Geeking Out with Adriana Villela
Episodes
The One Where We Geek Out on Saying, "I don't know" with Cortney Nickerson
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways:Humans are delightfully malleable! As a right-handed person being taught sports by a left-handed person, Cortney learned to play many sp...
The One Where We Geek Out on the Power of Invisibility with Deana Solis
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways:It's important for junior folks to have a breadth of experience early in their careers to understand what they like and don't like, and ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Argo Project with Lisa-Marie Namphy
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways:An open source project can only succeed if it has not only contributors and maintainers, but also users of the project.Your open source ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Storytelling with Colleen Coll
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways:Being laid off "forced" Colleen to upskill, so that she could broaden her skill set and therefore open up more job possibilitiesThe impo...
The One Where We Geek Out on Perspective with Duffie Cooley
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways:Being able to see things from different perspectives allows you to open your mind to see and solve problems from different angles. It al...
The One Where We Geek Out on Podcasting with Mandy Moore
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways:The secret sauce to a successful podcast is consistency, connection, and continuing to show up.Podcasting work continues long after the ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Kubernetes Contribution with Kat Cosgrove
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways:Coping with ADHD and leveraging it as a superpowerThe importance of effective communication (and how that got her working on Kubernetes)...
The One Where We Geek Out on Managing Burnout with Denise Yu
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways:Job hopping at a young age can help you better understand what you like and what you're good atDoing meaningful and impactful work keeps...
The One Where We Geek Out on Managing Change with Angela Blake
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Key takeaways:Non-tech concepts translate to a tech worldChange is change, and how you navigate it, whether it's in a tech world or in a non-tech worl...
Geeking Out Live: Observe All The Things
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About Tim Banks:Tim’s tech career spans over 25 years through various sectors. Tim’s initial journey into tech started in avionics in the US Marin...
The One Where We Geek Out on Outreachy with Eromosele Akhigbe
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Eromosele David Akhigbe is a Developer Advocate at StepSecurity, where he combines technical expertise with a passion for making techn...
The One Where We Geek Out on Leadership with Parveen Khan
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Parveen Khan is a Quality Practice Lead at CFC, passionate about ensuring that delivering high-quality products is a shared responsibi...
The One Where We Geek Out on Community with Taylor Dolezal
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Taylor Dolezal navigates the cloud native universe with a knack for puns and a keen eye for psychology. Living in the heart of LA, he ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Empowering Women with Mariana Carvalho
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Mariana Carvalho is a writer and career mentor. She was awarded as one of the El Mundo Boston Latino 30 Under 30 in 2022 for her effor...
The One Where We Geek Out on Being a Working Mom in Tech with Autumn Nash
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Autumn Nash is a Product Manager at Microsoft specializing in Linux Security previously over four years at Amazon Web Services (AWS) a...
The One Where We Geek Out on Reinventing Yourself with Whitney Lee
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Whitney is a lovable goofball and a CNCF Ambassador who enjoys understanding and using tools in the cloud native landscape. Creative a...
The One Where We Geek Out on Mobile App Observability with Austin Emmons of Embrace Mobile
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Austin Emmons is an iOS Developer at Embrace Mobile, a company that works on Observability for mobile applications and beyond. Austin ...
A Quick Program Announcement
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey fellow geeks! A quick programming note. Starting in january 2025, we'll be dropping new episodes of Geeking Out every two weeks instead of once a ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Sustainable Applications with Aicha Laafia
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Aicha Laafia Java Software Engineer with a love for coding, a taste for delicious food, and a heart for volunteering. Aicha is also a ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Security with Michael Levan
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Michael Levan is a seasoned engineer and consultant in the Kubernetes and Platform Engineering space who spends his time working with ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Ruby x OTel with Kayla Reopelle of New Relic
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Kayla is an engineer on the New Relic Ruby agent team and an active member of the OpenTelemetry Ruby community, where she's a maintain...
The One Where We Geek Out on Java with Ix-chel Ruiz of Karakun
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Ix-chel Ruiz has been developing software applications and tools since 2000. Her technical research interests include server side lang...
The One Where We Geek Out on All Things DevRel with Abdel Sghiouar of Google Cloud
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Abdel Sghiouar is a senior Cloud Developer Advocate @Google Cloud. A co-host of the Kubernetes Podcast by Google and a CNCF Ambassador...
E17 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on All Things Hashi with Riaan Nolan
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Riaan has worked for Multi-National companies in Portugal, Germany, China, United States, South Africa and Australia.Certified Hashico...
