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MacDevOpsYVR podcast

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We talk to the humans in the MacDevOps community and we interview past, present and future speakers of the annual MDO:YVR conference.

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Episodes

  1. MacDevOps - Why you ask?

    In this episode, we introduce MacDevOps YUL and discuss why this year’s conference is being held in Montreal at Concordia University in the LB building. We cover the venue, its accessibility, the timing of the event, and the surrounding local context. We also outline the conference schedule,...

  2. 2025 MDO conference postmortem

    Mat, JD, and Nick recap the 2025 MacDevOps conference.

  3. From Themes to Teams with Graham Gilbert

    Mat and JD are joined by Graham Gilbert

  4. Alan Siu - English teacher to Munki tamer

    In this episode, we speak with Alan Siu, a key figure in the Mac admin community, about the evolution of technology and open source software. Alan reflects on how devices like the iPod changed music consumption from ownership to streaming and shares his personal journey from high school English...

  5. Researching vulnerabilities with Csaba Fitzl

    In this episode, we delve into security and development within the Apple ecosystem with cybersecurity expert Csaba Fitzl. He discusses the vulnerabilities of Electron apps, using Discord as an example, and shares his transition from network management to ethical hacking. Csaba evaluates Apple’s...

  6. Continuous Improvements to CI/CD with Rod Christiansen

    Mat X, JD, and special guest Rod Christensen from Emily Carr University invite you to the next exciting chapter of the MacDevOps YVR podcast. In this episode, the conversation spans across the adoption of DevOps practices in managing Macs, ongoing experiences with various software tools, and the...

  7. Giving back to the community with Mike Meyer

    MatX, JD, and guest Mike Meyer discuss preparations for Mac DevOps 2025 in Vancouver, focusing on organizing the conference, fostering community collaboration, and Mike's upcoming talk on AI and workflows. A great chance for networking and learning!

  8. MDOYVR 2025

    Mat, Nick and JD turn it up to eleven for MDOYVR 2025. Join us in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia June 11-13, 2025 for the eleventh annual MDOYVR! Call for Attendees, Speakers and Sponsors. Quicktalks always welcome.

  9. MDOYVR 2024 recap

    Mat X, Nick Z and JD recount MDOYVR 2024 and encourage your feedback as we begin planning MDOYVR 2025. Quicktalks always welcome.

  10. OpenCore Legacy Patcher with Mykola Grymalyuk

    MatX and JD are joined by Mykola Grymalyuk to discuss how he got into creating Open Core Legacy Patcher, getting into security and trying to unravel Apple Silicon VMs.

  11. SwiftDialog with Bart Reardon

    MacDevOps:YVR 2024 conference is June 19-21, 2024. MatX and JD are joined by Bart Reardon to chat about his open source project Swift Dialog, using SwiftUI and running an opensource project.

  12. Aftermath with Stuart Ashenbrenner

    MatX and JD are joined by Stuart Ashenbrenner, macOS Security Researcher at HuntressLabs, to discuss Aftermath, a Swift-based, open-source incident response framework, and being a Millenial Girl Dad.

  13. 10th Anniversary conference

    Planning the 10th annual MDO conference has begun. Special guest Nick Zolotko.

  14. Declarative MDO with Joel Rennich

    MacDevOps:YVR 2023 is a week away. MatX and JD are joined by Joel Rennich one of our speakers to chat about the upcoming ninth annual MDOYVR Conference, Hack Night, and some of what was seen at WWDC.

  15. Hey let's get ready for MacDevOps!

    Mat X and JD are joined by Stuart, one of our speakers, and Arnold, an attendee, discussing their journey to attending the ninth annual MDOYVR Conference.

  16. MacDevOps:YVR 2023 Back in Person

    MacDevOps:YVR 2023 is weeks away. Join MatX and JD as they discuss some of the highlights to the ninth annual MDOYVR Conference back in person in beautiful downtown Vancouver, B.C.

  17. Remote distributed workflows for video editing with Seth Goldin

    Mat X and Seth discuss various remote distributed workflows for video editing with recipes for Adobe Premiere Pro, Resolve and Final Cut Pro proxy workflow with help from LucidLink, Postlab, and the cloud.

  18. Sharvil and Zach talk about MDOYVR 2022

    Sharvil and Zach talk about MDOYVR 2022

  19. MDOYVR 2022 Speaker series - Arek Dreyer

    Arek Dreyer, Keynote speaker at MacDevOps:YVR 2022, joins MatX and JD for the 100th episode to pour one out for Server.app, speaker advice, helping the community, and putting a long-running con(ference) together.

  20. MDOYVR 2022 Speaker series - Armin Briegel

    Armin, speaker at MacDevOps:YVR 2022, joins MatX and JD to chat about Swift, Installomator, and more.

  21. MDOYVR 2022 Speaker series - Bart Reardon

    Bart Reardon, speaker at MacDevOps:YVR 2022, joins MatX and JD to chat about SwiftUI, managing open-source software, and Bart's Dialog command-line app.

  22. MDOYVR 2022 Speaker series - Joel Rennich

    Joel Rennich, speaker at MacDevOps:YVR 2022, joins MatX and JD to talk auth, hiring, and 90s alt-rock references.

  23. MDOYVR 2022 Speaker series - Alex Narvey

    Alex Narvey, speaker at MacDevOps:YVR 2022, joins MatX to recount the many and various quick talks Alex has given over the years at MDOYVR.

