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

This week we discuss Oracle’s Cloud Growth(?), Starbuck’s blockchain-based loyalty program and André Staltz’s “Time Till Open Source Alternative” article. Plus, some thoughts on free coffee… Runner-up Titles It’s about me Workshop it I stand with the workers of Goldman Sachs This is their Popeye moment Pulitzers and free coffee Financial shenanigans Hide the gift shop in the data center Rundown No more free coffee as bankers return to Goldman Sachs (https://fortune.com/2022/09/12/goldman-sachs-eliminates-free-coffee-business-powerhouses-trimming-perk-employees-return-office/) Oracle on Verge of Becoming World’s Hottest Cloud Vendor (https://accelerationeconomy.com/cloud-wars/oracle-on-verge-of-becoming-worlds-hottest-cloud-vendor/) Starbucks details its blockchain-based loyalty platform and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey (https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/12/starbucks-unveils-its-blockchain-based-loyalty-platform-and-nft-community-starbucks-odyssey/) André Staltz - Time Till Open Source Alternative (https://staltz.com/time-till-open-source-alternative.html) Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it (https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/12/23348999/google-pixelbook-canceled-team-shut-down) Relevant to your Interests What if those green bubbles aren’t Android’s fault? - The Hustle (https://thehustle.co/08122022-messaging/) Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles (https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/7/23342243/tim-cook-apple-rcs-imessage-android-iphone-compatibility) Uber Eats goes driverless with Nuro partnership (https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-eats-goes-driverless-with-nuro-partnership) GM is betting on its electric Equinox, starting at $30,000, to kick-start 'massive adoption' of EVs (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/08/gm-bets-on-electric-equinox-to-kick-start-massive-adoption-of-evs.html) Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life (https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/09/career-ambition-advice-data/671374/) Cheating Allegations Shake the Chess World After Champion Suffers Stunning Defeat (https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheating-allegations-shake-the-chess-world-after-champion-magnus-carlsen-suffers-stunning-defeat) The Book of Reed Hastings, Revisited (https://puck.news/the-book-of-reed-hastings-revisited/?_cio_id=f6c606078958dac00d&utm_campaign=The+Daily+Courant+-+LEADS+%289%2F9%2F22%29&utm_content=The+Daily+Courant+-+LEADS+%289%2F9%2F22%29&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io) Explainer: Understanding Ethereum's major 'Merge' upgrade (https://www.reuters.com/technology/understanding-ethereums-major-merge-upgrade-2022-09-09/) Patreon security team layoffs cause backlash in creator community (https://www.cyberscoop.com/patreon-security-team-layoffs/) Bolt's $1.5 billion deal to buy Wyre dies (https://www.axios.com/2022/09/09/bolt-and-wyre-15billion-dead-acquisition) Citrix Plans to Explore Sale of Wrike Unit After Buyout Closes (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-09/citrix-plans-to-explore-sale-of-wrike-unit-after-buyout-closes?srnd=deals) Meta moves PyTorch to Linux Foundation (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-b64088ed-a8e5-4ebe-a2e2-29a536ebcd1d.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2) At Google, 'Rest and Vest' for Sr. Employees is Over, Says CEO (https://www.inc.com/nick-hobson/googles-rest-vest-days-for-sr-employees-are-over-says-ceo-its-a-brilliant-idea.html) Large railroad labor unions say they will strike if quality of life is not addressed in new contract (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/12/large-rail-labor-unions-move-closer-to-a-strike.html) Heat wave knocks Twitter data center offline (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-99e77574-3a79-40b5-855e-326c18850349.