Episode 542: Yuriy Shyyan on owning your own Cloud.

Matt Ray talks to Yuriy Shyyan, the Director of Cloud Systems Architecture for OpenMetal. They discuss the cost of running your enterprise in the public cloud, high school hacking, building a business on OpenStack, and recognizing that cloud credits are an invitation to purchase a timeshare.

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OpenMetal.io

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LinkedIn: Yuriy Shyyan

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Yuriy Shyyan on owning your own Cloud.

Episode 542

October 17th, 2025

1 hr 2 mins

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About this Episode

Matt Ray talks to Yuriy Shyyan, the Director of Cloud Systems Architecture for OpenMetal. They discuss the cost of running your enterprise in the public cloud, high school hacking, building a business on OpenStack, and recognizing that cloud credits are an invitation to purchase a timeshare.

Show Links

• OpenMetal.io

Contact Yuriy Shyyan

• LinkedIn: Yuriy Shyyan

Sponsor

• OpenMetal — Cloud Native IaaS. Fixed Cost.

SDT News & Hype

• Join us in Slack.

• Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!

• Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.

• Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.

• Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Episode Sponsors

[OpenMetal

OpenMetal — Cloud Native IaaS. Fixed Cost.](https://openmetal.io)

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