Episode 380: No Free Lunches or Haircuts

This week we discuss why Google abandons products, the 2022 State of DevOps Report and Elon’s texts. Plus, some thoughts on glasses…

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 380.

Runner-up Titles

• Leave it all in Brighttalk
• Let’s talk about it and I’ll read it later
• Killed by Google Wins Again
• Tell that to the WeWork founder
• Buy somebody who’s already on the Moon
• Anyone from software thinks they can do anything
• Lots of learnings.
• I hate DNS, but I’ve never seen a domain name I didn’t buy.
• A good Brandon issue

Rundown

• Google’s Incentives
  • Google is shutting down Stadia
  • Stadia shutdown shows Google's struggle to innovate
  • Google insiders explain why Google launches many products and then abandons them.
• 2022 State of DevOps Report
• Elon Musk’s Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius

Relevant to your Interests

• GitLab beats expectations with impressive revenue growth, but its stock falls anyway
• Two Former eBay Executives Sentenced to Prison for Cyberstalking
• We’re excited to announce that the transaction to combine Citrix and TIBCO
• Can a Zebra Change Its Stripes?
• VR & AR headset designers should consider how their customers look like when wearing them
• CEO Tim Cook says Apple avoids the word 'metaverse'
• DALL·E Now Available Without Waitlist
• Introducing Make-A-Video: An AI system that generates videos from text
• The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time
• Postgres WASM by Snaplet and Supabase
• Linux 6.0 arrives with support for newer chips, core fixes, and oddities
• The Most Visited Website in Every Country (That Isn’t A Search Engine)
• Bridgewater Founder Ray Dalio Hands Over Control of Firm
• World's First Laptop with RISC-V Processor Now Available
• ‎CoRecursive: Coding Stories: Android's Unlikely Success on Apple Podcasts
• Database 2x2
• Pat Gelsinger came back to turn Intel around
• State Of Developer Relations
• Red Hat Storage strategy update
• IBM Redefines Hybrid Cloud Application and Data Storage Adding Red Hat Storage to IBM Offerings
• IBM + Red Hat: Doubling Down on Hybrid Cloud Storage
• DevOps Is Dead. Embrace Platform Engineering

Nonsense

• Kim Kardashian pays over $1 million to settle SEC charges linked to a crypto promo on her Instagram
• Test drive new McLaren Formula 1 themes in your Chrome browser
• Tacos Are a Staple in Austin. How Is Inflation Impacting Taco Spots?
• Google Japan’s latest version of it’s new keyboard, G-Board
• "The Re-Org Rag (I'm My Own VP)"

Conferences

• Sydney Cloud FinOps Meetup, online, Oct 13, 2022 Matt’s presenting
• KubeCon North America, Detroit, Oct 24 – 28, 2022
• SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022
• THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors Jan 16-19, 2023
• CloudNativeSecurityCon North America, Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023

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Recommendations

• Brandon:
  • Why the Voice Inside Your Head Can Sound Like a Jerk ****(Podcast)
  • The Chatter Toolbox (PDF)
• Matt: Keyboard.io Model 100
• Coté: classic microplane.

Photo Credits

• Glasses Banner