Episode 401: Swing State for Grocery Stores
This week we discuss Ubisoft’s woes, the quest for a better Developer Experience, Sumo Logic going private and IBM acquiring StepZen. Plus, some thoughts on grocery stores… Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 401 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRpzvCcFZk0) Runner-up Titles Going Hardcore Sleeping under the desk The Cause of Everything Bad on the Internet Rundown Amazon plans to eventually 'go big' on physical grocery stores (https://www.engadget.com/amazon-plans-to-eventually-go-big-on-physical-grocery-stores-154524344.html) Mi Tienda Ready to Cook Flour Tortillas (https://www.heb.com/product-detail/mi-tienda-ready-to-cook-flour-tortillas/2188466) Ubisoft botched a ‘Division 2’ fix so badly it broke its ability to update the game (https://www.engadget.com/the-division-2-botched-update-172527977.html) God Did the World a Favor by Destroying Twitter (https://www.wired.com/story/god-did-us-a-favor-by-destroying-twitter/) The Twitpocalypse may have begun today (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/09/twitter_glitches_raises_tweet_limit/) What if Infrastructure as Code never existed - Adam Jacob (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lPa2U239C4) Platform Engineering Teams Done Right… (https://adrianco.medium.com/platform-engineering-teams-done-right-b3b3d4a8ad23) These new platforms will be great as long as we pay attention to application developers (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/these-new-platforms-will-be-great?utm_source=substack&publication_id=50&post_id=102609967&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true) IBM acquires GraphQL startup StepZen to step up its game in API management (https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/08/ibm-graphql/) Sumo Logic to be Acquired by Francisco Partners for $1.7 Billion (https://investor.sumologic.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sumo-logic-be-acquired-francisco-partners-17-billion) Google shares drop $100 billion after its new AI chatbot makes a mistake (https://www.npr.org/2023/02/09/1155650909/google-chatbot--error-bard-shares) The maze is in the mouse (https://medium.com/@pravse/the-maze-is-in-the-mouse-980c57cfd61a) Relevant to your Interests Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Speaks: 'Lot of Growth in Front of AWS' (https://accelerationeconomy.com/cloud-wars/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-speaks-lot-of-growth-in-front-of-aws/) The Morning After: Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown begins (https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-netflixs-password-sharing-crackdown-begins-121557582.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIYHiHrsIv_lVu8RNqY46BjFzlgU4pFDBXmk1gQxq2wlQOz02b5tuepColb1KJFoYYwQVWy2SjTUKWVY2oAEMzfkYXlXs97_PE0gpwNUA4RjnDwE_YEm7FB323M9oOBQJNHboj1t77QC9HriDL8cJP-VcplJ5UlJvvwHZRzMn9PC) AI Homework (https://stratechery.com/2022/ai-homework/) Cloudflare wants to help you set up your own Mastodon server in ‘minutes’ (https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/10/23593966/cloudflare-mastodon-server-wildebeest-instance-fediverse) Adam Neumann finally explains what Flow does. (https://twitter.com/liron/status/1622962433752195072) "The New Gatekeepers" (https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations) A tech CEO spent almost $600,000 on a Super Bowl ad to warn America about Tesla’s self-driving technology (https://fortune.com/2023/02/13/tesla-elon-musk-fsd-tech-ceo-spent-almost-600000-on-a-super-bowl-ad-to-warn-america-about-teslas-self-driving-technology/) AWS slammed for PostgreSQL DBaaS migration downtime (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/14/aws_slammed_for_postgresql_dbaas/) Can this man turn Amazon around? (https://www.ft.com/content/a8cdfe3a-a445-476c-b4a7-367468ac1398) A note from Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson (https://www.twilio.com/blog/restructuring-twilio) An announcement from GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij (https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2023/02/09/gitlab-news/) Nonsense De-Aging #HarrisonFord #JarkanVFX #indianajones #Deepfake #deepfaketechnology #fyp #foryoupage #foryou (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRt5XcrW/) Sponsor The New Stack — Subscribe to The New Stack Makers Podcast (https://thenewstack.io/podcasts/). Conferences Southern California Linux Expo, (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x) Los Angeles, March 9-12, 2023 Matt (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost-optimization-strategies) & Cote (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/lessons-learned-7-years-running-developer-platforms)! Use Discount Code: DEVOP Coté and Matt arranging a live recording. 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17 Feb 202355min
Episode 400: Prompt Engineering
This week we discuss Cloud Earnings, ChatGPT Prompts and the OpenTelemetry controversy. Plus, thoughts on refrigerating eggs… Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 400 (https://youtube.com/live/3lko4YjndKY?feature=share) Runner-up Titles You don’t want to toy with food poisoning Do you put all your eggs in one basket? The answer to this and every question is ChatGPT This is just Bing Bullshit as a Service It doesn’t matter if it’s right, it’s fine Bad dog The answer to every question is ChatGPT Linux under the desktop Rundown Why Does the U.S. Refrigerate Eggs When Much of the World Doesn’t? (https://www.organicvalley.coop/blog/why-does-us-refrigerate-eggs/) Earnings and Outlook Cloud Giants Update (https://twitter.com/jaminball/status/1621260249016434691?s=46&t=E1TVgOcjzgZuJPndlhI9NA) Red Hat OpenShift making money (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1618795275665162247?s=56&t=lB7BRczZa4_zVz6n4aAjIg) Gartner: Overall IT Spend Has Slowed. But Software? That’s Still Growing. (https://www.saastr.com/gartner-overall-it-spend-has-slowed-but-software-still-growing/) Cloud Earnings (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/amazon-aws-earnings-q4-2022.html) The Big Tech Rebound Is Underway (https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/the-big-tech-rebound-is-underway) Cloud leaders Amazon, Google and Microsoft show the once-booming market is cooling down (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/04/amazon-google-microsoft-show-slowing-growth-in-cloud-infrastructure.html) The Four Horsemen of the Tech Recession (https://stratechery.com/2023/the-four-horsemen-of-the-tech-recession/) Microsoft offers lackluster guidance, says new business growth slowed in December (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/24/microsoft-msft-earnings-q2-2023.html) FY23 Q2 - Press Releases - Investor Relations - Microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/earnings/fy-2023-q2/press-release-webcast) The On-Premises Empire Strikes Back At AWS (https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/02/06/the-on-premises-empire-strikes-back-at-aws/) A.I. OpenAI has hired an army of contractors to make basic coding obsolete (https://www.semafor.com/article/01/27/2023/openai-has-hired-an-army-of-contractors-to-make-basic-coding-obsolete) Google has