database for modern applications. Their open source database, also called surrealdb, has 30K stars on GitHub. SurrealDB has raised $26M from investors including FirstMark and Georgian. In this episode, we dig into: Taking a broad vs. niche approach to …

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E167: Taking on Network Security with a Zero Trust Approach with NetBird 34:50

3M ago34:50

34:50

Misha Bragin is the Founder & CEO of NetBird, the open source zero trust networking platform that allows companies and individuals to create secure private networks without the hassle of corporate networks. Their open source, also called netbird, has over 12K stars on GitHub and connects devices into a secure WireGuard-based overlay network. NetBir…

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E166: Making Open Source Reliable & Secure with Fossa 40:06

3M ago40:06

40:06

Kevin Wang is Founder & CEO of Fossa, the product security platform that automates compliance & security across open source third party code, suppliers, and tools. In this episode, we discuss: Where Kevin's interest in open source started Learning to work with big enterprises The shift from scanning to fixing Repositioning from an engineering to se…

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E165: Can DevTools Get to $1B ARR? 42:52

3M ago42:52

42:52

Max Stoiber is Co-Founder & CEO of Stellate, the GraphQL edge platformrecently acquired by Shopify. In this episode, we discuss: The Stellate journey from idea to initial traction to acquisition The market size (and limitations) for GraphQL, APIs, and DevTools How he ran a top-notch acquisition process for Stellate Why startups fail…

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Is Swarm at EOL? 18:03

4M ago18:03

18:03

I've been a big fan of Swarm since it was launched over a decade ago and I've made multiple courses on it that still sell. But, we recently got some news out of Mirantis that might be bad news. So I talked about it last week on my live stream. There's also a video version of this show on YouTube. ★Topics★ Blog post that sparked this discussion: htt…

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E164: Taking on Auth0 with Open Source Zitadel 34:02

4M ago34:02

34:02

Florian Forster is Co-Founder & CEO of Zitadel, the cloud security platform aiming to build the future of identity and access management. Their open source project, also called zitadel, provides identity infrastructure and has 10K stars on GitHub. In this episode, we dig into: The benefits of having an open source auth vendor Authentication vs. aut…

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E163: Using Feedback Loops to Optimize LLM-Based Applications 38:12

4M ago38:12

38:12

Viraj Mehta is the Co-Founder & CTO of TensorZero which is an open-source infrastructure platform that creates a feedback loop for optimizing LLM applications. Their open source project helps users turn production data into smarter, faster, and cheaper models. In this episode, we dig into: The benefits of feedback loops for LLMs Helping their users…

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Best of Cloud Native 2024 1:11:42

4M ago1:11:42

1:11:42

Bret and Nirmal reunite for their traditional annual Holiday Special episode of breaking down the most significant developments in cloud native from 2024 and sharing predictions for 2025. 💥 This episode is brought to you by our valued sponsor and friends at Aikido!💥 Aikido is a no-nonse platform that helps developers get security done. It consolida…

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E162: The AI Code Editor War with Zed 30:04

5M ago30:04

30:04

Nathan Sobo is the Founder of Zed, the next-gen code editor that enables high-performance collaboration - powered by AI. Open source zed has 53K Stars on GitHub and is used by engineers at Vercel, Apple, Anthropic, and GitLab. Prior to founding Zed, Nathan created the editor Atom at GitHub which reached 1M+ active users. Zed has raised from investo…

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Hikari Tsushin // Hideaki Wada (Japanese Verson) 25:30

5M ago25:30

25:30

この「クオリティ・インベスティング・ポッドキャスト」では、光通信のCEOである和田英明氏にインタビューを行いました。今回は特別な日本語版のインタビューです。このエピソードでは、私の質問が通訳を通じて伝えられ、和田氏がご自身の声でお答えになる様子をお聞きいただけます。英語版のエピソードについては、ポッドキャストのエピソード一覧をご参照ください。By Jake Barfield

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Hikari Tsushin // Hideaki Wada (English Version) 34:31

5M ago34:31

34:31

In this episode of the Quality Investing Podcast I interview Hideaki Wada, the CEO of Hikari Tsushin.By Jake Barfield

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Aikido: Is a Single DevSecOps Tool Possible? 1:01:56

5M ago1:01:56

1:01:56

Or watch the video version on YouTube. Bret is joined by Willem Delbare and Roeland Delrue to discuss Aikido, a security tool consolidation platform designed specifically for smaller teams and solo DevOps practitioners. The discussion explores how Aikido addresses the growing challenges of software supply chain security by bringing together various…

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E161: Reimagining Python Notebooks with Marimo 34:14