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3) Linux Foundation Announces an Intent to Form the OpenWallet Foundation - Linux Foundation (https://linuxfoundation.org/press-release/linux-foundation-announces-intent-to-form-openwallet-foundation/) What Silicon Valley "Gets" about Software Engineers that Traditional Companies Do Not (https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/what-silicon-valley-gets-right-on-software-engineers/) Twitter shareholders approve $44 billion Elon Musk buyout (https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/13/23349687/twitter-musk-acquisition-shareholder-vote-approval) Tech stack (https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/xcjfua/tech_stack/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) Productionizing Envoy Mobile at Lyft (https://eng.lyft.com/productionizing-envoy-mobile-at-lyft-88d49c9c8d14) Squishable computer runs calculations depending on how you squish it (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2334975-squishable-computer-runs-calculations-depending-on-how-you-squish-it/) iOS 16 - New Features (https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-16/features/) Nonsense IKEA Responds To Balenciaga’s $2,145 Bag That Looks Exactly Like IKEA’s 99-Cent Tote Bag, And It’s Hilarious (https://www.boredpanda.com/ikea-responds-balenciaga-original-frakta-bag/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic) We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business (https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/we-spoke-with-the-last-person-standing-in-the-floppy-disk-business/) Sponsors Teleport — The easiest, most secure way to access infrastructure. (https://goteleport.com/?utm_campaign=eg&utm_medium=partner&utm_source=sdt) Conferences Sydney Cloud FinOps Meetup (https://events.finops.org/events/details/finops-sydney-cloud-finops-presents-sydney-cloud-finops-meetup/), online, Oct 13, 2022 Matt’s presenting KubeCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), Detroit, Oct 24 – 28, 2022 SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=sdt), SF, December 6–8, 2022 THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2023/) Jan 16-19, 2023 Listener Feedback Jordi recommend Dirty Tricks (https://www.hulu.com/movie/dirty-tricks-51a9dccc-cae7-4f44-84ec-2fe4e6772e6e) 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, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) 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: Rotowire (https://www.rotowire.com) Matt: Control (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421082/) The Other Two (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8310612/) Photo Credits Coffee Banner (https://unsplash.com/photos/7zwyUZVrt-U) CoverArt Banner (https://unsplash.com/photos/hgWBJ5HM-_M)

16 Sep 202246min

This week we discuss Japan’s “war” on floppy disks, Twitter adds an edit button and Apple going all-in on eSIM. Plus, will the U.S. finally get instant bank transfers? Runner-up Titles They were already in the system. Headless Optimization Gone Amuck. While sitting on the toilet Extensive iPhone Carrying Strategy Breakdown. We need fanny packs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-SXfb0CJrE). All you have to do to know the problem is to hear the solution. Bring Paul Ford out of retirement. Great ideas, getting close Prevent the typo 73 SaaS Companies “Because, you know, Coté: I’m a pro.” That may be his family crest Rundown Checking on Digital Transformation Japan declares war on floppy disks for government use (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/08/japan-declares-war-on-floppy-disks-for-government-use/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) Instant Payments in the U.S.? (https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower/status/1567516269594955778) You Asked for It: Twitter’s Getting an Edit Button (https://gizmodo.com/twitter-edit-button-test-1849484288) SaaS spend ratios on R&D/S&M/G&A (https://blossomstreetventures.medium.com/saas-spend-ratios-on-r-d-s-m-g-a-1a0b30931b0) Relevant to your Interests Netflix’s Catch-22 Milestone (https://puck.news/netflixs-catch-22-milestone/) VMware Offers Sneak Peek at Tanzu App Platform (https://adtmag.com/articles/2022/09/01/vmware-offers-sneak-peek-at-tanzu-app-platform.aspx) VMware customers optimistically wait for Broadcom’s impact (https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/31/vmware_broadcom_voxpop/) Ubiquiti Teaches AWS Security and Crisis Comms Via Counterexample (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/ubiquiti-teaches-aws-security-and-crisis-comms-via-counterexample/) Rockstar programmer: Rivers Cuomo finds meaning in coding – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/25/rock-star-programmer-rivers-cuomo-finds-meaning-in-coding/) Microsoft: The deadline to get off Basic Auth is approaching (https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/05/microsoft_basic_auth_deadline/) 1 big thing: What's behind chip giants' lawsuit (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-e0555ee3-649d-4437-85db-a04c411d9069.