Serverless & Google Cloud
For 5 years I was on the serverless team at Google Cloud as a developer advocate. I gave 80+ public talks on 5 continents in dozens of countries and loved my time there. I spoke at events such as Google I/O, Google Cloud Next, and various GDG meetups. Check out some of my other talks on Google Cloud topics.
Serverless Toolbox
While at Google I co-created and co-hosted a series of videos called Serverless Toolbox. We explored real-world use cases for Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, App Engine, Firestore, and more.
Bringing serverless to Kubernetes and Knative (2018)
Kubernetes and Istio provide a great foundation for orchestrating, monitoring, and scaling your apps. Combine the power of Kubernetes with the ease of use of serverless to create new, powerful and flexible development experiences.
Slides available on my Speaker Deck page.
Added Mar 22, 2024
Use Google Cloud to build a chatbot for Google Assistant (2017)
I'll show you how to build a chatbot for Google Assistant using Google Cloud, DialogFlow and Firebase to extend Assistant with your own application. Learn how to build a custom Action and see how the same tools can help you build a serverless chatbot for Slack, Facebook Messenger, Google Home and more.
Added Aug 9, 2023
Google Cloud Overview (2015)
2015 talk from DevFest DC walking through Google Cloud using a demo application called Cloud Spin. Covers compute, storage, databases and more.
Track Cloud Cost With Rackspace & Cloudability (2013)
Former Racker and Googler Bret McGowen discusses the importance of monitoring the costs of hosting your app in the Rackspace Cloud using the tool Cloudability. Video originally from 2013.
Online Payments Made Easy: Stripe + Rails (2013)
Racker developer Bret McGowen guides you on how to set up Stripe in your Ruby on Rails web application so that you can easily accept online payments. Video from 2013.
Other videos
Check out a playlist of Bret's talks and recorded videos on YouTube.
Slide Decks
Serverless Deep Dive on Google Cloud (2018)
I'll start posting some of my old presentations from Google and Rackspace here, starting with Serverless Deep Dive on Google Cloud (2018).