Software Defined Talk

This week, we revisit our 2021 Intel CEO predictions, discuss Hyperscaler AI investment concerns and debate LinkedIn content. Plus, which products could thrive if Google were broken up? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rXxIXc1Us) 480 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rXxIXc1Us) Runner-up Titles New camera, dog is still here Teenagers can put away some meat We operated at a loss last year because of BBQ Dog ate your Internet Getting out of a Zoom Under the couch data center Excuse me can I plug in my Satellite Dish A lot of 86-stuff You shouldn’t be AI-ing that much Out of tokens, again Never bet against inertia Home of Markdown One cord, all power. Rundown Looking back at Intel Predicatons SDT Episode 281 (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/281) Gaudi processors & Intel's AI portfolio (https://changelog.com/practicalai/281) How chip giant Intel spurned OpenAI and fell behind the times (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chip-giant-intel-spurned-openai-110138000.html) Is AI too expensive for HyperScalers? Microsoft’s AI Dreams Make for an Expensive Reality (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-ai-dreams-make-for-an-expensive-reality-90a8c8e4) Amazon's cloud unit reports 19% revenue growth, topping estimates (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/01/aws-q2-earnings-report.html) Big Tech Fails to Convince Wall Street That AI Is Paying Off (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-02/big-tech-fails-to-convince-wall-street-that-ai-is-paying-off?srnd=phx-technology) Government shelves £1.3bn UK tech and AI plans (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx5x44vnyeo?_bhlid=027b7775b0cab914048391ea5d8c6254d1468ee1) Are all LinkedIn posts just a form of virtue signaling? There’s One Thing You Really Don’t Need to Do After Getting Laid Off (https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/laid-off-jobs-announcement-grateful-twitter-linkedin.html) Lighting round US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-13/doj-considers-seeking-google-goog-breakup-after-major-antitrust-win?srnd=homepage-americas) H-E-B is finally testing Apple Pay, (https://www.threads.net/@dsilverman/post/C-fVfKQJFyr/?xmt=AQGzlkdYqDg5ncWBmOvviB_QPKGOhv4CndLpOQtMpNlYLg) Relevant to your Interests Why CSV is still king (https://konbert.com/blog/why-csv-is-still-king?utm_source=changelog-news) Missing Semester IAP 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyzOVJj3bHQuloKGG59rS43e29ro7I57J) iOS 18 has fulfilled my dream of destroying ads with a Thanos snap (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214338/apple-ios-18-thanos-snap-animation-hide-ads) Sonos reportedly delaying two upcoming product releases to fix its misbehaving app (https://www.phonearena.com/news/sonos-reportedly-delaying-two-upcoming-product-releases-to-fix-its-misbehaving-app_id161241) Apple’s Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-08/mac-mini-m4-apple-plans-to-release-smallest-desktop-computer-yet) Background check company breached, nearly 3 billion exposed in data theft (https://mashable.com/article/background-check-company-breached-3-billion-affected) Apple's new USB-C charging has driven us all to Charging Cord Hell (https://apple.news/Awy0Ps7UvQSGZ8ASo2bhTtA) The Wizard of Cyber: what is behind Wiz's success (https://ventureinsecurity.net/p/the-wizard-of-cyber-what-is-behind) Brands should avoid this popular term. It’s turning off customers (https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/10/business/brands-avoid-term-customers/index.html) Datadog, MongoDB, Snowflake in spotlight as cloud consumption rose in July: BofA (https://seekingalpha.com/news/4138587-datadog-mongodb-snowflake-in-spotlight-cloud-consumption-rose-in-july-bofa) The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219121/donald-trump-elon-musk-interview-x-twitter-crashes) Google takes another startup out of the AI race (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/2/24212348/google-hires-character-ai-noam-shazeer) How Big Tech is swallowing the AI industry (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/1/24190060/amazon-adept-ai-acquisition-playbook-microsoft-inflection) Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/delta-ceo-offers-employees-free-flights-after-crowdstrike-microsoft-chaos.html) Microsoft says Delta ignored Satya Nadella’s offer of CrowdStrike help (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214371/microsoft-delta-letter-crowdstrike-response-comments) External Technical Root Cause Analysis (https://www.crowdstrike.