Solomon Hykes
Founder, Docker
Solomon Hykes founded Docker in 2007 and served as the company’s CEO until 2013 when he shifted to the role of CTO. In 2019 he founded Dagger, a programmable CI/CD engine that runs pipelines in containers.
Skills
AI Product Operations
The emerging operational discipline for AI in production. Covers the guardrails, metrics, and team structures that differ from classic software: reasoning systems, evaluation frameworks, prompt engineering workflows, and scaling AI products reliably. Drawn from practitioners at Smol AI, Humanloop, Remyx AI, and others.
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Kubernetes & Cloud Native
Kubernetes and cloud-native architecture, platforms, and operations. Covers GitOps, service mesh, observability, security, chaos engineering, developer experience, and scaling patterns. Drawn from practitioners at Google, AWS, Red Hat, CNCF, Honeycomb, and others.
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Content from the Library
Open Source Ready Ep. #17, AI Native Software Factories with Solomon Hykes
In episode 17 of Open Source Ready, Brian and John speak with Docker founder Solomon Hykes about his latest project, Dagger, and its mission to fix the pain points of modern CI/CD. Solomon explains why DevOps is due for a systems-level rethink and how AI agents are changing the way software gets built and shipped.
The Kubelist Podcast Ep. #39, Live From KubeCon 2023
In episode 39 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie recount their experience at KubeCon 2023 and share interviews from the event with guests like Matt Butcher and Radu Matei of Fermyon, Umair Khan of Stacklet, Anna Reale of Keptn, Solomon Hykes of Dagger, Bailey Hayes of wasmCloud, and many more.
The Kubelist Podcast Ep. #37, Dagger with Solomon Hykes
In episode 37 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Solomon Hykes about his new project, Dagger. This talk explores CI/CD in depth and examines the difficulties teams face when implementing it. Finally, Solomon looks back on the lessons he learned while building Docker and how they ultimately influenced the creation and trajectory of Dagger.
