Cloud Foundry Weekly

CF Weekly Holiday Party 2025 | Cloud Foundry Weekly #80

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:20:44 -0800

It’s time to celebrate! Join us for a special holiday edition of Cloud Foundry Weekly as we wrap up 2025 with highlights, laughs, and a look back at an incredible year in the Cloud Foundry and Tanzu ecosystem.

Whether you’ve been with us all year or are just tuning in, this episode is all about community, gratitude, and ending the year on a high note. 🍾🎁

Thanks for watching, supporting, and being part of CF Weekly—see you in 2026!

👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share with the CF community.

#CloudFoundry #CFWeekly #HolidayParty #DevOps #Tanzu #PlatformEngineering

Deep Dive: Observability Enhancements in Tanzu Platform 10.3 | CF Weekly #79

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:02:03 -0800

In Cloud Foundry Weekly #79, special guest Ray walks us through the biggest observability updates in Tanzu Platform 10.3.

What’s New in 10.3:

Healthwatch migration/deprecation and the new consolidated Dashboards page

TIA Advanced support for deeper Foundation analysis

Redesigned single-foundation page with expanded Ops Manager insights (Beta)

OTEL now supports metric-registrar, enabling teams to move off legacy nozzles

New OTEL exporters: Datadog, Kafka, syslog

Potential for large resource savings plus new data transformation options

Perfect for operators and teams looking to modernize their observability stack in TP 10.3.

🔔 Subscribe for more Tanzu & Cloud Foundry insights every week!

Services Publishing and Management Updates Tanzu Platform 10.3 | Cloud Foundry Weekly #78

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:48:48 -0800

Lloyd and Keith will join show to discuss all things services in Tanzu Platform 10.3

Tanzu Platform 10.3: Your Apps & Platform Just Got Safer 🔐 | Cloud Foundry Weekly #77

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:38:23 -0800

This episode is a quick deep dive into all the new security upgrades in Tanzu Platform 10.3 — making both your apps and platform safer than ever. Special guests DMZ and V. Körbes join us to unveil the new features and explain what they mean for real production workloads

AI Services Tile v10.3 GA - Technical Deep Dive 🔥 | Cloud Foundry Weekly #76

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:15:34 -0700

This week on Cloud Foundry Weekly, we break down the GA release of AI Services Tile v10.3.

We’ll explore:

What’s new in the 10.3 GA

Key improvements for developers and operators

How the renamed tile integrates with Cloud Foundry and Tanzu Platform

It’s a technical deep dive with no tricks, only treats 🎃 — perfect timing for a Halloween edition of Cloud Foundry Weekly!

This Tanzu Platform & Data Intelligence Demo Will Blow Your Mind 🤯 | Cloud Foundry Weekly #75

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:57:29 -0700

Get ready for the ultimate Tanzu demo! 🤯 In this episode of Cloud Foundry Weekly, we showcase how Tanzu Platform and Tanzu Data Intelligence come together in one powerful demo application suite.

Created by Dan Baskette, the demo follows the fictitious enterprise Insurance MegaCorp, showing how a modern business can unlock new levels of agility and insight with Tanzu. From deploying apps on Tanzu Platform to harnessing data with Tanzu Data Intelligence, this is the most complete Tanzu story yet. 🚀

👉 What you’ll see in this episode:

How Tanzu Platform simplifies app deployment and scaling

How Tanzu Data Intelligence unlocks real-time insights

The MegaCorp demo app suite in action

Why combining Platform + Data delivers a true enterprise advantage

Don’t miss it — this is the Tanzu demo that will blow your mind.

#Tanzu #CloudFoundry #VMware #DataIntelligence #CloudNative

Live from Frankfurt! | Cloud Foundry Weekly #74

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:46:22 -0700

Join the Cloud Foundry Weekly crew as we are thrilled to host an incredible panel of Cloud Foundry Users and Contributors. We look to promote conversations between Cloud Foundry Users and Contributors. Our guests will share their experiences with Cloud Foundry and offer practical insights on how their organizations operate their businesses using Cloud Foundry. We're excited to close out the show by demonstrating how the Cloud Foundry contributors’ work is used in the real world and how Cloud Foundry drives your everyday lives.

Can Vibe Coding Unlock the True 10X Developer (and Enterprise ROI)? | Cloud Foundry Weekly #73

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:25:37 -0700

This week on Cloud Foundry Weekly, we’re joined by Keith Lee for an exciting deep dive into the future of AI-powered development.