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Channel-File-291-Incident-Root-Cause-Analysis-08.06.2024.pdf) Nonsense not sure why barking at it didn't help tbh. 12/10 for both #weratedogs (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNgm76JG/) Starbucks replaces CEO Laxman Narasimhan with Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/13/starbucks-replaces-ceo-laxman-narasimhan-with-chipotle-ceo-brian-niccol.html) Listener Feedback How South of the Border Keeps Going After All These Years (https://www.theassemblync.com/place/south-of-the-border/) Apple's new USB-C charging has driven us all to Charging Cord Hell (https://apple.news/Awy0Ps7UvQSGZ8ASo2bhTtA) XBox (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate) (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate)G (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate)ame (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate) P (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate)ass (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate) U (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate)ltimate (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate) Conferences DevOpsDays Birmingham (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/), Aug 19-21, 2024 SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), Aug 26-29, 2024 DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), Sept 4–5, 2024, 15th anniversary Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW20 Civo Navigate Europe, Berlin (https://www.civo.com/navigate/europe), Sept 10-11, 2024 SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. 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16 Aug 20241h 16min

This week, we discuss what people buy for Kubernetes, the latest cloud earnings, enterprise product management, and health records coming to apps. Plus, why I-95 is the most important U.S. interstate. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 479 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81zRf3erSA) Runner-up Titles Eat some sausages I can’t eat good cheese Certified Thought Leader Rundown What people buy for Kubernetes (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/what-people-buy-for-kubernetes?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=50&post_id=147369016&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Exploring the State of Cloud Native App Platforms and VMware Tanzu (https://www.linkedin.com/events/7217250057580892160/comments/) Clouded Judgement 8.2.24 - Uncertainty Everywhere (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-8224-uncertainty?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=147253899&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Your health records are coming to new apps. Here's why (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/01/epic-systems-will-support-the-governments-tefca-program-for-health-records.html) Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) (https://www.healthit.gov/topic/interoperability/policy/trusted-exchange-framework-and-common-agreement-tefca) Coté’s recent talk about AI in healthcare with JT Perry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT_cugqsocw&list=PLAdzTan_eSPRNuA52_34wh5VTBC-0Rz7U&index=3&t=1090s) Now is the time for innovation in healthcare, with JT Perry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpac46N_5qM) Relevant to your Interests Amazon countersues Nokia for a dozen patent infringements (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/31/amazon_nokia_lawsuit/) SentinelOne CEO On CrowdStrike Outage: ‘Not Just An Honest Mistake’ (https://www.crn.com/news/security/2024/sentinelone-ceo-on-crowdstrike-outage-not-just-an-honest-mistake) Apple snubs Nvidia for AI training kit, chooses Google (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/30/apple_google_tpu_ai/) Kyndryl records first quarterly profit as consulting strengthens (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kyndryl-records-first-quarterly-profit-202129641.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACs7hKgDdiXyr6SYV-5mMFZhYoPhsBGnJ2G-rZ-3FqosfGrA0uIFTN_oGYmhXDT_Fgf7Moo0JuigtmBl-7JknEOxFWZy_wPA3bHStvcu-g4kLCl3UMOdcKSGhJZQcxDkcUaDf0I5GcFiF0FhFUHgRVQ-Ehp-TCFbjC0nrv9rFWoG) Intel to Cut Jobs, Suspend Dividend in Cost-Saving Push (https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-intc-q2-earnings-report-2024-6ec4ea69?st=w57g9zyvnqdg4b7) Zero regrets: Firefox power user kept 7,500 tabs open for two years (https://www.techspot.com/news/102871-zero-regrets-firefox-power-user-kept-7500-tabs.html) Nvidia reportedly delays its next AI chip due to a design flaw (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/3/24212518/nvidia-ai-chip-delay-blackwell-b200-microsoft-amazon-google-openai-meta-artificial-intelligence) Apple’s pause of its RTP campus may reflect bigger changes at work (https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article290152224.html) Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-2I6V52K2&ct=240726&st=sb) AI chip startup Groq lands $640M to challenge Nvidia (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/05/ai-chip-startup-groq-lands-640m-to-challenge-nvidia/) AWS breaking changes and price increases (https://github.com/SummitRoute/aws_breaking_changes/?ref=thestack.technology) Killed by AWS tracker (https://github.com/SummitRoute/aws_breaking_changes/?ref=thestack.technology) Nonsense Please Like Me (https://www.theonion.com/please-like-me-1848674003) Sponsor SysAid – Next-Gen IT Service Management: (https://www.sysaid.com/lp/sysaid-copilot-l?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=software%20define) Experience the only platform with generative AI embedded in every aspect of IT management, enabling you to deliver exceptional service effortlessly and automagically. 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9 Aug 20241h 16min