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0) Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms harassment site (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-e0555ee3-649d-4437-85db-a04c411d9069.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1) Open-source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M • TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/06/open-source-password-manager-bitwarden-raises-100m/) AWS Preps ‘Bastion’ Cloud Service for Advertisers (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/aws-preps-bastion-cloud-service-for-advertisers?utm_source=ti_app&ck_subscriber_id=512834888) The cloud computing giants are vying to protect fat profits (https://www.economist.com/business/2022/08/29/the-cloud-computing-giants-are-vying-to-protect-fat-profits?ck_subscriber_id=1141233388) Blackouts possible at height of California’s heat wave Tuesday as grid struggles with record usage (https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article265350931.html) For homesick Marylanders (https://twitter.com/SwingRhythm2/status/1567184158346067972) Google announces October 6th event to launch the Pixel Watch, Pixel 7, and new Nest devices (https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/6/23339303/pixel-7-pro-pixel-watch-made-by-google-hardware-event-october-6th) Isovalent Cilium Enterprise: For Kubernetes Networking & Security (https://isovalent.com/blog/post/isovalent-series-b/) Introducing Ambient Mesh (https://istio.io/latest/blog/2022/introducing-ambient-mesh/) Muck Rack scores one of the largest growth equity investments in PR tech (https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/muck-rack-series-a-public-relations-tech?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Nonsense Southwest Pilot Threatens to Turn Plane Around if Unruly Passengers Keep AirDropping Nudes (https://gizmodo.com/southwest-airlines-airdrop-nudes-cabo-1849478920) New escape room just opened in town (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C5GPMBXQT/p1662487190760019?thread_ts=1590186505.165200&cid=C5GPMBXQT) Jaws is a box office hit again, 47 years after it first hit theaters (https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/5/23338141/national-cinema-day-jaws-box-office) Sponsors Teleport — The easiest, most secure way to access infrastructure. (https://goteleport.com/?utm_campaign=eg&utm_medium=partner&utm_source=sdt) Conferences DevOps Talks Sydney (https://devops.talksplus.com/sydney/devops.html), Sydney, September 6-7, 2022 Sydney Cloud FinOps Meetup (https://events.finops.org/events/details/finops-sydney-cloud-finops-presents-sydney-cloud-finops-meetup/), online, Oct 13, 2022 Matt’s presenting KubeCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), Detroit, Oct 24 – 28, 2022 SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=sdt), SF, December 6–8, 2022 THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2023/) Jan 16-19, 2023 Listener Feedback Patrick tweeted about Birdnet (http://birdnetpi.com) and his 5-year-son likes the pictures 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, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) 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: **** FRAKTA IKEA Duffle Bag (https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/frakta-storage-bag-for-cart-blue-90149148/) L.L.Bean Stowaway Pack (https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/126140?page=llbean-stowaway-pack) Coté: Cavender’s All Purpose Greek Seasoning (https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/cavenders-greek-seasoning-6923/). Photo Credits CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/efoo8mqF22M) Banner (https://unsplash.com/photos/psDzkLlifxQ)

9 Sep 20221h 7min

This week we discuss VMware Explore, Snap’s move to multi-cloud and the Galaxy Brain take on thought leadership. Plus, Matt Ray’s latest Raspberry Pi project is for the birds…? Runner-up Titles Where’s my admin? All my children qualify as adults Start by eating their food Put two letters in front of it Where’s the grocery store I got that everything bagel spice Is it OK to hang-up on your kids? In the heat of the moment, you can’t set policy. The runbook’s already written. Spagetti Bowl Tanzu the Shih Tzu A FinOps Type of Motion The opposite of the Sales Kickoff, the Savings Kickoff Growth is best done in the shadows. Wrapping bullshit with bullshit Nopehouse, home of the fast follower The fast followers are just in front of the also-rans Thought-leadership suicide mission Rundown VMware Explore (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html) How