5M ago34:14

34:14

Akshay Agrawal is the Founder & CEO of Marimo, the next generation Python notebook. Their open source reactive notebook for Python, also called marimo, has almost 9K stars on GitHub. Marimo has raised $5M from investors including AIX Ventures. In this episode, we dig into Akshay's love of building developer tools for data teams, his journey from Ph…

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DevOps Cert Prep using AI, with the KodeKloud Team 1:13:01

5M ago1:13:01

1:13:01

Bret is joined by Mumshad Mannambeth and Vijin Palazhi of KodeKloud for Q&A on what we should be studying and certifying for in 2025. 💥 This episode is brought to you by our valued sponsor and friends at Aikido!💥 Aikido is a no-nonse platform that helps developers get security done. It consolidates multiple scanning tools like code analysis, depend…

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E160: Open Source Secrets Management with Infisical 39:33

5M ago39:33

39:33

Vlad Matsiiako is CEO & Co-Founder of Infisical, the open source secrets management platform. Their open source project, also called infisical, has 16K stars on GitHub and helps users sync secrets across their teams and infrastructure. Infisical has raised $3M from investors including Gradient and YC. In this episode, we dig into their path from cl…

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E159: Innovating on Distributed SQL Databases with Yugabyte 41:41

6M ago41:41

41:41

Karthik Ranganathan is Founder & CTO of Yugabyte, the PostgreSQL-compatible distributed database for cloud native applications. Their open source database, also called yugabyte, has almost 10K stars on GitHub. Yugabyte has raised almost $300M and sits at a $1.3B valuation. They've raised from investors including Sapphire Ventures, Lightspeed, and 8…

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E158: Open Source Diagramming and Charting with Mermaid Chart 40:47

6M ago40:47

40:47

Andrew Firestone is CEO and Knut Sveidqvist is CTO of Mermaid Chart, the open source text-based diagraming software platform. The mermaid project has over 70K stars on GitHub and is an open source diagramming and charting tool. Mermaid Chart has raised $7.5M from investors including Open Core Ventures. In this episode, we dig into the mermaid proje…

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KubeCon Engineering Takeaways 37:15

6M ago37:15

37:15

Bret and Nirmal recorded this special offline episode at KubeCon North America in Salt Lake City. We hung out at the AWS booth to break down the major trends and developments from the conference. The event drew a record-breaking 10,000 attendees, with roughly half being first-timers to the Cloud Native ecosystem. Starting with Cloud Native Rejekts …

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E157: Build Your Own Production-Grade AI CoPilots With Copilotkit 36:08

6M ago36:08

36:08

Atai Barkai is Co-Founder & CEO of Copilotkit, the platform to build production-grade AI Copilots 10x faster. Their open source project, also called copilotkit, has almost 13K stars on GitHub and provides React UI + elegant infrastructure for AI Copilots, in-app AI agents, AI chatbots, and AI-powered Textareas. In this episode, we dig into Copilotk…

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Genda // Taiju Watanabe 1:29:23

6M ago1:29:23

1:29:23

Interview with Taiju Watanabe, CFO of Genda Inc.By Jake Barfield

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E156: Code-First Product Integrations with Ampersand 25:53

6M ago25:53

25:53

Lauren Long is Co-Founder & CTO of Ampersand, the developer platform for native product integrations. Ampersand has raised $5M from investors including Matrix, Base Case Capital, Flex Capital, and 2.12 Angels. In this episode, we dig into their differentiation as a "code-first" product, why they focused on the GTM vertical to start (Salesforce was …

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Personal AI with Ken Collins 57:58

6M ago57:58

57:58

Bret and Nirmal Mehta are joined by Ken Collins to dig into using AI for more than coding, and if we can build an AI assistant that knows us. They touch on a lot of tools and platforms. "We're bit all over the place on this one, from talking about AI features in our favorite note taking apps like Notion, to my journey of making an open AI assistant…

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E155: Taking on Elasticsearch - the ParadeDB Story 33:17

6M ago33:17

33:17

Philippe Noël is Co-Founder & CEO of ParadeDB, the modern Elasticsearch alternative built on Postgres. They're purpose-built for heavy, real-time workloads and their open source project, also called paradedb, has over 6K stars on GitHub. ParadeDB has raised $2M from investors including General Catalyst & YC. In this episode, we dig into the benefit…

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E154: Bringing OpenTelemetry to Mobile Observability 41:40

7M ago41:40

41:40

Eric Futoran is Co-Founder & CEO of Embrace, the mobile observability platform built on OpenTelemetry. Embrace has raised almost $80M from investors including NEA, Greycroft & Eniac. In this episode, we dig into the creation of mobile observability as a category and how Embrace helped evangelize it, what makes mobile observability unique, why they …