developed a music-making AI bot (https://mashable.com/article/google-ai-bot-music) Why does ChatGPT constantly lie? (https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/why-does-chatgpt-constantly-lie) Who will compete with ChatGPT? Meet the contenders (https://venturebeat.com/ai/who-will-compete-with-chatgpt-meet-the-contenders-the-ai-beat/) OpenAI API (https://platform.openai.com/ai-text-classifier) Infrastructure-as-Code Generator (https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac) Code-generating platform Magic challenges GitHub's Copilot with $23M in VC backing (https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/magic-dev-code-generating-startup-raises-23m/) Microsoft to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI, the Creator of ChatGPT (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/business/microsoft-chatgpt-artificial-intelligence.html) Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/technology/google-chatgpt-artificial-intelligence.html) Claims Datadog asked developer to kill open source data tool (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/02/datadog_opentelemetry_tool_dorman/) Everybody Gets Fired Eventually (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2023/02/everybody-gets-fired-eventually.html) (The Cloudcast Podcast) This FTX Slide has been nominated as Slide of the Year (https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iD_V.CWTliQc/v0/-1x-1.png) Relevant to your Interests Slicing Cash Flows for Better Ratings (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-01-18/slicing-cash-flows-for-better-ratings#xj4y7vzkg) Twitter Manager: Daily Revenue Has Dropped 40%, 500 Top Advertisers Have Left (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/twitter-manager-daily-revenue-has-dropped-40-500-top-advertisers-have-left?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) $NOW CEO Bill McDermott on 2023 IT Spend (https://twitter.com/upholdings/status/1616103812372267008?s=46&t=WKIJg71CxhnkC9pPlPnHPg) Amazon to Wind Down Charity-Donation Program AmazonSmile (https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-wind-down-charity-donation-program-amazonsmile-11674144274) HPE and Oracle Solaris suit ends with hushed settlement (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/19/hpe_and_oracle_lawsuit_ends/) Cloud growth slowing as customers get a dose of cost reality (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/19/cloud_growth_slowdown_as_customers/) How We Learned to Be Lonely (https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/01/loneliness-solitude-pandemic-habit/672631/) Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism (https://www.warpnews.org/premium-content/kevin-kelly-the-case-for-optimism/) Activist investor Elliott sets its sights on Salesforce (https://www.axios.com/2023/01/23/activist-elliott-salesforce-benioff) AWS expanding site of infamously flaky US-EAST-1 region (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/23/aws_expanding_infamous_useast1_region/) Amazon-Stripe partnership accelerates ecommerce and streamlines online payments (https://stripe.com/en-es/newsroom/news/amazon-and-stripe) Undo — Chartr: Data Storytelling (https://read.chartr.co/newsletters/2023/1/23/undo) VMware 2023 Predictions: Platform Engineering Improves Developer Experience, Tech Layoffs Solve Enterprise Talent Gaps (https://vmblog.com/archive/2023/01/24/vmware-2023-predictions-platform-engineering-improves-developer-experience-tech-layoffs-solve-enterprise-talent-gaps.aspx) LastPass owner GoTo says hackers stole customers' backups (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/24/goto-customer-backups-stolen-lastpass/) Subject: Focusing on our short- and long-term opportunity - The Official Microsoft Blog (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/01/18/subject-focusing-on-our-short-and-long-term-opportunity/) Slack's second chance (https://open.substack.com/pub/mostlycloudy/p/slacks-second-chance?r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post) Internal Developer Portal: What It Is and Why You Need One (https://thenewstack.io/internal-developer-portal-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-one/) Microsoft Outlook and Teams down for thousands around world (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64397643) U.S. Accuses Google of Abusing Monopoly in Ad Technology (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/technology/google-ads-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) Microsoft set to face EU antitrust probe over video calls (https://www.politico.eu/article/microsoft-european-union-antitrust-video-calls-software-giant/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts | Patterns (https://www.patterns.app/blog/2023/01/18/crunchbot-sql-analyst-gpt/) Defying logic, Apple announces 2nd-gen HomePod for $299 (https://www.macworld.com/article/1476747/homepod-2nd-gen-audio-siri-feaures-sensors.html) ADS-B Exchange Sells Up, Contributors Unhappy (https://hackaday.com/2023/01/26/ads-b-exchange-sells-up-contributors-unhappy/) Confluent : Message to Confluent Employees from Jay Kreps - Form 8-K (https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/CONFLUENT-INC-124047168/news/Confluent-Message-to-Confluent-Employees-from-Jay-Kreps-Form-8-K-42820152/) FBI shuts down ransomware gang that targeted schools and hospitals (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/26/hive-ransomware-fbi-doj) Reduce Kubernetes spend with these 10 Kubecost alternatives | TechTarget (https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/tip/Reduce-Kubernetes-spend-with-these-10-Kubecost-alternatives) The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok (https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/) Why Corporate America Still Runs on Ancient Software That Breaks - Odd Lots (https://omny.fm/shows/odd-lots/why-corporate-america-still-runs-on-ancient-softwa) Why are so many tech companies laying people off right now? (https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/26/23571659/tech-layoffs-facebook-google-amazon) Salesforce Announces Appointment of Three New Independent Directors (https://investor.salesforce.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2023/Salesforce-Announces-Appointment-of-Three-New-Independent-Directors/default.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) 1Password announces multiple improvements coming soon to its iOS app (https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/30/1password-announces-multiple-improvements-coming-soon-to-its-ios-app/) Identity management platform Saviynt secures $205M in debt, appoints new CEO (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/31/identity-management-platform-saviynt-secures-205m-in-debt-appoints-new-ceo/) Artifact (https://artifact.news/) GitHub says hackers cloned code-signing certificates in breached repository (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/github-says-hackers-cloned-code-signing-certificates-in-breached-repository/) Introducing Hermes, An Open Source Document Management System (https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/introducing-hermes-an-open-source-document-management-system) Introducing Helios, HashiCorp’s New Design System (https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/introducing-helios-hashicorp-s-new-design-system) Kubernetes is great, but it’s been a 7 year distraction (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/kubernetes-is-great-but-its-been?