This week, we discuss Meta making Llama "open source," Microsoft (over)investing in AI, and AWS doing some spring cleaning. Plus, a lightning round and lamenting the end of Southwest Airlines' open seating. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 478 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaiUufwNdU4) Runner-up Titles Meat in pastry Llama in sheep’s clothing Cookies again Joining the ranks of the rank I don’t like it, but I like the things he said Rug pull source Where is the source for legless VR? Be quiet and do your job They’re all ruthless Rundown Southwest Airlines is getting rid of open seating (https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/investing/southwest-airlines-assigned-seats/index.html) Meta Open Source AI Is the Path Forward (https://about.fb.com/news/2024/07/open-source-ai-is-the-path-forward/) Try Llama (https://www.meta.ai/?utm_source=llama_meta_site&utm_medium=web&utm_content=Llama_nav&utm_campaign=July_moment) Meta Sales Surpass Estimates on Advertising Growth; Shares Jump (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-31/meta-reports-better-than-expected-quarterly-advertising-sales) MSFT Microsoft stock drops over 6% after results fall short in latest AI disappointment (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-stock-drops-over-6-after-results-fall-short-in-latest-ai-disappointment-201321390.html) Azure outage (https://x.com/AzureSupport/status/1818294946270461983) Microsoft's costs in focus as fears rise over slow payoff from AI (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsofts-costs-focus-fears-rise-103203838.html) AWS Spring Cleaning The end of the Everything Cloud (https://newsletter.goodtechthings.com/p/the-end-of-the-everything-cloud?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) Codecommit - cannot create a repository (https://repost.aws/questions/QUshILm0xbTjWJZSD8afYVgA/codecommit-cannot-create-a-repository) AWS is quietly killing off some services under its new CEO (https://www.thestack.technology/aws-deprecations-services-codecommit/?ref=the-stack-newsletter) CrowdStrike Follow Up Microsoft calls for Windows changes and resilience after CrowdStrike outage (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206719/microsoft-windows-changes-crowdstrike-kernel-driver) Delta hires David Boies to seek damages from CrowdStrike, Microsoft after outage (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/29/delta-hires-david-boies-to-seek-damages-from-crowdstrike-microsoft-.html) 4,000 flights canceled. Had to manually reset 40,000 servers (https://www.threads.net/@firstadopter/post/C-FrAyHuYZP) How a North Korean Fake IT Worker Tried to Infiltrate Us (https://blog.knowbe4.com/how-a-north-korean-fake-it-worker-tried-to-infiltrate-us) Why the CrowdStrike bug hit banks hard (https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/crowdstrike-bug-hit-banks-hard/) Lighting Round Apple Maps launches on the web to take on Google (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/24/24205449/apple-maps-web-beta) 100 million using WhatsApp across the United States (https://blog.whatsapp.com/100-million-using-whatsapp-across-the-united-states) Sonos apologized for messing up its app and has offered a roadmap for fixing everything (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/sonos-apologized-for-messing-up-its-app-and-has-offered-a-roadmap-for-fixing-everything-191528422.html) OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/25/24205701/openai-searchgpt-ai-search-engine-google-perplexity-rival) Relevant to your Interests The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/24/24204706/marc-andreessen-ben-horowitz-a16z-trump-donations) Here's why David Sacks, Paul Graham and other big Silicon Valley names had a brawl on X over VC behavior (https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/25/david-sacks-paul-graham-silicon-valley-names-brawl-on-x-over-vc-behavior/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIUZwXuCjayx29QLzGycNVIZ4GinuSkEJ0LhF-rJF375790uTpToPI1T1owK8c3om9O_eKPpLLzqlHHAkj5tTa3hbJdlPOnOTHuniZ3KctVZwq_s_69Xk6h4OPtGZulAKZD9XVzK8bRj6OwTlk4zYxuyzWWeNwUZkbU18RfbJxJx) CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage (https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/) Report: Apple beginning serious work on a foldable iPhone (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/report-apple-begins-serious-work-on-a-foldable-iphone) Who will control the future of AI? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/25/sam-altman-ai-democracy-authoritarianism-future/) Google cancels plans to kill off cookies for advertisers (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/22/google-cancels-plans-to-kill-off-cookies-for-advertisers.html) Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face. (https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/360952/summer-travel-airport-facial-recognition-scan) Announcing Chainguard's Series C (https://x.com/chainguard_dev/status/1816455710080704807?