Author - Jonathan Hall

Jonathan Hall

Jonathan Hall, a software developer and DevOps advocate originally from the midwest United States, living in the Netherlands since 2015. He have experienced many successes in other companies. Some more or less drastic. At DoubleCheck, he transitioned the team from a highly manual, ad-hoc release process, with no tests in place, and a lead time of weeks, to a reproducible build, with high test coverage, and lead time of minutes. In 2015, Booking.com’s 1,000+ developers had no code review process, or even the tools to do so when desired. He lead the initiative to test various code review tools, and settled on GitLab as the choice to give teams the flexibility to adopt code review processes. At Teamwork, he helped streamline the test suite for one of their core products, to be more robust and reliable, allowing for more frequent and safer releases. Starting in 2017, he helped Bugaboo transition from a distributed, outsourced development team of approximately 25 developers, with a lead time of 4 weeks, with no logging or monitoring in place, and frequent downtime, to an in-house team of 10, with a lead time of less than one day, with logging and monitoring in place, and a proper incident-response process.

Podcasts

Adventures in DevOps

Come listen to experts in building infrastructure and enabling development and deployment processes discuss the ideas and technologies involved in DevOps.

249 Episodes

Episodes

Where ML and DevOps Meet - ML 108

Hosts of the Adventures in DevOps podcast, Jillian Rowe and Jonathan Hall, join Ben and Michael on this week's...

1:05:12

Mar 17, 2023

Continuous Deployment Without Automated Tests ft. Jonathan Hall – DevOps 082

Jonathan Hall joins the Adventure this week to discuss the advice he gives to clients to start continuous deployment...

48:34

Aug 19, 2021

CI/CD Tools for Dummies - DevOps 224

We’re not calling you a dummy, but you might be one if you don’t listen to this episode. This time around, the gang...

Nov 21, 2024

How To Prepare For An Interview - DevOps 189

Jonathan talks about how he prepares for a tech interview and offers insights from the point of view of a hiring...

22:12

Jan 18, 2024

Standing Out in the Job Search Process - DevOps 184

With the current economic downturn, companies big and small are facing layoffs, hiring freezes, and altering job...

40:32

Dec 07, 2023

Salesforce DevOps: Enabling Digital Transformation in the Cloud - DevOps 182

Jack McCurdy is a Salesforce DevOps Advocate at Gearset. They dive into the world of Salesforce DevOps. They discuss...

43:48

Nov 23, 2023

System Initiative and DevOps Evolution - DevOps 180

Adam Jacob is the CEO and co-founder of System Initiative. He shares insights on the reconceptualization of DevOps...

39:53

Nov 08, 2023

DevOps Toolkit with Viktor Farcic - DevOps 179

Viktor Farcic is a developer advocate at Upbound. He joins the show to talk about his YouTube channel, "DevOps...

1:13:29

Nov 01, 2023

Building for Disaster Resilience - DevOps 177

Doug Neumann is a career software engineer. He joins the show alongside Jonathan and Will to talk about disaster...

53:12

Oct 18, 2023

The World of Linux: From Debian to Ubuntu, Fedora to CentOS - DevOps 176

Jonathan, Jillian, and Will join this week's panelist episode. They dive into the world of operating systems, server...

30:23

Oct 12, 2023

Apache Arrow with Matt Topol - DevOps 175

Matt Topol is the Staff Software Engineer at Voltron Data and the Author of "In-Memory Analytics with Apache Arrow"....

1:00:23

Oct 05, 2023

Episodes

Connecting with the DevOps Community with Rohit Ghumare - DevOps 173

Rohit Ghumare joins Jonathan to discuss his involvement in the DevOps community in India and his role as an organizer...

27:39

Sep 21, 2023

Mastering DevOps: The Art of Technical Proficiency & Communication - DevOps 172

Kyler Middleton is a Hashi Ambassador and AWS Community Builder. They dive into the captivating world of DevOps and...

42:42

Sep 14, 2023

From Hack to Holistic: Firsthand Experiences and Knowledgeable Interactions in DevOps - DevOps 171

David Linthicum is an Enterprise Technology Thought Leader and Visionary, Cloud Computing and Generative AI...

55:56

Sep 07, 2023

Testing and Development in the Data Domain with Pete Hunt - DevOps 170

Pete Hunt is the CEO of Elementl. Jonathan, Jillian, Will, and Pete dive into the world of DevOps and explore the...

1:19:01

Aug 24, 2023

Everything you Need to Know about Salt with Nicholas Hughes - DevOps 169

Nicholas Hughes is the CEO of EITR Technologies. He joins the show to talk about "Salt". Salt is used for deploying,...

59:33

Aug 03, 2023

DevOps Approach to Software Supply Chain Security - DevOps 168

Neatsun Ziv is the Co-Founder & CEO of OX.Security. He joins the show to discuss software supply chain security,...

