---
title: "May NYC DevOps Meetup @ Datadog HQ [VIDEOS]"
description: "May DevOps NYC Meetup at Datadog HQ. Hacking your daily devops experiences, livestreamed."
author: "Patrick Crosby"
date: 2013-06-05
tags: []
blog_type_id: the-monitor
locale: en
---

Over 40 people came out for last week’s DevOps NYC Meetup: An [Evening of Lightning Talks](http://www.meetup.com/nycdevops/events/121063822/). We had eight great speakers sharing tips and personal perspectives on DevOps. Check out the recordings below.

[***What’s in this Cookbook?***](http://www.slideshare.net/DatadogSlides/01-ignite-chef-community-cvp-mike-fiedler-22874598)*** - ***[***Mike Fiedler***](https://twitter.com/mikefiedler/)

Mike discusses conventions and policies for Chef version numbering.

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/bmGQVo7UHbU?rel=0)

[***Bulk Exporting from Cassandra***](http://www.slideshare.net/DatadogSlides/02-bulk-exporting-data-from-cassandra-carlo-cabanilla)*** - ***[***Carlo Cabanilla***](https://twitter.com/clofresh)

Carlo gives his perspective on the challenges of doing large exports from Cassandra.

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/doL_s-7ljW0?rel=0)

[***Cosa Nostra***](http://www.slideshare.net/DatadogSlides/03-cosa-nostra-tom-santerro)*** - ***[***Tom Santero***](https://twitter.com/tsantero)

Tom walks through his musings on working in technology and explains why he loves his job.

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/2JA1NhvSOdg?rel=0)

[***Welcome to a Computing Revolution***](http://www.slideshare.net/DatadogSlides/welcome-to-a-computing-revolution-alex-lesser)*** - ***[***Alex Lesser***](http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alex-lesser/2/136/41a)

Alex talks about the evolution of his company, PSSC, from its start in his parent’s garage into a tier one high performance computing manufacturer.

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/9Fch9iC92QE?rel=0)

[***Why Puppet Sucks***](http://www.slideshare.net/DatadogSlides/05-why-puppet-sucks-rob-teharr)*** - ***[***Rob Terhaar***](https://twitter.com/robbyt)

Rob tells us why Puppet is really great and in some cases not so great.

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/pi6ZAc1E-38?rel=0)

[***I Love Graphs***](http://www.slideshare.net/DatadogSlides/09-i-love-graphsalexis-le-quoc)*** - ***[***Alexis Lê-Quôc***](https://twitter.com/alq)

Alexis uses an example to explain how graphs allow him to quickly and easily debug problems.

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Hgx9e4Or0M?rel=0)

***Contributing to an OS - ***[***Sam Kottler***](https://twitter.com/samkottler)

Sam describes why being an OS contributor is not as scary as it might seem.

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/N10zDWviDFw?rel=0)

[***Virtualization at Gilt***](http://www.slideshare.net/DatadogSlides/08-virtualization-at-giltranda)*** - ***[***Rangarajan Radhakrishnan***](http://www.linkedin.com/in/automate)

Rangarajan discusses the evolution of virtualization at Gilt.

[Watch video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/CKWKgdjn_OM?rel=0)