Episode 433: Are you telling me GitHub is a good name
This week, we discuss why everyone is envious of Google’s Internal Dev Tools, examine the state of Git, speculate about how 37 Signals plans to reinvent software licensing with ONCE, and share a few thoughts on the Salesforce CEO’s recent comments about work from home. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaX-PgF86bY) 433 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaX-PgF86bY) Runner-up Titles Lost in an acquisition hole. Headless Robot Dog. It’s not better enough. GoogHub Why are you on the sad path Once version 2 is a paid upgrade You win interesting bingo Rundown The Full Circle on Developer Productivity with Steve Yegge (https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/steve-yegge) Git is awful. GitHub isn't good enough. It's killing us! (Steve Yegge) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReooAZoMO0) Introducing ONCE (https://once.com/) Salesforce CEO takes a bold stand on remote work (https://www.thestreet.com/investing/salesforce-ceo-bold-stand-on-remote-work) Salesforce to Hire 3,300 People After Layoffs Earlier This Year (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-14/salesforce-to-hire-3-300-in-sales-engineering-data-after-earlier-job-cuts#xj4y7vzkg) Relevant to your Interests David Sacks has a new SaaS startup for other SaaS startups (https://www.axios.com/2023/09/06/david-sacks-has-a-new-saas-startup-for-other-saas-startups) Results of Major Technical Investigations for Storm-0558 Key Acquisition (https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/results-of-major-technical-investigations-for-storm-0558-key-acquisition/) Now it's PostgreSQL's turn to have a bogus CVE (https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/now-postgresqls-turn-bogus-cve) HashiCorp Retools Licenses And Software To Grow Its Business - The Next Platform (https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/09/05/hashicorp-retools-licenses-and-software-to-grow-its-business/) Clouded Judgement 9.8.23 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-9823?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=136822157&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&utm_medium=email) Inside Hollywood's SBF Mad Scramble (https://theankler.com/p/inside-hollywoods-sbf-mad-scramble-c04?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Tubi The Free Streaming Service, Hits 74 Million Monthly Active Users & Almost 250 Free Live Channels As Cord Cutting Grows | Cord Cutters News (https://cordcuttersnews.com/tubi-the-free-streaming-service-hits-74-million-monthly-active-users-almost-250-free-live-channels-as-cord-cutting-grows/) IBM Software mandates return to office for those within 80km (https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/11/ibm_software_tells_workers_to/) Cloud is here to stay, but at what cost, ask customers (https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/11/cloud_costs_feature/) Disney and Charter reach deal to end cable blackout in time for 'Monday Night Football' (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/disney-charter-near-carriage-deal-that-would-end-cable-blackout-sources-say.html) Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows (https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/11/go_native_or_go_home/) Oracle revenue misses estimates as tough economy hurts cloud spending (https://www.reuters.com/technology/oracle-reports-quarterly-revenue-narrowly-below-estimates-2023-09-11/) No privacy in cars (https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/) Former CEO of China's Alibaba quits cloud business in surprise move during its leadership reshuffle (https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/former-ceo-chinas-alibaba-quits-cloud-business-surprise-103078368) A Look Back at Q2 '23 Public Cloud Software Earnings (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/a-look-back-at-q2-23-public-cloud?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=136950716&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&utm_medium=email) 1 big thing: A long-term plan to secure open-source software (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-codebook-8200e5c5-aed7-4f42-a40e-117a390b57e3.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0) MGM takes systems offline after cyberattack (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-codebook-8200e5c5-aed7-4f42-a40e-117a390b57e3.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1) Disney-Charter deal represents new era for TV bundles (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-fe1295c8-9b83-4403-bae2-06de14fede11.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2) Salesforce introduces Einstein Copilot Studio to help customers customize their AI | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/12/salesforce-introduces-einstein-copilot-studio-to-customers-customize-their-ai/) Arm prices IPO at $51 per share, valuing company at over $54 billion (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/13/arm-prices-ipo-at-51-per-share.html) Tim Gurner’s spray about ‘arrogant’ workers lays bare the economic sadism of our time (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/14/tim-gurner-ceo-comments-more-unemployment-millionaire-property-developer-workers-neoliberals) Cisco discontinues Hyperflex hyperconverged infrastructure (https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/14/cisco_discontinues_hyperflex_hci/) CloudBees Announces New Cloud Native DevSecOps Platform (https://www.cloudbees.com/newsroom/cloudbees-announces-new-cloud-native-devsecops-platform) Jet: Prepare For Liftoff (https://www.jetporch.com/) Artifact’s new Links feature makes it much more than a news app (https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/13/23871561/artifact-links-news-reading-app-tiktok) TriggerMesh, RIP (https://triggermesh-community.slack.com/archives/C02GHUAQDCH/p1695048539668859) Clorox says last month's cyberattack is still disrupting production (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/18/clorox-says-last-months-cyberattack-is-still-disrupting-production.html) Excel clone built for Uber China exposed Microsoft mistake (https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/19/matt_uber_china_excel_clone/) Seattle startup MotherDuck raises $52.5M at a $400M valuation to fuel DuckDB analytics platform (https://www.geekwire.com/2023/seattle-startup-motherduck-raises-52-5m-at-a-400m-valuation-to-fuel-duckdb-analytics-platform/) Google’s Bard chatbot can now find answers in your Gmail, Docs, Drive (https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/19/23878999/google-bard-ai-chatbot-gmail-docs-drive-extensions) Elon Musk says X may go behind a paywall for everyone so he can 'combat vast armies of bots' (https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-x-twitter-paywall-for-everyone-2023-9) Restricted Source Licensing Is Here (https://www.forrester.com/blogs/restricted-source-licensing-is-here/) OpenTofu (https://opentofu.org/) RoboFab is ready to build 10,000 humanoid robots per year | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/18/the-robots-are-coming/) Unified Acceleration Foundation Forms to Drive Open Accelerated Compute and Cross-Platform Performance (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/announcing-unified-acceleration-foundation-uxl) Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/) What is a service mesh? Why do you need a service mesh? And which is the best service mesh? (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/what-is-a-service-mesh-why-do-you) Did I Make a Mistake Selling My Social-Media Darling to Yahoo? (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/did-i-make-a-mistake-selling-del-icio-us-to-yahoo.