2GT Podcast
The 2GT Podcast is a conversational podcast from 2GuysTek covering homelab, self-hosting, datacenter, and general technology topics. Episodes are released monthly. The show also has a YouTube channel and offers merchandise and membership support.
Episodes
SPECIAL: The Founder Who Built a Cloud to Fit Your Business, Not the Other Way Around
**Our listeners can get 30% off OpenMetal-hosted private clouds and bare-metal servers with the code below**Promo Code: RICHOMI30Discount: 30% off clouds and bare metal hardwarePromotion Page: 👉 https://openmetal.io/promos/2guystek-openmetal-intro/What if the problem isn't your business, it's your cloud? Todd Robinson, founder and CEO of OpenMetal, built a hosted private cloud platform a
Keep My Birthday out of my OS & Keep your DRM/Restrictions out of my 3D Printer!
This week's pod, we dive deep into two heavy topics around well-meaning government laws that have far-reaching negative effects on technology. Starting with the push to force the OS to be the arbiter of age controls for applications, followed by different bills and restrictions working their way through state and federal governments, and attempts to restrict 3D printers.But first, a quick rec
Exploring Homelab Colocation!
We're back in the saddle again, and this month, Rich and Branden explore what it would take to create a buddy colocation to share homelab infrastructure with your friends while talking through pitfalls or risks!Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: https://homelabgear.shop/Visit our website here: https://2guystek.tv/ for all things 2G
AI, Kubernetes, VergeOS, and more with Special Guest: Dave Vincent
We're back, people, did ya miss us?! This month, we're bringing you a special conversation I had with Dave Vincent, an IT professional, homelabber, AI Agent mastermind, and VergeOS user extraordinaire! Branden and I will be back next month with the same great pod. Until then, enjoy!Check out Dave's blog here: https://blog.homelabadventures.com/Join our Discord here: https://discord.
The 2025 Current State of Virtualization - Part 2
This is the second part of our deep dive into the current state of virtualization 2025. In this installment, we talk about VMware by Broadcom's VCF 9.0, Red Hat OpenShift, SUSE Harvester, and touch on this month's news topics!Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: https://homelabgear.shop/Visit our website here: https://2guystek.t
The 2025 Current State of Virtualization - Part 1
In this podcast, we dive deep into the current state of enterprise virtualization. We go deep into what's changed with Nutanix, VergeIO, Proxmox, XCP-ng, and Scale Computing, talk about where you should turn if you're trying to find your way out of the grips of Broadcom by VMware, and more!Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: ht
Inside VergeOS: AI and the Datacenter of the Future - w/ Special guest Jason Yaeger
This is a special edition podcast this month! We'll be back next month with more great content! Enjoy!It's been nearly a year since I released my video on VergeIO's virtualization platform, #VergeOS. A lot has changed in a year, and I've been curious to see how things have been going for Verge, what new innovations they've been bringing to their platform, and where the #ho
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is coming, and it's bringing AI along with it.
In this episode, we tackle the news of Google and Meta forcing people to prove their age, the UK government asking people to delete their email and pictures to save water, AOL dial-up coming to an end, OpenAI's ChatGPT5's rough rollout and breaking up with their best friends, and SCALE Computing gets acquired by Acumera.This month's main topic is all about Red Hat's release of
What services we're running in our Homelabs, Part 2!
With quite a break in between, Rich and Branden are back to finish their conversation about what they're running in their #homelabs! Are there any that you didn't know about? Do you have one that the guys didn't mention? Head over to our Discord and let them know!Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: https://homelabgear.shop
What services we're running in our Homelabs!
This month's pod is a LOOOONG one! This month we begin to tackle what's running in our #homelabs, what we like about them, what we don't like about them and why! Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: https://homelabgear.shop/Visit our website here: https://2guystek.tv/ for all things 2GT! And thank you so much for listening!
How we use AI and why it's going to change the world.
