Dagger.io Deep Dive with Co-Founder Sam Alba

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on Dagger, a programmable CI/CD pipeline engine, with insights from co-founder Sam Alba about modern CI challenges.

In this episode, we dive into the challenges of modern CI systems and why they often hinder productivity. We explore Dagger, a programmable CI/CD pipeline engine, with insights from Sam, a former Docker engineer. Learn how Dagger addresses CI complexity, speeds up workflows, and enhances portability between local environments and CI. Show Links * Dagger.io * https://docs.dagger.io/ * https://docs.dagger.io/adopting/#join-our-discord

People in this episode

Hosts: Ryan Wallner, Bhavin Shah

Guest: Sam Alba

Topics covered

• CI systems
• Dagger
• CI/CD pipeline
• productivity
• workflows
• portability

Keywords

• Dagger
• CI/CD
• Sam Alba
• Docker
• productivity
• workflows
• CI complexity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dagger.io, Docker

More episodes of Kubernetes Bytes

• Building Grafana Labs and the Future of Observability with Anthony Woods · May 29, 2026 · 58 min
• Kubernetes for VMware Admins: Understanding KubeVirt · March 6, 2026 · 58 min
• Secure your Kubernetes applications with Chainguard · February 9, 2026 · 41 min
• Diving Into Kubernetes: The Developer's First Steps with New Relic · March 25, 2025 · 52 min
• Database as a service with Percona Everest · March 3, 2025 · 1h 3m
• KubeCon NA 2024 News Recap · December 18, 2024 · 58 min