We’ll be running live virtual vibe coding agents to stress-test AI services deployed on the Tanzu Platform Cloud Foundry environment. Expect real-time results, insights, and maybe a few surprises as we push the platform to its limits.

After the test, we’ll break down the numbers—reviewing what happens when you burn through millions of tokens—and discuss the real economics of AI at enterprise scale.

Whether you’re a developer, operator, or enterprise decision-maker, this session will give you a unique perspective on:

Vibe coding and its impact on developer productivity

How Cloud Foundry handles AI service workloads under stress

Enterprise ROI and the true costs of large-scale AI usage

👉 Don’t miss this mix of hands-on experimentation and enterprise economics!

#CloudFoundry #Tanzu #AI #DevEx #VibeCoding #100XDev

CF Day EU 2025 Preview & CFF Updates | Cloud Foundry Weekly #72

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:07:43 -0700

Ram Iyengar and Chris Clark will join the show to give a preview of CF Day EU 2025 and share the latest news and updates in the Cloud Foundry ecosystem!

Ollama vs. vLLM: Performance Showdown | Cloud Foundry Weekly #71

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 08:49:14 -0700

Keith Lee will be joining the show this week to really deep dive into the performance differences between Ollama and vLLM. Especially when running them in our favorite Cloud Foundry distribution, Tanzu Platform.

Deploy GPT-OSS in your datacenter: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 70

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:19:52 -0700

Join the show today to learn tips and tricks on how you can run the latest open weights model from OpenAI "GPT-OSS" in your own Datacenter, HomeLab, or Enterprise.

Tales from Production, Debugging LLMs: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 69

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:42:59 -0700

Cote will join the show this week to talk about how Cloud Foundry Platform Engineers can adapt to the new challenge of managing and maintaining the next generation of AI-powered applications.

We will pull from real-life examples from our Tanzu Platform customer base.

Securing Your MCP Servers on Tanzu Platform: Cloud Foundry Weekly Ep: 68

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:24:08 -0700

Mark Fynes and Corby Page join the show this week to deep-dive on their work around Securing MCP Server endpoints. Learn how you can use Tanzu Platform to serve as a platform to host and secure your MCP servers.

JupyterLab & LangChain on Tanzu Platform: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 67

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:12:54 -0700

Kirti Apte and Yannick Levedar join the show this week to explore running JupyterLab & Langchain on Tanzu Platform and Cloud Foundry!

Repos used in the show:
cf-jupterlab-uv: https://github.com/yannicklevederpvtl/cf-jupyterlab-uv

code examples: https://github.com/kirtiapte/cf-jupyterlab-samples/tree/main

Morning Coffee & Security Review: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 66

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:21:28 -0700

V Körbes and DMZ join the show in this special early edition episode to discuss updates on the security landscape, Tanzu Platform, and Cloud Foundry!

Tanzu Hub 10.2 Deep Dive: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 65

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 08:59:36 -0700

Continuing our coverage on Tanzu Platform 10.2 - Ray Belleville will join the show this week to deep dive into the Tanzu Hub! Don't miss this episode to learn about how Tanzu Hub can help you manage your Cloud Foundry foundations

Analyze Documents with Multilingual RAG: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 64

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 08:31:01 -0700

Oded Shopen is our special guest this week! We will delve into his work, utilizing LLMs to perform multilingual RAG with the Tanzu Platform. This episode will provide an excellent primer on how to build applications on Cloud Foundry that can expand traditional RAG use cases across multiple languages.

Oded's App Repo:
https://github.com/odedia/spring-ai-multilingual-document-analyzer

Cline + Qwen3 = Vibe Coding MAGIC? Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 63

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 08:05:36 -0700

Join us live as we attempt to vibe code an app live with the power of Cline, LLMs powered by the Tanzu Platform. Hopefully, we can get an app coded and cf pushed to the platform in a matter of minutes!

Tanzu Platform 10.2 Part Deux: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 62

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 07:50:34 -0700

FYI - We had A LOT of technical difficulties on this one with Streamyard! Did my best cleaning up the audio on the podcast version posted here, but bear with us on this one :)

Darin Zook joins the show this week to continue our coverage of the Tanzu Platform 10.2 release!

Tanzu Platform 10.2 Launch Party!: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 61

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:55:10 -0700

Join us to celebrate the release of Tanzu Platform 10.2! Our special guest will be Darin Zook as we dive into the latest and greatest features in your favorite Cloud Foundry distribution :)

Minisforum MS-A2, JetKVM and Tanzu Platform: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 60

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:31:42 -0700

We will explore some new homelab gear today on the show and how it can be used with Cloud Foundry!