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A) ChatGPT highly anticipated Voice Mode to launch next week — here’s how to get it (https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt-highly-anticipated-voice-mode-to-launch-next-week-heres-how-to-get-it) CrowdStrike’s CEO Has Known Failure—but Never Like This (https://www.wsj.com/tech/crowdstrikes-ceo-george-kurtz-failure-global-tech-outage-microsoft-windows-07d27a4a) Why open source is not a good strategy for startups. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danlorenc_oss-opensource-startups-activity-7223432828749815809-N_iI?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios) CrowdStrike Outage Puts Its Financial Reporting Under Scrutiny, Too (https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/crowdstrike-outage-puts-its-financial-reporting-under-scrutiny-too-25ad9e9b?st=iliigq6v6581t4g&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink) Alphabet Second Quarter 2024 Earnings: EPS Beats Expectations (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphabet-second-quarter-2024-earnings-131726123.html) Apple admits to using Google Tensor hardware to train Apple Intelligence (https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/07/29/apple-admits-to-using-google-tensor-hardware-to-train-apple-intelligence) The re:Invent session catalog was released (https://registration.awsevents.com/flow/awsevents/reinvent24/public/page/catalog/?trk=e83a[…]EeRwzQ5l2ltCKT2Gkyqogx8LCLJOz7_az4jTAAYwK9hsNLDSiwmKa7g) Salary Pressures, Not AI, Vex Developers, Says Stack Overflow (https://thenewstack.io/salary-pressures-not-ai-vex-developers-says-stack-overflow/) Lawrence Hecht on LinkedIn: Developer Unemployment at Highest Level Since 2019 (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lawrence-hecht_developer-unemployment-at-highest-level-since-activity-7224056653761916928-ov9N?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) Video game industry has set a tragic new record for in-year layoffs (https://x.com/ballmatthew/status/1800912075171999884) Nonsense The Scale of Life (https://www.thescaleoflife.com/) Sponsor SysAid – Next-Gen IT Service Management: (https://www.sysaid.com/lp/sysaid-copilot-l?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=software%20define) Experience the only platform with generative AI embedded in every aspect of IT management, enabling you to deliver exceptional service effortlessly and automagically. 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2 Aug 20241h 6min

This week, we discuss the CrowdStrike outage, FinOps data exports, and the state of open-source forks. Plus, Matt shares some exciting exclusive news about his future! Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYoFk0K_XpI) 477 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYoFk0K_XpI) Runner-up Titles Matt Ray Explains Channel File 291 Documenting CYA An intern did it Default lifestyle strikes again All the Nelson GIFs Rundown CrowdStrike Huge Microsoft Outage Linked to CrowdStrike Takes Down Computers Around the World (https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-windows-outage-crowdstrike-global-it-probems/) 12-hour timelapse of airline traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history (https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1814268813879206397) Flights grounded and offices hit as internet users face disruptions (https://apnews.com/live/internet-global-outage-crowdstrike-microsoft-downtime) TODAY (@TODAYshow) on X (https://x.com/TODAYshow/status/1814266372882391523?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet) George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz) on X (https://x.com/George_Kurtz/status/1814316045185822981) CrowdStrike’s Global Outage Doesn’t Have to Be a Recurring Nightmare (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-19/crowdstrike-s-nightmare-it-microsoft-outage-shouldn-t-be-normal?srnd=homepage-americas) Heard on the Street: CrowdStrike May Get More Than a Slap (https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-07-19-2024/card/heard-on-the-street-crowdstrike-may-get-more-than-a-slap-CbyAd5zi7ELT4miAZHNV) What Happened to Digital Resilience? (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/crowdstrike-outage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k0._ZDj.e5unf_bqIJNo&smid=url-share) SolarWinds Defeats Part of SEC’s Fraud Case Over Hack (https://www.wsj.com/articles/solarwinds-defeats-part-of-secs-fraud-case-over-hack-ec69169a) Technical Details: Falcon Update for Windows Hosts (https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-update-for-windows-hosts-technical-details/) Microsoft tried to get AV vendors to use APIs (https://www.threads.net/@sbisson/post/C9pIIYmo19q?xmt=AQGzVYTNKy9-De3zRXlIsl7QNqarqWsTWlmD_4Wc-7MM2A) House committee calls on CrowdStrike CEO to testify on global outage (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/22/house-committee-calls-crowdstrike-ceo-testify-global-outage/) Crashes and Competition (https://stratechery.com/2024/crashes-and-competition/) The CrowdStrike Failure Was