E16 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Breaking Barriers with Edith Puclla
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Edith is a Tech Evangelist at Percona, a company known for its work with open source databases. She used to work as a DevOps engineer,...
E15 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Being a Tech Journalist with Jennifer Riggins
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Jennifer Riggins is a culture side of tech storyteller, journalist, writer, and event and podcast host, helping to share the stories w...
E14 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Observability with Charity Majors
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Charity is an ops engineer and accidental startup founder at honeycomb.io. Before this she worked at Parse, Facebook, and Linden Lab o...
E13 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on Kubernetes with Kelsey Hightower
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Kelsey Hightower has worn every hat possible throughout his career in tech, and enjoys leadership roles focused on making things happe...
E12 ENCORE: The One Where We Geek Out on the OTel Operator with Jacob Aronoff of SNCO
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Jacob Aronoff (he/him/his) is a Staff Engineer at ServiceNow Cloud Observability, formerly Lightstep, the tech lead for the Telemetry ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Transitioning into Tech with Julia Furst Morgado
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Julia Furst Morgado is a Global Technologist on the Product Strategy team Office of the CTO at Veeam Software. Her passion is making C...
The One Where We Geek Out on Accessibility with Rynn Mancuso
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Rynn Mancuso (they/them) is the developer community manager at Honeycomb.io, a contributor to OpenTelemetry, and a CNCF Ambassador. Th...
The One Where We Geek Out on Data Privacy with Rizèl Scarlett
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Rizèl Scarlett is a Staff Developer Advocate at TBD, Block's newest business unit. With a diverse background spanning GitHub, startup...
The One Where We Geek Out on Observability Engineering with Iris Dyrmishi
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Iris Dyrmishi is an Observability Engineer dedicated to the belief that observability is fundamental to a company's success and the pe...
The One Where We Geek Out on Tech with Carmen Huidobro
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Carmen Huidobro (she/her) is a developer advocate and dev education enthusiast originally from Chile and based in Austria. She thrives...
The One Where We Geek Out on Being a Field CTO with Liz Fong-Jones
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Liz is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with nearly two decades of experience. Sh...
The One Where We Geek Out on Embracing Your Inner Hotness with Diana Pham
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:With a high spirit and a low sense of mortality, Diana completed her master’s in CS regardless of never having coded prior to grad s...
The One Where We Geek Out on Owning the Stage with Lian Li
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Lian (she/they) is a Developer Advocate and community organizer, probably best known for creating Kuberoke, the first and only Kuberne...
The One Where We Geek Out on Sustainability in Tech with Nancy Chauhan
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Nancy Chauhan is and Engineer & Developer Advocate at LocalStack. She is a CNCF Ambassador. She the founder of the Women in Cloud Nati...
The One Where We Geek Out on Contributing to OpenTelemetry with Marylia Gutierrez
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Marylia is a Toronto-based Senior Staff Software Engineer at Grafana Labs, working with Open Telemetry. Before that, Marylia was a Eng...
The One Where We Geek Out at KubeHuddle on Mental Health
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's a very special episode of Geeking Out! We were live at KubeHuddle on May 7th in Toronto, Canada for a mental health panel featuring host Adriana ...
TRAILER: Geeking Out Live at KubeHuddle on May 7th
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Geeking Out will be doing a LIVE episode at the KubeHuddle Conference in Toronto, Canada, on May 7th at 16:25. We will be doing a very special mental ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Asking Why with Helen Shen
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Helen Shen is a lifelong learner who believes in balancing strategic and tactical IT solutions to maximum value delivery and time to m...
The One Where We Geek Out on Engineering Management with Alex Boten of Honeycomb
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Alex Boten is a senior staff software engineer that has spent the last ten years helping organizations adapt to a cloud-native landsca...
The One Where We Geek Out on Giving Talks with Ana Margarita Medina of ServiceNow
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Ana Margarita Medina is a Sr. Staff Developer Advocate. She speaks on all things SRE, DevOps, and Reliability. She is a self-taught en...
The One Where We Geek Out on Conference Crafting with Marino Wijay of Komodor
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Marino Wijay is a Canadian, Traveller, International Speaker, Open Source Advocate for Service Mesh, CNI, Kubernetes, and Networking. ...
The One Where We Geek Out on Standardization with Doug Ramirez
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Doug Ramirez is a Principal Architect at Uplight, where he aligns his passion for software and the planet.Find our guest on:LinkedInFi...
The One Where We Geek Out on Career Pivots with Ash Patel
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Ash Patel is an independent advocate for better software reliability practices. He's been a seasoned manager for over a decade and tak...