Tanzu Platform Installer on my Mobile Homelab: Cloud Foundry Weeky: Ep 59

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:44:26 -0700

Keith Lee and DaShaun Carter rejoin the show to continue our discussion on home labs and the automated installer of Tanzu Platform!

Regional Data Services on Tanzu Platform: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 58

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:21:41 -0700

Mad scientist Mark Fynes will join the show this week to discuss his work on running cloud foundry/bosh-vended data services as a regional service!

Live from Palo Alto, CF Day NA 2025! : Cloud Foundry Weekly : Ep 57

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 21 May 2025 14:02:49 -0700

Join the Cloud Foundry Weekly crew as we go live from Cloud Foundry Day NA 2025 from Broadcom's beautiful campus in Palo Alto!

Special thanks to Amelia Downs, David Stevenson, Greg Otto, and Beyhan Veli for the joining the show!

Exploring Tanzu Small Runtime : Cloud Foundry Weekly : Ep 56

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 21 May 2025 13:38:37 -0700

DaShaun and Keith will join the show to discuss Tanzu Small Runtime and the various ways it can be deployed!

Keith's Installer:
https://github.com/KeithRichardLee/Tanzu-GenAI-Platform-installer

Optimizing Qwen3 CPU ONLY inference on Tanzu Platform: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 55

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 21 May 2025 11:59:11 -0700

Hot off the presses in model releases - we will explore the Qwen3-30b-a3b MoE model running on the Tanzu Platform. Early testing shows it performs exceptionally well on somewhat older enterprise-grade server CPUs (aka Cascade Lake). This show will provide some insights on how enterprises can use their existing server infrastructure to start their intelligent application modernization efforts.

Vibe Coding with Cote and Tanzu Updates: Cloud Foundry Weekly : Ep 54

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 21 May 2025 11:46:09 -0700

Cote will join the show to discuss his latest experiences in the vibe coding scene and recap the latest and greatest updates on VMware Tanzu strategy!

Is Cloud Foundry the Agentic AI Platform? : Cloud Foundry Weekly : Ep 53

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:33:15 -0700

Corby and Kirti return to show how Cloud Foundry is the enterprise's Agentic AI platform of choice!

We will continue to explore the Model-Context Protocol (MCP), Spring AI, and GenAI on Tanzu Platform. Last but not least, we will provide some commentary on what can be achieved on CPUs vs. GPUs within the platform and what resources you may need to run your LLMs locally on Tanzu Platform.

Exploring Open WebUI MCP support & Debugging LLMs : Cloud Foundry Weekly: Ep 52

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:53:30 -0700

Let's take a test drive of the latest Open WebUI release (0.6.0), which introduces MCP support! We will dive deep into this and how to debug LLMs running on the Tanzu Platform. Don't miss the episode to as we will be showing tips and tricks for getting LLM function support, MCP, and one of the best GenAI frontends working on Cloud Foundry!

I ain't afraid of no CVEs! : Cloud Foundry Weekly: Episode 51

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:51:15 -0700

DMZ, Nishad, and Rajan will join the show this week to discuss how Team Tanzu proactively handles the ever-changing security landscape by implementing proactive practices to respond to and mitigate the CVE threat landscape.

We will also ask the team for their thoughts on wrapping security around the Model Context Protocol(MCP) as it continues to pick up steam!

Continuous Platform Engineering with cf-kaizen : Cloud Foundry Weekly : Ep 50

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:23:54 -0700

We welcome special guests Chris Phillipson and Brian Kirkland to the show to discuss implementing continuous platform engineering with cf-kaizen and the rest of the cf-tool suite.

Don't miss this episode to see how you can harness the power of agents to improve your overall platform operations and engineering.

ConcourseGPT - Taming the Beasts of CI/CD - Cloud Foundry Weekly : Episode 49

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:58:21 -0700

We will have special guest Joey McDonald on the show to discuss his latest project, ConcourseGPT!

ConcourseGPT aims to tame the Beasts of CI/CD Infrastructure with AI-generated documentation! It solves the challenge of undocumented, complex Concourse pipelines with an AI-powered tool that generates comprehensive documentation for configurations that often remain untouched for months or years.

If you are using Concourse, this will be a must-watch episode!