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) A new way of thinking about open source sustainability (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3706508/a-new-way-of-thinking-about-open-source-sustainability.html) Elon Musk moving servers himself shows his 'maniacal sense of urgency' at X, formerly Twitter (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/elon-musk-moved-twitter-servers-himself-in-the-night-new-biography-details-his-maniacal-sense-of-urgency.html) Cable TV Is on Life Support, but a New Bundle Is Coming Alive (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/business/media/cable-tv-bundle-streaming.html) Nonsense McDonald's is getting rid of self-serve soda machines | CNN Business (https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/12/business/mcdonalds-self-serve-soda-machines/index.html) Delta SkyMiles changes: Delta overhauls how you earn Medallion status in biggest change yet (https://thepointsguy.com/news/delta-skymiles-changes/) Australian baby named Methamphetamine Rules (https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/09/20/australian-baby-named-methamphetamine-rules/) ‘Take the Money and Run’ Artist Must Repay Danish Museum (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/arts/design/jens-haaning-take-the-money-and-run.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) Listener Feedback Jan recommends this Rich Roll interview: Mindset SECRETS From The World's Best Ultrarunner: Courtney Dauwalter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOtSvYSnzNk) Conferences October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023 (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-texas-presents-kcd-texas-2023/), CFP Closes: August 30, 2023 November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there November 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu.html), Coté’s attending Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas (https://that.us/events/tx/2024/schedule/) If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: YouTube TV (https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/) and NFL Sunday Ticket (https://tv.youtube.com/learn/nflsundayticket/) An Endgame for YouTube TV, Big Disney Decisions (And Whether Bob Iger Should Make Them), The Era Beyond Peak TV (https://sharptech.fm/member/episode/an-endgame-for-you-tube-tv-big-disney-decisions-and-whether-bob-iger-should-make-them-the-era-beyond-peak-tv) Matt: Airline wifi chat with Support Coté: Do Interesting (https://thedobook.co/products/do-interesting-notice-collect-share) book by Russel Davis. Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/m-Yot4dUd6s) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/I7iJOE4fsYo)
22 Syys 202350min
Episode 432: Richard Seroter on Google Cloud Next ’23, Tech Newsletters and VMware
Brandon is joined by Richard Seroter, Director of Developer Relations and Outbound Product Management at Google Cloud. They discuss the key announcements from Google Cloud Next ’23, Richard's recommendations for a successful tech newsletter and VMware's impending acquisition. Show Links Google Cloud Next ‘23 (https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next) Code with Duet AI assistance (https://cloud.google.com/code/docs/vscode/write-code-duet-ai) Google Cloud Jump Start Solutions (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-modernization/introducing-google-cloud-jump-start-solutions) Richard’s Website and Newsletter (https://seroter.com/) Richard Seroter on App Modernization (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/247) Contact Richard LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/seroter/) Twitter: @rseroter (https://twitter.com/rseroter) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Special Guest: Richard Seroter.
15 Syys 202346min
Episode 431: CEO Therapy Session
This week, we discuss Netflix's DVD deprecation, the remote work debate, and how to fork an open-source project. Plus, thoughts on why Europe needs more ice. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFr-ysPYxnA) 431 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFr-ysPYxnA) Runner-up Titles Try Harder It’s a necessary luxury Someone’s drinking too much water here A culture of ice Where are the high performers, at home or at work Quit using your Gmail address Thou shalt export to CSV Rundown Netflix Says You Can Keep Their DVDs (and Request More, Too) (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/arts/netflix-dvds.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) Zoom’s CEO thinks Zoom sucks for building trust, leaked audio reveals (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/leaked-audio-reveals-zoom-ceo-believes-its-hard-to-build-trust-on-zoom/) Meta is back in the office three days a week, as WFH continues to die (https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/5/23860073/meta-return-to-office-three-days-wfh-work-from-home) Can you trust 'open source' companies? (https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/18/opinion_column/) OpenTF created a fork of Terraform! (https://opentf.org/announcement) OpenTF pulls the trigger on its open-source Terraform fork (https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/opentf-pulls-trigger-opensource-terraform-fork) Relevant to your Interests VMware’s future: Navigating multicloud complexity and generative AI (https://siliconangle.com/2023/08/19/vmwares-future-navigating-multicloud-complexity-generative-ai-broadcoms-wing/) VMware Tanzu portfolio reshuffled ahead of Broadcom close | TechTarget (https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366549332/VMware-Tanzu-portfolio-reshuffled-ahead-of-Broadcom-close) Nvidia's blowout offers a giddy whiff of 1995 (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-ai-plus-937b329c-8072-4f8a-a5d6-1039a0e794a5.