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=50&post_id=100430955&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email) Former Ubiquiti dev pleads guilty to trying to extort his employer (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-ubiquiti-dev-pleads-guilty-to-trying-to-extort-his-employer/) Charted: Hardest hit in tech layoffs (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-040e9788-23b3-4353-912c-6c9750e3e82f.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2) Silicon Valley needs to stop laying off workers and start firing CEOs (https://www.businessinsider.com/fire-blame-ceo-tech-employee-layoffs-google-facebook-salesforce-amazon-2023-2?r=US&IR=T) Visa vs. AMEX (https://twitter.com/anshgupta64/status/1619538351127937027) Musk’s Twitter Has Just 180,000 U.S. Subscribers, Two Months After Launch (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musks-twitter-has-just-180-000-u-s-subscribers-two-months-after-launch) Coté ponders IBM what-if in AI (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/catatonic-leadership?utm_source=substack&publication_id=50&post_id=97661373&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true) Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/half-of-smart-appliances-remain-disconnected-from-internet-makers-lament/) Broadcom’s VMware battle plan is to challenge hyperscalers (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/01/broadcom_vmware_update/) PagerDuty Layoffs Affect 7 Percent Of Workforce (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/pagerduty-layoffs-affect-7-percent-of-workforce?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Meta Pressures Average-Rated Employees to Up Their Game (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-pressures-average-rated-employees-to-up-their-game) Spotify to Shed 6% of Its Work Force in Latest Round of Tech Layoffs (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/business/spotify-layoffs.html) The Job Market for Remote Workers Is Shrinking (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-job-market-for-remote-workers-is-shrinking-11674526943) Big Tech Is Really Bad at Firing People (https://www.wired.com/story/google-meta-big-tech-is-bad-at-firing/) Zoom layoffs impact 15% of staff (https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/07/zoom-layoffs-impact-15-of-staff/) The Newer Geography of Jobs (https://arpitrage.substack.com/p/the-newer-geography-of-jobs?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) Nonsense Missing radioactive capsule found in Australia (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64481317) Boeing delivers its final 747 jet today, ending a run of more than 50 years (https://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/1141578966/boeing-747-last-jet) King Charles will not appear on new Australia $5 note (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64493849) Donkey Kong cheating case rocked by photos of illicit joystick modification (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/02/did-billy-mitchell-use-this-illicit-joystick-to-set-a-donkey-kong-high-score/) Sponsor The New Stack — Subscribe to The New Stack Makers Podcast (https://thenewstack.io/podcasts/). Conferences Southern California Linux Expo, (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x) Los Angeles, March 9-12, 2023 Matt (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost-optimization-strategies) & Cote (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/lessons-learned-7-years-running-developer-platforms)! Use Discount Code: DEVOP And, get 50% with the code SPEAK. Coté and Matt arranging a live recording. PyTexas 2023, Austin, TX April 1 - 2, 2023 (https://www.pytexas.org) DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-birmingham-al/welcome/), April 20 - 21, 2023 DevOpsDays Austin 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-austin/welcome/), May 4-5 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), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) 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: (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-5-Tier-Industrial-Duty-Steel-Freestanding-Garage-Storage-Shelving-Unit-in-Black-90-in-W-x-90-in-H-x-24-in-D-N2W902490W5B/319132842)Hand Mirror (https://handmirror.app) Matt: StarFive VisionFiveV2 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/starfive/visionfive-2) RISC V has arrived! 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10 Feb 202359min
Episode 399: Two Guys Live in the Southern Hemisphere, with Craig Box
This week Matt Ray is joined by Craig Box and they discuss living down under, Craig’s media future, and managing CNCF Sandbox projects developer relations. Be sure to subscribe to Craig’s Let’s Get To The News (https://craigbox.substack.com/) newsletter and follow him on Mastodon (https://mastodon.social/@craigbox) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/craigbox/)(?) This interview was done on January 16th, 2023. Runner-up Titles You sound like an Australian The Mystery of the Cold Open D-list Celebrities The Americans are asleep All the swans belong to the Queen A summer Christmas is strange and weird and I don’t like it Rundown Global Entry, New Zealand-style (https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/international-arrangements/new-zealand/us-global-entry-members) Is there another podcast in the future? Learning by osmosis Developer advocacy at Google You’re not tall enough to ride this ride Joining ARMO (https://www.armosec.io/) Kubescape (https://github.com/kubescape), the Kubernetes end-to-end security platform OpenCost (https://www.cncf.io/projects/opencost/) and Kubescape (https://www.cncf.io/projects/kubescape/), CNCF Sandbox Projects You’re already in my calendar ARMO monetization strategy All Blacks vs. Wallabies Who are these weird celebrities? The Harold Holt Memorial Swim Centre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Holt_Memorial_Swimming_Centre) TweetBot insulated me from a lot of Twitter Conferences Coté speaking at cfgmgmtcamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2023/), Feb 6th to 8th, Ghent. State of Open Con 2023, (https://stateofopencon.com/sponsors/) London, UK, February 7th-8th 2023 CloudNativeSecurityCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloudnativesecuritycon-north-america/), Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023 Southern California Linux Expo, (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x) Los Angeles, March 9-12, 2023 Matt (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost-optimization-strategies) & Coté (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/lessons-learned-7-years-running-developer-platforms)! Use Discount Code: DEVOP DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-birmingham-al/welcome/), April 20 - 21, 2023 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/), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) 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: Craig Box.
