Is GitOps holding your team back? In this thought-provoking conversation with Massdriver co-founder Dave Williams, we challenge conventional wisdom around cloud infrastructure management and explore why traditional approaches to compliance and self-service may be creating more problems than they solve.

Discover how leading organizations are moving beyond ceremonial approval processes to create truly automated, self-service platforms that enhance developer productivity while maintaining security and control. Learn why treating infrastructure as code differently from application code could be the key to unlocking engineering velocity.

Key topics covered:

• Why compliance doesn't require manual GitOps workflows
• Creating meaningful abstractions that codify operations expertise
• The shift from reactive to proactive infrastructure governance
• How platform teams can become strategic enablers rather than bottlenecks

Whether you're a platform engineer, engineering leader, or developer frustrated with current infrastructure processes, this episode offers practical insights for evolving your approach to cloud operations.

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Feeling overwhelmed by the number of apps you need to manage while building developer trust, managing costs, and trying to create an extensible platform that teams actually want to use?

Joel Vasallo shares practical insights from scaling TAG's platform engineering initiatives across multiple healthcare organizations. Learn how his team transformed deployment times from weeks to minutes while maintaining security and compliance. Joel breaks down the journey from initial Kubernetes adoption to managing 70+ applications.

Listeners will gain actionable strategies for:

- Starting small with platform initiatives and building organic buy-in

- Balancing standardization with team autonomy

- Managing cloud costs across multiple organizations

- Building trust through visibility and auditability

Whether you're in healthcare or any regulated industry, this conversation provides a practical roadmap for evolving your platform engineering practice.

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Navigating cloud migrations and building modern platforms is challenging in the best of circumstances. Alex Voorhees, VP of Cloud Engineering at 66 Degrees, shares valuable lessons from helping organizations as they take on these challenges.

Don’t miss his insights on:

• How to tackle the human and organizational challenges that come with cloud transformation
• Practical strategies for upskilling teams transitioning from traditional ops to cloud operations
• Key considerations when implementing platform engineering solutions across different organizational maturity levels
• Integrating AI capabilities into cloud architecture
• Common pitfalls to avoid when moving legacy applications to the cloud
• Approaches for balancing innovation with practical business needs during cloud migration

Whether you're leading a cloud migration, building a platform team, or interested in the future of cloud operations, this episode offers concrete takeaways for navigating the technical and organizational challenges of modern infrastructure.

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