Kris Braun's guest appearances

Kris Braun

Google Cloud Platform Podcast

Dave Elliott

Andrew Walker

Peter Norvig

Eric Anderson

John Bohannon

Manuel Lima

Margaret Mitchell

Jessie Frazelle

Joanna Smith

Juliet Hougland

Michelle Casbon

Jesse Houston

Mark Chmarny

Ville Aikas

Dale Markowitz

OwlTail

Guillaume Laforge

Brian Dorsey joins Stephanie Wong this week for an in-depth discussion on Workflows. Guests Kris Braun and Guillaume Laforge introduce us to Google Cloud Workflows, explaining that this fully managed serverless product helps connect services in the cloud. By facilitating the creation of an end-to-end schema, Workflows lets developers specify what microservices or other software respond when certain events occur in a detailed, visual format. Kris and Guillaume list the benefits of using Workflows and detail the many uses for this powerful tool. The ability to add detailed descriptors, for example, helps companies avoid errors in calling up other pieces of software. New employees have an easier time getting acquainted when the steps are clearly defined as well. Our guests use real-world examples to illustrate the three main uses for Workflows: event-driven, batch, and infrastructure automation. Workflows are flexible and customizable. Later, we hear about Cloud Composer and its relation to Workflows, and our guests help us understand which product is right for each client type. The Workflows team continues to expand offerings. More connectors are being added to allow developers to call other GCP services. Working with lists will soon be easier, allowing Workflows to run steps in parallel. And Kris details other exciting updates coming soon, including Eventarc. Kris Braun Kris Braun is the Product Manager for three Google Cloud products that connect services to build applications: Workflows, Tasks, and Scheduler. Before Google, Kris’ adventures include founding and growing startups, leading a team of network security researchers investigating threats like Stuxnet, and writing the original BlackBerry simulator for app development. He’s a passionate advocate for opening job opportunities to skilled refugees displaced by war and disaster. Guillaume Laforge Guillaume Laforge is a Developer Advocate for Google Cloud, focusing on serverless technologies. More recently, he dived head first in Workflows, and started presenting the product at online events, wrote articles, tips and tricks, and videos on the topic. Cool things of the week  How sweet it is: Using Cloud AI to whip up new treats with Mars Maltesers  blog Turbo boost your Compute Engine workloads with new 100 Gbps networking  blog  Benchmarking higher bandwidth VM instances  docs    Interview  Workflows site Spanner site Cloud SQL site Cloud Composer site Pub/Sub site Cloud Run site Eventarc site Eventarc Documentation docs Workflows Insiders  site Quickstarts site How-To Guides site Syntax Reference site Guillaume’s Workflow Tips and Tricks blog A first look at serverless orchestration with Workflows  blog Orchestrating the Pic-a-Daily serverless app with Workflows  blog Better service orchestration with Workflows  blog Get to know Workflows, Google Cloud’s serverless orchestration engine  blog 3 common serverless patterns to build with Workflows  blog Introduction to serverless orchestration with Workflows  codelab Pic-a-Daily Serverless Workshop codelab Pic-a-daily: Lab 6—Orchestration with Workflows  codelab  What’s something cool you’re working on? Brian is working on use cases around VMs. Stephanie has been writing about database migration.