38:18

Jul 20, 2023

Metify.io with Mike Wagner - DevOps 167

Mike Wagner is the Co-Founder & CEO of Metify.io. He joins the show to talk about his company, career experience...

1:03:04

Jul 07, 2023

Episodes

DevOps: Everything You Need to Know with Mirco Hering - DevOps 166

Mirco Hering is a Global DevOps Practice Lead, IT Transformation & Delivery Lead, CIO Advisor, Blogger, Author, and...

57:47

Jun 22, 2023

DevOps and NeuronSphere with Brian Greene  - DevOps 165

Brian Greene is the CTO of Neuron Sphere. He begins by talking about his career progression and some of his...

1:14:30

Jun 16, 2023

AWS vs GCP - DevOps 164

Jonathan and Will join this week's panelist episode to talk about AWS and GCP. They begin by sharing their...

40:15

Jun 08, 2023

What You Should Know About ChatGPT - DevOps 163

Jillian and Jonathan join this week's panelist episode to talk about ChatGPT. They begin by sharing their thoughts...

55:22

May 18, 2023

What it Takes to be a DevOps Engineer - DevOps 162

Lane Wagner is the Founder of Boot.dev. He joins the show to talk about his blog post, "Are You a DevOps Engineer if...

57:06

May 11, 2023

Tradologics: Cloud Platform for Trading with Ran Aroussi - DevOps 161

Ran Aroussi is a software developer, data hacker, financial tinkerer, algorithmic trader, quant researcher,...

38:33

May 04, 2023

Building Zeet with Johnny Dallas -  DevOps 160

Johnny Dallas is the CEO and Co-founder of Zeet. He joins the show with Jonathan and Will to talk about his company...

1:02:37

Apr 27, 2023

Approaches on Cost Effectiveness with Omer Hamerman - DevOps 159

Returning guest, Omer Hamerman is the Principal DevOps Engineer at Zesty. He joins the show to discuss cost...

56:29

Apr 20, 2023

Platform Engineering with Luca Galante - DevOps 158

Luca Galante runs products at Humanitec and is a writer for Platform weekly. He joins the show alongside Jonathan and...

54:43

Apr 13, 2023

Stream Processing with Chris Cooney - DevOps 157

Chris Cooney is a Developer Advocate who works at Coralogix. He joins the show to talk about "Stream Processing and...

50:25

Apr 07, 2023

Where DevOps and ML Meet - DevOps 156

Hosts of the Adventures in DevOps podcast, Jillian Rowe and Jonathan Hall, join Ben and Michael on this week's...

1:05:21

Mar 30, 2023

Episodes

DevOps as a Service with Benjamin Johnson - DevOps 155

Benjamin Johnson is the CEO and Founder of Particle41. He joins the show alongside Jonathan and Will to talk about...

1:03:23

Mar 25, 2023

What's the Tea With Max Howell - DevOps 154

Max Howell is the creator of Home Brew and is the CEO of Tea. He joins the show alongside Jonathan and Will to talk...

1:06:31

Mar 16, 2023

Game Development With Dori Exterman  - DevOps 153

Dori Exterman is the CTO at IncrediBuild. He joins the show to talk about the gaming industry and further explain...

1:01:33

Mar 10, 2023

The Benefits and Drawbacks of gRPC and Rest - DevOps 152

Jonathan and Will join this week's panelist episode to talk about the difference between gRPC and Rest. They go into...

29:35

Mar 03, 2023

Serverless in Production With Erez Berkner - DevOps 151

Erez Berkner is the CEO and Co-Founder at Lumigo. He joins the show to talk about, "Lessons Learned From Running...

47:29

Feb 23, 2023

Is Your Team Mature ? - DevOps 150

Jonathan and Will join this panelist episode to tackle team maturity in a company. They discuss their point of view...

25:29

Feb 16, 2023

Cyber Security With Nir Valtman - DevOps 148

Nir Valtman is the Co-Founder and CEO at Arnica. It is a behavior-based software supply chain security platform for...

48:53

Feb 03, 2023

Open-Source Software & Its Maintainability With Warren Parad - DevOps 147

Warren Parad is the CTO at Authress. It is a User authorization API for software makers. He joins the show to talk...

1:12:03

Jan 27, 2023

Key Takeaways From Conferences - DevOps 146

Jonathan, Jillian, and Will join this week's panelist episode as they talk about conferences. Will starts off as he...

57:36

Jan 19, 2023

Organizing Data Workflows With Prefect - DevOps 144

Anna Geller is the Lead Community Engineer at Prefect. She joins the show with Jillian and Jonathan to discuss her...

1:02:09

Jan 09, 2023

Learning How To Learn - DevOps 142

As a developer, you should “Focus on solving business problems rather than technical expertise”. The panel joins the...

37:24

Dec 22, 2022

User Management - DevOps 140

As a Developer, How do you manage the users that can access the system? Jonathan and Will share some pointers and...

41:19

Dec 01, 2022

How To Get My Way - DevOps 139

Getting your ideas across can be difficult for a new person on the job or even a seasoned professional. Join in as...

35:47

Nov 24, 2022

Learning With Tech - DevOps 137

Each learner uses different methods in order to obtain a certain knowledge or skill. In this episode, Jonathan and...

34:19

Nov 03, 2022

Where Do Bugs Come From? - DevOps 136

In this episode, Jonathan and Will don their exterminator suits and talk about zombies, podcast automation, and where...

41:41

Oct 27, 2022

DevOps In A Blockchain World - DevOps 135

Today on the show, Jonathan and Will talk with Vince Reed, Director of DevOps at Polygon Technology, a decentralized...

56:21

Oct 20, 2022

 Serverless Platforms and WASM with Connor Hicks - DevOps 134

Today on the show, Jonathan and Will talk with Connor Hicks, founder of Suborbital, a serverless platform powered by...

51:55

Oct 06, 2022

Helm for Kubernetes with Matt Butcher - DevOps 133

Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes that helps you define, install, and upgrade even the most complex...

1:12:57

Sep 29, 2022

Episodes

Observability and Serverless Intelligence Platforms with Aviad Mor - DevOps 132

Aviad Mor is the CTO and co-founder of Lumigo, a serverless intelligence platform that helps developers understand...

52:47

Sep 22, 2022

Endless Possibilities with WebAssembly with Taylor Thomas - DevOps 131

WebAssembly is a portable binary-code format and a corresponding text format for executable programs to interface...

1:05:04

Sep 15, 2022

Transforming from DevOps to DevSecOps - DevOps 130

With recent high-profile software supply chain breaches and President Biden's Executive Order to improve the nation's...

46:02

Sep 08, 2022

The Future of Intelligent Monitoring and Alerting with Ava Naeini - DevOps 129

Today on the show, Ava Naeini shares about her patent pending intelligent engine tool that uses machine learning and...

44:51

Sep 01, 2022

The GitOps Framework with Tanmay Bhat - DevOps 128

GitOps is an operational framework that takes DevOps best practices used for application development such as version...

36:54

Aug 25, 2022

DevOps and Log Management - DevOps 127

Logging in today’s DevOps landscape has become more difficult than ever. DevOps needs visibility into workloads that...

43:52

Aug 18, 2022

Personal Branding as a Developer with Pavan Belagatti - DevOps 126

Top Dev Ops global influencer, award-winning tech writer, and developer advocate Pavan Belagatti joins the show today...

49:50

Aug 11, 2022

The Pull Request Paradox with Yishai Beeri - DevOps 125

You just finished some code that can have a positive impact on your customers, and you are motivated to release it as...

57:17

Aug 04, 2022

Standing Out in the Job Search Process - DevOps 123

With the current economic downturn, companies big and small are facing layoffs, hiring freezes, and altering job...

43:31

Jul 21, 2022

Modern Updates to CDIC Deployments - DevOps 122

Today on the show, Will and Jonathan discuss the latest tools they have been using for CDIC deployments. ...

23:03

Jul 14, 2022

Episodes

Reducing On-Call Engineer Burnout with a Volunteer Management Infrastructure - DevOps 121

Managing uptime is critical for customers and it can be a powerful customer activity that connects engineers to the...

1:08:20

Jul 07, 2022

DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) Metrics with Dave Mangot - DevOps 120

Google Cloud’s DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team operationalize the Accelerate State of DevOps Report,...

51:37

Jul 04, 2022

How to Navigate the Job Market in DevOps - DevOps 119

Jonathan shares about the new job offer he received and the progression we went through to navigate the process. ...

54:53

Jun 23, 2022

Elements to Make an App DevOps Ready - DevOps 118

Today on the show, Will talks about his latest project, Trustified.io and the steps he is considering to make it...

45:26

Jun 16, 2022

Anti-Patterns in DevOps - DevOps 117

An anti-pattern is a pattern that you use to fix a short-term problem at the expense of your long-term goals. The...

48:18

Jun 09, 2022

Deployment Strategies - DevOps 116

Today on the show, Will and Jonathan discuss deployment strategies, including rolling strategy, blue-green patterns,...

37:43

Jun 02, 2022

Universal Infrastructure as Code with Pulumi - DevOps 115

Imagine being able to program the cloud and bridge the Dev and Ops divide with cloud. Pulumi is a universal...

42:20

May 26, 2022

Progressions Through Programming Languages - DevOps 114

Do I need to learn how to write code? What are the types of program languages required in DevOps? What are the pros...