a Warning (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/crowdstrike-failure-warning-solutions/679174/) Defective McAfee update causes worldwide meltdown of XP PCs (https://www.zdnet.com/article/defective-mcafee-update-causes-worldwide-meltdown-of-xp-pcs/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioscodebook&stream=top) CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed (https://www.neowin.net/news/crowdstrike-broke-debian-and-rocky-linux-months-ago-but-no-one-noticed/#google_vignette) CrowdStrike Update: Latest News, Lessons Learned from a Retired Microsoft Engineer (https://youtu.be/ZHrayP-Y71Q?si=AmavOuoU_IjGMTFi) CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage (https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/) Announcing Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 (Preview) in AWS Billing and Cost Management (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cloud-financial-management/announcing-data-exports-for-focus-1-0-preview-in-aws-billing-and-cost-management/) Wiz walks away from $23 billion deal with Google, will pursue IPO (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/23/google-wiz-deal-dead.html) Import and export Markdown in Google Docs (http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/import-and-export-markdown-in-google-docs.html) Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available (https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/) The Post-Valkey World (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2024/07/16/post-valkey-world/) A tale of two forks - comparing Valkey/Redis and OpenTofu/Terraform! (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danlorenc_oss-opensource-community-activity-7221488717704609792-U2SR/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) Datadog rumoured to be sniffing round GitLab as tech M&A market heats up (https://www.thestack.technology/datadog-rumoured-to-be-sniffing-round-gitlab-as-tech-m-a-market-heats-up/) Google-Backed Software Developer GitLab Eyes Sale, Reuters Says (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-17/google-backed-software-developer-gitlab-eyes-sale-reuters-says) Relevant to your Interests Google Open Sources 27B Parameter Gemma 2 Language Model (https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/07/google-gemma-2/) What It Really Takes to Build an AI Datacenter (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/what-it-really-takes-to-build-an-ai-datacenter) State of Developer Experience 2024 (https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/state-of-developer-experience-2024?r=2d4o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) The Return-to-Office Productivity Argument Is Over (https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/the-return-to-office-productivity-argument-is-over.html) A new path for Privacy Sandbox on the web (https://privacysandbox.com/news/privacy-sandbox-update) The search for the random numbers that run our lives (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240704-the-search-for-the-random-numbers-that-run-our-lives) OpenAI is releasing a cheaper, smarter model (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/18/24200714/openai-new-cheaper-smarter-model-gpt-4o-mini) Microsoft unveils a large language model that excels at encoding spreadsheets (https://www.thestack.technology/microsoft-llm-spreadsheet-llm/) Maestro: Netflix’s Workflow Orchestrator (https://netflixtechblog.com/maestro-netflixs-workflow-orchestrator-ee13a06f9c78) IBM shares jump on earnings and revenue beat (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/24/ibm-q2-earnings-report-2024.html) US banks to begin reporting Russian assets for eventual forfeiture under new law (https://apnews.com/article/repo-act-banks-russia-ukraine-russian-assets-9ecda7e3e799cdbfb564844ae89a144b) Nonsense Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) agreed to buy Tex-Mex chain Chuy's (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-0bb0be2c-41d0-4181-bf39-ba3e827303da.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1) Leadership within a costco warehouse (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNaLxKJg/) If The Office took place at a car dealership (https://x.com/milkkarten/status/1813968113526067449?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A) Type in Morse code by repeatedly slamming your laptop shut (https://github.com/veggiedefender/open-and-shut) Sponsor SysAid – Next-Gen IT Service Management: (https://www.sysaid.com/lp/sysaid-copilot-l?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=software%20define) Experience the only platform with generative AI embedded in every aspect of IT management, enabling you to deliver exceptional service effortlessly and automagically. 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26 Jul 20241h 10min

