Inside Infrastructure as Code with Pulumi’s Founder & CEO

About this episode

David interviews Joe Duffy about the impact of Infrastructure as Code and how Pulumi is changing cloud management.

In this episode, David sits down with Joe Duffy , CEO of Pulumi , to explore the revolutionary changes in cloud infrastructure and the power of Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Pulumi is redefining how developers and organizations manage cloud resources by enabling them to use familiar programming languages for scalable, efficient infrastructure management. Join us as we discuss: The evolution of cloud infrastructure and how IaC is transforming engineering workflows. How Pulumi simplifies cloud management by bridging the gap between developers and operations. The impact of AI on infrastructure automation and the future of cloud computing. The challenges organizations face in scaling their cloud environments and how Pulumi helps overcome them.

People in this episode

Host: David

Guest: Joe Duffy

Topics covered

• Infrastructure as Code
• cloud infrastructure
• cloud management
• AI in infrastructure
• engineering workflows
• scalable infrastructure

Keywords

• Infrastructure as Code
• cloud resources
• programming languages
• automation
• cloud computing
• scaling challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pulumi, Cockroach Labs

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