Collateral
Ventures I have taken part in, some mine and some other people's, and the work that came out of them.
Ventures
- The Performant ProfessionalsThe consultancy Michael founded in 2019: transformation and technical enablement for enterprise teams.
- The Performant Professionals podcastConversations on DevOps, architecture, delivery, and what AI changes about engineering work.
- Software Defined InterviewsWhitney Lee and Coté's interview show. Michael was the guest on episode 125.
- CertKrakenIndependently written practice exams for AWS and NVIDIA AI certifications.
- Salty SoulsCommentary and reactions on anime, gaming and the stories people get attached to.
What came out of them
Book
Workshop
- Agentic DevOps with ClaudePackt. July 2026
Courses
- Fundamentals of DevOpsKodeKloud
- Introduction to K8sGPT and AI-Driven Kubernetes EngineeringKodeKloud
- Kubernetes AutoscalingKodeKloud
- AWS Certified AI PractitionerKodeKloud, on Coursera
- AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)KodeKloud, on Coursera
Podcast episodes
- Running D&D with AI, Determinism First, and Workflow ROISoftware Defined Interviews, with Whitney Lee and Coté. Episode 125, August 2026
Practice exams
- Practice exams for AIF-C01, CLF-C02 and NVIDIA AI certificationsCertKraken. Independently authored. Not affiliated with any certification vendor.