The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers Pods

A lively walkthrough of Quality of Service fundamentals and the common acronyms that come with it. They cover when QoS helps and when bandwidth is the real solution. Topics include marking strategies like DSCP and ECN, queueing and scheduling approaches, congestion avoidance techniques, and traffic conditioning with shaping versus policing.

A lively walkthrough of IPv6 troubleshooting fundamentals and pitfalls. They cover why labs matter and whether to start diagnostics from the host or the network. Important warnings about not blocking ICMPv6, neighbor discovery, multicast behavior, and link-local testing are highlighted. Practical tips include VM/DUID pitfalls, router advertisement placement, and using familiar tools with IPv6.

Tikhon Jelvis, a software engineer and functional programming advocate focused on Haskell and niche languages, talks about Haskell’s modern usage and sustained community. He covers type systems and formal verification. Discussions include Haskell’s strengths for complex domain modeling, concurrency, and where niche languages fit into industry and hiring.

Sam Van Ryder, co-founder of CyberSec Community and OT security leader at Dragos, brings practical OT/ICS expertise and community-building experience. He discusses how OT differs from IT, legacy systems and the dangers of misapplied IT controls. He covers ransomware and nation-state risks, the need for passive monitoring and physical walkdowns, and practical approaches to harmonize IT and OT security.

Bill Bushong, creator of NetViews and co-founder of Guyver Networks, is a wireless networking and troubleshooting expert. He explains why he built NetViews and what its dashboard reveals. Short segments cover interface handling, continuous logging for intermittent issues, correlating signal to conferencing performance, and how NetViews fits into a technician’s toolkit.

News rundowns on a critical Juniper router authentication flaw and multiple SolarWinds web helpdesk vulnerabilities. Deep dive into Microsoft’s new Maya 200 AI inference chip and a Carrier Ethernet certification aimed at AI workloads. Coverage of AWS firewall GenAI filtering, Google’s takedown of a residential proxy network, and CrowdStrike’s big purchase to harden browser security.

Jason Belk, senior technical advocate focusing on network automation and practical operator workflows. Kareem Iskander, principal engineer leading technical advocacy and DevNet tooling. Joe Clark, distinguished engineer with decades in network operations and automation. They discuss AI for NetOps: which skills to add, how certifications evolve, agent-assisted troubleshooting, prebuilt AI integrations, and the future role of senior network engineers.

Stephen Butler, product line manager at Nokia for Event-Driven Automation, explains how EDA provides multi-vendor abstractions, schema-driven models, and programmable workflows. He discusses combining LLMs with deterministic tools, digital twin simulation for CI/CD validation, and an extensible app model for safe, testable AIOps.

Ifeanyi Otuonye, a former decorated track and field athlete turned cloud professional, shares his career-change journey from athletics to AWS and cloud engineering. He discusses how athletic discipline helped learning tech. He talks about using certifications and hands-on labs, blogging to get noticed, networking at scale, and landing remote roles through demonstrated work.

Two CU Boulder grads describe hands-on labs, data center access, and realistic failure tests that build troubleshooting muscle. They discuss using emulators and tools like Container Labs and Netmiko to practice automation. Career tips include a 'seven plus one' learning rule and the value of asking simple questions. They also highlight AI-driven networking and automating networks for AI workloads.