Zero-Trust Networking & Overlay Fabrics (OpenZiti) Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 4:39 Dive into the world of zero-trust networking, where traditional perimeters and VPNs give way to identity-driven overlay fabrics powered by OpenZiti, teaching you how to build secure, abstracted mesh networks that verify every connection at its core.
Secure Sharing & Developer Tunneling (zrok) Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 2:22 Dive into zrok, a zero-trust networking tool built on OpenZiti that revolutionizes how developers securely share local work with the outside world. You'll learn the difference between ephemeral and reserved sharing modes, and how to proxy web, TCP, and UDP backends without compromising security.
Deep Golang Patterns Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:10 Dive deep into Go's most powerful concurrency patterns and why it's become the dominant language in platform engineering, exploring how goroutines and channels work together to deliver exceptional performance in cloud-native environments.
Fintech Data Pipelines & Money Movement Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:39 Diving into the mechanics of financial data pipelines, this chapter breaks down how ACH processing works, what settlement windows mean for money movement timing, and how to decode return codes when transactions go wrong.
AWS Serverless & Container Orchestration (Practitioner-Level) Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:19 Diving into AWS serverless computing and container orchestration, this chapter breaks down how Lambda functions work, including critical gotchas like cold starts, timeout limits, and event source mappings that connect services like SQS to your serverless workflows.
Pipeline Orchestration & Grid Computing (DRMAA) Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:44 Dive into the world of grid computing and pipeline orchestration, where DRMAA provides a unified API to submit and manage jobs across powerful cluster schedulers like Slurm, PBS, and Sun Grid Engine, unlocking seamless scalability beyond a single machine.
Scala & JVM Ecosystem Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 4:09 Dive into the world of Scala and the JVM ecosystem, exploring how functional programming principles like immutable data, higher-order functions, and pattern matching elevate enterprise-grade code to new levels of elegance and reliability.
Database Migration Engineering Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:00 Covering the critical process of migrating databases between platforms, this chapter walks through the technical challenges of moving from MySQL to PostgreSQL, including schema translation, type mapping, character sets, and converting auto-increment fields to sequences.
SDK Design & Developer Experience Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 4:29 Exploring the art of crafting developer-friendly SDKs, this chapter reveals how thoughtful API design—from method naming to progressive disclosure—can make or break a platform's adoption and usability.
Legacy System Modernization (.NET) Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:42 A deep dive into modernizing legacy .NET applications, exploring how older VB.NET and Windows desktop systems — including critical healthcare platforms — can be brought into the modern era without losing the reliability that made them indispensable.
Learning Priority Map Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 4:30 A dynamic breakdown of platform engineering priorities, guiding listeners through critical decisions around zero trust networking, serverless compute, and cloud architecture fundamentals.
Infrastructure as Code Philosophy Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 4:11 Exploring the transformative shift from manual, click-through server management to treating infrastructure as version-controlled, repeatable code, this chapter reveals how codifying your systems creates transparency, consistency, and a reliable blueprint for building and recovering environments at scale.
Terraform Fundamentals Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 4:13 Covering the core building blocks of Terraform, this track breaks down HCL syntax, resource configuration, data sources, and the declarative approach that makes infrastructure-as-code both readable and powerful.
Hardware/Software Distributed Product Development Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:29 Exploring the intersection of hardware and software in distributed systems, this chapter breaks down how physical constraints like latency and throughput influence code design, and how choosing the right tools—from low-level languages to high-level orchestration—can bridge the performance gap in product development.
CI/CD Pipeline Engineering (Deep) Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:24 A deep dive into CI/CD pipeline engineering, exploring how automated workflows transform code commits into deployable artifacts using tools like Jenkins, GitLab, and GitHub Actions — giving listeners a solid understanding of the mechanisms that keep modern software delivery flowing.
Learning Priority Map Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 4:04 A visual learning roadmap breaks down platform engineering priorities by color-coded urgency, starting with the critical foundation of embedded firmware, microcontrollers, and low-level programming that forms the bedrock of hardware-software interaction.
Terraform Modules and Organization Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:09 Dive into the world of Terraform modules and discover how to organize reusable infrastructure code using inputs, outputs, and structured folder patterns. You'll learn how to apply the DRY principle to streamline your cloud configurations and build scalable, maintainable infrastructure as code.
GitOps and Infrastructure Workflows Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 4:56 Exploring how GitOps transforms infrastructure management by using Git repositories as the single source of truth, this chapter teaches listeners how declarative configurations and automated workflows eliminate manual processes and streamline infrastructure deployments.
1 IaC Foundations Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:29 Explore the foundational concepts of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), covering how providers connect to cloud platforms, the role of reusable modules, and the key differences between Terraform and its open-source fork, OpenTofu.
2 GitOps Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 5:29 Exploring GitOps as a modern infrastructure management paradigm, this chapter covers how Git serves as the single source of truth for deployments, with tools like ArgoCD enabling automated, auditable change management across your platform.
3 CI/CD Pipeline for Regulated Environments Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 5:42 A deep dive into building secure CI/CD pipelines for regulated environments, walking through six critical stages—from building and scanning to signing, deploying, and verifying—while exploring how multi-stage Docker builds and hardened base images create a lean, threat-resistant path from development to production.
4 Dual-Environment Workflow Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:52 Navigating the critical divide between open development environments and locked-down production systems, this track explores how platform engineers strategically leverage unrestricted research spaces while meeting the strict security demands of real-world deployment.
What These Functions Are Actually Supposed to Be Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture · 3:17 A deep dive into the true purpose of platform engineering teams, clarifying why they function as internal product builders with strategic roadmaps rather than reactive support desks responding to tickets.