  24. We love what we do - Chris Chapman, MacStadium

    Mat X and JD chat to Chris Chapman from MacStadium and talk about the business of Mac hosting and how it has evolved over the years from bespoke servers to CI/CD pipelines.

  25. MDO:YVR the Lifestyle Brand

    Mat X and JD discuss MacDevOps:YVR progress, Munki Report PHP via Docker, and the ever-changing world of Apple.

  26. Make Things Grow - MacDevOps:YVR 2022 planning continues

    Mat X and JD continue planning the MacDevOps:YVR 2022 conference.

  27. Ed Marczak - Santa is not corporate malware

    Ed Marczak joins Mat X and JD to explore why Santa is not corporate malware and how IT and Security teams can help by documenting their processes and educating their users.

  28. Catching Up with Shania

    Mat X and JD catch up with Shania about being on call, new laptop purchasing, dongles, lost devices, and more.

  29. Baez Cloud

    Felipe Baez joins MatX and JD to talk about setting up his own cloud and email server, thoughts on the new Mac Studio, and forecasting what might be in the new Mac Pro.

  30. So Many Talks

    Join Mat and JD in a planning session for the 2022 MacDevOps YVR Conference, where they discuss perks for speakers, calls for volunteers, and a movie night.

  31. Log All The Data with Tom and Dan from Snowflake

    Co-hosts JD and Mat X talk with Tom and Dan from Snowflake about logging all the data. Everything! Osquery, FleetDM, and what do you do with 400TB of logs.

  32. Per Oloffson MunkiReport Quick Fix

    Co-hosts JD and Mat X meet with MacAdmins legend Per Olofsson, aka Mager Valp, to discuss the recent MunkiReport quick fix and how open source is fun.

  33. Hackindockertosh

    Mat X and JD discuss the call for sponsors, speakers, ticket sales, and more for the upcoming MacDevOps YVR Conference.

  34. Prima Virani - Marie Kondo of Code

    Co-hosts JD and Mat X meet with past MDO speaker Prima Virani to discuss AWS, Kubernetes, Go vs. Python, and surprise: osquery and fleetDM.

  35. Embracing Risk - SRE Book Club Part 4

    Jonathan, Balmas, and Brian join Mat and JD to discuss Chapter 3 for this fourth meeting of the SRE Book Club on troubleshooting a process and not just a problem.

  36. Mike McNeil FleetDM

    Co-hosts JD and Shania join Mat X to discuss Osquery and Security with guest Mike McNeil, FleetDM's CEO.

  37. Terrible But Necessary - SRE Book Club Part 3

    How to apply DevOps and SRE concepts to your entire org. How do you troubleshoot a process and not just a problem? Don’t forget about User experience. Bonus points if we avoid Single Points of Failure or create more tech debt.

  38. One service level at a time - SRE Book Club Part 2

    Brandon, Jennifer, Balmas, and Brian join Mat and JD to discuss Chapter 1 in-depth for this second part of the SRE Book Club.

  39. Garbage In, Garbage Out

    Mat X is joined by co-hosts JD and Shania to discuss MDO 2022 planning, and garbage management as we kick off the new year by cleaning out tech debt.

  40. logs4ever

    Mat and JD close out the year with a few conference announcements and discussion of log4j, security vulnerabilities, patching, bounties, projects and predictions.

  41. Back to conference planning finally

    Mat X is joined by co-hosts JD and Shania to discuss MDO 2022 planning, tickets, call for speakers along with documentation in Notion, the AWS outage, and security issues stemming from tech debt.

  42. BK's Bot Army aka SRE BookClub Part 1

    Mat X is joined by friends to talk about Chapter 1 in Google's Site Reliability Engineering book. We talk about Error Budgets, Automation vs. Autonomous systems, and BK's Bot Army, our newest MDO fan club.

  43. Afraid to commit

    Mat X, and JD talk about the upcoming SRE Bookclub, too many tabs, scripting slack bots, Teleport project, and the Final Cut Summit conference.

  44. SRE Book Club Planning

    Mat X, Shania, and JD talk about the upcoming SRE Bookclub, MacDevOps call for Sponsors, new laptops and more.

  45. Life Work Balance of an SRE with Sophie Smithsburg

    Mat X and JD chat with reformed SRE, Sophie Smithsburg about the differences of DevOps and SRE, finding a life work balance from pager duty, and cooperative software development.

  46. All the Apple Updates and Shiny Predictions

    Mat X and JD talk Apple security updates, MDM, and our upcoming SRE (site reliability engineering) book club.

  47. Wearing Multiple Hats: Security And IT

    Mat X. Shania, and JD talk security, IT, wearing multiple hats, and doing all the jobs.

  48. In the Garden With Ashton Rodenhiser

    Mat X and JD talk gardening with Ashton Rodenhiser of Minds Eye Creative, as we dig for metaphors, and plant ideas around devops.

  49. New Jobs, New Roles, New Tech, New Tools

    Mat X, Shania and JD talk new jobs, new roles, new tech, new tools and a little gardening for good measure.

  50. 2021 Conference Behind The Scenes with Felipe Baez

    Mat X and JD are joined by Felipe Baez to post mortem production on the MacDevOpsYVR 2021 Conference, along with camera and microphone tips to make your Zoom calls better.

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We talk to the humans in the MacDevOps community and we interview past, present and future speakers of the annual MDO:YVR conference.

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