Platform Engineering Podcast
Episodes
Green CI and Merge Queue Mastery with Trunk’s Eli Schleifer
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When a flaky test can stall a merge queue, “just rerun CI” stops scaling fast.Cory talks with Trunk co-founder and CEO Eli Schleifer about the out...
AI-Native Ops: Making AI Safe for Production with William Collins
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your “coworker” can generate code and changes faster than your team can review them, and production still has to stay up?William...
Infrastructure as Code's Hidden Problem with Pavlo Baron
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Terraform drift, state wrangling, and a growing “tools for tools” stack are still daily work for many platform teams - despite a decade of DevOps ...
Why Extend Went All-In on Serverless Platform Engineering
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Billions of requests a month on AWS Lambda can cost less than a single engineer’s laptop budget, but only if the architecture and developer workflow...
Observability in the AI Era with New Relic's Nic Benders
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when nobody wrote the code running in your production environment? As AI-generated software becomes standard practice, platform engineers...
Simplicity at Scale: Cleaning House for Platform Teams with Brian Childress
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do so many “modern” platforms feel slow, fragile, and painful to work on?Platform engineer and fractional CTO Brian Childress joins Cory to di...
Using Feature Flags to Tame Complexity with Mike Zorn
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if changing a single flag could save you from a failed migration, a broken API, or a late-night rollback?Join us as we dive into how feature flag...
Policy as Code: Kyverno and Securing Kubernetes at Scale with Jim Bugwadia
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most Kubernetes security breaches don't come from zero-day exploits - they come from misconfigurations. While your team runs scanners and reviews repo...
Guest Host: Kelsey Hightower - Beyond Pipelines: Infrastructure As Data
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is your Git repo really the source of truth for infrastructure - or just a suggestion?Guest host Kelsey Hightower sits down with Cory O’Daniel to un...
Guest Host: Kelsey Hightower - Are CI/CD and GitOps Just Making Things Harder?
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if your production environment had a live, trustworthy blueprint you could zoom in and out of on demand?Kelsey Hightower guest-hosts a candid con...
Guest Host: Kelsey Hightower — Why IaC Alone Isn’t Enough
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder why strong Terraform modules still lead to long review queues and fragile pipelines? From hand-built scripts and early data center migrati...
How to Ship Faster with Feature Flags: Insights from Unleash
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Still freezing code before Black Friday and hoping nothing breaks? Feature flags can help you ship smaller, safer changes continuously—without the “...
GraphQL, MCP, and the Future of APIs with Apollo CEO Matt DeBergalis
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
**UPDATE** - Apollo GraphQL has kindly offered us a few free passes to join them at the GraphQL Summit in San Francisco, October 6-8, 2025. If you ar...
Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview with Mike Mroczka
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered how many “perfect” candidates simply learned the test—or how many great engineers get filtered out by bad interview design? Mike M...
From React to Dagster: Pete Hunt on Data, Infra, and AI-Ready Platforms
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is Postgres actually a better message queue than Kafka? This provocative question is just one of many insights Pete Hunt shares in this conversation a...
Building Better Platforms with Dapr: Abstractions, Portability, and Durable Systems with Mark Fussell
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cloud lock-in isn't just about where your data lives—it's about how deeply cloud-specific code permeates your applications. Mark Fussell, co-creator...
What CVEs Did for Security, CREs Are Doing for Reliability
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that software engineers often "learn things the hard way" because they lack a standardized system to share knowledge about reliability is...
From DevOps to 'Vibe Coding': Gene Kim on AI-Assisted Development and Platform Engineering
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could turn a five-year software project into a one-month endeavor? Gene Kim, co-founder of IT Revolution and author of The Phoenix Project...
Snyk’s Danny Allan on Making Security Developer-Friendly
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Security often feels like a roadblock to developers, but what if it could be seamlessly integrated into the development process? As software delivery ...
vCluster with Lukas Gentele: Rethinking Kubernetes Multi-Tenancy
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are your platform teams constantly saying "no" to requests for new Kubernetes clusters? The traditional approach to Kubernetes multi-tenancy forces or...
Building Real-World Platforms: Abby Bangser on CNCF, Kratix, & Syntasso
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When organizations grow beyond using third-party platforms, they face a critical challenge: how to build internal platforms that enable teams to work ...
Smart TV Testing Made Simple with Dave Lucia of TV Labs
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Testing smart TV applications presents unique challenges that traditional web testing approaches can't solve. Dave Lucia, CTO and co-founder of TV Lab...
Trust, Lock-in, And Better Infrastructure Management
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why do 70% of organizations still struggle to adopt infrastructure as code? Sören Martius, CPO and co-founder of Terramate, joins Cory O'Daniel to ta...
Meeting Developers In Their Existing Workflows: The Terrateam Advantage
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Building infrastructure tooling doesn't require massive VC funding or a huge team - just ask Malcolm Matalka, co-founder of bootstrapped Terrateam. Ma...
