Episodes

  • TCG079: Why Your State File is Actually a Distributed Systems Problem

    TCG079: Why Your State File is Actually a Distributed Systems Problem
    Jul 1 2026
    Malcolm Matalka joins William and Eyvonne to challenge the narrative that Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is dead. Malcolm argues that the real value of IaC was never the syntax, but state and governance. Together they examine whether the state was a file problem at all, or a distributed systems problem in a JSON costume. Episode... Read more »
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    48 mins
  • NAN126: Fine-Tuning Open Source LLMs for Network Engineering

    NAN126: Fine-Tuning Open Source LLMs for Network Engineering
    Jul 1 2026
    Eric welcomes Eduard Dulharu, a veteran network architect and the Founder and CTO of vExpertAI, to talk about how agentic AI, open-source LLMs, and digital twins are changing network operations. Eduard discusses the rapid evolution of generative AI, draws parallels between AI’s current limitations and early network protocols such as Spanning Tree, talks about why... Read more »
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    44 mins
  • D2DO306: Platform Engineering in the Agentic Era (Sponsored)

    D2DO306: Platform Engineering in the Agentic Era (Sponsored)
    Jul 1 2026
    Platform engineering forms the foundation for developers to build on, and you shouldn’t be surprised that folks from VMware have been thinking about platforms for a long time. In today’s episode, sponsored by Broadcom, Ned and Kyler discuss the current state and future of platform engineering with guests Jad El-Zein and Myles Gray. They cover... Read more »
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    51 mins
  • PP116: News Roundup—FortiBleed Reveals Password Cracking Is Alive and Kicking, Accenture Goes All-In on OT, and More

    PP116: News Roundup—FortiBleed Reveals Password Cracking Is Alive and Kicking, Accenture Goes All-In on OT, and More
    Jun 30 2026
    Looks like it’s going to be a long, hot cybersec summer. The latest news roundup covers how Microsoft 365 Copilot got turned into a data exfiltration tool, why the FortiBleed attack is about much more than compromised firewalls, and how North Korea exploited a single npm maintainer account to poison more than a hundred software... Read more »
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    50 mins
  • HS137: Did AI Turn “Everybody Codes” into “Nobody Codes”?

    HS137: Did AI Turn “Everybody Codes” into “Nobody Codes”?
    Jun 30 2026
    “Everybody codes” was an enterprise buzzword. In this era of AI vibe-coding and single-use coding, should everyone code? Should anyone code? John and Johna talk about enterprise strategies with respect to coding in the AI era, including what expertise to look for in employees. AdSpot Sponsor: Meter Meter delivers full-stack networking—wired, wireless, and cellular—to leading... Read more »
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    38 mins
  • NB581: Brute Force Password Attack Bleeds Fortinet; US Sued Over AI Model Order

    NB581: Brute Force Password Attack Bleeds Fortinet; US Sued Over AI Model Order
    Jun 29 2026
    On this week’s Network Break, Johna Johnson and Scott Robohn start with a serious vulnerability in IBM’s Langflow open source software. On the news front, a massive breach of tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls exposes some of the world’s biggest companies, the US government gets sued over an order to shut down powerful AI... Read more »
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    22 mins
  • HN833: The State of Packet Pushers 2026

    HN833: The State of Packet Pushers 2026
    Jun 26 2026
    Ethan and Drew gather the rest of the Packet Pushers team to discuss the State of the Packet Pushers Network. Together they provide a behind the scenes look into current initiatives like adding video and raising the standards of our audio. They also share the details of the workflows behind all your favorite shows and... Read more »
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • N4N059: Twisted Pair Cabling

    N4N059: Twisted Pair Cabling
    Jun 25 2026
    Copper twisted pair cabling serves as a fundamental component of Ethernet infrastructure and Ethan and Holly are here to break down how it works. They discuss the technical differences between cabling categories, how wire twisting cancels out electromagnetic interference, and share practical guidance on installation standards and testing methodologies. Episode Links: Watch this episode on... Read more »
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    57 mins