Episode 61: Baltimore is not the same as Annapolis. Also, they like crab there

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 Sep 202346min

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 Sep 202347min

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 Sep 202353min

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 Aug 202348min

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)! 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18 Aug 20231h 15min

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)! 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11 Aug 202352min

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. 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: Full Circle (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/full_circle_2023/s01) Matt: Amtrak Pacific Surfliner (https://www.amtrak.com/pacific-surfliner-train). Coté: A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City (https://amzn.to/47eBRws). Coté’s Newsletter (https://cote.io/newsletter/) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/ELf8M_YWRTY) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/IOffoLkBmig)

4 Aug 202357min

Brandon interviews Michael Kennedy, host of Talk Python to Me and founder of Talk Python Training. They discuss Python’s rapid growth, replacing Excel Worksheets with Jypter Notebooks and why Python is the preferred language for AI. Plus, a few thoughts on podcasting and motorcycles. Show Links Talk Python to Me (https://talkpython.fm/home) Python Bytes (https://pythonbytes.fm) Talk Python Training - Python courses and tutorials for developers (https://training.talkpython.fm/) Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023 (https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/) Stack Overflow Trends (https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=java%2Cc%2Cc%2B%2B%2Cpython%2Cc%23%2Cvb.net%2Cjavascript%2Cassembly%2Cphp%2Cperl%2Cruby%2Cswift%2Cr%2Cobjective-c) YouTube vs. Google Video (https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/156/python-history-and-perspectives#transcript_at_3056) The 7 Biggest Excel Mistakes of All Time (https://www.teampay.co/blog/biggest-excel-mistakes-of-all-time) Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates (https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates) Discovering exoplanets with Python (https://talkpython.fm/episodes/transcript/289/discovering-exoplanets-with-python) Python Interviews: Discussions with Python Experts (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1788399080/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=mickensblo-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1788399080&linkId=6033f85abee7932145b302638e14bddc) Mojo 🔥 — a new programming language for all AI developers. (https://www.modular.com/mojo) Contact Michael LinkedIn: mkennedy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mkennedy/) Twitter: @mkennedy (https://twitter.com/mkennedy?lang=en) Mastodon: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org (https://fosstodon.org/@mkennedy) 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 on 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) 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: Michael Kennedy.

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