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0) Announcing AWS Dedicated Local Zones (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/08/aws-dedicated-local-zones/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Top Ten social media platforms we spend the most time on (https://www.traveldailymedia.com/top-ten-social-media-platforms-we-spend-the-most-time-on/) Max will launch a 24/7 CNN stream for all subscribers next month (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/24/23844121/cnn-max-warnerbros-discovery-news) Meta launches own AI code-writing tool: Code Llama (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/24/23843487/meta-llama-code-generation-generative-ai-llm?stream=top) As TikTok Ban Looms, ByteDance Battles Oracle For Control Of Its Algorithm (https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2023/08/24/tiktok-ban-oracle-bytedance-algorithm-fight/?sh=6cf5105e3ef0) Slack's Migration to a Cellular Architecture - Slack Engineering (https://slack.engineering/slacks-migration-to-a-cellular-architecture/) The Cloud 100 2023 (https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/) Data isn’t everything. Judgement counts too. (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8YFUFju/) Amazon Elastic Block Store at 15 Years (https://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2023/08/amazon-elastic-block-store-at-15-years/?ck_subscriber_id=512840665) Instacart is the Best and Worst Grocery Business Imaginable (https://www.thediff.co/archive/instacart-is-the-best-and-worst-grocery-business-imaginable/) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy tells employees it's 'past' time to commit to the company's RTO mandate and their jobs are at stake (https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-andy-jassy-rto-office-policy-employee-jobs-2023-8?op=1) Duet AI, Google's AI assistant suite, expands across Google Cloud (https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/29/duet-ai-googles-ai-assistant-suite-expands-across-google-cloud/) Halloween creeps a little closer: Seasonal supply chains accelerate (https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/research-analysis/halloween-creeps-closer-seasonal-supply-chains-accelerate.html) What’s new with GKE at Google Cloud Next | Google Cloud Blog (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/whats-new-with-gke-at-google-cloud-next) Duet AI in Google Cloud Preview | Google Cloud Blog (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/duet-ai-in-google-cloud-preview) What’s new in Oracle to PostgreSQL database migrations with DMS | Google Cloud Blog (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/whats-new-in-oracle-to-postgresql-database-migrations-with-dms) US AI startup Poolside raises $126m seed round and relocates to France (https://sifted.eu/articles/poolside-raises-126m-relocated-france-news) Ping, ForgeRock, Thoma Bravo, the power of open source, and the madness of IAM (https://callmeleach.substack.com/p/ping-forgerock-thoma-bravo-the-power?utm_medium=web) Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of ForgeRock; Combines ForgeRock into Ping Identity (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thoma-bravo-completes-acquisition-of-forgerock-combines-forgerock-into-ping-identity-301908059.html) Interoperability between Google Chat and other messaging platforms — powered by Mio (https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/08/goolge-chat-slack-interoperability-mio.html) Broadcom boss dismisses notion China could derail VMware buy (https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/01/broadcom_vmware_nutanix_results/) Microsoft blames outage on small staff, automation failures (https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/04/microsoft_australia_outage_incident_report/) Amazon QuickSight adds scheduled and programmatic export to Excel format (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/08/amazon-quicksight-scheduled-programmatic-export-excel-format/?ck_subscriber_id=512840665) Google unveils AI tools for enterprise customers at $30 a month (https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-unveil-ai-tools-corporate-gmail-customers-30-month-wsj-2023-08-29/) Chip design firm Arm seeks up to $52 billion valuation in blockbuster U.S. IPO (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/05/chip-design-firm-arm-sets-share-price-between-47-and-51-for-blockbuster-us-ipo.html) Birmingham City Council goes under after Oracle disaster (https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/05/birmingham_city_council_oracle/?s=08) IBM Introduces 'Watsonx Your Business' (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-introduces-watsonx-business-160000392.html) Meta May Allow Instagram, Facebook Users in Europe to Pay and Avoid Ads (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/01/technology/meta-instagram-facebook-ads-europe.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) Announcing Kubecost Cloud in General Availability: The Easiest Way to Optimize Your Kubernetes Costs (https://blog.kubecost.com/blog/kubecost-cloud-general-availability/) Platform Engineering - What You Need To Know Now (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/platformengineering-whatyouneedtoknownow?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletter20230830) The lifespans of technological adoptions in the US (http://www.asymco.com/2022/01/10/the-lifespans-of-technological-adoptions-in-the-us/) Introducing ONCE (https://once.com/) Nonsense The fight for the right to repair McFlurry machines (https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/08/31/the-fight-for-the-right-to-repair-mcflurry-machines) Delta Airlines Offers Woman $1,800 After Losing Her Dog (https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/delta-airlines-offers-woman-1-142849291.html) Conferences Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT (https://shift.infobip.com/) in Zadar, Coté speaking. October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023 (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-texas-presents-kcd-texas-2023/), CFP Closes: August 30, 2023 November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there November 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu.html), Coté’s attending Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas (https://that.us/events/tx/2024/schedule/) If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: JUST ONE MILE | Official Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80V5o06yEZ4) Matt: Deadloch (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14671678/) Coté: Rick Rubin interviews Rory Sutherland (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnYlChfORRw). I doubt much of the airport business book stuff in here is “true,” but that’s sort of the whole point, and it’s fantastic listening. His book (https://amzn.to/462Mvov) Alchemy (https://amzn.to/462Mvov) has a great one word review right there in the title. But, again: it’s fun! When you’ve listened to too much If Books Could Kill (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Books_Could_Kill) you can check in on Rory if you need to take the cure (https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/take+the+cure). Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/PsBTqRHVilU) Artwork (https://labs.openai.com/e/bKjqW8kPJyI2wuzBA0FogiKb/UJeLhuIFmvkrNFbfcCc4jE29)
8 Syys 202347min
Episode 430: Exploring Governance and Compliance with Mike Long
Brandon interviews Mike Long, the CEO and Co-founder of Kosli. They discuss Mike's background, his experience as a DevOps Consultant, and the reasons behind starting Kosli. Plus, Mike offers a few tips about visiting Oslo. Show Links Kosli (https://www.kosli.com/) Contact Mike Long LinkedIn: mikelongoslo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelongoslo/) Twitter: meekrosoft (https://twitter.com/meekrosoft) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Special Guest: Mike Long.
