Fork Around And Find Out

Fork Around And Find Out

Your downtime from uptime. A break from the pager, and chance to learn from expert’s successes and failures. We talk about state-of-the-art, legacy practices for building, running, and maintaining software and systems.

Recent Episodes

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Aug. 22, 2026

Flying through The Atmosphere with Dan Abermov

Come find Justin in-person and get FAFOFM stickers!

Tailscale Up - San Francisco, CA - August 26

Devopsdays - Portland, OR - September 8-10. Get 20% off tickets with FAFOFM
Edgecase - Gooiland Hilversum, NL - September 24

Taloscon - Amsterdam, NL - October 15-16

KCD UK - Edinburgh - October 19

Kubecon NA - Salt Lake City, UT - November 9-12

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July 13, 2026

Laughing Through The Pain with David Crawshaw

Some of you might know David as a co-founder of Tailscale. In this episode we're talking about a new kind of cloud he's building at exe.dev. The SSH-only interface is a breath of fresh air compared to the monstrocity that the AWS console has become. We dive deep into why the cloud needs a reset and how integrating AI can be more than just a chat bot. David Crawshaw on Bluesky exe.dev exe.dev Discond community You can find FAFOFM on your favorite, non-nazi infested social media platforms Blues
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June 10, 2026

Suing The Government with Cindy Cohn

If you've ever heard code is an expression of free speech you have Cindy Cohn to thank. Her decades of work in courtrooms and at the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been keeping Open Source, open and private communications, private. We got to chat about her new book Privacy's Defender and take a look at the future by hearing stories from the past. Privacy's Defender book Cindy's SCaLE keynote
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May 14, 2026

Taking Down Prod with Eve

If you're a platform engineer you've had to exit vi at least once. Eve is stuck with it for the rest of her social media life. She's a Sr Platform Engineer and obviously knows a ton about Kubernetes and CI/CD. Enough to make you cry laughing. We got to chat with her about what it's like to be doing s̶y̶s̶a̶d̶m̶i̶n̶ ̶d̶e̶v̶o̶p̶s̶ j̶e̶n̶k̶i̶n̶s̶ d̶e̶p̶l̶o̶y̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ platform engineering work in the age of AI and what people should stop doing. Eve's Instagram Eve's TikTok Chapters 00:00 Introduct
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April 24, 2026

Laying the Foundation with Joe Beda

Fork Around and Get Email Sponsor FAFOFM "Everyone is a beginner at one point." Even one of the creators of Kubernetes. If you're listening to this podcast then Joe has had an impact on what you do. He's worked on everything from Internet Explorer 6, Google Cloud Platform, and Kubernetes. You can partially blame him for ActiveX and YAML. He's also one of the kindest people who understand the difference between going fast and going far. Don't forgot to check out the FAFOFM store.

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