Check out the project on Joey's blog:
https://jmcdice.github.io/posts/concourse-gpt/

Grab the code:
https://github.com/jmcdice/concourse-gpt

Zero to Hero with Spring AI: Part Two - Cloud Foundry Weekly : Episode 48

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:58:39 -0800

We welcome Adib Saikali back to the show to continue covering his Zero to Hero class on Spring AI! We will also continue to show how easy it is to expand and empower Java developers on the platform using Spring AI to jumpstart intelligent app development using Cloud Foundry and our GenAI tile.

Grab the code:
https://github.com/asaikali/spring-ai-zero-to-hero

Catch up on part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/vyZSmePUiCE?si=6xzpkzjUgv65WbNI

Installing Open-WebUI Part 2: Advanced Use Cases: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Episode 47

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:35:06 -0800

We continue our coverage on running Open-WebUI on Cloud Foundry! We will dig into what services we can tie in from the Cloud Foundry marketplace to expand our exploration of running GenAI apps and LLMs within your foundations. Last but not least, we will give a sneak peek at Nick's latest addition to his homelab.

Installing Open-WebUI and exploring local LLMs on CF: Cloud Foundry Weekly: Episode 46

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:10:11 -0800

We are kicking off our "How-To" mini-series with this episode! We will show a deep dive on deploying the popular open-webui application on Cloud Foundry! Open-WebUI is a great tool to explore and experiment with GenAI on your locally deployed LLMs running on the GenAI for Tanzu Platform tile. We will also deep dive into different model variants and inference engines such as Ollama and vLLM.

Open-WebUI:
https://openwebui.com/

GenAI for tPCF Samples:
https://github.com/nkuhn-vmw/GenAI-for-TPCF-Samples

Cloud Foundry Podcast: https://cloudfoundryweekly.com/episodes
Cloud Foundry Weekly LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cloud-foundry-weekly
Cloud Foundry Weekly X: https://x.com/cf_weekly

Nick Kuhn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-kuhn-aa72a39/
Nick Kuhn X: https://x.com/tehkuhnz
Nick Kuhn Blog: https://tehkuhnz.io/

Nicky Pike LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicky-pike/
Nicky Pike X: https://x.com/bearded_bytes
Nicky Pike Blog: https://nickypike.dev

What is MCP? How can you use it with CF? : Cloud Foundry Weekly : Episode 45

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:15:41 -0800

Are you curious about the Model Context Protocol (MCP)? Join the show this week to hear from special guests Corby Page and Kirti Apte to learn the basics of MCP and to use that in the scope of your Cloud Foundry environment!

Spring Office Hours Crossover : Cloud Foundry Weekly : Episode 44

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:35:42 -0800

DaShaun Carter and Dan Vega will join the show this week to give an update on what's going on in the world of Spring! Don't miss this episode to see how you can pair Cloud Foundry with our favorite java framework :)

Deploying Deepseek-r1 in your Datacenter : Cloud Foundry Weekly : Episode 43

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:26:02 -0800

Are you trying to make sense of all the AI news around deepseek-r1? Well, then join the show this week to get a deep dive on how to deploy deepseek-r1 in your datacenter running on the Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry

Deep Dive on tPCF 10 : Cloud Foundry Weekly Episode 42

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:22:01 -0800

Nick and Nicky will explore the latest features released in tPCF 10. Be sure to check out this episode to learn about the latest updates in your favorite Cloud Foundry distribution.

Into the DMZ : 2025 Security Updates : Cloud Foundry Weekly Episode 41

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 06:26:31 -0800

DMZ will join the show to give the first Into the DMZ update for 2025. Be sure to check out this episode for the latest security updates in the Cloud Foundry ecosystem.

2024 Performance Review - Cloud Foundry Weekly Episode 40

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:28:59 -0800

Join the CF Weekly crew and special guest Cote as we complete our year-end performance review for the podcast. We will discuss the top episodes and events in the CloudFoundry/tech ecosystem, set goals, and look forward to upcoming events and episodes in 2025!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Homelab Holiday Party : Episode 39

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:52:36 -0800

Join the extended Cloud Foundry weekly crew as we celebrate the holidays, reflect on the year, and geek out about our homelabs!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Tanzu Value add for Cloud Foundry : Episode 38

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:10:41 -0800

This week, friends of the pod Tim Leong and Mark Fynes will join the show again to discuss all the goodness that Tanzu adds on top of the Cloud Foundry ecosystem.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: GenAI for TPCF is GA! : Episode 37

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:56:43 -0800

This will be the first part of our Tanzu Platform 10 launch coverage. Nicky and Nick will deep dive into the GA release of the GenAI for Tanzu Platform Tile. Don't miss this episode to get the latest tips and tricks on installing the GenAI tile.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: The vibe at Kubecon: Episode 36

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:42:26 -0800

Nicky will share his insights from Kubecon North America! He will share his stories from working at the Cloud Foundry Foundation and VMware Tanzu booths.