1 Syys 202353min
Episode 429: This is peak VMware
This week, we discuss VMware’s Announcements, SUSE goes private and some thoughts on streaming services. Plus, Matt provides an update on the repercussions of spilled Orange Juice. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/U-2FKuo7Rdo?si=pSW288no0k5R6E_l) 429 (https://www.youtube.com/live/U-2FKuo7Rdo?si=pSW288no0k5R6E_l) Runner-up Titles Matt Ray Vibe Ethically flexible And one more thing me Is it new? You’re gold plating your gold. Hello World and my Mom’s Blog SAP known for being nimble I guess I am excited There’s no way you sold 50,000 Chinese knock off water piks in Australia. Rundown Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable (https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-broken-promises-streaming-ride-hailing-cloud-computing-2023-8?utm_source=reddit.com) VMware Broadcom's $61B planned VMware purchase clears U.S., UK (https://seekingalpha.com/news/4004614-broadcoms-61b-planned-vmware-purchase-clears-us-uk) Introducing vSAN Max | VMware (https://core.vmware.com/blog/introducing-vsan-max) VMware Expands Tanzu to Accelerate App Delivery at Enterprise Scale (https://news.vmware.com/releases/vmware-explore-2023-tanzu) VMware Explore 2023 Media Kit - VMware News and Stories (https://news.vmware.com/vmware-explore-vegas-2023-media-kit) VMware edges towards multi-cloud, adds AI side quest (https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/22/vmware_explore_2023_ai_news/) SUSE EQT Private Equity Announces Voluntary Public Purchase Offer and Intention to Delist SUSE (https://www.suse.com/news/EQT-announces-voluntary-public-purchase-offer-and-intention-to-delist-SUSE/) SUSE Manager Ansible Integration Becomes Fully Supported (https://www.suse.com/c/suse-manager-ansible-integration-becomes-fully-supported/) Oracle, SUSE and CIQ launch the Open Enterprise Linux Association amid Red Hat controversy (https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/10/oracle-suse-and-ciq-launch-the-open-enterprise-linux-association-amid-red-hat-controversy/) Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/22/23841167/microsoft-excel-python-integration-support) What Happened to Wirecutter? (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-happened-to-wirecutter/ar-AA1fCoQs?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) Relevant to your Interests YouTube is adding chat, highlights, and Shorts to NFL Sunday Ticket (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834242/youtube-nfl-sunday-ticket-tv-shorts-highlights-chat) Hopin Events and Session Products Sold for $15 Million (https://meetings.skift.com/hopin-events-and-session-products-sold-for-15-million/) 80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office (https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/15/return_to_office_survey/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) How we reduced the cost of building Twitter at Twitter-scale by 100x (https://blog.redplanetlabs.com/2023/08/15/how-we-reduced-the-cost-of-building-twitter-at-twitter-scale-by-100x/) Will Broadcom’s pending purchase overhang VMware Explore? (https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/analysis/will-broadcoms-pending-purchase-overhang-vmware-explore/2023/08/) VMware’s future: Navigating multicloud complexity and generative AI under Broadcom’s wing (https://siliconangle.com/2023/08/19/vmwares-future-navigating-multicloud-complexity-generative-ai-broadcoms-wing/) System Initiative Code Now Open Source (https://thenewstack.io/system-initiative-code-now-open-source/) How Amazon is racing to catch Microsoft and Google in generative A.I. with custom AWS chips (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/12/amazon-is-racing-to-catch-up-in-generative-ai-with-custom-aws-chips.html?ck_subscriber_id=512840665) Report: Threads app to launch website version this week - 9to5Mac (https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/21/report-threads-app-to-launch-website-version-this-week/) Cisco's Duo Security suffers major authentication outage (https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/21/ciscos_duo_outage/) If I were you: Here are the the Google Cloud Next ’23 talks for six different audiences (https://seroter.com/2023/08/22/if-i-were-you-here-are-the-the-google-cloud-next-23-talks-for-six-different-audiences/) Amazon Worker Has A Witty Take On Return-To-Office Policy (https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/08/33931883/amazon-employee-crafts-satirical-leadership-principles-amid-return-to-office-uproar-fire-and-demote) Mark Zuckerberg’s new ‘in-person time policy’ will crack down on Meta’s remote work rebels (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-person-time-policy-115713318.html) Nonsense All signs point to a late summer COVID wave (https://www.axios.com/2023/08/17/covid-19-cases-2023-uptick-where-why) American States As Real People Generated by AI (https://www.travlerz.com/en/american-states-real-people-generated-ai) LG now sells this bizarre TV in a suitcase, and I must have it (https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/15/23832712/lg-stanbyme-go-suitcase-tv-announced-pricing-features) Listener Feedback What is AWS after the Chasm? (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2023/08/what-is-aws-after-chasm.html) Conferences Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-des-moines/welcome/), Coté speaking. Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT (https://shift.infobip.com/) in Zadar, Coté speaking. October 2-6, 2023, QCon San Francisco (https://qconsf.com/workshop/oct2023/open-source-kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost), Matt’s doing a workshop, sign up! October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023 (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-texas-presents-kcd-texas-2023/), CFP Closes: August 30, 2023 November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there November 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu.html), Coté’s attending Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas (https://that.us/events/tx/2024/schedule/) If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Costco | Acquired Podcast (https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/costco) Matt: Lenovo Go Wireless Split Keyboard (https://amzn.to/3smvHdP), decent clone of Microsoft Sculpt keyboard Photo Credits Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/CLFveFXjwyk)