Snap rebuilt the infrastructure that now supports 347M users (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/snap-microservices-aws-google-cloud) Screaming in the Cloud with Martin Casado (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/the-new-cloud-war-with-martin-casado/) Give finops a say over cloud architecture decisions (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3671148/give-finops-a-say-over-cloud-architecture-decisions.html) Business Dudes Need to Stop Talking Like This (https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-brain/630ec150bcbd490021b17eab/business-dudes-need-to-stop-talking-like-this/) Relevant to your Interests Amazon tries a new way to excite you about cybersecurity (it's called laughter) (https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-tries-a-new-way-to-excite-you-about-cybersecurity-its-called-laughter/) The golden noose around Apple's neck (https://spectatorworld.com/topic/the-golden-noose-around-apples-neck/) Campaign pushes Cloudflare to drop trans hate site (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-85e45e2f-8629-43d3-be69-45072a3631f5.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0) Mudge at Twitter (https://twitter.com/igb/status/1562427951882199044) Bloomberg takes cut and paste seriously (https://twitter.com/MidwestHedgie/status/1562450905907478531) Notice of Recent Security Incident - The LastPass Blog (https://blog.lastpass.com/2022/08/notice-of-recent-security-incident/) World’s Most Popular Password Manager Says It Was Hacked (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/the-world-s-most-popular-password-manager-says-it-was-hacked) LastPass Says No Passwords Stolen in Data Breach (https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/lastpass-says-no-passwords-stolen-in-data-breach/) AWS and Kubecost collaborate to deliver cost monitoring for EKS customers | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/aws-and-kubecost-collaborate-to-deliver-cost-monitoring-for-eks-customers/) Pandas Pivot Table Explained (https://pbpython.com/pandas-pivot-table-explained.html) Charted: Big Tech's bigness (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-3db6f78d-4da1-494b-a5d4-04c8984ce0e5.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1) UK's Micro Focus shares nearly double after Canada's OpenText agrees $6 bln takeover (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/canadas-opentext-buy-software-firm-micro-focus-6-bln-deal-2022-08-25/) Teradata takes on Snowflake and Databricks with cloud-native platform (https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/teradata-makes-database-analytics-cloud-native/) The State of the Mainframe Market - Summer 2022 (https://futurumresearch.com/market-insight-reports/the-state-of-the-mainframe-market-summer-2022/) City2Surf face recognition raises concerns (https://ia.acs.org.au/content/ia/article/2022/city2surf-face-recognition-raises-concerns.html) IBM Watson Health layoffs disguised as staff 'redeployment' (https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/29/ibm_allegedly_hid_watson_health/) David Young on LinkedIn: The metaverse economy is set to boom... gambling will be a significant (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-young-b5276523_metaverse-5g-localisation-activity-6966387069338218496-4x5F?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) OCI History (https://twitter.com/solomonstre/status/1564499775415676928) VMware CEO bats away Broadcom concerns as 'next transition' (https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/30/vmware_broadcom_/) Heroku to delete inactive accounts, shut down free tier (https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/25/heroku_delete_inactive_free_tier/) Cloudflare Is One of the Companies That Quietly Powers the Internet. Researchers Say It's a Haven for Misinformation (https://time.com/6208828/cloudflare-misinformation-internet-research/) Nonsense Sounds right (https://twitter.com/6thgrade4ever/status/1433519577892327424?s=20&t=o8cx7C7pcCkVR4cTcQbv4g) When the development team meet their first Scrum Master (https://twitter.com/onejasonknight/status/1564287640366628866?s=20&t=y3AIxGPb8kge28aICQ6dFQ) Chart of the year nominee (https://twitter.com/jpwarren/status/1564109454009716736/photo/1) Conferences DevOps Talks Sydney (https://devops.talksplus.com/sydney/devops.html), Sydney, September 6-7, 2022 Sydney Cloud FinOps Meetup (https://events.finops.org/events/details/finops-sydney-cloud-finops-presents-sydney-cloud-finops-meetup/), online, Oct 13, 