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E153: Dead Simple Dev Environments with Daytona 39:28

7M ago39:28

39:28

Ivan Burazin is Co-Founder & CEO of Daytona, the open source developer environment management platform. Their open source manager, also called daytona, has 9K stars on GitHub. Daytona has raised $5M from investors including Upfront Ventures. In this episode, we dig into Daytona's plan to be the fastest growing cloud development environment, how con…

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State of Kubernetes UIs 17:08

7M ago17:08

17:08

Bret explores the spectrum of user interfaces and tools available for managing Kubernetes clusters as of Autumn 2024. This solo episode touches on both paid and open-source options, looking at their features, benefits, and drawbacks. Key tools covered include Lens, Aptakube, K8Studio, Visual Studio Code's Kubernetes extension, K9S, Portainer, and M…

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E152: Taking on Bitly with Dub.co - an Open Source Alternative for Link Management 31:59

8M ago31:59

31:59

Steven Tey is Founder & CEO of Dub.co, the open source link management infrastructure platform for modern marketing teams. Their open source project, also called dub, has almost 18K stars on GitHub and is used by teams at companies like Vercel, Raycast, and Perplexity. In this episode, we dig into starting Dub.co as a side project and how it ultima…

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E151: Taking on DBT by Combining Data Transformation with a Query Engine 31:14

8M ago31:14

31:14

Lukas Schulte is Co-Founder and CEO of SDF Labs (Semantic Data Fabric), the data transformation layer and query engine platform. They're an open core company powered by the Apache Data Fusion query engine. SDF Labs has raised $9M from investors including RTP Global and Two Sigma Ventures. In this episode, we dig into the complications and pain poin…

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From Fear to Action: Tackling AI's Ethical and Practical Challenges with Jerzy Biernacki 24:37

8M ago24:37

24:37

Chet Kapoor sits down with Jerzy Biernacki (Chief AI Officer at Miquido) to explore the fears and hesitations companies face regarding AI adoption, including concerns about job displacement and ethical implications. They discuss the crucial need for transparency and security in AI implementation, offering actionable insights for overcoming these ch…

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S4 Ep2: Unlocking Developer Velocity: API Design and Blackbird’s Game-Changing Tools 43:17

8M ago43:17

43:17

We’re pleased to share that the "Livin’ on the Edge" podcast is back for Season 4 after our summer hiatus! We have a special episode for y’all ahead of our Blackbird, generally available release date on October 1, 2024, and with that we have a special guest host, myself (CEO Steve Rodda here).To kick off episode two, I sat down with James Higginbot…

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E150: Fast Analytics with Metabase 39:35

8M ago39:35

39:35

Sameer Al-Sakran is CEO of Metabase, the open-source analytics and business intelligence platform. Their open source project, also called metabase, has over 38K stars on GitHub. Metabase has raised $51M from investors including NEA, Insight and Expa. In this episode, we dig into the company's 10 year journey, what it means to have a "developer frie…

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Inspektor Gadget 40:19

8M ago40:19

40:19

Bret and Nirmal are joined by Chris Kühl and Jose Blanquicet, the maintainers of Inspektor Gadget, the new eBPF-focused multitool, to see what it's all about. Inspektor Gadget, aims to solve some serious problems with managing Linux kernel-level tools via Kubernetes. Each security, troubleshooting, or observability utility is packaged in an OCI ima…

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E149: One AI Agent to Rule Them All? 36:16

8M ago36:16

36:16

Stanislas Polu is Co-Founder of Dust, the platform for companies to create and operate custom AI assistants for a range of use cases. Dust has raised $20M from investors including Sequoia. In this episode, we dig into the diverse set of users and use cases for Dust, how Dust spreads within an organization, their unique approach to open source, comp…

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MLOps for DevOps People 48:29

9M ago48:29

48:29

Bret and Nirmal are joined by Maria Vechtomova, a MLOps Tech Lead and co-founder of Marvelous MLOps, to discuss the obvious and not-so obvious differences between a MLOps Engineer and traditional DevOps jobs. Maria is here to discuss how DevOps engineers can adopt and operate machine learning workloads, also known as MLOps. With her expertise, we'l…

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From Systems of Intelligence to Job Creation: Stephen DeAngelis on AI's Role in Shaping the Future Economy 22:51

9M ago22:51

22:51

In this episode, Stephen DeAngelis delves into how AI's role as a net job creator can revitalize the middle class. He also explores how systems of intelligence, which optimize business processes, will drive new job opportunities and economic growth. Discover insights on AI’s impact on employment and the future of work.…

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