This week, we discuss Google possibly buying Wiz, why "meta work" leads to too many meetings, and why it took forty years to get spell check in Notepad. Plus, we share some thoughts on enjoying your vacation. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 476 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsf8ZV0y2cI) Runner-up Titles Enjoy the time Everyone can get a beef rib at this year’s club. We also need to go over your summariztion prompt, because mine is dog shit right now. Make your own happiness Grand unified theory of food - every culture has a tortilla and an empanada. “Platform” is the new “Suite.” A robust NO Answer Writing a book report Failure by lack of airport ads. 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19 Jul 20241h 40min

This week, we discuss Mary Meeker's AI & Universities report, the CD Foundation's State of CI/CD Report, and share a few thoughts on DevRel. Plus, Coté gets fiber and is forced to watch soccer. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV1ppy88kwg) 475 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV1ppy88kwg) Runner-up Titles If not better, at least the same. The enterprise software buyer’s lament. Order tokens at fantastical speeds. They think I am an idiot Cherry pick it from a survey The Demo Matters Rundown Mary Meeker’s new report AI and Universities (https://www.bondcap.com/reports/aiu) State of CI/CD Report 2024 - CD Foundation (https://cd.foundation/state-of-cicd-2024/?utm_source=cote&utm_content=30pctvcs) 70% of people hadn't checked their code in for 12 months (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1810279223946334292) Relevant to your Interests Opinion | The Blue-State Wealth Exodus Continues (https://apple.news/AP-Z9HB9_T4iZwJdA75Q0Vw) How Apple used Google's help to train its AI models (https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/how-apple-used-googles-help-train-its-ai-models-2024-06-11/) Microsoft lays off employees in new round of cuts (https://www.geekwire.com/2024/microsoft-lays-off-employees-in-new-round-of-cuts/) Clouded Judgement 7.5.24 - Declining Growth (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-7524-declining?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=146291628&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76 (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/business/bruce-bastian-dead.html) Mirantis Builds on OpenStack To Serve Up a VMware Alternative (https://thenewstack.io/mirantis-builds-on-openstack-to-serve-up-a-vmware-alternative/) Is this the biggest password leak ever uncovered? Researchers claim nearly 10 billion credentials under threat — here's what we know so far (https://www.techradar.com/pro/is-this-the-biggest-password-leak-ever-uncovered-researchers-claim-nearly-10-billion-credentials-under-threat-heres-what-we-know-so-far) We tested over a dozen laptops to see how Snapdragon compares to Intel, AMD, and Apple’s chips (https://www.theverge.com/24191671/copilot-plus-pcs-laptops-qualcomm-intel-amd-apple) Nonsense Mark Zuckerberg's Lake Tahoe antics are getting even weirder (https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/mark-zuckerberg-lake-tahoe-american-flag-tuxedo-19555381.php) The Fried Chicken Sandwich Wars Are More Cutthroat Than Ever Before (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-01/mcdonald-s-wendy-s-amp-up-fried-chicken-sandwich-wars) Sponsor Check out www.apilayer.com (https://apilayer.com/?utm_source=SoftwareDefinedTalkPodcast&utm_medium=Leads%20Acquisition&utm_campaign=PodcastDescription)! From scraping, finance to weather data, apilayer offers reliable and easy-to-integrate APIs for all your needs. Trusted by developers at companies worldwide. Use the code SDT2024 for an exclusive discount - 50% for 3 months on 100 API plans. Code is valid until Sep 30, 2024 Conferences Webinar on State of Cloud Native Survey (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/webinars/jul-24-exploring-the-state-of-cloud-native-application-platforms-and-tanzu), July 24th, 2024, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Birmingham (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/), August 19–21, 2024 DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), 15th anniversary, Sep 4th-5th. SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), August 26–29, 2024 SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY (https://sreday.com/2024-london/#tickets) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsorship opportunities available (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads) Recommendations Brandon: Tailscale (https://tailscale.com). Coté: Moonbound (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195790867-moonbound). Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/s/photos/soccer?orientation=landscape) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/view-of-floating-open-book-from-stacked-books-in-library-HH4WBGNyltc)

12 Jul 20241h 10min

