Full Stack Journey 076: Going Deep On Public Key Infrastructure

The Full Stack Journey is coming to an end. After five years and more than 80 episodes of deeply technical conversations about technologies, tools, and career journeys, this is the final episode of the series. I reflect on my time hosting the podcast, the challenges and pleasures of putting together a show, lessons and insights from all the conversations I've had, thoughts on the state of IT and technology, and what comes next.

Today's Full Stack Journey dives into Talos Linux, a "fit-for-purpose OS" designed for running Kubernetes. Host Scott Lowe speaks with Andrew Rynhard about Talos Linux and Sidero Labs, the company behind the Talos open source project. They discuss how Talos differs from other distributions, the concept of machine Linux, how Talos is designed for Kubernetes, and more.

Today's Full Stack Journey digs into the Acorn open source project with Darren Shepherd. Darren and Scott Lowe discuss where Acorn fits into the infrastructure and app development landscape, how it plugs gaps in Kubernetes, and how you can get started with Acorn.

Today's Full Stack Journey talks with Rishab Kumar, developer advocate at Twilio. He and Scott Lowe discuss three key things Rishab learned in public cloud, Infrastructure as Code, and creating content that helped his career transitions.

This Full Stack Journey podcast episode features host Scott Lowe and guest Frank Wiles of REVSYS discussing infrastructure management with GitOps and Flux.

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast we examine pyATS, a Python testing framework typically used for network testing. Our guest to explain all things pyATS is John Capobianco. John is a Developer Advocate for Cisco Training Bootcamps and a proponent of Python and automation.

On today's Full Stack Journey podcast, Scott Lowe talks with Alexandria Leary who left a career as a financial advisor to break into cybersecurity. Alexandria and Scott discuss the reasons why she changed careers, and provide some information and resources useful for others who are seeking to find a career in cybersecurity.

We all use certificates and certificate authorities every day, so in episode 76 Scott takes a deep dive on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with Linda Ikechuwku of Smallstep Labs. We discuss how PKI and certificates work, revocation options, pros and cons of DIY PKI, and more.

Authentication is a key technology that underpins large portions of the online world, and so it's worth exploring in a bit more detail. In this episode of the Full Stack Journey podcast, Scott talks with Dan Moore of FusionAuth about all things authentication.

On today's Full Stack Podcast, Scott is joined by Krithika Chandramouli, a software engineer at Meta, to discuss how the lessons she learned while preparing to run her first-ever half-marathon also apply to careers. They dive into the relationship between consistency and one's progress toward a goal, and how understanding the "why" behind a goal can help motivate you.