I share my experiences with DevSecOps, Linux systems, remote work culture, and the technical challenges of building secure, scalable products.

Latest Podcast Episodes
Startup Founder Lessons on Scaling Teams, Systems, and Culture with Kevin Henrikson
Learn how to scale your startup from 10 to 1500 people with Kevin Henrikson (Zimbra, Microsoft, Instacart). Discover proven strategies for managing acquisitions, building distributed teams, and creating scalable engineering cultures. Essential insights for technical founders and CTOs.
Reimagining CI/CD and Engineering Culture at Scale with Vlad A. Ionescu
In this deep-dive conversation, Viktor sits down with Vlad Ionescu, founder and CEO of Earthly, to unpack the evolution of CI/CD, why developer experience is broken, and what it will take to bring sanity back to software delivery at scale.
Europe's Battle for Tech Sovereignty: Why OpenStack Matters
In this timely conversation with Johan Christenson, founder of Cleura and board member of OpenInfra (overseeing Kata Containers and OpenStack), we dive into Europe's growing urgency around digital sovereignty and what it will actually take to build a competitive, homegrown cloud ecosystem. Johan, a long-time advocate for open source infrastructure, pulls back the curtain on why progress has been so slow and where things can shift.