Brad Smith, author of "DevOps for the Desperate" and Sr. Director of Engineering at Varo Bank, formerly a Sr. Engineering Manager at Amazon, joins the podcast to discuss:00:00 Intro00:30 Minimizing productivity dips when onboarding11:45 Simplification through reduction in cognitive load14:15 Lightweight Architectural Decision Records18:45 Need for SRE? How we got from DevOps to SRE27:10 Scaling startup infrastructure efficiently41:30 Zarar’s crazy story about his old boss 42:53 Viability of one-stack frameworks like Elixir LiveView and OneStack49:50 Where does AI fit in current and future development workflows? Book link: https://www.amazon.ca/DevOps-Desperate-Hands-Survival-Guide/dp/1718502486/YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bpApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJKSpotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcALinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDMRSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODWTwitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju