Tim Banks will optimize your modem baud rate and kick your ass—respectfully. Then they'll teach you how to be a better person. Their career includes systems, sales, and many other facets of business, but who they are is not defined by what they do for money. Join us on this wonderful conversation about understanding who you are and bringing your whole self. Of course it wouldn't be Fork Around and Find Out without some hot takes on AI and the future of tech.

Links

• Tim's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/elchefe.me
• tim-banks.ghost.io
• Ship It! Episode https://changelog.com/shipit/116

Sidero and Oxide Kubecon NA event registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oxidesidero-at-kubecon-north-america-2025-tickets-1538869282449

Duffie has lived through a lot. From multiple startup exits to big company changes. He stays grounded by remembering where he came from and what's important—people. This episode is full of career and life advice from one of the kindest people in the industry.

Links

Unfortunately, we don't have links for most of the companies Duffie talks about because they've all been acquired. CoreOS, Heptio, and Isovalent are all either gone or part of bigger companies now.

• CoreOS -> Red Hat -> IBM
• Heptio -> VMware -> Broadcom
• Isovalent -> Cisco

Thankfully the Isovalent products are still going strong. Check them out at isovalent.com

David has worked on a lot of cool tech you know like Kubernetes and Kubeflow, and he's usually a few years ahead of the game. So getting to catch up with him about what he's working on now is probably something you'll want to know about before you have these problems. He has great insights in how to get companies to support open source and how Kubernetes has evolved over time.

Links

• David on Bluesky
• Expanso
• An oral history of Kubernetes
• ConfigHub
• PetSet GitHub issue