Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted in May 2026. #GOTOcon #GOTO
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Read the full transcription of this interview here:
https://gotopia.tech/articles/445
Jake Warner - Co-Founder & CEO at Cycle @JakeWarner
Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant
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Charles
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Links
cycle.io
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youtu.be/GxTJ-3j9y0U
youtu.be/PHrUSpEydRM
youtu.be/Gq6eDt13uNU
youtu.be/2s_wnPo7cOc
DESCRIPTION
Jake Warner, co-founder and CEO of Cycle.io, traces a pattern he's watched repeat itself since his OpenStack days: a new orchestration technology arrives, developers adopt it enthusiastically, it grows in complexity, and organizations eventually ask whether managing it is really a core competency. He made a decade-long bet that Kubernetes would follow the same arc — and built Cycle as the answer: a distributed control plane that lets companies own their own infrastructure and compute while still getting a clean, platform-like experience on top of it. The key design principle is a high ceiling without sacrificing simplicity — companies shouldn't have to re-platform every time they grow, and they shouldn't have to give up infrastructure ownership to get ease of use.
The conversation then pivots to Sovereign Cloud, which Jake frames not as a niche regulatory concern but as a fundamental trust and ownership question. He draws attention to a risk many organizations underestimate: the control plane itself. Unlike many platforms where the control plane is a single point of failure and a blackbox, Cycle's architecture ensures that even if the control plane goes down, customer infrastructure keeps running — servers maintain their own manifests and restart containers independently. Looking ahead, Jake expects more regions and countries to build their own cloud equivalents, driven by privacy concerns, data residency laws, and geopolitical pressures that are accelerating faster than the technology is.
His conclusion: the organizations that handed AWS all the keys are beginning to realize the cost — and the industry is correcting.
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
01:02 What Is Cycle & why bet against Kubernetes a decade ago?
03:30 Containers, VMs, Bare Metal — Why support all three?
08:27 European Control Plane
17:53 What's sovereign cloud?
24:40 What's next for Cycle?
26:03 The Control Plane trust problem
29:02 Will we end up with multiple Internets?
31:43 Outro
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Alan Hamilton • Sovereign Cloud Operations • amzn.to/4dqYAe4
Leonard J. Horta • The Cloud Exit Strategy • amzn.to/4dXqeiN
Charles Curry & Tanessa Curry • Cooling the Cloud • amzn.to/4a0d4iA
Liz Rice • Container Security • amzn.to/3oU4iJe
Liz Rice • Kubernetes Security • oreilly.com/library/view/kubernetes-security/9781492039075
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This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted in May 2026. #GOTOcon #GOTO
https://gotopia.tech
Read the full transcription of this interview here:
https://gotopia.tech/articles/445
Jake Warner - Co-Founder & CEO at Cycle @JakeWarner
Charles Humble - Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant
RESOURCES
Jake
https://bsky.app/profile/jakewarner.com
https://x.com/jakewarner
github.com/JakeWarner
linkedin.com/in/jakewarner
jakewarner.com
Charles
https://bsky.app/profile/charleshumble.bsky.social
linkedin.com/in/charleshumble
https://mastodon.social/@charleshumble
conissaunce.com
Links
cycle.io
youtu.be/zOP_Dtwo1gs
youtu.be/GxTJ-3j9y0U
youtu.be/PHrUSpEydRM
youtu.be/Gq6eDt13uNU
youtu.be/2s_wnPo7cOc
DESCRIPTION
Jake Warner, co-founder and CEO of Cycle.io, traces a pattern he's watched repeat itself since his OpenStack days: a new orchestration technology arrives, developers adopt it enthusiastically, it grows in complexity, and organizations eventually ask whether managing it is really a core competency. He made a decade-long bet that Kubernetes would follow the same arc — and built Cycle as the answer: a distributed control plane that lets companies own their own infrastructure and compute while still getting a clean, platform-like experience on top of it. The key design principle is a high ceiling without sacrificing simplicity — companies shouldn't have to re-platform every time they grow, and they shouldn't have to give up infrastructure ownership to get ease of use.
