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Debunking DevOps: The Rise of Platform Engineering with Cory ODaniel

07 June 2023 at 6:53 PM
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Debunking DevOps: The Rise of Platform Engineering with Cory ODaniel

About this DevOps Toolchain Episode:

On this episode of DevOps Toolchain, host Joe Colantonio sits down with Cory O’Daniel, CEO, and co-founder of Mass Driver, to discuss the rise of platform engineering and the problems with traditional DevOps. Corey explains how Mass Driver helps teams deploy secure cloud infrastructure and offers a marketplace of HIPAA-compliant infrastructure components. They also discuss the importance of alerts and monitoring in cloud deployments and delve into the differences between DevOps and platform engineering. The episode touches on Mass Driver’s new tool and its benefits. Overcoming the disparities between development and production environments are also covered, as is the importance of Ops experience and using Kubernetes to simplify running new services. Is DevOps BullS@#@T? Listen in to find out.

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About Cory ODaniel

Cory ODaniel

DevTools and platform engineering enthusiast.
I’ve been building teams/startups, developing, and managing cloud operations for over 20 years. Creator of the Bonny, an Elixir-based Kubernetes operator framework.

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