This month's pod is all about revisiting AI now that it's been a year since we talked about it last. Rich and Branden go over how they're using AI in the daily lives, the value each of them feel it provides for them, and then things take a turn as they discuss the advent of AI agents and the potentially disastrous effects it will have on engineering in the future.Send us Fan MailSup
2025 Homelab and Tech Predictions with special guest Tom Lawrence!
What's next for homelab and tech in 2025? What does the future hold for #virtualization, #AI, and the #homelab? Join Rich and special guest Tom Lawrence as they discuss their predictions for 2025, from all things infrastructure to their plans for this coming year!Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: https://homelabgear.shop/Visit our
It's time for a Datacenter Mixed Bag!
Occasionally we like to just talk shop, after we cover the month's news. Lucky for you, this month is another one of our Datacenter Mixed Bag podcasts where Rich and Branden get together, talk about all things #datacenter, #homelab, #2GuysTek video releases, and more!Don't forget to rate us on your favorite podcast platform! 9 out of 10 doctors agree it'll do something!Check out our
Can you de-Google, de-Apple, or de-Microsoft yourself or your business?
There has been a lot of talk on tech Youtube about De-”Google” or “De-Microsoft” yourself and your company. While we completely agree that you as a user or a business should have complete control over your data, we find that some of the solutions provided have major pitfalls that either make it unattainable to the average user or missing major features. We wanted to give both sides of the argument
The Crowdstrike Apocalypse, one last time.
This month's episode is dedicated to discussing Crowdstrike (yeah, we know—we promise this is the last one!) In this pod, Rich and Branden talk tech news and then dive deep into the Crowdstrke Falcon drama now that (most of) the dust has settled. This video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: https://homelabgear.shop/Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to y
When to Containerize and when to not in the homelab
In this episode of the 2GuysTek Tech Chats podcast, Rich and Branden dig through the news and then discuss containers in the homelab, why it's not always the right decision to containerize applications, and microservice versus monolithic architectures and their relevance to containers.Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: https://home
SPECIAL: A Discussion on SCALE Computing and the Future of Virtualization with CEO Jeff Ready!
I had the INCREDIBLE opportunity to sit down and chat with Jeff Ready, CEO and Co-founder of SCALE Computing about the business, their enterprise virtualization platform, HyperCore, and the future of virtualization. Jeff shares some fantastic insights on the virtualization landscape post-Broadcom and the future of virtualization! This is a can't-miss conversation!Special **THANK YOU!** to Jef
Cloud Providers Should Provide All Security Tools For Free
In this month's Tech Chats Podcast, the guys cover the news. Rich rants about cloud providers like Azure and AWS not freely providing the security tools necessary to protect their customers and companies like Microsoft upselling security tools that should be provided for free to customers of their services.Don't forget to check out HomeLab Gear's shop for products to make your homel
The Double-edge Sword of Open Source Software
This month's Tech Chat podcast is all about the risks and benefits of open-source software. From the Red Hat and Redis licensing changes to the XZ backdoor attempt, there have been some pretty significant events in the open-source landscape, and in this podcast, we discuss the good, the bad, and the risk and rewards of using open-source software.Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is b
The Case for Open Source Hypervisors with Special Guest Tom Lawrence
In the post-vmware world we live in today, many people are evaluating where to turn next for their virtualization needs. In this video, I sat down with Tom Lawrence to discuss the viability of open-source hypervisors as an alternative to #vmware and other closed-source hypervisors available today. We touch on #XCP-ng and #Proxmox, their viability in business, the #homelab, whether a Broadcom-styl
Life After VMware
Welcome to our first podcast of 2024! (yes, it's a little late...that's my fault.) Anyway, we're changing up the podcast a bit in terms of format. That's right! We're trying something a little different! We've added a short news section to the beginning of the pods, followed by our deep-dive topic. This month's podcast is all about 'Life after VMware',
VMware by Broadcom - Tech Chats