2022 Matt’s presenting Kube (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/)C (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/)o (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/)n North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), Detroit, Oct 24 – 28, 2022 SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=sdt), SF, December 6–8, 2022 THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2023/) Jan 16-19, 2023 Listener Feedback Enlightning (https://tanzu.vmware.com/developer/tv/enlightning/) from Whitney 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, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) 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: Black Bird (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/black_bird/s01) Matt: BirdNetPi (https://birdnetpi.com/) Festival of Feet Half-Marathon (https://www.westiesjoggers.com/the-georges-river-festival-of-the-feet/) Coté: Spigen ArcDock 120W [GaN III] 4-Port USB C Charging Stantion USB-C PD/USB-A Hub with Spigen USB 4 Cable for Thunderbolt 4 Cable 100W Charging 40Gbps Data Transfer for MacBook Pro Air iPad USB-C Laptop (https://amzn.to/3RqRl7M). C7/C8 coupler cables Photo Credits CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/Ts3yX7wDthw) Banner (https://unsplash.com/photos/hXttDVCwyRA)

2 Sep 20221h 11min

This week we discuss DevOpsDays Dallas, devs not wanting to do ops, Twitter Security issues and Apple playing the long game. Plus, some thoughts on Dr. Pepper and Burger King. Runner-up Titles Don’t have the USB cable Barton, can you get me a drink? Just like a beer This is my own podcast, I can do whatever the fuck I want! One day, I’m going to stop being the the butt of all the jokes Throwing a lot of Harvard shade. If you are in France, eat at the Burger King They came for the DevOps glory The jury’s still out for the Dev in DevOps The same sane things Security, always a problem What if there was just one company? Rundown Dallas DevOpsDays (https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-dallas/welcome/) Devs don’t want to do ops (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3669477/devs-don-t-want-to-do-ops.html) Twitter Twitter's security alarm (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-34223563-612c-45a2-b8f2-0ff779d0c0f9.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0) Twitter Whistleblowing Report Actually Seems To Confirm Twitter’s Legal Argument, While Pretending To Support Musk’s (https://www.techdirt.com/2022/08/24/twitter-whistleblowing-report-actually-seems-to-confirm-twitters-legal-argument-while-pretending-to-support-musks/) Apple Wait, When Did Everyone Start Using Apple Pay? — The Wall Street Journal (https://apple.news/AWkbbZpimR02alYW1mAwaxw) Ad Revenues (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-77029a01-7f39-4716-9d96-b6c8ac0041b6.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1) The golden noose around Apple’s neck (https://spectatorworld.com/topic/the-golden-noose-around-apples-neck/) 1 big thing: Americans' beliefs are privacy law's hidden roadblock (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-77029a01-7f39-4716-9d96-b6c8ac0041b6.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0) Relevant to your Interests Charted: Streaming surpasses cable (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-7fd08ad2-7f56-4c27-b8c2-9298e054bc56.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2) AIOps startup BigPanda raises Series E extension, bringing its total capital to $340M (https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/17/aiops-startup-bigpanda-raises-series-e-extension-bringing-its-total-capital-to-340m/) Sync Computing nabs $15.5M to automatically optimize cloud resources (https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/16/sync-computing-rakes-in-15-5m-to-automatically-optimize-cloud-resources/) GitPOAP is a decentralized reputation platform that represents off-chain accomplishments and contributions on chain as POAPs. (https://www.gitpoap.io/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Cybersecurity platform Aceiss unveils product after seed close (https://member.fintech.global/2022/08/18/cybersecurity-platform-aceiss-unveils-product-after-seed-close/) Excel @ mentions feature approaches GA on the desktop (https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/17/microsoft_excel_at_mentions/) Cisco pops as guidance, Q4 results top expectations amid concerns of slowdown (https://seekingalpha.com/news/3874201--cisco-pops-as-2023-guidance-q4-results-beat-forecasts-amid-concerns-of-slowdown) There's