Episode Archive

In this episode, Carl and Brandon explore the benefits and challenges of microservices compared to monolithic architectures.

Carl and Brandon explore the intricacies of containers, their comparison to server deployments and VMs, benefits, challenges, and key concepts like container layers, runtimes, registries, and orchestrators in this comprehensive, but still high-level, episode.

Carl and Brandon discuss the core aspects of cloud computing, including Regions, Availability Zones, Quota, and Capacity. They highlight the importance of deploying applications across multiple zones for fault tolerance, and explore Azure's approach to paired regions and capacity reservations.

Carl and Brandon explore the definition, fundamentals, benefits, challenges, and future trends of cloud computing, including public, private, and hybrid clouds, in this insightful podcast episode.

In this episode, Carl and Brandon dive deep into the world of configuration, exploring various methods for system, app, and user-facing config, including hard-coded values, configuration files, environment variables, feature flags, databases, SaaS options, DevOps patterns, and secrets management.