3 Feb 202354min
Episode 398: To the Moon
This week Brandon is joined by JJ Asghar and they discuss the rise Mastodon, Netflix’s Strategy and DevOpsDays CFP ideas. Plus, some thoughts on tipping… Rundown Tipping How Much You Should Tip Across The World, Mapped (https://digg.com/data-viz/link/how-much-you-should-tip-across-the-world-mapped-sY3g24oCCF) Tipping Is Weird Now (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/technology-pandemic-economy-gratuity-tipping-etiquette-square/672658/?ref=galaxy-brain) Mastodon The unofficial SDT Mastodon Server: hachyderm.io (https://hachyderm.io/) Follow SDT on Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk) Tapbots launches a new Mastodon client, Ivory, after Twitter kills its Tweetbot app (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/24/tapbots-launches-a-new-mastodon-client-ivory-after-twitter-kills-its-tweetbot-app/) The Iconfactory Co-Founder Gedeon Maheux Talks Accessibility On Twitter, ‘The Blow’ Of Losing Twitterrific In New Interview (https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenaquino/2023/01/25/the-iconfactory-co-founder-gedeon-maheux-talks-accessibility-on-twitter-the-blow-of-losing-twitterrific-in-new-interview/?sh=43b0cc8a7943) ‘Slow-Moving Hurricane’, With Craig Hockenberry (https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2023/01/19/ep-367) Mastodon in (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyB7AFsQoJs) two (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyB7AFsQoJs) files (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyB7AFsQoJs) Netflix Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters Are Now Co-CEOs of Netflix, (https://about.netflix.com/en/news/ted-sarandos-greg-peters-co-ceos-netflix) The Netflix Tech Blog (https://netflixtechblog.com) What we want to see at DevOpsDays DevOpsDays Austin 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-austin/welcome/) Nonsense ‘Tron 3’ on Track at Disney With Jared Leto and ‘Maleficent 2’ Director Joachim Rønning (https://variety.com/2023/film/news/tron-3-jared-leto-joachim-ronning-1235495033) It's been 230 years since pirates stopped metric in the US (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/22/retro_metric_imperial/) Airlines squeeze rewards programs (https://www.axios.com/2023/01/21/travel-credit-cards-loyalty-program-perks-changes) Salesforce, but for dating (https://dateforce.app/) Conferences CloudNativeSecurityCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloudnativesecuritycon-north-america/), Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023 Coté speaking at cfgmgmtcamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2023/), Feb 6th to 8th, Ghent State of Open Con 2023, (https://stateofopencon.com/sponsors/) London, UK, February 7th-8th 2023 Southern California Linux Expo, (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x) Los Angeles, March 9-12, 2023 Matt (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost-optimization-strategies) & Cote (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/lessons-learned-7-years-running-developer-platforms)! Use Discount Code: DEVOP DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-birmingham-al/welcome/), April 20 - 21, 2023 DevOpsDays Austin 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-austin/welcome/), May 4-5 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), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) 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: (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-5-Tier-Industrial-Duty-Steel-Freestanding-Garage-Storage-Shelving-Unit-in-Black-90-in-W-x-90-in-H-x-24-in-D-N2W902490W5B/319132842) The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness (https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Psychology-of-Money-Audiobook/B08D9TXF3H) Ideas That Changed My Life (https://collabfund.com/blog/ideas-that-changed-my-life/) Follow Brandon on Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@bwhichard) JJ: For All Mankind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_TV_series) Follow JJ on Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@jjasghar@mastodon.social) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/Kx3o6_m1Yv8) CoverArt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_Mankind_(TV_series)) Special Guest: JJ Asghar.
