Episode 72 – The GitOps Weaver with Weaveworks CEO Alexis Richardson
Alexis Richardson is one of a kind and truly unique and wonderful personality in the Cloud Native space.
In this episode of the POPCAST, Alexis talks about his journey from university to goldman sachs to co-founding not only weaveworks but the CNCF. Alexis does this with wit and with his signature candor, you are all in for a treat!
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Timeline/Topic
00:00 — Check out sponsors below!
00:06 — intro
00:15 — Introduction to Alexis Richardson CEO Weaveworks
01:30 — Alexis’ Journey
03:18 — Ludwig_Wittgenstein, Poker, and Sports Betting and Finance
15:15 — Open Financial stack and rabbitmq
21:44 — Starting Weaveworks
24:40 — Pivoting to Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Cortex.
28:44 — Flux and WeaveNet
29:29 — Helping to found the CNCF and the first TOC.
35:33 — What you would do different? Weave and CNCF
37:25 — What work is Alexis most proud of?
Episode Links
Weaveworks – https://www.weave.works/
Flux https://www.weave.works/oss/flux/
Alexis on the CNCF’s growth: https://www.enterprisetimes.co.uk/2019/05/20/alexis-richardson-on-why-the-cncf-is-growing-so-fast/
Weaveworks funding round: https://www.weave.works/press/releases/weaveworks-raises-36-million-ser
Alexis Fav Philosopher – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein
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