51:21

May 18, 2022

Building Code More Responsibly: A Mental Model Shift - DevOps 112

Enjoy this philosophical conversation around building code more responsibly and how ethics and accountability is to...

1:10:42

May 04, 2022

Infrastructure as code and Amazon CDK - DevOps 111

Have you considered the significance of infrastructure as code and its importance in the industry? Will, Jillian, and...

47:27

Apr 28, 2022

Building and Organizing DevOps Teams - DevOps 110

Jillian, Jonathan, and Will break down the process of building a DevOps team. They address the breadth of skills from...

45:19

Apr 21, 2022

Is Kubernetes Right for You? - DevOps 109

Everyone and their mother is talking about Kubernetes, but there’s something you need to know. In this episode, the...

44:05

Apr 07, 2022

50 Shades of DevOps - DevOps 108

Is your DevOps title “hip”? What does it mean? Does it matter? In this episode, the gang discusses the fundamental...

43:13

Mar 17, 2022

To Reconfig or Not to Reconfig? - DevOps 107

Will needs some developer therapy, and maybe you do, too. In this episode, Will talks about reconfig issues he’s...

34:53

Mar 10, 2022

AWS and IAM with Stephen Kuenzli - DevOps 106

Ready to add another tool to your toolkit? In this episode, the squad sits down with AWS connoisseur, Stephen...

58:14

Mar 03, 2022

Episodes

Server-less DevOps with Allen Helton - DevOps 105

Ready to pull the plug and go server-less? Hold your horses. In this episode, the DevOps fellows sit down with Allen...

58:09

Feb 17, 2022

CI/CD Tools for Dummies - DevOps 104

We’re not calling you a dummy, but you might be one if you don’t listen to this episode. This time around, the gang...

41:16

Feb 10, 2022

How to be a Digital Nomad - DevOps 103

Love the nomad lifestyle but not sure how to pull it off? You’re in luck! In this episode, the panelists discuss...

58:23

Feb 03, 2022

Dos and Don'ts of Blockchain - DevOps 102

We’ve been hearing about blockchain and Web3 for years now, but its heyday is sooner than you think. In this episode,...

41:01

Jan 27, 2022

How to prepare for an interview - DevOps 101

Jonathan talks about how he prepares for a tech interview, and offers insights from the point of view of a hiring...

25:13

Jan 20, 2022

100 Episodes of DevOps - DevOps 100

Jillian, Jonathan, Shimon, Will, and Chuck discuss the history of the show, their favorite episodes, and what they...

1:12:50

Jan 13, 2022

Acronyms in DevOps and the Different Kinds of Ops ft. Daniele Fontani - DevOps 098

Daniele Fontani joins the Adventure to discuss the different kinds of Ops like NoOps, AppOps, etc. He makes fun of...

34:28

Dec 16, 2021

Does Scrum belong in DevOps? - DevOps 097

Will and Jonathan have a conversation about whether or not you can use Scrum with DevOps. They also discuss different...

17:31

Dec 09, 2021

What Certificates Should I Get? - DevOps 096

The Adventures in DevOps crew discuss the various certificates that exist and which ones you may or may not want to...

50:25

Dec 02, 2021

Dev vs DevOps: Which Will You Choose? - DevOps 095

Jillian, Jonathan, Will, and Chuck discuss where the line is between Development and DevOps and what the difference...

41:50

Nov 25, 2021

Starting DevOps at Work - DevOps 094

The panel puts their heads together to talk about how to bring DevOps practices into a work situation based where...

1:09:35

Nov 18, 2021

Deconstructing the Minimum Viable Continuous Deployment - DevOp 093

The panel jumps in and discusses the Minimum Viable Continuous Deployment from the manifesto on the web and discuss...

1:05:18

Nov 11, 2021

Episodes

Scaling Your Applications with Kafka and Scaling Kafka ft. Abhinav Dhasmana - DevOps 092

Abhinav Dhasmana joins the adventure to discuss how he got Kafka to scale to handle thousands of messages. He...

49:04

Nov 04, 2021

How to Get Started with DevOps - DevOps 091

Will and Jonathan jump in this week to discuss how to get started with a career in DevOps and how companies can get...

36:38

Oct 28, 2021

Networking Across Clouds with Kubernetes ft. Alex Feiszli - DevOps 089

Alex Feiszli from GRAVITL joins the adventure to discuss how to securely connect Kubernetes clusters across clouds...

54:10

Oct 14, 2021

Episodes

Kubernetes Schema Validation Tools with Eyar Zilberman - DevOps 084

Eyar Zilberman joins the adventure to discuss Kubernetes schema validation tools. The panel jumps in and discusses...

48:36

Sep 02, 2021