The IT Guy Show
Navigating Technology and Careers
Displaying items 1-10 of 16 in total of The IT Guy Show with the tag "digitaltransformation".
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Episode 25: The Homelab SLA
July 21st, 2026 | 41 mins 15 secs
cloud native, devops, devrel, digitaltransformation, high cardinality, homelab sla, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, metrics, monitoring, observability, opensource, prometheus, shiftmon, solutions engineer, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips, time series database, uptime, victorialogs, victoriametrics
Most of us treat our homelabs like a junk drawer. Something breaks, we shrug, we fix it whenever we get around to it. Mathias Palmersheim does not operate that way.
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Episode 24: Learn to Play Tabletop Role Playing Games
July 8th, 2026 | 59 mins 28 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, opensource, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
We covered the basics of TTRPGs, walked through systems like D&D, Savage Worlds, and Dungeon World, and then built a one-shot together live with the audience. The room gave me a 97 year old Elf Wizard named Ethan on a desperate mission to save his favorite tiki bar from burning down. The villain was named Bob. He stole all the turtles. The tacos were at stake. It went exactly as chaotic as you'd expect.
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Episode 23: Keep It Techie
May 28th, 2026 | 43 mins 37 secs
apartment homelab, colocation, data center, dell poweredge, devops, digitaltransformation, gigabit fiber, home lab, home networking, hypervisor, infrastructure, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, keep it techie, linux, local llm, minecraft server, noise management, opensource, plex, power consumption, rack servers, self-hosting, subscription fatigue, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips, thermal management
Home labs have evolved from hobbyist experiments to essential infrastructure for tech professionals, but knowing when to build one…and how…isn't always clear.
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Episode 22: A Human in the Middle
May 12th, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
ai, aiatwork, aitools, artificialintelligence, chatgpt, devops, devrel, digitaltransformation, eric the it guy, futureofwork, generativeai, highereducation, humanjudgment, it, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, karlabbott, knowledgework, liberalarts, linux, llm, machinelearning, opensource, productivity, red hat, softwarengineering, techcommunity, techleadership, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips, vibecoding
AI is everywhere, and so is the fear that it's coming for your job. But what if the real story is more interesting than that?
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Episode 12: Working in GovTech: What’s Different?
August 26th, 2025 | 54 mins 7 secs
aiinfrastructure, careertransition, cloudadoption, compliance, devsecops, digitaltransformation, eric the it guy, federalit, gitlab, governmenttech, govtech, itcareers, itguyeric, itleadership, joel krooswyk, modernization, opensource, publicsector, publicservice, remoteleadership, techpodcast
From AI to compliance, modernization to mission-critical infrastructure, working in the public sector versus government tech can look similar on the surface… but the reality is often worlds apart.
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Episode 10: GitOps for the Linux Administrator
July 29th, 2025 | 42 mins 16 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, eric the it guy, git, gitops, infrastructureascode, it, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, kubernetes, linux, linuxadmin, linuxsysadmin, opensource, platformengineering, red hat, site reliability engineering, sre, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
GitOps can feel like buzzword soup, especially for seasoned Linux admins who’ve spent years mastering bash, cron, and config files. But what if it’s not as scary—or as different—as it sounds?
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Rebooting Eric the IT Guy: Where I’ve Been & What’s Next
May 1st, 2025 | 1 min 9 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, opensource, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
After a few months away from the mic, I’m back—and rebooting Eric the IT Guy not just as a brand, but as a mission.
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Episode 8: The Art of Continuous Improvement
October 1st, 2024 | 47 mins 49 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, eric the it guy, it, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, opensource, red hat, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
We all seem to have this vision of “arriving” at some tech paradise where everything “just works”. After 17 years in IT, I’d say it's safe to say that will never happen. However, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive for better. Teams that embrace the chaos can make huge strides towards improving their environment.
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Episode 7: Battling Burnout…with a Sword
September 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
burnout, devops, digitaltransformation, dull made daring, eric the it guy, it, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, opensource, red hat, stress, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
Stress and burnout come for all of us at one time or another. You may not even realize that is what is going on. Join Eric as he sits down with Jennifer and Bryan Horton, owners of Dull Made Daring, and learn the warning signs, recovery methods, and how to slash your anxiety away, with a sword, yeah, a literal sword!
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Episode 6: A Quick Look at Ephemeral Environments
August 13th, 2024 | 44 mins 28 secs
devops, digitaltransformation, itguyeric, itknowledge, itpodcast, itprofessionals, itsupport, linux, opensource, techcommunity, technews, technology, techpodcast, techtips
In my days as a Systems Administrator, there weren’t any “non-production” environments. It was all about keeping all the systems running, all the time, even Dev for the developers. Here comes Ephemeral Environments, a concept to quickly build and test disposable systems to make building and testing easier for the entire enterprise.