Links
Cloud Native Heroes Challenge: Help vanquish patent trolls! https://www.cncf.io/heroes/
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Salt Lake City 2024 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2Pw4mRw4S-1p_xLARMqPkA7

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Tanzu Friends at VMware Explore BCN: Episode 35

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:10:03 -0800

Cote and Keith Lee will join the show this week live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2024!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Exploring Sanford, GenAI, & cf-toolsuite updates: Episode 34

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:58:46 -0800

cf-toolsuite fans - Don't miss this episode! Friend of the pod, Chris Phillipson, will return to share updates on the latest addition to the cf-toolsuite, Sanford! This new app will run, use the GenAI on the Tanzu Platform tile, and do some fun document analysis. Of course, stay tuned for general updates on cf-tool suite and perhaps some Halloween fun :)

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Recap CF Day EU 2024: Episode 33

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:54:10 -0700

What to catch up on all Cloud Foundry excitement from Karlsruhe this year? Be sure to tune into the show as we recap all the great talks and topics from Cloud Foundry Day 2024 EU!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Into the DMZ: Compliance DeepDive: Episode 32

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:11:14 -0700

It's time for another "Into the DMZ" security series update with David Zendzian! Chris Cropper will also join the show to deep dive into cloud-native security and compliance!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Live at CF Day Germany! : Episode 31

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:17:32 -0700

Join the Cloud Foundry Weekly crew as we are thrilled to host an incredible real-world Cloud Foundry User, Daniel Boegelein (Datev eG). We are also delighted to host Amelia Downs (a leading Cloud Foundry contributor) and promote conversation between our Cloud Foundry Users and Contributors. They'll share practical insights on how their organizations run their businesses with Cloud Foundry. We're excited to close out the show by demonstrating how the Cloud Foundry contributor’s work is used in the real world and how Cloud Foundry drives your everyday lives

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Bootiful Spring with Josh Long! : Episode 30

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:05:40 -0700

This week on Cloud Foundry Weekly, our special guest will be Spring's own Josh Long!

If you're into Spring, Josh might be a familiar name. He's a Spring Developer Advocate at VMware, a Java Champion, and author of several books on Spring. Josh's love for Spring is so strong, we suspect he only drinks his coffee from bean-configured cups!

Join us as we chat about:

The latest regarding Spring and Cloud Foundry
Practical tips to improve your CF/τPCF workflows
Josh's thoughts on what's next for cloud-native Java

Whether you're an experienced CloudFoundry user or just beginning this episode is sure to appeal to everyone.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Live with CF Legend James Watters! : Episode 29

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:22:11 -0700

James Watters joins the show to share his Cloud Foundry experiences. Don't miss this chance to catch up with one of the cf legends!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Routing Platform logs with SCDF & Fynesy: Episode 28

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:12:25 -0700

Superstar Mark Fynes returns to the show this week to explore how platform engineers can use the Spring Cloud Data Flow (SCFG) tile to control log routing to various endpoints!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: What's new with BOSH and OpsMan?: Episode 27

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:38:50 -0700

Maya Rosecrance will join the show to dive deep into new BOSH and VMware Tanzu Operations Manager (Ops Man) features. Don't miss this episode to see how these new features can make a platform engineer's life easier 😎

Maya Rosecrance Bio:
Maya Rosecrance has been involved with Cloud Foundry since 2016. She started by contributing to the Loggregator project, then transitioned to the metrics team. In 2017, she joined the Redis tile team in London, followed by a role on the Garden team. Since 2019, Maya has been part of the BOSH team, and in 2021, she became the engineering manager for the BOSH team.

Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrosecrance/
Compiling Releases without a Director: https://bosh.io/docs/compiled-releases/#bosh-agent-compile
OpsManager 3.0 Release Notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Operations-Manager/3.0/vmware-tanzu-ops-manager/release-notes.html

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Spring AI Zero to Hero: Episode 26

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:01:15 -0700

Adib Saikali will join the show to run through his zero-to-hero session on Spring AI. This episode will be a great way to introduce you to Spring AI and sample application patterns that use GenAI, Spring, and Cloud Foundry.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Live from VMware Explore 2024 Las Vegas! : Episode 25