This week, we explore the reasons behind the slowdown in DevOps adoption, compare open-source and proprietary foundation models, and discuss how AI might simplify CI/CD implementation. Additionally, Matt takes on an Australian history quiz. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmarzk5aw8) 474 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmarzk5aw8) Runner-up Titles No silver bullets If you aspire for nothing, you’re done. We can hang out with the boulder at the bottom Who owns the black box You have to want to put in the effort Anyone on the bleeding edge is going to bleed Rundown A Eulogy for DevOps (https://matduggan.com/a-eulogy-for-devops/) DevOps Isn't Dead, but It's Not in Great Health Either (https://thenewstack.io/devops-isnt-dead-but-its-not-in-great-health-either/) The InfraRed Report from Redpoint (https://www.redpoint.com/infrared/report/) Dan Davies Explains Why Accountability Sinks Are Everywhere Now (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-01/dan-davies-explains-why-accountability-sinks-are-everywhere-now) Relevant to your Interests Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised its national data center (https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-ransomware-attack-national-data-center-213c14c6cc69d7b66815e58478f64cee) Odaseva raises $54M to secure Salesforce users (https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/27/odasevas-founder-once-solved-a-security-gap-for-saleforces-biggest-customer-now-hes-raised-54m-to-secure-all-of-its-users/) More YouTube Premium plans are coming (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/27/24187590/youtube-premium-subscription-more-plans) Alibaba Cloud closing Australian and Indian datacenters (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/01/alibaba_cloud_closes_india_australia/) Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-02/apple-to-get-openai-board-observer-role-as-part-of-ai-agreement) How Big Tech is swallowing the AI industry (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/1/24190060/amazon-adept-ai-acquisition-playbook-microsoft-inflection) Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-02/apple-to-get-openai-board-observer-role-as-part-of-ai-agreement) Infrastructure as Code Landscape Overview 2024 (https://medium.com/@bgrant0607/infrastructure-as-code-landscape-overview-2024-a066124e5989) Infrastructure as Code reminds me of “make run-all” (https://medium.com/@bgrant0607/infrastructure-as-code-reminds-me-of-make-run-all-15eb6628f306) Is NVIDIA like Sun from the Dot Com Bubble? / Oxide (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1973013) “Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/everythings-frozen-ransomware-locks-credit-union-users-out-of-bank-accounts/) Exclusive-Vista Equity in talks to hand over Pluralsight to creditors, sources s (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-vista-equity-talks-hand-183356419.html) Nonsense Faces made of living skin make robots smile (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedd3208veyo) Mandatory Texas vehicle safety inspections end in six months (https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/mandatory-texas-vehicle-safety-inspections-end-in-six-months/) Costco's bold new plan for the California housing crisis (https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/costco-housing-apartments-south-la-19541521.php?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) Conferences DevOpsDays Birmingham (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/), August 19–21, 2024 DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), 15th anniversary, Sep 4th-5th. SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), August 26–29, 2024 SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY (https://sreday.com/2024-london/#tickets) 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: House of Dragons Season 2 (https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon) Cloud News of the Month - June 2024 (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/07/cloud-news-of-month-june-2024.html) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-sail-ship-on-sea-during-sunset-1suNZRcP3AY) Artwork (https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/format:webp/1*rQh4nSRu3CV3vqThSKI49A.jpeg)

5 Jul 20241h

This week, we discuss the 5 key trends from Bessemer’s State of the Cloud 2024 report. Plus, Matt makes a stock pick for the next 10 years! Runner-up Titles Is it named after Hootie and the Blowfish? Prepaying for your bad behavior You have a thought piece, we’re gonna think about it The Footloose Soundtrack Rundown Amazon Hits $2 Trillion Market Value as AI Frenzy Fuels Rally (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-26/amazon-amzn-hits-2-trillion-market-value-as-ai-frenzy-fuels-rally) State of the Cloud 2024 (https://www.bvp.com/atlas/state-of-the-cloud-2024) The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse (https://youtu.be/1bZ0OSEViyo?si=F_Yy7c1RYkXh-Iqd) Relevant to your Interests The short, happy reign of CD-ROM (https://www.fastcompany.com/91128052/history-of-cd-roms-encarta-myst) 1Password is simplifying setup on new devices and adding 'Recovery codes' (https://9to5google.com/2024/06/20/1password-recovery-code-sign-in-beta/) Apple is winning in financial services (https://www.axios.com/2024/06/20/apple-winning-finance-bnpl) Anthropic’s latest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, just released on Amazon Bedrock (https://www.threads.net/@ajassy/post/C8ccbgRiEeY) What it Takes to Be Valued at >10x Rev (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-62124-what-it-takes?