The One Where We Geek Out on Trace-Based Testing with Adnan Rahić of Tracetest
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Developer Advocate, teacher, and failed startup founder. Published author. Currently leading all things DevRel at Tracetest.io.Find ou...
The One Where We Geek Out on How to Learn with Daniela Baron
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Daniela Baron is Staff Engineer at FundThrough. She has over 20 years of experience delivering software solutions for a variety of pro...
The One Where We Geek Out on Reliability with Ashley Sawatsky of Rootly
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:As a founding member of Shopify's incident response program for nearly 7 years, Ashley Sawatsky led incident communications and proces...
The One Where We Geek Out on Being a Principal Engineer with Nayana Shetty of The LEGO Group
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Nayana Shetty is a Principal Engineer at the LEGO Group. The LEGO Group is going through a massive digital transformation and she is h...
The One Where We Geek Out on All Things Hashi with Riaan Nolan
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Riaan has worked for Multi-National companies in Portugal, Germany, China, United States, South Africa and Australia.Certified Hashico...
The One Where We Geek Out on Breaking Barriers with Edith Puclla
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Edith is a Tech Evangelist at Percona, a company known for its work with open source databases. She used to work as a DevOps engineer,...
The One Where We Geek Out on Being a Tech Journalist with Jennifer Riggins
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Jennifer Riggins is a culture side of tech storyteller, journalist, writer, and event and podcast host, helping to share the stories w...
The One Where We Geek Out on Observability with Charity Majors
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Charity is an ops engineer and accidental startup founder at honeycomb.io. Before this she worked at Parse, Facebook, and Linden Lab o...
The One Where We Geek Out on Kubernetes with Kelsey Hightower
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Kelsey Hightower has worn every hat possible throughout his career in tech, and enjoys leadership roles focused on making things happe...
The One Where We Geek Out on the OTel Operator with Jacob Aronoff of SNCO
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Jacob Aronoff (he/him/his) is a Staff Engineer at ServiceNow Cloud Observability, formerly Lightstep, the tech lead for the Telemetry ...
The One Where We Geek Out on OpenTelemetry with Juraci Paixão Kröhling of Grafana Labs
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Juraci Paixão Kröhling is a seasoned software engineer, a Governance Committee member for the OpenTelemetry project, and an emeritus...
The One Where We Geek Out on DevEx with Abby Bangser of Syntasso
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Abby (she/her) is a Principal Engineer at Syntasso delivering Kratix, an open-source cloud-native framework for building internal plat...
The One Where We Geek Out on Authorization with Ori Shoshan of Otterize
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Ori Shoshan is the Co-Founder and CTO of Otterize, where he spearheads a leading Workload Identity and Access Management platform that...
The One Where We Geek Out on Mental Health with Tim Banks of Dell Technologies
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Tim’s tech career spans over 25 years through various sectors. Tim’s initial journey into tech started in avionics in the US Marin...
The One Where We Geek Out on Open Source with Tim Banks of Dell Technologies
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Tim’s tech career spans over 25 years through various sectors. Tim’s initial journey into tech started in avionics in the US Marin...
The One Where We Geek Out on Cloud Native with Robert Golabek of Translucent Computing
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Rob Golabek is Chief Architect & CEO at Translucent Computing. A thought leader and insightful tech visionary with over 20 years of ex...
The One Where We Geek Out on HashiCorp Nomad with Luiz Aoqui of HashiCorp
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Luiz Aoqui (he/him) is a senior software engineer at HashiCorp working on Nomad.Find our guest on:X (Twitter)MastodonLinkedInFind us o...
The One Where We Geek Out on Being a Sysadmin with Renata Rocha of Slalom Build
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Renata Rocha has been working with technology since 1997, first as a sysadmin. She then found her passion for Cloud Engineering and ne...
The One Where We Geek Out on AI with Jennifer Moore of InfluxData
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Jennifer Moore (she/her) is a staff software engineer at InfluxData with extensive experience in software development, devops, and tes...
The One Where We Geek Out on Platform Engineering with Hazel Weakly
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Hazel Weakly (she/her/hers) spends her days working on building out teams of humans as well as the infrastructure, systems, automation...
The One Where We Geek Out on Artists Turned Techies with Reese Lee of New Relic
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About our guest:Reese Lee (she/her) is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at New Relic, where she enables users on open source technologies such as...
The One Where We Geek Out on Learning with Hannah Maxwell
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About Hannah Maxwell:Hannah is a high school student living in Toronto, Canada. She’s also the daughter of OCMM co-host Adriana Villela. She loves s...