Beyond GitOps: Rethinking Cloud Self-Service with Dave Williams
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is GitOps holding your team back? In this thought-provoking conversation with Massdriver co-founder Dave Williams, we challenge conventional wisdom ar...
Breaking Down Healthcare Delivery Barriers with Joel Vasallo
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling overwhelmed by the number of apps you need to manage while building developer trust, managing costs, and trying to create an extensible platfo...
Cloud Migration Strategies with Alex Voorhees of 66 Degrees
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Navigating cloud migrations and building modern platforms is challenging in the best of circumstances. Alex Voorhees, VP of Cloud Engineering at 66 De...
Democratizing Kubernetes: The Kubefirst Journey with John Dietz
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
John Dietz, CEO and co-founder of Konstruct (formerly Kubefirst), joins us fresh from KubeCon North America to discuss the evolution of cloud-native p...
Executing Well in Healthcare with Jessica Kalinowski
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Kalinowski, VP of DevOps and Corporate IT at Connect RN, shares her journey from corporate IT to implementing DevOps and platform engineering ...
Solomon Hykes on Docker, Dagger, and the Future of DevOps
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Solomon Hykes discusses the journey from Docker's inception to its widespread adoption, the challenges faced in open-source developme...
Security and Scalability with Justin Berman from Thirty Madison
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Platform Engineering Podcast, Cory O'Daniel sits down with Justin Berman, Vice President of Platform Engineering and Chief Info...
Engineering Culture Change with Stack Overflow’s Peter O’Connor
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we learn about Stack Overflow's monumental shift from on-premises infrastructure to the cloud with Peter O'Connor, Director of Platform Eng...
Platform Engineering for Social Good with Code for America’s Grace Huntley
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want your work to mean more?In this inspiring episode of the Platform Engineering Podcast, we welcome Grace Huntley, Director of Engineering for DevOp...
Bridging Tech and Human Factors in Platform Engineering with Morteza Irdmousa
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Technical expertise is undoubtedly important when it comes to implementing Platform Engineering but unless you are also paying close attention to the ...
From Netflix to the Cloud: Adrian Cockroft on DevOps, Microservices, and Sustainability
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Cory sits down with Adrian Cockroft, a pioneering technologist who played a crucial role in Netflix's transition to cloud computing an...
Foundations of The Cloud With Brian Grant, Kubernetes
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s episode four of the Platform Engineering Podcast’s special series on the Foundations of The Cloud! This time Cory O'Daniel sits down with Bri...
Foundations of The Cloud With Mitchell Hashimoto, Terraform
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode of the Platform Engineering Podcast’s special series on the Foundations of The Cloud, host Corey O'Daniel interviews Mitchell ...
Foundations of The Cloud With Adam Jacob, Chef
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this second episode of the Platform Engineering Podcast’s special series on the Foundations of The Cloud, Cory O’Daniel meets up with Adam Jaco...
Foundations of the Cloud with Mark Burgess, CFEngine
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of the Platform Engineering Podcast on Foundations of The Cloud, Cory O'Daniel chats with Mark Burgess, the creator of CFEngin...
Navigating AI And Platform Engineering With Amey Patil
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Platform Engineering Podcast, Cory O’Daniel speaks with Amey Patil, Head of Platform Engineering at Google Ads and Google Ana...
The Role Of Startups In Moving Platform Engineering Forward With Colton Dempsey Of Next 47
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Startups always bring refreshing perspectives and brand-new ideas to any space, and the platform engineering industry is no different. In this episode...
Unlocking the Potential of Hybrid Cloud with Cory O'Daniel
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Chris Hill asks Cory O’Daniel, CEO and co-founder of Massdriver, to explain the concept and benefits of hybrid cloud, including the ...
Infrastructure As Code: Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery With Cory O'Daniel
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Hill sits down with Cory O'Daniel to talk about how Infrastructure as Code can help with disaster recovery and business continuity. From th...
DevOps & Platform Engineering - What's The Difference? With Dave Williams
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Chris Hill gets Dave Williams to go deeper into how platform engineering is moving one step beyond DevOps. Listen in as they d...
Is DevOps Bullshit? An Interview With Cory O’Daniel, Author Of The “DevOps Is Bullshit” Blog Post
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DevOps was conceived as a way to bring developers and operations together, but has it really worked? In this episode, Dave Williams sits down with Cor...
What Is Platform Engineering? A Cloud Operation Engineer’s Perspective
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For teams ingrained in DevOps practices, Platform Engineering ushers in a broader horizon, a fresh perspective on managing infrastructure. But what do...
What Is Platform Engineering? From A Developer's Perspective
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For teams ingrained in DevOps practices, this term ushers in a broader horizon, a fresh perspective on managing infrastructure and applications. But w...