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Platform Engineering Podcast
by Massdriver, hosted by Cory O'Daniel, CEO of Massdriver
The Platform Engineering Podcast is a show about the real work of building and running internal platforms, hosted by Cory O'Daniel, longtime infrastructure and software engineer, and CEO and cofounder of Massdriver.
Each episode features candid conversations with the engineers, leads, and builders shaping platform engineering today. Topics range from org structure and team ownership to infrastructure design, developer experience, and the tradeoffs behind every “it depends.”
If you're deep into Terraform/OpenTofu modules, building golden paths, or just trying to keep your platform from becoming a dumpster fire, you'll probably find something useful here.
Latest episodes
About the host
Cory O'Daniel, CEO and cofounder of Massdriver
Cory brings two decades of experience building platforms and now spends his time thinking about how teams scale infrastructure without creating bottlenecks or burning out ops. The show is about how platform engineering actually works inside real companies.
All episodes
- Episode 52Taking a Summer Break: What Would You Like To Hear This Fall?
- Episode 51What Do Service Meshes Actually Solve? (William Morgan, Buoyant/Linkerd)William Morgan, Buoyant
- Episode 50Continuous Integration at Agentic Velocity with CircleCI’s Rob ZuberRob Zuber, CircleCI
- Episode 49Durable Execution for Real‑World Failures with Temporal’s Cornelia DavisCornelia Davis, Temporal
- Episode 48You Need AI Sysadmins Can Trust, With Cribl's Nikhil MungelNikhil Mungel, Cribl
- Episode 47Green CI and Merge Queue Mastery with Trunk’s Eli SchleiferEli Schleifer, Trunk
- Episode 46AI-Native Ops: Making AI Safe for Production with William CollinsWilliam Collins, Itential
- Episode 45Infrastructure as Code's Hidden Problem with Pavlo BaronPavlo Baron, Platform Engineering Labs
- Episode 44Why Extend Went All-In on Serverless Platform EngineeringJustin Masse, Extend
- Episode 43Observability in the AI Era with New Relic's Nic BendersNic Benders, New Relic
- Episode 42Simplicity at Scale: Cleaning House for Platform Teams with Brian ChildressBrian Childress, Platform engineer and fractional CTO
- Episode 41Using Feature Flags to Tame Complexity with Mike ZornMike Zorn, Rippling
- Episode 40Policy as Code: Kyverno and Securing Kubernetes at Scale with Jim BugwadiaJim Bugwadia, Nirmata
- Episode 39Guest Host: Kelsey Hightower - Beyond Pipelines: Infrastructure As DataKelsey Hightower, Guest host
- Episode 38Guest Host: Kelsey Hightower - Are CI/CD and GitOps Just Making Things Harder?Kelsey Hightower, Guest host
- Episode 37Guest Host: Kelsey Hightower — Why IaC Alone Isn’t EnoughKelsey Hightower, Guest host
- Episode 36How to Ship Faster with Feature Flags: Insights from UnleashMichael Ferranti, Unleash
- Episode 35GraphQL, MCP, and the Future of APIs with Apollo CEO Matt DeBergalisMatt DeBergalis, Apollo GraphQL
- Episode 34Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview with Mike MroczkaMike Mroczka, Primary author of Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview, Ex-Google
- Episode 33From React to Dagster: Pete Hunt on Data, Infra, and AI-Ready PlatformsPete Hunt, Dagster
- Episode 32Building Better Platforms with Dapr: Abstractions, Portability, and Durable Systems with Mark FussellMark Fussell, Diagrid
- Episode 31What CVEs Did for Security, CREs Are Doing for ReliabilityTony Meehan, Prequel
- Episode 30From DevOps to 'Vibe Coding': Gene Kim on AI-Assisted Development and Platform EngineeringGene Kim, IT Revolution
- Episode 29Snyk’s Danny Allan on Making Security Developer-FriendlyDanny Allan, Snyk
- Episode 28vCluster with Lukas Gentele: Rethinking Kubernetes Multi-TenancyLukas Gentele, LoftLabs
- Episode 27Building Real-World Platforms: Abby Bangser on CNCF, Kratix, & SyntassoAbby Bangser, Syntasso
- Episode 26Smart TV Testing Made Simple with Dave Lucia of TV LabsDave Lucia, TV Labs
- Episode 25Trust, Lock-in, And Better Infrastructure ManagementSören Martius, Terramate
- Episode 24Meeting Developers In Their Existing Workflows: The Terrateam AdvantageMalcolm Matalka, Terrateam
- Episode 23Beyond GitOps: Rethinking Cloud Self-Service with Dave WilliamsDave Williams, Massdriver
- Episode 22Breaking Down Healthcare Delivery Barriers with Joel VasalloJoel Vasallo, TAG
- Episode 21Cloud Migration Strategies with Alex Voorhees of 66 DegreesAlex Voorhees, 66 Degrees
- Episode 20Democratizing Kubernetes: The Kubefirst Journey with John DietzJohn Dietz, Konstruct
- Episode 19Executing Well in Healthcare with Jessica KalinowskiJessica Kalinowski, connectRN
- Episode 18Solomon Hykes on Docker, Dagger, and the Future of DevOpsSolomon Hykes, Dagger
- Episode 17Security and Scalability with Justin Berman from Thirty MadisonJustin Berman, Thirty Madison
- Episode 16Engineering Culture Change with Stack Overflow’s Peter O’ConnorPeter O'Connor, Stack Overflow
- Episode 15Platform Engineering for Social Good with Code for America’s Grace HuntleyGrace Huntley, Code for America
- Episode 14Bridging Tech and Human Factors in Platform Engineering with Morteza IrdmousaMorteza Irdmousa, Curative
- Episode 13From Netflix to the Cloud: Adrian Cockroft on DevOps, Microservices, and SustainabilityAdrian Cockcroft, Tech Advisor
- Episode 12Foundations of The Cloud With Brian Grant, KubernetesBrian Grant, ConfigHub
- Episode 11Foundations of The Cloud With Mitchell Hashimoto, TerraformMitchell Hashimoto, HashiCorp
- Episode 10Foundations of The Cloud With Adam Jacob, ChefAdam Jacob, System Initiative
- Episode 9Foundations of the Cloud with Mark Burgess, CFEngineMark Burgess, CFEngine
- Episode 8Navigating AI And Platform Engineering With Amey PatilAmey Patil, Google
- Episode 7The Role Of Startups In Moving Platform Engineering Forward With Colton Dempsey Of Next 47Colton Dempsey, Next47
- Episode 6Unlocking the Potential of Hybrid Cloud with Cory O'DanielCory O'Daniel, Massdriver
- Episode 5Infrastructure As Code: Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery With Cory O'DanielCory O'Daniel, Massdriver
- Episode 4DevOps & Platform Engineering - What's The Difference? With Dave WilliamsDave Williams, Massdriver
- Episode 3Is DevOps Bullshit? An Interview With Cory O’Daniel, Author Of The “DevOps Is Bullshit” Blog PostCory O'Daniel, Massdriver
- Episode 2What Is Platform Engineering? A Cloud Operation Engineer’s PerspectiveChris Hill, Massdriver
- Episode 1What Is Platform Engineering? From A Developer's PerspectiveDave Williams, Massdriver