Arrested DevOps

Arrested DevOps is an interview-format show built around one-on-one conversations between the host and a single guest, typically a practitioner, consultant, or advocate working in DevOps, platform engineering, or security. Matt Stratton (credited in episodes as Matty Stratton) is the consistent host across the sampled episodes; the show's RSS credits additional co-hosts (Trevor Hess, Jessica Kerr, Bridget Kromhout) but they do not appear in this episode sample. Guests tend to be developer advocates, product managers, or security specialists at companies like Chainguard, Sysdig, and Telemetry Hub, and some return for multiple appearances, such as Kat Cosgrove discussing open-source security twice. Recurring themes include software supply chain and dependency security, cloud-native and Kubernetes security practices, applying product-management frameworks to SRE and platform teams, incident command, and how AI coding tools change trust and verification in software delivery. Episodes also touch on softer career topics, including how engineers build a professional reputation and navigate industry-specific social media shifts. The tone is conversational and reflective rather than scripted, often opening with an anecdote or analogy from the host before moving into a structured discussion with the guest. Episodes run roughly 30 to 55 minutes and include sponsor segments from companies in the DevOps and cloud security space, such as Sysdig, Fly.io, and Drada. The show suits practicing engineers and engineering leaders more than beginners, since it assumes familiarity with terms like SBOM, CI/CD, and Kubernetes. Listeners get less step-by-step tutorial content and more discussion of judgment calls, incentives, and organizational tradeoffs in operations work.