The conversation then pivots to Sovereign Cloud, which Jake frames not as a niche regulatory concern but as a fundamental trust and ownership question. He draws attention to a risk many organizations underestimate: the control plane itself. Unlike many platforms where the control plane is a single point of failure and a blackbox, Cycle's architecture ensures that even if the control plane goes down, customer infrastructure keeps running — servers maintain their own manifests and restart containers independently. Looking ahead, Jake expects more regions and countries to build their own cloud equivalents, driven by privacy concerns, data residency laws, and geopolitical pressures that are accelerating faster than the technology is.
His conclusion: the organizations that handed AWS all the keys are beginning to realize the cost — and the industry is correcting.
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
01:02 What Is Cycle & why bet against Kubernetes a decade ago?
03:30 Containers, VMs, Bare Metal — Why support all three?
08:27 European Control Plane
17:53 What's sovereign cloud?
24:40 What's next for Cycle?
26:03 The Control Plane trust problem
29:02 Will we end up with multiple Internets?
31:43 Outro
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Alan Hamilton • Sovereign Cloud Operations • amzn.to/4dqYAe4
Leonard J. Horta • The Cloud Exit Strategy • amzn.to/4dXqeiN
Charles Curry & Tanessa Curry • Cooling the Cloud • amzn.to/4a0d4iA
Liz Rice • Container Security • amzn.to/3oU4iJe
Liz Rice • Kubernetes Security • oreilly.com/library/view/kubernetes-security/9781492039075
https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com
twitter.com/GOTOcon
linkedin.com/company/goto-
instagram.com/goto_con
facebook.com/GOTOConferences
#Infrastructure #SovereignCloud #ControlPlane #Cycle #EuropeanControlPlane #SovereignCloudOperations #PostKubernetes #Kubernetes #k8s #TodaInTech #JakeWarner #CharlesHumble #GOTO
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![[404] – Developer Not Found: The Continuing Developer Evolution • Derek Bingham • YOW! 2025](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jpsDPUUJiYM/mqdefault.jpg "[404] – Developer Not Found: The Continuing Developer Evolution • Derek Bingham • YOW! 2025
This presentation was recorded at YOW! Australia 2025. #GOTOcon #YOW
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Derek Bingham - Senior Developer Advocate at AWS @DerekBingham
RESOURCES
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ABSTRACT
The developer landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. What began with coding assistants has rapidly evolved into AI agents and autonomous systems that are reshaping how we build software. However, this evolution isnt slowing down—its accelerating.
In this forward-looking session, well examine the current state of the developer ecosystem and how AI is fundamentally changing what it means to be a developer. With the use of real practical demos and examples we will explore :
• The trajectory from coding assistants to AI agents.
• How modern developer workflows are being reimagined
• The shifting balance between human creativity and machine capabilities
• Critical skills developers need to thrive in this new paradigm
• Practical strategies for navigating this rapidly evolving landscape
Whether youre concerned about keeping pace with change or excited about the possibilities ahead, this session is for you. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
05:50 [404] – Developer not found
06:20 Evolution: The evolution of developers tools
10:06 State: What is an agent?
11:42 Prompt engineering
12:35 Context engineering
14:17 Context management 101
17:59 Fears: The false fears
22:28 Spec-driven development
27:13 Opportunities
30:52 Challenges
33:19 Future
37:40 Outro
Read the full abstract here:
https://yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/sessions/3836
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Pete McBreen • Software Craftsmanship • https://amzn.to/456einq
Phil Winder • Reinforcement Learning • https://amzn.to/3t1S1VZ
Jay Wengrow • A Common-Sense Guide to AI Engineering • https://pragprog.com/titles/jwpaieng
Kurt Dowswell • Programming with GitHub Copilot • https://amzn.to/3TM2HaL
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#AI #DeveloperEvolution #DeveloperEcosystem #AIAgents #AISkills #VibeCoding #Kiro #AgenticWorkflows #PromptEngineering #ContextEngineering #SpecDrivenDevelopment #DerekBingham #TodayInTech #YOWcon
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