This month, Rich is doing the pod solo, Branden will be back next month! In this episode, Rich talks about the changes to VMware Broadcom has made, his thoughts and feelings on the switch from perpetual licensing to subscription, the potential end of Carbon Black, and VMware's EUC (End-user compute) products like Horizon VDI.HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US AT 2GT! LOOKING FORWARD TO 2024!**Join
A Day in the Life of: Senior Security Engineer
This episode is all about what it's like being a Senior Security Engineer for a living. If you're interested in a career in #cybersecurity and want to know some of the inside scoop on what Rich does on a typical day, here's your chance! Also, if you enjoyed this particular episode, please let us know! We can make it a regular thing to interview other technology professionals to lea
Taking your #Homelab to Production - Tech Chats
The genesis of this podcast came from a question posed by one of the members of our Discord server (you really should join it!) In this podcast, Rich and Branden talk about what it takes to elevate your #Homelab infrastructure to a production state! Would you rather watch the video podcast? Find it here: https://youtu.be/db-fY5xAuWg**Join this channel to get access to perks!**😁 https://youtube.co
Your company is spying on you! - Tech Chats
Rich and Branden tackle companies' abilities to spy on their employees, the tools and methods at their disposal to spy, and the steps you can take to protect yourself. Gone are the days of needing specialized corporate spyware to monitor employees. These days, practically every security tool provides a glimpse into user behavior. We'll talk about EDRs like Crowdstrike, micro-segmentatio
Are homelabs as we know it going away? - Tech Chats
It's time for another 2GT Tech Chats with Rich and Branden! In this podcast episode, we dive into the very real possibility that the homelab as we know it is going away in the very near future! **Consider supporting us by becoming a member!**😁 https://youtube.com/@2guystek/join**FIND ALL THINGS 2GT ON OUR WEBSITE**💻 https://2guystek.tv/**GET SOCIAL AND MORE WITH US HERE!**Join our Discord se
Backup and Disaster Recovery - Tech Chats
In this video pod Branden and Rich talk about backup and disaster recovery, what they're using at home and professionally, and how the channel protects and secures its data from disaster!**Join this channel to get access to perks!**😁 https://youtube.com/@2guystek/join**FIND ALL THINGS 2GT ON OUR WEBSITE**💻 https://2guystek.tv/**GET SOCIAL AND MORE WITH US HERE!**Join our Discord server! It&a
Datacenter and Homelab Mixed Bag Pt2 - Tech Chats
This is the second half of the Datacenter and Homelab Mixed Bag chat from last month! - This tech chat is all about data center hardware in the enterprise and in the homelab! Rich and Branden have spent a ton of professional time working on infrastructure for business and in the #homelab. This show is all about the different server, network, firewall, and data center hardware we've had exper
Datacenter and Homelab Mixed Bag Pt1 - Tech Chats
This tech chat is all about data center hardware in the enterprise and in the homelab! Rich and Branden have spent a ton of professional time working on infrastructure for business and in the #homelab. This show is all about the different server, network, firewall, and data center hardware we've had experience with, what we think about them, what we liked, and what we didn't!**THIS IS O
Let's talk about ESXi and vCenter! - Tech Chats
Rich and Branden are pretty big fanboys of #vmware #esxi, and this podcast is about ESXi and vCenter. Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: https://homelabgear.shop/Visit our website here: https://2guystek.tv/ for all things 2GT! And thank you so much for listening!
Section 230 and potential changes to the Internet as we know it? - Tech Chats
In this episode of the podcast, Rich and Branden talk about Section 320 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, its impact on the Internet as we know it today, and what would happen if it were to be repealed. There are big court cases currently in front of the US Supreme Court that could change the Internet as we know it. Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Che
AI is the future, right? - Tech Chats
In this tech chat, we're talking about Artificial Intelligence! We'll cover ChatGPT, Dall-e, and AI art and talk about the MOISES music app. We'd love to hear what you think, so let us know and please rate our podcast!Send us Fan MailSupport the showThis video is brought to you by us! Check out HomeLab Gear here: https://homelabgear.shop/Visit our website here: https://2guystek.tv/
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