25 Elo 202348min
Episode 428: Three steps into a 10k race
This week, Brandon and Coté are joined by a special guest host, Brian Gracely. We discuss HashiCorp's transition to BSL and break down the recent interview with AWS CEO Adam Selipsky. Plus, some thoughts on the use of the word "orthogonal." Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7eM-EO8Lo) 428 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP7eM-EO8Lo) Runner-up Titles I like T-Bone Re:invent the T-Bone Byzantine Bramble Path This show isn’t three hours, but it could be Those who are satisfied do not speak. Rundown BSL As HashiCorp adopts the BSL, an era of open-source software might be ending (https://www.runtime.news/as-hashicorp-adopts-the-bsl-an-era-of-open-source-software-might-be-ending/) HashiCorp changes its source licence to BSL (https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/11/hashicorp_bsl_licence/) HashiCorp Abandons Open Source for Business Source License (https://thenewstack.io/hashicorp-abandons-open-source-for-business-source-license/) Craig Box on LinkedIn: Hashicorp did a thing, and many people are responding with a variant of… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/crbnz_hashicorp-did-a-thing-and-many-people-are-activity-7096055691773124608-BtQz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) There’s no AI without the cloud, says AWS CEO Adam Selipsky — Decoder with Nilay Patel (https://overcast.fm/+QLdsFX2X0) Relevant to your Interests Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Three: Uber Isn’t Really Profitable Yet But is Getting Closer; The Antitrust Case Against Uber (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/08/hubert-horan-can-uber-ever-deliver-part-thirty-three-uber-isnt-really-profitable-yet-but-is-getting-closer-the-antitrust-case-against-uber.html) Why our vacation days have been vanishing (https://thehustle.co/why-our-vacation-days-have-been-vanishing/) BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor you've never heard of, is shutting down (https://9to5google.com/2023/08/08/verizon-bluejeans-shutting-down/) Clouded Judgement 8.11.23 - Datadog Consumption Trends (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-81123-datadog-consumption?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=135867835&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email) Check Point buys Perimeter 81 for $490M to enhance its security tools for hybrid and remote workers (https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/10/check-point-buys-perimeter-81-for-490m-to-enhance-its-security-tools-for-hybrid-and-remote-workers/) Open Source Canvas (https://opensource-canvas.org/) Amazon warns workers to come back into the office (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66472280?ck_subscriber_id=512840665) Millions of Americans' health data stolen after MOVEit hackers targeted IBM (https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/14/millions-americans-health-data-moveit-hackers-clop-ibm/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJAa2W94DiGgNgW_6JYJlL5YfxUkrkPKqhok-JRQ7R9oVhR7RfppOcMzOmGT0a9ZAz5-Azv2dqgLtpchPjtcXX3gaH4jAqpgDPgaiAqQDjl2tqZwK5VnxICubA-JYISytIETZIZAiYbkVvkABjxuyQirthfmyE46rL3XWXEk94rv) Dynatrace to Acquire Rookout to Deliver Code Debugging in Production Environments (https://www.dynatrace.com/news/press-release/dynatrace-to-acquire-rookout/) FOSSY panelists talk rights; what about responsibilities? (https://medium.com/@gordon.messmer/fossy-panelists-talk-rights-what-about-responsibilities-8b2bb2ae95f5) Oracle, SUSE and CIQ launch the Open Enterprise Linux Association amid Red Hat controversy | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/10/oracle-suse-and-ciq-launch-the-open-enterprise-linux-association-amid-red-hat-controversy/) Nonsense Why Taco Bell's free taco giveaway is happening everywhere but New Jersey | CNN Business (https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/08/business/taco-bell-giveaway-new-jersey/index.html) Mike Young, co-founder of Chuy’s, has died (https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/mike-young-co-founder-of-chuys-has-died/) Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Threads (https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/Cv5CV3-rMKb/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) Hitler Reacts to HashiCorp Transitioning to BSL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J10xyPTE4I) Man eats nothing but Whataburger for a week to unlock the secrets of Texan identity | Boing Boing (https://boingboing.net/2023/08/10/man-eats-nothing-but-whataburger-for-a-week-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-texan-identity.html) Conferences Aug 21 - 22, Kubernetes Community Day Australia (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-australia-presents-kubernetes-community-day-australia-2023/) in Sydney, Matt attending. August 21st to 24th SpringOne (https://springone.io/) & VMware Explore US (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html), in Las Vegas. Explore EU CFP is open. Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-des-moines/welcome/), Coté speaking. Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT (https://shift.infobip.com/) in Zadar, Coté speaking. October 2-6, 2023, QCon San Francisco (https://qconsf.com/workshop/oct2023/open-source-kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost), Matt’s doing a workshop October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023 (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-texas-presents-kcd-texas-2023/), CFP Closes: August 30, 2023 November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21 (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2024/) If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Oppenheimer (https://www.oppenheimermovie.com) Brian: The Rundown (https://www.therundown.ai/subscribe) (newsletter), Prompts Daily (https://www.neatprompts.com/subscribe?utm_source=promptsdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=top) (newsletter), The Cloudcast (https://www.thecloudcast.net) (podcast) Coté: Marriott Elements (https://element-hotels.marriott.com) H (https://element-hotels.marriott.com)otels (https://element-hotels.marriott.com) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/uJ-OO3aZsSQ) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/GIFlfKX23rc) Special Guest: Brian Gracely.
