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Join hosts Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks as they dive deep into the challenges of cloud operations from the perspective of seasoned practitioners. You'll hear from expert guests—technical leaders, trainers, and consultants with years of hands-on experience—discussing the nuances of modern cloud environments. From AWS to Azure, networking to security, automation to DevOps, each weekly episode equips you with the insights to confidently address tech and business challenges such as resilience, cost management, and performance. Whether you want to hone your skills today or prepare for what’s coming next, Day Two Cloud cuts through the vendor fog to guide you through a shifting IT landscape.
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- D2DO317: Building the Operational Reality for Sandboxed Agents in Production (Sponsored) · 49 min · Episode 317In this sponsored episode, Michael Levan and Nathan Pearce of Solo.io join Kyler and Ned to explore how to run AI agents securely at enterprise scale. Together they break down…
- D2DO316: Local AI Foundations · 45 min · Episode 316Ned Bellavance gets to be the guest on today’s show to discuss foundational AI knowledge, inference training, and running local models with Kyler Middleton. Together, they break…
- D2DO315: Running Agents Securely at Scale · 47 min · Episode 315Ned and Kyler explore the challenges and best practices of running AI agents securely at scale with guest Michael Levan. Together they discuss operational realities of agentic…
- D2DO314: Backups SaaS – Safety as a Service · 46 min · Episode 314Ned and Kyler talk with Jim Jones about data protection, backups, and security in the age of hybrid cloud and AI. They explore the operational challenges of integrating automated…
- D2DO313: Operations is a Reconciliation Loop (Sponsored) · 46 min · Episode 313In this sponsored episode, Paul Delory of Gartner joins Kyler and Ned to discuss the reconciler pattern for operations and the shift toward continuous operations. Together they…
- D2DO312: Networking at Scale: AWS Transit Gateway War Stories · 43 min · Episode 312How can network architects successfully manage 95,000 hosts while navigating the complexities of large-scale cloud migrations? Devender Singh, a Principal Cloud Architect, joins…
- D2DO311: Code Review Is Dead – Long Live Peer Review · 50 min · Episode 311Traditional peer review processes are breaking down in the new AI era. Dylan Ratcliffe, founder and CEO of Overmind Technology, joins Ned and Kyler to discuss the importance of…
- D2DO310: Developing Efficient AI Workflows · 42 min · Episode 310Tyler Lynch, Outbound CTO at IBM, joins the show to discuss shifting from “tokenmaxxing” to “valuemaxxing” by optimizing AI agent workflows for efficiency. They explore using…
- D2DO309: Packet Pushers Assemble! Bridging the Telemetry Divide · 58 min · Episode 309Today, several members of our Packet Pushers podcast team assemble to discuss whether the grass is greener on the NetOps or DevOps side of the telemetry fence. William of The…
- D2DO308: Exploring the AI Governance Paradox (Sponsored) · 49 min · Episode 308In this sponsored episode, Jonah Kowall from Spacelift joins the show to unpack the findings of the 2026 Infrastructure Automation Report. The discussion covers the “governance…
- D2DO307: Why AI Can’t Replace DevOps Fundamentals · 40 min · Episode 307Ned and Kyler welcome Andrew Brown, co-founder of ExamPro, to discuss how AI is reshaping the IT education and training landscape. They discuss why foundational technical…
- D2DO306: Platform Engineering in the Agentic Era (Sponsored) · 51 min · Episode 306Platform engineering forms the foundation for developers to build on, and you shouldn’t be surprised that folks from VMware have been thinking about platforms for a long time. In…
- D2DO305: Scaling Human Connection in Tech Communities · 41 min · Episode 305Kyler and Ned are joined by former AWS Community Program Manager Jason Dunn to discuss what it takes to build and maintain a thriving tech community. Jason shares his “benevolent…
- D2DO304: Observability in the Age of AI · 45 min · Episode 304As AI matures, it becomes increasingly important to know how it’s performing and what it actually costs. Ned and Kyler are joined by Anuj Tyagi, Senior Site Reliability Engineer…
- D2DO303: Commiserating About AI with Ned and Kyler · 42 min · Episode 303Hosts Ned and Kyler compare notes on everything they’ve been doing with AI, including the successes they’ve enjoyed and headaches they’ve suffered building and implementing AI…
- D2DO302: Not Just Brains in Jars: The Human Psychology of Developers · 47 min · Episode 302Ned and Kyler are joined by Dr. Cat Hicks to discuss her new book “The Psychology of Software Teams.” They talk about software development from a psychological perspective…
- D2DO301: Actually Implementing AI · 47 min · Episode 301Kyler and Ned are joined by Enrico Teotti, an independent consultant with over 25 years of experience. Enrico has worked with clients on real-world AI implementations, and he’s…
- D2DO300: Open Source Malware! · 41 min · Episode 300Malware has shifted from phishing expeditions to open source packages, domains, and repositories. Ned and Kyler welcome Jenn Gile, co-founder of Open Source Malware, to discuss…
- D2DO299: The State of Platform Engineering and DevEx · 43 min · Episode 299Ned and Kyler discuss the state of platform engineering, DevEx, and how AI is affecting choices in those domains with guest Annem Shah. They discuss how AI can help bridge the…
- D2DO298: Spacelift Intelligence: Infrastructure Keeping Pace with AI-Enhanced Development (Sponsored) · 44 min · Episode 298On today’s sponsored episode, Ned Bellavance and Kyler Middleton welcome guest Marcin Wyszynski, Head of R&D at Spacelift to guide them through the potential future of IaC and…