27 Jan 20231h
Episode 397: Mark as Unread
This week we discuss DHH’s quest to cut HEY’s cloud costs, Chick-fil-A’s use of Kubernetes and some hot takes on Unlimited PTO. Plus, thoughts on champagne…. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 397 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLEanhxRwIM) Runner-up Titles I want to vest Call the middle I just didn’t have money XLT, that’s not a thing Yeah, I’m down for whatever Coté’s Culture Corner. Brandon’s Halo Hatrack. Unlimited unpaid time off - let’s just call it “untracked PTO.” If you have unlimited PTO, you can’t have quiet quitting. YOLO workers’ rights Rundown DHH from 37signals shows the numbers Our cloud spend in 2022 (https://dev.37signals.com/our-cloud-spend-in-2022/) - highlighted from Coté’s newsletter (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/bottleneck-of-worry) They're rebuilding the Death Star of complexity (https://world.hey.com/dhh/they-re-rebuilding-the-death-star-of-complexity-4fb5d08d) Work Life Microsoft employees are getting unlimited time off (https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/11/23550470/microsoft-employees-unlimited-time-off-2023) (those that are left (https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/18/23560315/microsoft-job-cuts-layoffs-2023-tech)) Corey’s Take (https://twitter.com/quinnypig/status/1613258939621335040?s=12&t=jzcCYzgaielci5jNtA9nJA) Relevant to your Interests CNCF Accepts Kubescape as Inaugural Open Source Security Scanner (https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/interview/cncf-accepts-kubescape-as-inaugural-open-source-security-scanner/2023/01/) SailPoint acquires identity solutions startup SecZetta (https://siliconangle.com/2023/01/12/sailpoint-acquires-identity-solutions-startup-seczetta/) Apple Is Working on Adding Touch Screens to Macs in Major Turnabout (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-11/apple-working-on-adding-touch-screens-to-macs-in-major-turnabout) Google Cloud’s Top U.S. Sales Execs Depart in Shakeup as Profits Remain Elusive (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-clouds-top-u-s-sales-execs-depart-in-shakeup-as-profits-remain-elusive?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Twitter rival 'T2' raises its first outside funding, $1.1M from a group of high-profile angels (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/12/twitter-rival-t2-raises-its-first-outside-funding-1-1m-from-a-group-of-high-profile-angels/) Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/technology/microsoft-openai-chatgpt.html) State of the Twitterverse • The Breakroom (https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/state-of-the-twitterverse/) The Great Podcasting Market Correction (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-04/the-great-podcasting-market-correction) Stripe clawed back pension contributions after staff cuts (https://www.businesspost.ie/news/stripe-clawed-back-pension-contributions-after-staff-cuts/) Every Chick-fil-A restaurant is running Kubernetes (https://twitter.com/cra/status/1614683724146266114?s=46&t=GIFUEgf6YFIomCbFD0FuQA) National Instruments Rises as Much as 19% on Plan to Explore Sale (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-13/national-instruments-rises-up-to-19-on-plan-to-explore-sale?srnd=deals#xj4y7vzkg) FAA says computer failure that grounded thousands of flights was caused by 2 contractors who introduced data errors into NOTAM system (https://fortune.com/2023/01/13/faa-computer-failure-grounded-thousands-flights-caused-2-contractors-introduced-data-errors-notam-system/) The Airline Industry Meltdown Proves The Business Case For Digital Employee Experience (https://www.forrester.com/blogs/the-airline-industry-meltdown-proves-the-business-case-for-digital-employee-experience/) Forrester study finds 228 percent ROI when modernizing applications on Azure PaaS (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/forrester-study-finds-228-percent-roi-when-modernizing-applications-on-azure-paas/) Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023, but not for long (https://arstechnica.com/?p=1909163) U.S. embraces Ukraine's e-governance app (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-c232a791-0715-4475-9240-551d79417fd9.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2) with Ukraine.ua (https://ukraine.u) Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs (https://www.macstories.net/stories/twitter-intentionally-ends-third-party-app-developer-access-to-its-apis/) The Shit Show • furbo.org (https://furbo.org/2023/01/15/the-shit-show/) Extremely Hardcore (https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji) Nonsense Ring is releasing a new flying home cam to patrol your house (https://twitter.com/BoredElonMusk/status/1613393977134436354) Every Cloud Architecture (https://www.goodtechthings.com/every-cloud-architecture/) Museum of Obsolete Media (https://obsoletemedia.org/) Conferences SpringOne (https://springone.io/), Jan 24–26. Watch party in Amsterdam (https://www.meetup.com/dutch-spring-meetup/events/290846449/) (Jan 25th, 4:30pm), elsewhere. CloudNativeSecurityCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloudnativesecuritycon-north-america/), Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023 Coté speaking at cfgmgmtcamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2023/), Feb 6th to 8th, Ghent State of Open Con 2023, (https://stateofopencon.com/sponsors/) London, UK, February 7th-8th 2023 Southern California Linux Expo, (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x) Los Angeles, March 9-12, 2023 Matt (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost-optimization-strategies) & Cote (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/lessons-learned-7-years-running-developer-platforms)! Use Discount Code: DEVOP DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-birmingham-al/welcome/), April 20 - 21, 2023 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/), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) 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: (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-5-Tier-Industrial-Duty-Steel-Freestanding-Garage-Storage-Shelving-Unit-in-Black-90-in-W-x-90-in-H-x-24-in-D-N2W902490W5B/319132842) Atomic Habits (https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits) with Atomic Habits Resources (https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits/resources) Also mentioned: What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health (https://hubermanlab.com/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health/) Matt: State of the World 2023 (https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/522/State-of-the-World-2023-Bruce-St-page01.html) Coté: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/nBY_0e7EMns) CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/5OUMf1Mr5pU)
20 Jan 20231h 2min
Episode 396: Aloha to your strategy