18 Elo 20231h 15min
Episode 427: You must be this tall to be a customer
This week, we discuss Open Source licensing, Cloud Earnings and presentations without slides. Plus, Coté shares his minimal-tech vacation strategy and Matt Ray spills Orange Juice on his keyboard. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 427 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yES4tXM1lKs) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yES4tXM1lKs) Runner-up Titles Girl do you need some Squirrel Kinky Friedman would be proud Stallman would be spinning in his grave What does this guy like? I’ve got plenty of beer That’s not a feature, it’s a bug Never a Marketplace Rundown The open source licensing war is over (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3703768/the-open-source-licensing-war-is-over.html) Clouded Judgement 8.4.23 - Cloud Giants Q2 Update (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-8423-cloud-giants) Amazon reports blowout profit, beats on sales and issues optimistic guidance (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/03/amazon-amzn-q2-earnings-report-2023.html) Relevant to your Interests Amazon to invest $7.2b in Israel as it rolls out local cloud data region (https://www.timesofisrael.com/amazon-to-invest-7-2b-in-israel-as-tech-giant-rolls-out-local-cloud-data-region/) Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/linux-surpasses-the-mac-among-steam-gamers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social) As Cruise Expands To Los Angeles, Self-Driving's Breakout Moment Has Arrived (https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/as-cruise-expands-to-los-angeles) Billionaire Larry Ellison plotted with Trump aides on call about overturning election (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/larry-ellison-trump-2020-call-b2084757.html) Dell Confirms Sales Layoffs As Part Of New Partner-Led Storage Strategy | CRN (https://www.crn.com/news/channel-news/dell-confirms-sales-layoffs-as-part-of-new-partner-led-storage-strategy) For Meta, the big AI play is shoring up its ad business (https://www.axios.com/2023/08/07/meta-ai-ad-business?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top) Corey Quinn on Gartner MQ (https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1688945231356624896?s=20) Slack's latest redesign has a dedicated DM tab and a Discord-style Activity view (https://www.engadget.com/slacks-latest-redesign-has-a-dedicated-dm-tab-and-a-discord-style-activity-view-130032154.html?src=rss&guccounter=1) Downfall (https://downfall.page/) Google is offering an on-campus hotel 'special' to help lure workers back to the office (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/04/google-offers-on-campus-hotel-special-to-lure-workers-back-in.html) Even Zoom is making staff return to the office now (https://mashable.com/article/zoom-remote-work-hybrid-return-office-ai) Venture-backed startups are failing at record rates (https://www.fastcompany.com/90933648/venture-backed-startups-are-failing-at-record-rates) Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out (https://stackdiary.com/zoom-terms-now-allow-training-ai-on-user-content-with-no-opt-out/) Zoom CEO admits mistake as terms-of-service changes raise AI fears (https://www.axios.com/2023/08/09/zooms-terms-service-changes-ai-fears) WeWork warns of bankruptcy risk after years of losses (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/09/wework-bankruptcy-sec-filing/) Python moves to remove the GIL and boost concurrency (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3704248/python-moves-to-remove-the-gil-and-boost-concurrency.html) Exclusive: Amazon in talks to become anchor investor in Arm ahead of IPO (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/amazon-talks-become-anchor-investor-arm-ahead-ipo-sources-2023-08-08/) Nonsense Analysis | LK-99 and the Desperation for Scientific Discovery (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/2023/08/02/lk-99-and-the-desperation-for-scientific-discovery/74c4f774-317a-11ee-85dd-5c3c97d6acda_story.html) Disney discontinues DVD and Blu-ray production in Australia effective immediately (https://www.whathifi.com/news/disney-discontinues-dvd-and-blu-ray-production-in-australia-effective-immediately) Google Web Environment Integrity draft draws developer rage (https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/25/google_web_environment_integrity/) Google Meet plays (https://twitter.com/soren_iverson/status/1688188951637692416?s=20) O (https://twitter.com/soren_iverson/status/1688188951637692416?s=20)scars music and credits roll as meeting ends (https://twitter.com/soren_iverson/status/1688188951637692416?s=20) Conferences Aug 21 - 22, Kubernetes Community Day Australia (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-australia-presents-kubernetes-community-day-australia-2023/) in Sydney, Matt attending. August 21st to 24th SpringOne (https://springone.io/) & VMware Explore US (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html), in Las Vegas. Explore EU CFP is open. Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-des-moines/welcome/), Coté speaking. Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT (https://shift.infobip.com/) in Zadar, Coté speaking. October 2-6, 2023, QCon San Francisco (https://qconsf.com/workshop/oct2023/open-source-kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost), Matt’s doing a workshop October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023 (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-texas-presents-kcd-texas-2023/), CFP Closes: August 30, 2023 November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21 (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2024/) If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: What to Know About Scleral Contact Lenses (https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/what-to-know-about-scleral-contact-lenses) Keratoconus Eye Doctors Map (http://keratoconusnearme.com/) The Keratoconus Specialist List (https://nkcf.org/keratoconus-referrals/) Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) (https://www.costco.com/apple-airpods-pro-2nd-generation.product.100815258.html) Why is Lala's Little Nugget in Austin always decorated for Christmas? (https://www.kut.org/life-arts/2023-07-20/why-is-lalas-little-nugget-in-austin-always-decorated-for-christmas) Matt: Rechargeable cordless Waterpik (https://amzn.to/3OtA2TP) Coté: “How to Draw Fantasy Map Trees and Forests - 5 easy styles to make your maps look awesome,” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dXymefWOuc) and playlist of related how to videos (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2W3HzTBDbCa4dYZodolS1MVUKhLkRIby). Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/bZSapOQA_OU) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/b4EsL48DIK0)