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=145617522&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Microsoft makes Copilot less useful on new Copilot Plus PCs (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24182979/microsoft-copilot-key-keyboard-shortcut-pwa) Exclusive: Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp (https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-mulls-5-10-monthly-price-tag-unprofitable-alexa-service-ai-revamp-2024-06-21/) Amazon’s new AI-powered Alexa might cost up to $10 per month (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24183013/amazon-alexa-ai-subscription) Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/technology/driver-scores-insurance-data-apps.html) AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children (https://www.wired.com/story/ai-tools-are-secretly-training-on-real-childrens-faces/) Nvidia Is No Cisco, but It Is Getting Expensive (https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/nvidia-is-no-cisco-but-it-is-getting-expensive-1938fcc0) Microsoft shelves its underwater data center (https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/microsoft-shelves-its-underwater-data-center) With Pen and Paper in Hand, Car Dealers Improvise as Cyber Outage Persists (https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/with-pen-and-paper-in-hand-car-dealers-improvise-as-cyber-outage-persists-2642ebb7) Nvidia Insiders Cash In on Rally as Share Sales Top $700 Million (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-18/nvidia-nvda-insiders-cash-in-on-rally-as-share-sales-top-700-million) We’ve got to talk about the environment when we talk about AI (https://thehustle.co/news/we-ve-got-to-talk-about-the-environment-when-we-talk-about-ai) Gmail’s Gemini AI sidebar and email summaries are rolling out now (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/24/24185277/google-gmail-gemini-ai-sidebar) Google is bringing Gemini access to teens using their school accounts (https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/24/google-is-bringing-gemini-access-to-teens-using-their-school-accounts/) Managing Your Mac Menu Bar: A Roundup of My Favorite Bartender Alternatives (https://feed.feedburster.com/macstoriesnet/redirect?url=https://www.macstories.net/roundups/managing-your-mac-menu-bar-a-roundup-of-my-favorite-bartender-alternatives/) Report: Amazon developing AI chatbot that would compete with ChatGPT and others (https://www.geekwire.com/2024/report-amazon-developing-ai-chatbot-that-would-compete-with-chatgpt-and-others/) How to escape VMware's pricey clutches with Virt-v2v (https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/21/virtv2v_helps_you_move_vms/) Figma’s new Slides app focuses on design, fun, and (oh, yeah!) AI (https://www.fastcompany.com/91145153/figma-slides-presentations-config-2024) Powering the AI Revolution: The PyTorch Documentary (https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch-documentary/) Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites (https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack) Some CIOs say getting full value out of AI tools like Copilot for Microsoft 365 requires heavy lifting, as enterprise data isn't always accurate and up-to-date (http://www.techmeme.com/240626/p6#a240626p6) ****## Nonsense Cybertruck: The Embarrassing beginning of Teslas Demise (https://youtu.be/MoYXhcxngxI?si=Rxg48DLqAtyAE-Ck) The Buc-ee’s Statue Got A New Look, And Fans Have Thoughts (https://www.southernliving.com/buc-ees-luling-statue-8665734) Delta's most exclusive airport lounge opens. Here's what's inside (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/25/delta-one-jfk-airport-lounge.html) Explaining Software Development Methods By Flying to Mars [Comic] (https://toggl.com/blog/mars-software-development) Sponsors Check out www.apilayer.com (https://apilayer.com/?utm_source=SoftwareDefinedTalkPodcast&utm_medium=Leads%20Acquisition&utm_campaign=PodcastDescription)! From scraping, finance to weather data, apilayer offers reliable and easy-to-integrate APIs for all your needs. Trusted by developers at companies worldwide. Use the code SDT2024 for an exclusive discount - 50% for 3 months on 100 API plans. Code is valid until Sep 30, 2024 Conferences DevOpsDays Birmingham (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/), August 19–21, 2024 DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), 15th anniversary, Sep 4th-5th. SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), August 26–29, 2024 SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY (https://sreday.com/2024-london/#tickets) 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! 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Recommendations Brandon: Pause your YouTube TV Subscription (https://support.google.com/youtubetv/answer/7129668?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid#zippy=%2Chow-to-pause-your-membership) Matt: Anti-pick: NBN Broadband Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/two-linemen-on-cherry-pickers-fHLdXfURDhA) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-yellow-arrow-is-surrounded-by-red-arrows-SWJPQQkuFWA)

28 Jun 202450min