Cloud networking without the vendor fog.
Cables2Clouds is a technical conversation show for people who care how networking changes in cloud-heavy environments. Chris Miles and Tim McConaughey pair monthly news analysis with guest episodes on AI agents, content creation, developer advocacy, data centers, and the messy incentives behind infrastructure.
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Cables2Clouds is a cloud networking show with the cadence of an engineer conversation after the headlines have already landed. It is informal, but not careless. Chris Miles and Tim McConaughey use monthly news episodes to sort through the claims, incentives, and awkward consequences behind infrastructure stories. Their AI coverage is especially grounded in skepticism. One recent discussion starts with a Goldman Sachs-linked claim that AI added basically nothing to economic growth despite massive spending from Meta, Google, OpenAI, Amazon, and others. The conversation quickly moves from markets to power, compute, and the physical reality of data centers. That is where the show is at its best. It treats cloud as something built in towns, sold by companies, governed by incentives, and operated by real people. The hosts are willing to call out evasive answers around data center projects while still staying inside an engineering frame. Guest episodes broaden that frame. Erica Dietrich’s return looks at the move from developer advocacy at Cisco to full-time content creation. The discussion is less about creator glamour than about trust, honest recommendations, sponsorship pressure, free educational material, and the practical shape of a good workday. John Capobianco’s return brings the show into AI agents, a topic presented as especially relevant to the technical circles around the podcast. The social layer matters too. Blue Sky, technical identity, and online community appear not as filler, but as part of how engineers learn from one another. The pacing is loose and talkative. The value comes from hearing technically literate people test industry narratives in real time. Some moments are funny, some are blunt, and some are simply about getting the article or quote in front of them. Cables2Clouds suits listeners who want cloud networking coverage with opinion, context, and a visible preference for honesty over polished vendor language.
Made for: Cables2Clouds is for network and cloud practitioners who want industry context, technical conversation, and candid reactions to infrastructure trends. It especially suits engineers following AI, data centers, developer advocacy, and the changing work around cloud networking.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by pairing cloud networking analysis with plainspoken skepticism about industry incentives. Its guest conversations stay close to real practitioner choices, from independent content creation to AI agents for network-focused audiences.
Join Chris and Tim as they delve into the Cloud Networking world! The goal of this podcast is to help Network Engineers with their Cloud journey. Follow us on Twitter @Cables2Clouds | Co-Hosts Twitter Handles: Chris - @bgp_mane | Tim - @juangolbez
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A sharp monthly scan of AI hype, infrastructure reality, and the politics between them.
Cables2Clouds uses its monthly roundup to shift from AI's limited economic payoff to the physical limits shaping the infrastructure buildout. Chris Miles and Tim McConaughey keep the arc moving: AI spending, the claim that it added basically zero to growth, and the chip and RAM…
A candid look at creator independence, technical trust, and the business behind useful content.
Erica Dietrich's return gives Cables to Clouds a focused look at the move from Cisco developer advocacy to full-time content creation and running a business. The conversation stays on a practical fault line: how to remain useful and honest while still making money.
Java conversations with architectural memory.
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Microsoft cloud security, practically explained.
Microsoft cloud security, translated into practice.
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Erica Dietrich, known online as Erica the dev, explains why she left a developer advocate role at Cisco to run content creation and her own business full time.
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