This week we discuss digital transformation at Southwest and Delta Airlines, Shopify cancels all meetings, Salesforce’s M&A strategy, and A.I. is everywhere. Plus, thoughts on bike lanes… Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 396 (https://youtu.be/tmm8rH9fZEE) Runner-up Titles Work trying to get on my personal calendar Traveling with an infant =BLACKSWAN(A1:G453) Socks in a Costco Can’t do the business case on savings until you loose it. Pay transparency for you, not me We don’t pay for things on the Internet Semper Nimbus Privatus Rundown Dutch residents are the most physically active on earth, (https://twitter.com/BrentToderian/status/1611901297552396289) Digital Transformation Travel Edition Delta plans to offer free Wi-Fi starting Feb. 1 (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/05/delta-plans-to-offer-free-wi-fi-starting-feb-1.html) The Southwest Airlines Meltdown (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/podcasts/the-daily/the-southwest-airlines-meltdown.html) Southwest’s Meltdown Could Cost It Up to $825 Million (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/business/southwest-airlines-meltdown-costs-reimbursement.html) Southwest pilots union writes scathing letter to airline executives after holiday travel fiasco (https://www.yahoo.com/now/southwest-pilots-union-writes-scathing-011720946.html) Southwest makes frequent flyer miles offer while lots of luggage remains in limbo (https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/southwest-airlines-frequent-flyer-miles-meltdown/index.html) Point of Sale: Scan and Pay (https://twitter.com/pitdesi/status/1602843962602975233?s=20&t=YdGNYzReSf4r1twJ1hRfbA) Work Life Shopify Tells Employees to Just Say No to Meetings (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-03/shopify-ceo-tobi-lutke-tells-employees-to-just-say-no-to-meetings) Netflix Revokes Some Staff’s Access to Other People’s Salary Information (https://apple.news/A--bGmZgJTQCgHQ-9QdWu4w) U.S. Moves to Bar Noncompete Agreements in Labor Contracts (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/business/economy/ftc-noncompete.html) Gartner HR expert: Quiet hiring will dominate U.S. workplaces in 2023 (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/04/gartner-hr-expert-quiet-hiring-will-dominate-us-workplaces-in-2023.html) Netflix revokes some staff’s access to other people’s salary information (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/netflix-revokes-some-staffs-access-to-other-peoples-salary-information-11673384493) SFDC Salesforce: There's no more Slack left to cut (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/10/salesforce_comment/) Salesforce to Lay Off 10 Percent of Staff and Cut Office Space (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/business/salesforce-layoffs.html) After layoffs, Salesforce CEO still blasts worker productivi (https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/salesforce-ceo-blasts-worker-productivity-17708474.php)ty (https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/salesforce-ceo-blasts-worker-productivity-17708474.php) AI is everywhere Google execs warn company's reputation could suffer if it moves too fast on AI-chat technology (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/13/google-execs-warn-of-reputational-risk-with-chatgbt-like-tool.html) Microsoft and OpenAI Working on ChatGPT-Powered Bing in Challenge to Google (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-and-openai-working-on-chatgpt-powered-bing-in-challenge-to-google?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Microsoft eyes $10 billion bet on ChatGPT (https://www.semafor.com/article/01/09/2023/microsoft-eyes-10-billion-bet-on-chatgpt) Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT (https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2023/01/wolframalpha-as-the-way-to-bring-computational-knowledge-superpowers-to-chatgpt/) Relevant to your Interests 2023 Bum Steer of the Year: Austin (https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/2023-bum-steer-of-year-austin/) Twitter’s Rivals Try to Capitalize on Musk-Induced Chaos (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/technology/twitter-rivals-alternative-platforms.html) On Organizational Structures and the Developer Experience (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2022/12/13/org-structure-devx/) KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022 Transparency Report | Cloud Native Computing Foundation (https://www.cncf.io/reports/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america-2022-transparency-report/) Inside the chaos at Washington’s most connected military tech startup (https://www.vox.com/recode/23507236/inside-disruption-rebellion-defense-washington-connected-military-tech-startup) Elon Musk Starts Week As World’s Second Richest Person (https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2022/12/12/elon-musk-starts-week-as-worlds-second-richest-person/) 10 Tesla Investors Lose $132.5 Billion From Musk's Twitter Fiasco (https://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/sectors/tesla-stock-investors-lose-132-5-billion-from-musks-twitter-fiasco/) Rackspace's ransomware messaging dilemma (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-83146574-380f-4e37-965d-7fd79bce7278.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2) Heads-Up: Amazon S3 Security Changes Are Coming in April of 2023 (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/heads-up-amazon-s3-security-changes-are-coming-in-april-of-2023/) A MultiCloud Rant (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/a_multicloud_rant/) Great visualization of the revenue breakdown of the 4 largest tech companies. (https://twitter.com/Carnage4Life/status/1603012861017862144?s=20&t=HC2UuMCHBB408xae6tZpbQ) AG Paxton’s Google Suit Makes the Perfect the Enemy of the Good (https://truthonthemarket.com/2022/12/14/ag-paxtons-google-suit-makes-the-perfect-the-enemy-of-the-good/) AWS simplifies Simple Storage Service to prevent data leaks (https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/14/aws_simple_storage_service_simplified/) Creating the ultimate smart map with new map data initiative launched by Linux Foundation (https://venturebeat.com/virtual/creating-the-ultimate-smart-map-with-new-map-data-initiative-launched-by-linux-foundation/) Spotify's grand plan to monetize developers via its open source Backstage project (https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/15/spotifys-plan-to-monetize-its-open-source-backstage-developer-project/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGlua2VkaW4uY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAlyOmdhogtX6nuQkNHQ7mVSyci6aMv7X6QwRTvS9PHGJmjO_wjCqsJXXPKI36A9MkIclSIQoHQ_dz7wJ-WzfaYQT_clMcUijiC28ZQhEau4NOcU-70wy5m0Q9LLmtvWuQbWQQEccEbQH2Lvg4_GqfnQBYNPZWRcgpx7XMLas_2R) VMware offers subs for server consolidation vSphere cut (https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/15/vsphere_plus_standard/) Senior execs to leave VMware before acquisition by Broadcom (https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2022/12/13/three-senior-execs-to-leave-vmware.html#:~:text=Mark%20Lohmeyer%2C%20who%20heads%20cloud,Raghuram%20announced%20in%20a%20memo) China Bans Exports of Loongson CPUs to Russia, Other Countries: Report (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-bans-exports-of-its-loongson-cpus-to-russia-other-countries) Dropbox buys form management platform FormSwift for $95M in cash (https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/16/dropbox-buys-form-management-platform-formswift-for-95m-in-cash/) Sweep, a no-code config tool for Salesforce software, raises $28M (https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/15/sweep-a-no-code-config-tool-for-salesforce-software-raises-28m/) Twitter Aided the Pentagon in its Covert Online Propaganda Campaign (https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/twitter-dod-us-military-accounts/) Okta's source code stolen after GitHub repositories hacked (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oktas-source-code-stolen-after-github-repositories-hacked/) Workday appoints VMware veteran as co-CEO (https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/21/workday_co_ceo/) Top Paying Tools (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C04EK1VBK/p1671635825838769) Winging It: Inside Amazon’s Quest to Seize the Skies (https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-air-quest-to-seize-the-skies/) CIS Benchmark Framework Scanning Tools Comparison (https://www.armosec.io/blog/cis-kubernetes-benchmark-framework-scanning-tools-comparison/) MSG defends using facial recognition to kick lawyer out of Rockettes show (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/facial-recognition-flags-girl-scout-mom-as-security-risk-at-rockettes-show/) OpenAI releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models (https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/20/openai-releases-point-e-an-ai-that-generates-3d-models/) No, You Haven’t Won a Yeti Cooler From Dick’s Sporting Goods (https://www.wired.com/story/email-scam-dicks-sporting-goods-yeti-cooler/) The Lastpass hack was worse than the company first reported (https://www.engadget.com/the-lastpass-hack-was-worse-than-the-company-first-reported-000501559.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab) IRS delays tax reporting change for 1099-K on Venmo, Paypal business payments (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/23/irs-delays-tax-reporting-change-for-1099-k-on-venmo-paypal-payments.html) Cyber attacks set to become ‘uninsurable’, says Zurich chief (https://www.ft.com/content/63ea94fa-c6fc-449f-b2b8-ea29cc83637d) Google Employees Brace for a Cost-Cutting Drive as Anxiety Mounts (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/technology/google-job-cuts.html) IBM beat all its large-cap tech peers in 2022 as investors shunned growth for safety (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/27/ibm-stock-outperformed-technology-sector-in-2022.html) Europe Taps Tech’s Power-Hungry Data Centers to Heat Homes (https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-taps-techs-power-hungry-data-centers-to-heat-homes-11672309944?mod=djemalertNEWS) List of defunct social networking services (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_social_networking_services) 2023 Predictions | No Mercy / No Malice (https://www.profgalloway.com/2023-predictions/) Twitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit status (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/) TSMC Starts Next-Gen Mass Production as World Fights Over Chips (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-29/tsmc-mass-produces-next-gen-chips-to-safeguard-global-lead) Microsoft and FTC pre-trial hearing set for January 3rd (https://www.engadget.com/pre-trial-hearing-between-microsoft-and-ftc-set-for-january-3rd-203320387.html) The infrastructure behind ATMs (https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/the-infrastructure-behind-atms/) Apple is increasing battery replacement service charges for out-of-warranty devices (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/03/apple-is-increasing-battery-replacement-service-charges-for-out-of-warranty-devices/) Snowflake's business and how the weakening economy is impacting cloud vendors (https://twitter.com/LiebermanAustin/status/1607376944873754626) Shift Happens: A book about keyboards (https://shifthappens.site/) Amazon to cut 18,000 jobs (https://www.axios.com/2023/01/05/amazon-layoffs-18000-jobs) CircleCI security alert: Rotate any secrets stored in CircleCI (https://circleci.com/blog/january-4-2023-security-alert/) Video game workers form Microsoft’s first U.S. labor union (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/video-game-workers-form-microsofts-first-us-labor-union-rcna64103) World's Premier Investors Line Up to Partner with Netskope as the SASE Security and Networking Platform of Choice (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-premier-investors-line-up-to-partner-with-netskope-as-the-sase-security-and-networking-platform-of-choice-301712417.html) omg.lol - A lovable web page and email address, just for you (https://home.omg.lol/) Alphabet led a $100 million funding of Chronosphere, a startup that helps companies monitor and cut cloud bills. (https://twitter.com/theinformation/status/1611165698868367360) Confluent expands Kafka Streams capabilities, acquires Apache Flink vendor (https://venturebeat.com/enterprise-analytics/confluent-acquires-apache-flink-vendor-immerok-to-expand-data-stream-processing/) Excel & Google Sheets AI Formula Generator - Excelformulabot.com (https://excelformulabot.com/) Has the Internet Reached Peak Clickability? (https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/has-the-internet-reached-peak-clickability) Adobe’s CEO Sizes Up the State of Tech Now (https://www.wsj.com/articles/adobes-ceo-sizes-up-the-state-of-tech-now-11673151167?mod=djemalertNEWS) Researchers Hacked California's Digital License Plates, Gaining Access to GPS Location and User Info (https://jalopnik.com/researchers-hacked-californias-digital-license-plates-1849966295) Microsoft's New AI Can Simulate Anyone's Voice With 3 Seconds of Audio (https://slashdot.org/story/23/01/10/0749241/microsofts-new-ai-can-simulate-anyones-voice-with-3-seconds-of-audio?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=twitter) Observability platform Chronosphere raises another $115M at a $1.6B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/10/observability-platform-chronosphere-raises-another-115m-at-a-1-6b-valuation/) Why IBM is no longer interested in breaking patent records–and how it plans to measure innovation in the age of open source and quantum computing (https://fortune.com/2023/01/06/ibm-patent-record-how-to-measure-innovation-open-source-quantum-computing-tech/) New research aims to analyze how widespread COBOL is (https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/14/cobol_research/) Companies are still waiting for their cloud ROI (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3675374/companies-are-still-waiting-for-their-cloud-roi.html) What TNS Readers Want in 2023: More DevOps, API Coverage (https://thenewstack.io/what-tns-readers-want-in-2023-more-devops-api-coverage/) Tech Debt Yo-Yo Cycle. (https://twitter.com/wardleymaps/status/1605860426671177728) How a single developer dropped AWS costs by 90%, then disappeared (https://scribe.rip/@maximetopolov/how-a-single-developer-dropped-aws-costs-by-90-then-disappeared-2b46a115103a) A look at the 2022 velocity of CNCF, Linux Foundation, and top 30 open source projects (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2023/01/11/a-look-at-the-2022-velocity-of-cncf-linux-foundation-and-top-30-open-source-projects/) The golden age of the streaming wars has ended (https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/14/23507793/streaming-wars-hbo-max-netflix-ads-residuals-warrior-nun) YouTube exec says NFL Sunday Ticket will have multiscreen functionality (https://awfulannouncing.com/youtube/nfl-sunday-ticket-multiscreen-mosaic-mode.html) (https://twitter.com/theinformation/status/1611165698868367360)## Nonsense The $11,500 toilet with Alexa inside can now be put inside your home (https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/19/23510864/kohler-numi-smart-toilet-alexa-ces-2022) Starbucks updating its loyalty program starting in February (https://www.axios.com/2022/12/28/starbucks-rewards-program-changes-coming) The revenue model of a popular YouTube channel about Lego. (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/SDT-396--BwhY9F5kpz_BI2kkdw63ZpJ~Ag-MVMKwqqBEH5SzYKqYO2Jc) Conferences THAT Conference Texas Speakers and Schedule (https://that.us/events/tx/2023/schedule/), Round Rock, TX Jan 15th-18th Use code SDT for 5% off SpringOne (https://springone.io/), Jan 24–26. Coté speaking at cfgmgmtcamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2023/), Feb 6th to 8th, Ghent. State of Open Con 2023, (https://stateofopencon.com/sponsors/) London, UK, February 7th-8th 2023 CloudNativeSecurityCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloudnativesecuritycon-north-america/), Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023 Southern California Linux Expo, (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x) Los Angeles, March 9-12, 2023 DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-birmingham-al/welcome/), April 20 - 21, 2023 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/), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) 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: Industrial Garage Shelves (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-5-Tier-Industrial-Duty-Steel-Freestanding-Garage-Storage-Shelving-Unit-in-Black-90-in-W-x-90-in-H-x-24-in-D-N2W902490W5B/319132842) Matt: Oxide and Friends: Breaking it down with Ian Brown (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1150480) Wu Tang Saga (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9113406/) Season 3 coming next month! Coté: Mouth to Mouth (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58438631-mouth-to-mouth) by Antoine Wilson (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58438631-mouth-to-mouth). Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/euaDCtB_jyw) CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/9xdho4stJQ8)
13 Jan 20231h 20min
Episode 395: Should you start a podcast?
This week Brandon is joined by Brian Gracely cohost of the The Cloudcast and they discuss starting a podcast. They cover the Who, What, Why and How of launching a podcast and recommend podcast recording gear, editing software and hosting services. Rundown The Cloudcast and SDT origin stories Who should start a podcast? Why you should or should not start a podcast? What should your podcast be about? Podcast gear, software and hosting Links Record Podcasts with Audio Hijack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGyRbS5fyBU) SDT Podcast Gear Recommendations (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_FyZEY4-2rzcYDjxZrgpKXnKvKeirNB9B4jr5Tm_46M/edit#) Cloudcast Podcast Suggestions (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fjXNhZLmweTbl2X9KomJmxhwzc7IDz8i1pkvPRlXu5o/edit?usp=sharing) Cloudcast Sample Podcast Show Notes (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pTyxrlt11phyx6Gp_7k3DvK5cZDnOpO9t6cIPahmDts/edit?usp=sharing) Podcasting 101 via Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com/how-to-make-a-podcast) Podcasting Microphones (https://www.thepodcasthost.com/equipment/the-best-podcasting-microphones-on-the-market/) Voice over Marketplace (https://www.fiverr.com/categories/music-audio/voice-overs) Royalty Free Music (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/2) Purchase Music Site (https://www.premiumbeat.com) Subscribe to The Cloudcast (https://www.thecloudcast.net) Follow @bgracely (https://twitter.com/bgracely) and @thecloudcast (https://twitter.com/thecloudcastnet) on Twitter 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/), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) 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)! Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/VCFxt2yT1eQ) CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/1oKxSKSOowE) Special Guest: Brian Gracely.
6 Jan 20231h 9min
Episode 394: 2022 Year in Review
This week we revisit the major cloud news and tech trends of 2022. Topics include: hyperscaler growth, remote work, missed opportunities and what were watching in 2023. Plus, we buy or sell: Serverless, Blockchain, Crypto, Twitter and Cloud Repatriation/FinOps. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 394 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7N-aGJUM1Y) Runner-up Titles Software Defined Talk is Going Hardcore The Old Dr. Skateboard What a World (https://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechthewizardofozwitchmelt.html) The Pile-On Lifestyle A little more in booth directions Cloud Bucket We’ve done all the stuff Predictions and Hopes and Dreams Working from home is over like COVID is over It fell down the Chasm of Nonsense Bring in the Big Monkeys Rundown What were the major Cloud/Hyperscaler stories? Has the economic downturn killed WFH? and Remote Work Buy or Sell: Serverless, Blockchain, Crypto, Twitter, Cloud Repatriation What are we watching this year? What were the biggest missed opportunities? Best Digital Transformation Success of 2023 Conferences THAT Conference Texas Speakers and Schedule (https://that.us/events/tx/2023/schedule/), Round Rock, TX Jan 15th-18th Use code SDT for 5% off State of Open Con 2023, (https://stateofopencon.com/sponsors/) London, UK, February 7th-8th 2023 CloudNativeSecurityCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloudnativesecuritycon-north-america/), Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023 DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-birmingham-al/welcome/), April 20 - 21, 2023 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/), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) 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: Echo 3 (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjxkfuErP77AhUinWoFHXUeAR0QFnoECC4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftv.apple.com%2Fus%2Fshow%2Fecho-3%2Fumc.cmc.mzqa5sj4m2i80g51cgu04i3j&usg=AOvVaw32mM5QflNs76__4SV1TiRh) Matt: Triple Trail Challenge 2023 (https://jabulanichallenge.com.au/event-info/triple-trail-challenge/) Coté: Apple’s new app, Freeform (https://www.macstories.net/reviews/freeform-leverages-the-freedom-and-flexibility-of-a-blank-canvas/) - a little beta-ish (typical Apple 1.0), but worth checking out. Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/co_1uAT4oss) CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/LRnIZoco__8)
30 Dec 20221h 25min