no such thing as vulnerability-free software, it simply doesn't exist… yet (https://blog.chainguard.dev/theres-no-such-thing-as-vulnerability-free-software-it-simply-doesnt-exist-yet/) Google Cloud claims it blocked the largest DDoS attack ever attempted (https://siliconangle.com/2022/08/18/google-cloud-claims-blocked-largest-ddos-attack-ever-attempted/) Excel Formula Generator - Excel Formula AI Bot (https://excelformulabot.com/) WSJ News Exclusive | Amazon Among Bidders for Signify Health (https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-among-bidders-for-signify-health-11661123042?mod=djemalertNEWS) Twitter tests a special tag to highlight phone number-verified accounts (https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/19/23313757/twitter-phone-number-verified-label-bots-privacy-security?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4) YouTube․com/podcasts goes live as simple 'Explore' page (https://9to5google.com/2022/08/21/youtube-podcasts-explore/) Will MoviePass’ return help struggling theaters? (https://thehustle.co/08232022-MoviePass) Zoom pares back annual forecast as revenue growth slows to single digits (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/22/zoom-zm-earnings-q2-2023.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/twitter-whistleblower-sec-spam/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) The Math Proves It—Network Congestion Is Inevitable (https://spectrum.ieee.org/internet-congestion-control) Sony confirms PS VR2 is coming to market 'in early 2023' (https://www.engadget.com/sony-confirms-ps-vr2-is-coming-to-market-in-early-2023-224256205.html) Twitter whistleblower won hacker acclaim for exposing software flaws (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/23/peiter-mudge-zatko-twitter-whistleblower/) SSH Security Best Practices using Certificates, 2FA and Bastions (https://goteleport.com/blog/how-to-ssh-properly/?mkt_tok=ODE5LVdIVC00ODMAAAGGalp5pPNPihtU6fE8s-ewjsEBnb-hWmEbMR0NX6vHtlAHhTlzGLbUwTIxNWSL4d55i-2w8mJlk8p_5RNt8LK4LAP3FTPVkDQSMJT2G9aytA) Twitter CEO @paraga weighs in on whistleblower story. (https://twitter.com/donie/status/1562069281545900033) The House passed a defense spending bill saying you can't sell software to the DoD that has any known CVEs in it. (https://twitter.com/JGamblin/status/1560016175265972224) There's no such thing as vulnerability-free software, it simply doesn't exist… yet (https://blog.chainguard.dev/theres-no-such-thing-as-vulnerability-free-software-it-simply-doesnt-exist-yet/) Neumann’s Resurrection & The Trump Org’s Future (https://puck.news/neumanns-resurrection-the-trump-orgs-future/?_cio_id=f6c606078958dac00d&utm_campaign=Media+Monday+-+LEADS+%288%2F22%2F22%29&utm_content=Media+Monday+-+LEADS+%288%2F22%2F22%29&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io) Nonsense Shouting in the Datacenter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4) Kubernetes (https://twitter.com/DennisCode/status/1560079800252764163?s=20&t=reqly34jg7V2ZSmYWGbl-A) CS Final Exam (https://twitter.com/gf_256/status/1561205709366255617) Conferences Register for the SDT Austin Meetup August 27th at 6:30 PM (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/software-defined-talk-meetup-in-austin-tx-tickets-396650401027) VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022 (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html?srccode=na_pxkba4ap4tgmb&cid=7012H000001KawVQAS) - Coté’s pitch (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1551895600270016512). Coté’s VMware Explore 2022 Page (https://cote.io/explore/) Sydney Cloud FinOps Meetup (https://events.finops.org/events/details/finops-sydney-cloud-finops-presents-sydney-cloud-finops-meetup/), Oct 13, 2022 Matt’s presenting Kubecon. Oct. 24 – 28 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/) SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=sdt), SF, December 6–8, 2022 THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2023/) Jan 16-19, 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, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) 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: The Sandman Audio Book (https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Sandman-Audiobook/B086WP794Z?ref=mrq_aud_sndmn_pser1&source_code=MRQOR13307142003UG&device=d&cvosrc=ppc.google.listen%20to%20the%20sandman&cvo_campaign=1859944977&cvo_crid=449246326732&Matchtype=p&ds_rl=1261256&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9ZGYBhCEARIsAEUXITXUUAZIJWHSjRdtii_NKJX6rFLqbyRzQTre-yOEBdBwaROX8T3z62oaAqdpEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds) Coté: Amazing Oriental (https://amazingoriental.com/Location/winkels-duivendrecht/) Photo Credits CoverArt (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1562451838678761472/photo/1) Banner (https://unsplash.com/photos/5ZR4DxAG3RQ)