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:43:46 -0700

Join Nick and Nicky as they host Cloud Foundry Weekly Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas 2024! We will welcome members from the Tanzu Vanguard, Cloud Foundry, and VMware Tanzu communities! If you are at the show, we will be in Meeting Room Bellini 2001A from 11 AM to 12PM PDT!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: KBYG VMware Explore Vegas! : Episode 24

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 06:49:37 -0700

Nicky and Nick will give a pre-explore show to breakdown all the great sessions you should attend! If you are still looking to fill up your calendar with great tPCF related content, then don't miss this session

Cloud Foundry Weekly: CF and Tanzu Platform, better together: Episode 23

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:43:49 -0700

This week, Jacob Newton joins the show as we deep dive into the new features in the Tanzu Platform geared towards Cloud Foundry platform engineers and developers! Don't miss this episode to see multi-foundation magic and visibility :)

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Into the DMZ: Crowdstrike Edition: Episode 22

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:44:12 -0700

David Zendzian (aka DMZ) will join the show to continue our mini-series on security, now titled "Into the DMZ." Based on the popular chat from episode 20, we will deep-dive into the Crowdstrike incident and other security-related topics.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: tPCF Hidden Superpowers, Save $$ with java native images : Episode 21

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:54:26 -0700

Mark Fynes joins the show to explore how to save money and resources with hidden superpowers within the Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry and java native images and droplets!

Show Notes:
Check out the Tanzu Platform Cloud Foundry sessions at VMware Explore:
https://myevents.vmware.com/widget/vmware/explore2024lv/1719452363936001wyyD

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Deep Dive on TCO for Tanzu Platform : Episode 20

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 12:09:44 -0700

Do you need help calculating all the cost savings your install of Tanzu Platform Cloud Foundry is giving you? Don't miss this episode as Mia Villarreal will be our special guest to deep dive into the Total Economic Impact for Tanzu Platform report published by ESG.

Show notes:

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Install GenAI on TPCF LIVE!: Episode 19

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 06:42:24 -0700

Join Nick and special guest star Tim Leong for a live walkthrough and guide on installing the GenAI for TPCF tile!

Download the beta:
https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdownloads?subfamily=GenAI%20on%20Tanzu%20Platform%20for%20Cloud%20Foundry

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Tanzu Talk Crossover with Cote: Episode 18

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:09:39 -0700

Cote is joining the show to do a crossover from the Tanzu Talk podcast/Lifecast series! We will discuss cloud-native stuff, cloud foundry, what app platforms are great, and probably Dungeons and Dragons!

Show notes:

Cote's Podcasts:
https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/
https://www.tanzutalk.com/

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Deep Dive into Shared-Nothing Logging : Episode 17

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:29:17 -0700

Nicky and Nick will deep dive into the shared-nothing logging architecture with our special guests, Carson Long and Matthew Kocher. Learn how you can begin to optimize your overall logging architecture on your Cloud Foundry and Tanzu Platform installs!

Show notes:
The Firehose is Out, Syslog is In | Part 1
The Firehose is Out, Syslog is In | Part 2

Cloud Foundry Weekly: No GPUs, No Problem! : Episode 16

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:47:25 -0700

Join this week's episode as Nicky and Nick dive into the initial public beta release of GenAI on Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry. Nick will demo some of his labs, showing how you can get started building and running GenAI apps on CPUS (not just GPUs) running on Cloud Foundry.

Grab GenAI for TPCF here:
https://network.pivotal.io/products/genai-for-tas/

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Security Stories with DMZ : Episode 15

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:11:45 -0700

David Zendzian (aka DMZ) will join the show again this week as our special guest star. We will discuss security updates in Cloud Foundry, VMware Tanzu, and the industry in general. This will be the first of many shows with DMZ, as he can periodically share with the community recent events, tips, and tricks in the security space. If you're a platform engineer, you don’t want to miss this episode!

Show Notes:

CVE-2024-22279 Advisory: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2024-22279-gorouter-denial-of-service-attack/
Broadcom's CVE-2024-22279 Advisory: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24486
RFC 7231 Section 5.11 Details: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-5.1.1
Tanzu Security Blog: https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog-tag-security/5-ways-to-master-security-with-vmware-tanzu-platform

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Data Services: Gemfire, MySQL, Postgres & Rabbit, Oh My! : Episode 14

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 06:12:27 -0700

Get ready for an exciting episode all about data! Join us this week with special guests Gregory Green and returning favorite Mark Fynes as we discuss optimizing data services for your apps, explore use cases, and compare the best options between services. Expect fun discussions and live demos. If data's your thing, don't miss this episode!

