Episode 72 - The GitOps Weaver with Weaveworks CEO Alexis Richardson

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Timeline/Topic

00:00 -- Check out sponsors

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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