Cloud Foundry Weekly

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-SamplesAvatar Drawings - Creative Design:  David Neal https://reverentgeek.com BioDavid 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.

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 outChris 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.

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!

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 NYCCloud Foundry FoundationCloud Foundry KorifiPaketo Buildpacks 

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 BlogSign up for the GenAI for TAS beta!

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  

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/

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

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!Sign up for the GenAI for TAS beta here!

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.