Guest Bios:
Gregory Green LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-green-5619748/
Gregory Green is a seasoned software development and architecture expert with over 25 years of diverse experience across multiple industries, including financial, pharmaceutical, and telecommunications. Gregory specializes in cloud-native data services, bringing extensive expertise in modern data solutions, application modernization, digital transformations, and domain-driven design patterns. His innovative approach and deep industry knowledge make him a valuable asset in driving technological advancements and delivering cutting-edge solutions.

Mark Fynes LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-fynes-812407/
Mark Fynes brings over 25 years of experience in Mark Fynes has over 25 years of experience in enterprise middleware and cloud platforms. He's worked on everything from Corba Middleware, web services, to various platforms before joining Pivotal in 2013 where he realized the potential of Cloud Foundry. Since then, he has been a part of helping customers deploy their first apps with 'cf push' and scale to managing tens of thousands of applications on the platform.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Exploring Platform Automation with Tony Elmore : Episode 13

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 30 May 2024 12:55:38 -0700

Our special guest this week is Tony Elmore. We will deep-dive into Platform Automation with Tanzu Application Service. Tony will share his work on optimizing Platform Automation pipelines, which focuses on reducing the overall execution time of pipelines, making failed pipelines easier to find and troubleshoot, and simplifying how products are configured. Don't miss this episode to see how you can optimize your pipelines across all IaaS.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Recap CF Day NYC: Episode 12

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 24 May 2024 13:13:53 -0700

Join Nicky and Nick as they recap their experiences at Cloud Foundry Day NYC 2024!

Nick's Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/tehkuhnz/status/1790731369665986730

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Live at Cloud Foundry Day NYC: Episode 11

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 24 May 2024 10:10:12 -0700

Join the Cloud Foundry Weekly crew as we are thrilled to host some incredible real-world Cloud Foundry Users, Tom Brisco (JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and Greg Otto (Comcast). We are also delighted to host Amelia Downs (a leading Cloud Foundry contributor) and promote conversation between our Cloud Foundry Users and Contributors. They'll share practical insights on how their organizations run their businesses with Cloud Foundry. We're excited to close out the show by demonstrating how the Cloud Foundry contributor’s work is used in the real world and how Cloud Foundry drives your everyday lives.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Exploring enterprise RAG applications with GenAI for TAS: Episode 10

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 09 May 2024 16:54:36 -0700

This week, David Wu will be our special guest star as we explore building enterprise RAG applications using GenAI for TAS. Don't miss this episode as we deep-dive into how you can build innovative applications on top of Cloud Foundry with large language models and applications using Retrieval Augmented Generation(RAG) to tailor chatbots to your domain-specific knowledge.

Links:
GenAI for TAS Sample Apps: https://github.com/nkuhn-vmw/GenAI-for-TAS-Samples
Avatar Drawings - Creative Design: David Neal https://reverentgeek.com

Bio
David Wu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawu/

David Wu is a Senior Staff Product Value Engineer - Developer Experience team at Broadcom, where he helps customers modernize legacy applications and build scalable, high-performing Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes platforms. With over 7 years of experience at Pivotal, VMware, and now Broadcom, David has a deep understanding of cloud technologies and their practical applications. Prior to Pivotal, he served as a software engineer building innovative financial applications, internationally award winning cinematic cameras and medical devices that are even now showcased in the Science Museum in London, England.

David is the co-author of the book "Cloud Foundry for Developers," which guides readers through the process of developing and deploying applications using the Cloud Foundry platform. He holds a Computer Science degree and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Monash University and RMIT, where he developed the world's first human vision model for perceptually lossless medical image compression.

In addition to his work in the tech industry, David served as a forensic specialist for law enforcement/government entities. He developed cutting-edge algorithms that significantly contributed to solving complex cases, where his work was recognized and continually sought.

David's expertise spans software development, generative AI, picture quality metrics, picture compression, machine learning algorithms, vision models, and forensics/video analytics. He is passionate about leveraging technology to help customers succeed, drive innovation and solve real-world problems.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: A Day in the Life of the Solution Architect: Episode 9

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Fri, 03 May 2024 15:14:27 -0700

Ever wonder what it’s like to live in a day in the life of a VMware Tanzu Solution architect? Join this episode as Nicky and Nick deep dive with a panel of Tanzu SAs and how they spend their time helping customers achieve their business goals.

Guest Bios:
Mark Fynes -
Mark Fynes brings over 25 years of experience in Mark Fynes has over 25 years of experience in enterprise middleware and cloud platforms. He's worked on everything from Corba Middleware, web services, to various platforms before joining Pivotal in 2013 where he realized the potential of Cloud Foundry. Since then, he has been a part of helping customers deploy their first apps with 'cf push' and scale to managing tens of thousands of applications on the platform.