26 Aug 20221h 5min

This week we discuss Acorn’s attempt to simplify Kubernetes, the top 25 DevOps Tools and analyzing data in CSVs. Plus, Matt explains what Maccas means. Runner-up Titles All I am doing is sharing anecdotes That’s the problem with spellcheck Maccas? College here is High School Every cloud has its own sausage Here’s a unicode cow All Rust looks the same Too Good for GitHub The Shameful GitHub Rundown Simplifying Kubernetes, Introducing Acorn (https://acorn.io/introducing-acorn/) Waypoint (https://www.waypointproject.io/) CNAB (https://cnab.io/) Habitat (https://community.chef.io/tools/chef-habitat) Dagger (https://dagger.io) 25 Most Popular Programming Languages Used By DevOps Pros (https://thenewstack.io/25-most-popular-programming-languages-used-by-devops-pros/) Making sense of CSV The Microsoft Excel (https://www.techradar.com/news/the-microsoft-excel-world-championships-is-as-brilliantly-entertaining-as-it-sounds) W (https://www.techradar.com/news/the-microsoft-excel-world-championships-is-as-brilliantly-entertaining-as-it-sounds)orld (https://www.techradar.com/news/the-microsoft-excel-world-championships-is-as-brilliantly-entertaining-as-it-sounds) C (https://www.techradar.com/news/the-microsoft-excel-world-championships-is-as-brilliantly-entertaining-as-it-sounds)hampionship is as brilliantly entertaining as it sounds (https://www.techradar.com/news/the-microsoft-excel-world-championships-is-as-brilliantly-entertaining-as-it-sounds) Data Prep with Power Query (https://www.tiktok.com/@mavenanalytics/video/7129550248997014830?_r=1&_t=8UusyB7xB3G&is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7129550248997014830) https://jupyter.org Passwords still a problem Microsoft Employees Exposed Own Company's Internal Logins (https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gb43/microsoft-employees-exposed-login-credentials-azure-github) Cisco Confirms Network Breach Via Hacked Employee Google Account (https://threatpost.com/cisco-network-breach-google/180385/) Remove my password from lists so hackers won’t be able to hack me (https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists/pull/155) Relevant to your Interests Malcolm Gladwell doesn't want you to have a life (https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/malcolm-gladwell-still-talking-nonsense-17362618.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-Editors-Picks) Disney says it has 221 million streaming subscribers. Netflix has 220.7 million. (https://twitter.com/pkafka/status/1557459876326113281?s=21&t=fB7RD3Xipv9AfZbg37VkVA) AppLovin offers to buy video game software maker Unity in $17.5 bln deal (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/applovin-offers-buy-unity-software-2022-08-09/) No-code isn’t scalable. Our learnings at FINN going from 1000 toward 100,000 car subscriptions (https://medium.com/@ishtiaque/no-code-isnt-scalable-our-learnings-at-finn-going-from-1000-toward-100-000-car-subscriptions-ac98e752fc61) Google fined $60 million over Android location data collection (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-fined-60-million-over-android-location-data-collection/) Software is eating the world (of farm equipment)? (https://twitter.com/znfrey/status/1558892805295968257) Investing in Flow (https://a16z.com/2022/08/15/investing-in-flow/) Tencent veterans secure $13M to build cross-chain decentralized identities (https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/15/tencent-veterans-web3-decentralized-id-bit/) Bad Visualisations (https://badvisualisations.tumblr.com/) TikTok says Project Texas will bolster security for US users – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/04/tiktok-says-project-texas-will-bolster-security-for-u-s-users-in-wake-of-china-data-access-concerns/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Apple Sets Return-to-Office Deadline of Sept. 5 After Covid Delays (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-15/apple-sets-return-to-office-deadline-of-sept-5-after-delays?