11 Elo 202352min
Episode 426: There’s no more backpacks to buy
This week, we discuss New Relic going private, Dell buying Moogsoft and digital transformation comes to Border Control. Plus, ideas for a last minute family vacation. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M31eD5nVy0) 426 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M31eD5nVy0) Runner-up Titles The Paris economy is all croissants. The Euphoria of the Buffet All that firing people gave us a soft landing. Is it going to be New Logic, or SumoRelic? You drive a hard bargain, now we’re billionaires The tinfoil hat of complexity Just buy more backpacks Here in the United States, we have a lot of banks. Can Americans use it? Bigger numbers are smaller numbers. It’s pretty easy to quarantine with Internet. Rundown More Monitoring, More Money Dell Technologies Announces Intent to Acquire Moogsoft (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dell-technologies-announces-intent-to-acquire-moogsoft-301881557.html) What the New Relic Sale Means for SaaS by @ttunguz (https://www.tomtunguz.com/newr_acquisition/) Exclusive: Francisco Partners, TPG end talks to buy New Relic (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/francisco-partners-tpg-end-talks-buy-new-relic-sources-2023-05-26/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Francisco Partners & TPG to take New Relic private in $6 billion all-cash deal (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/31/francisco-partners-tpg-to-take-new-relic-private-in-6-billion-deal.html) Inside the $6.5 billion buyout of New Relic (https://www.axios.com/2023/08/01/inside-the-65-billion-buyout-of-new-relic) Government IT Federal Reserve announces that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow® Service, is now live (https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20230720a.htm) CBP Goes Paperless with Global Entry (https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-goes-paperless-global-entry) Mexico Phasing Out Use of Paper Visitor Permits (FMM) (https://www.mexperience.com/mexico-begins-to-phase-out-paper-versions-of-the-fmm/#:~:text=Mexico%27s%20paper%20FMM%20forms%20being,Mexico%20no%20longer%20use%20them) New requirements coming in 2024 for Americans traveling to Europe (https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/new-requirements-coming-2024-americans-traveling-europe/story?id=101546203) Passport Palooza (https://markcathcart.com/2023/07/24/passport-palooza/) Relevant to your Interests Broadcom's $61 billion VMware deal wins conditional EU antitrust OK (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/broadcom-wins-conditional-eu-antitrust-approval-buy-vmware-2023-07-12/) Broadcom claims VMware's strategy isn’t succeeding (https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/14/broadcom_vmware_cma_response/) Moderation actions (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/moderation/) Shopify's anti-meeting crusade is failing and it's taken to shaming employees instead: 'Most of the modern work environment is broken' (https://fortune.com/2023/07/12/remote-work-zoom-meeting-shopify-cost-calculator-modern-work-broken/) Investors and business owners for 3x more likely to invest after reading a GPT-4 pitch deck (https://twitter.com/mrhinkle/status/1670431487621996547?s=20) 3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta (https://apnews.com/article/irs-taxpayer-tax-preparation-meta-congress-9315cfca7a0942ab89f765d183fbf822) macOS Sonoma lets Chrome use passwords stored in iCloud (https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23793532/apple-icloud-passwords-chrome-extension-mac-sonoma-beta) Passkeys in iOS 17: Watch a sneak peek at what's coming to 1Password for iOS | 1Password (https://blog.1password.com/apple-passkey-api-wwdc/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=beyond-passwords-newsletter-july&utm_campaign=passwordless&utm_ref=email-beyond-passwords-newsletter-july) Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud (https://www.geekwire.com/2023/former-amazon-web-services-data-center-leader-chris-vonderhaar-joins-google-cloud/) AlmaLinux OS - Forever-Free Enterprise-Grade Operating System (https://almalinux.org/blog/future-of-almalinux/) Amazon Shares Jump 2% After Reporting Record Prime Day Sales (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-13/amazon-shares-jump-2-after-reporting-record-prime-day-sales) Threads Is About to Make All the Money That Twitter Isn’t (https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/meta-threads-advertising-twitter-musk-zuckerberg.html) Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Threads (https://www.threads.net/t/Cu0BgHESnwF/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) Jamin Ball (@jaminball) on Threads (https://www.threads.net/t/Cu3WuVGsWgy/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) Introducing NotebookLM (https://blog.google/technology/ai/notebooklm-google-ai/) Ford CEO explains why legacy car manufacturers cannot compete with Tesla in software (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7084904611349757952?