<a href="https://twitter.com/briandorsey" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Dorsey</a> joins <a href="https://twitter.com/stephr_wong" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephanie Wong</a> this week for an in-depth discussion on Workflows. Guests Kris Braun and Guillaume Laforge introduce us to Google Cloud Workflows, explaining that this fully managed serverless product helps connect services in the cloud. By facilitating the creation of an end-to-end schema, Workflows lets developers specify what microservices or other software respond when certain events occur in a detailed, visual format. Kris and Guillaume list the benefits of using Workflows and detail the many uses for this powerful tool. The ability to add detailed descriptors, for example, helps companies avoid errors in calling up other pieces of software. New employees have an easier time getting acquainted when the steps are clearly defined as well. Our guests use real-world examples to illustrate the three main uses for Workflows: event-driven, batch, and infrastructure automation. Workflows are flexible and customizable. Later, we hear about Cloud Composer and its relation to Workflows, and our guests help us understand which product is right for each client type. The Workflows team continues to expand offerings. More connectors are being added to allow developers to call other GCP services. Working with lists will soon be easier, allowing Workflows to run steps in parallel. And Kris details other exciting updates coming soon, including Eventarc. Kris Braun Kris Braun is the Product Manager for three Google Cloud products that connect services to build applications: Workflows, Tasks, and Scheduler. Before Google, Kris’ adventures include founding and growing startups, leading a team of network security researchers investigating threats like Stuxnet, and writing the original BlackBerry simulator for app development. He’s a passionate advocate for opening job opportunities to skilled refugees displaced by war and disaster. Guillaume Laforge Guillaume Laforge is a Developer Advocate for Google Cloud, focusing on serverless technologies. More recently, he dived head first in Workflows, and started presenting the product at online events, wrote articles, tips and tricks, and videos on the topic. Cool things of the week <ul> <li>How sweet it is: Using Cloud AI to whip up new treats with Mars Maltesers <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/baking-with-maltesers-marmite-and-cloud-ai" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> <li>Turbo boost your Compute Engine workloads with new 100 Gbps networking <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/increasing-bandwidth-to-c2-and-n2-vms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a> <ul> <li>Benchmarking higher bandwidth VM instances <a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/networking/benchmarking-higher-bandwidth-vms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> docs</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> Interview <ul> <li>Workflows <a href="https://cloud.google.com/workflows" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Spanner <a href="https://cloud.google.com/spanner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Cloud SQL <a href="https://cloud.google.com/sql/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Cloud Composer <a href="https://cloud.google.com/composer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Pub/Sub <a href="https://cloud.google.com/pubsub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Cloud Run <a href="https://cloud.google.com/run" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Eventarc <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/eventsforcloudrun/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Eventarc Documentation <a href="https://cloud.google.com/eventarc/docs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">docs</a></li> <li>Workflows Insiders <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSWZyExf1QGcxIuiHVxVzcoP9PWOABvhkLjDpSIIngT06mTA/viewform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site</a></li> <li>Quickstarts <a href="https://cloud.google.com/workflows/docs/quickstarts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>How-To Guides <a href="https://cloud.google.com/workflows/docs/how-to" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Syntax Reference <a href="https://cloud.google.com/workflows/docs/reference/syntax" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Guillaume’s Workflow Tips and Tricks <a href="http://glaforge.appspot.com/category/Google%20Cloud%20Platform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a></li> <li>A first look at serverless orchestration with Workflows <a href="https://atamel.dev/posts/2020/09-08_first_look_at_workflows/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> <li>Orchestrating the Pic-a-Daily serverless app with Workflows <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/orchestrating-pic-daily-serverless-app-workflows" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> <li>Better service orchestration with Workflows <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/better-service-orchestration-workflows" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> <li>Get to know Workflows, Google Cloud’s serverless orchestration engine <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/get-to-know-google-cloud-workflows" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> <li>3 common serverless patterns to build with Workflows <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/building-serverless-apps-with-workflows-and-connectors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> <li>Introduction to serverless orchestration with Workflows <a href="https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cloud-workflows-intro#0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> codelab</a></li> <li>Pic-a-Daily Serverless Workshop <a href="https://codelabs.developers.google.com/serverless-workshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">codelab</a></li> <li>Pic-a-daily: Lab 6—Orchestration with Workflows <a href="https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cloud-picadaily-lab6?hl=en&amp;continue=https%3A%2F%2Fcodelabs.developers.google.com%2Fserverless-workshop%2F#0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> codelab</a></li> </ul> What’s something cool you’re working on? Brian is working on use cases around VMs. Stephanie has been writing about database migration.

Workflows with Kris Braun and Guillaume Laforge