Tim Leong -
Tim Leong is a 10-year Cloud Foundry veteran and enthusiast who previously managed the platform for major corporations before transitioning to sales two years ago. His focus is on learning Tanzu and advocating for TAS across industries. Tim resides near Philadelphia with his wife and three children near a mall where apparently George Washington used to hang out

Chris Samp -
Chris Samp's journey began with early computer tinkering, leading to a career spanning Silicon Valley's Dot Com era to today's Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes landscapes. With expertise in Java, N-tier architecture, AWS, bash scripts, Python, and a VP Engineering background at startups, Chris brings a wealth of experience to his current role. He joined Pivotal, engaging with major companies like Ford and GM, and continues to navigate the evolving tech terrain with a focus on Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes solutions.

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Secure Cloud Foundry with Aqua Sec and DMZ: Episode 8

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:05:00 -0700

This week, we are honored to have two guest stars! Jake Meloche from Aqua Security will join the show, as well as our very own field CISO at Tanzu, David Zendzian (aka DMZ) 😎

We will deep-dive into all facets of security around Cloud Foundry and Tanzu Application Service. Take advantage of this episode to ensure that you are taking all steps to ensure that your platforms are running as securely as possible!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: What's new with the CFF! : Episode 7

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:58:14 -0700

Ram Iyengar and Chris Clark from the Cloud Foundry Foundation will update us on what's been happening in the open-source CF ecosystem. Take advantage of this episode to see the latest and greatest insights from the CFF and a deep dive into the upcoming Cloud Foundry Day NYC!

Show notes:
Cloud Foundry Day NYC
Cloud Foundry Foundation
Cloud Foundry Korifi
Paketo Buildpacks

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Unboxing TAS 6.0 with Cote : Episode 6

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 15:57:42 -0700

This week's episode will dive into the latest release of Tanzu Application Service with our celebrity guest star, Michael Cote! Listen in for updates on GenAI for TAS, Autoscaler updates, and various other cool features on TAS 6.0! -- Bonus content Cote and Nick discussing what type of box TAS is shipped in :)

Show notes:
TAS 6.0 Announcement Blog
Sign up for the GenAI for TAS beta!

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Diving into Spring Cloud Data Flow : Episode 5

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:32:46 -0700

DaShaun Carter is back on the show this week to dive into Spring Cloud Data Flow (SCDF) and how you can use it within a Cloud Foundry / Tanzu Application Service environment.

Getting Started Guide: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-cl...
Project Guide: https://dataflow.spring.io/getting-st...
Flow Reference Guide: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-d...
SCDF Project Page: https://spring.io/projects/spring-clo...
SteelToe/.Net integration guide: https://docs.steeltoe.io/api/v3/strea...

Spring Office Hours with Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter: • Spring Office Hours

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Powering .NET Workloads : Episode 4

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:30:12 -0700

This week, we're honored to have special guests Andrew Stakhov, Martez Killens, and Chris Hester joining us. Get ready for an in-depth exploration of running your .Net workloads efficiently and effectively on Cloud Foundry. Don't miss out on this insightful session!

Show notes:
https://nuke.build/

Cloud Foundry Weekly: Exploring cf-toolsuite with Chris Phillipson : Episode 3

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:01:21 -0700

Join Nick and Nicky with their special guest this week, Chris Phillipson, to get a deep dive into the cf-toolsuite project! Cloud Foundry platform engineers and developers can benefit from the various projects hosted at https://github.com/cf-toolsuite.

Show Notes:
Check out cf-toolsuite -- https://github.com/cf-toolsuite

Cloud Foundry Weekly: GenAI for Tanzu Application Service : Episode 2

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:27:58 -0700

Don't Miss Episode 2 of Cloud Foundry Weekly! We will dive into GenAI for Tanzu Application Service with special guests Long Nguyen and Amelia Downs!

Learn how to deploy PrivateAI in your CloudFoundry foundations with BOSH and use SpringAI to build AI-enabled Cloud Foundry apps!

Cloud Foundry Weekly Kickoff!

Nick Kuhn and Nicky Pike — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:57:56 -0800

Listen to the first episode of the Cloud Foundry Weekly podcast by Nicky Pike and Nick Kuhn! On this episode, we welcomed special guests DaShaun Carter and Dan Vega from the incredible Spring community to talk Spring and Cloud Foundry.