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop> linkedin.comlinkedin.com) Cloudflare as an AI play. An interview with CEO Matthew Prince. (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2023/07/17/cloudflare-as-an-ai-play-an-interview-with-ceo-matthew-prince/) This is huge: Llama-v2 is open source, with a license that authorizes commercial use! (http://ttps://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1681336284453781505?s=20) The Rise Of DIY In FinOps (https://www.forrester.com/blogs/the-rise-of-diy-in-finops/) Announcing Akita Has Joined Postman — Akita Software (https://www.akitasoftware.com/blog-posts/announcing-akita-has-joined-postman) Announcing the New Lightweight Postman API Client | Postman Blog (https://blog.postman.com/announcing-new-lightweight-postman-api-client/#:~:text=Starting%20May%2015%2C%202023%2C%20Scratch,calls%20through%20the%20Postman%20UI.) Does ‘Buy American’ Policy Make Sense? The Answer Is Key for Your AI Portfolio Too (https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-buy-american-policy-make-sense-the-answer-is-key-for-your-ai-portfolio-too-562825af?st=zwct83dpy1hrssv) AlmaLinux says Red Hat source changes won’t kill its RHEL-compatible distro (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/almalinux-says-red-hat-source-changes-wont-kill-its-rhel-compatible-distro/) Twitter becomes X (https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-becomes-x?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) The problem with X? Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name (https://www.reuters.com/technology/problem-with-x-meta-microsoft-hundreds-more-own-trademarks-new-twitter-name-2023-07-25/) Meta Profit Is Up 16% to $7.8 Billion in Recent Quarter (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/technology/meta-earnings-second-quarter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) Top Announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2023 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-the-aws-summit-in-new-york-2023/?trk=d73defd9-9fc4-45cf-99f9-433b69146fbb&sc_channel=el) AWS Easily Beats Microsoft In $120B IaaS Cloud Market: Gartner (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-easily-beats-microsoft-in-120b-iaas-cloud-market-gartner) Russia Takes Its Ukraine Information War Into Video Games (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/technology/russia-propaganda-video-games.html) Breaking: AWS Begins Charging For Public IPv4 Addresses (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/breaking-aws-begins-charging-for-public-ipv4-addresses/) The massive bug at the heart of the npm ecosystem (https://blog.vlt.sh/blog/the-massive-hole-in-the-npm-ecosystem) Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more (https://www.geekwire.com/2023/tech-moves-ex-microsoft-president-joins-google-cloud-as-vp-ispot-hires-research-chief-and-more/) A Day in the Life of a Senior Manager at Amazon (https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-senior-manager) 7 generative AI innovations from AWS Summit New York 2023 (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-summit-new-york-generative-ai) TikTok is adding text posts (https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805530/tiktok-text-posts-micro-blogging-twitter-threads) Prime Day 2023 Powered by AWS – All the Numbers (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/prime-day-2023-powered-by-aws-all-the-numbers/) AWS Launches Infrastructure Region in Israel (https://press.aboutamazon.com/2023/8/aws-launches-infrastructure-region-in-israel) AMD revenue falls 18% as PC market shows continued weakness (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/01/amd-earnings-report-q2-2023.html) From Docker to Dagger with Solomon Hykes (Changelog Interviews #550) (https://changelog.com/podcast/550) A New IT Automation Project? Moving Beyond Ansible And Keeping The Spirit (https://laserllama.substack.com/p/a-new-it-automation-project-moving) Google Docs can now automatically add line numbers (https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805822/google-docs-line-numbers-support) Q2 2023 is the largest quarter ever in the number of startup closures. (https://twitter.com/mahaniok/status/1682375196764717056) VCs Face an Existential Threat: There Are Too Many of Them (https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3az9/venture-capital-vcs-existential-too-many) VC firm says their companies are good/leading, and you should invest in them too (https://twitter.com/Machiz/status/1680975185808171008) Nonsense FIGHTING (https://open.substack.com/pub/pmarca/p/fighting?r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post) The Best Buy It for Life Backpack (Please Don’t Call It Tactical) (Published 2020) (https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/buy-for-life-backpack/) Convicted felon gets DC contract to install car battery tech called impossible by experts (https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/lawrence-hardge-dc-battery-rejuvenation-contract/65-93a48463-e2fd-43e4-9a1b-9f727036ce0c) Americans spark backlash after claiming that Europeans ‘don’t believe in water’ (https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/europe-travel-americans-water-bottles-b2377078.html) The Spongmonkeys, Fast Food’s Most Unhinged Mascots, Are Back (https://www.eater.com/23797910/quiznos-spongmonkeys-unhinged-mascots-are-back) Here's why Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to 'X' is good, actually (https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/24/heres-why-elon-musks-rebranding-of-twitter-to-x-is-good-actually/) The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor (https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008) Conferences August 8th Kubernetes Community Day Australia (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-australia-presents-kubernetes-community-day-australia-2023/) in Sydney, Matt attending. August 21st to 24th SpringOne (https://springone.io/) & VMware Explore US (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html), in Las Vegas. Explore EU CFP is open. Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-des-moines/welcome/), Coté speaking. Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT (https://shift.infobip.com/) in Zadar, Coté speaking. October 2-6, 2023, QCon San Francisco (https://qconsf.com/workshop/oct2023/open-source-kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost), Matt’s doing a workshop October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023 (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-texas-presents-kcd-texas-2023/), CFP Closes: August 30, 2023 November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), SDT’s a sponsor Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21 (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2024/) If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. 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