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top#xj4y7vzkg) Corey’s Thoughts on GCP canceling IoT (https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1559266853502853120) Securing apps for Googlers using Anthos Service Mesh (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/securing-apps-googlers-using-anthos-service-mesh) Digital Ocean dumps Mailchimp after security breach (https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/16/digital_ocean_dumps_mailchimp/) WebOps: A DevOps for Websites, but the Tools Let It Down (https://thenewstack.io/webops-a-devops-for-websites-but-the-tools-let-it-down/) Citrix Bankers Pitch Fresh Structure for $15 Billion Buyout Debt (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-16/citrix-bankers-pitch-fresh-structure-for-15-billion-buyout-debt?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Scammers targeting recent grads (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shaaahs_jobscam-identitytheft-hiringscam-activity-6965366767665774592-rkvj/?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=member_desktop_web) Lift and shift Windows applications to containers (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3670093/lift-and-shift-windows-applications-to-containers.html) Nonsense Snake bites 2-year-old girl, who bites it back until it dies (https://local12.com/news/offbeat/snake-bites-2-year-old-girl-who-bites-it-back-until-it-dies-reptile-venomous-world-health-organization-who-toddler-child-bingol-turkey) A man returning from Indonesia to Australia was fined thousands of Australian dollars after airport security found several McDonalds food items in his luggage (https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/mcdonalds-fine/507-bcbb3f31-0041-43a6-86cc-5933301e9d3a) Listener Feedback Join the Cloud Austin Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/cloudaustin/) Recent Event: CloudAustin's Dog Days of DevOps (https://www.meetup.com/cloudaustin/events/pljpfrydclbvb/) Amazon hosting a hiring event in Austin on Aug 23, 2022 (https://becomeawellarchitectedsoftware.splashthat.com) Follow @cloudaustinmeet (https://twitter.com/cloudaustinmeet) Conferences Register for the SDT Austin Meetup August 27th at 6:30 PM (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/software-defined-talk-meetup-in-austin-tx-tickets-396650401027) DevOpsDays DFW (https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-dallas/welcome/), August 24-25, 2022 - Coté speaking, along with John Willis, Andrew Shafer, and friends VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022 (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html?srccode=na_pxkba4ap4tgmb&cid=7012H000001KawVQAS) - Coté’s pitch (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1551895600270016512). Coté’s VMware Explore 2022 Page (https://cote.io/explore/) Kubecon. Oct. 24 – 28 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/) SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=sdt), SF, December 6–8, 2022 THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2023/) Jan 16-19, 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, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) 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: Piran (https://www.audible.com/pd/Piranesi-Audiobook/1526622416?source_code=GO1DH13310082090P1&ds_rl=1262685&ds_rl=1263561&ds_rl=1260658&gclid=CjwKCAjwo_KXBhAaEiwA2RZ8hIOpyF2m-RzCFD6d-nk2M5yyqAGA5V4NaqFcBHF_TzgXjvWGoralghoCc9IQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)e (https://www.audible.com/pd/Piranesi-Audiobook/1526622416?source_code=GO1DH13310082090P1&ds_rl=1262685&ds_rl=1263561&ds_rl=1260658&gclid=CjwKCAjwo_KXBhAaEiwA2RZ8hIOpyF2m-RzCFD6d-nk2M5yyqAGA5V4NaqFcBHF_TzgXjvWGoralghoCc9IQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds)si (https://www.audible.com/pd/Piranesi-Audiobook/1526622416?source_code=GO1DH13310082090P1&ds_rl=1262685&ds_rl=1263561&ds_rl=1260658&gclid=CjwKCAjwo_KXBhAaEiwA2RZ8hIOpyF2m-RzCFD6d-nk2M5yyqAGA5V4NaqFcBHF_TzgXjvWGoralghoCc9IQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) Matt: T (https://tailscale.com)ailscale (https://tailscale.com) Beach2Beach 13k (https://beach2beach.com.au/events/13km-run/) Festival of the Feet Half-Marathon (https://www.westiesjoggers.com/the-georges-river-festival-of-the-feet/) Photo Credits: CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/IClZBVw5W5A) and Banner (https://unsplash.com/photos/y8fS7CSN-Vw)

19 Aug 202256min

This week we discuss build vs. buy decisions, sustaining corporate strategies and Malcolm Gladwell’s WFH comments. Plus, we announce the location of the Austin Meetup on August 27th. Runner-up Titles Strategy for eating mixed nuts. Finish in a flurry Eat Dessert First It’s about where you is, not where you was. We don’t even own a copy of Illustrator Lost his fastball Just a paycheck It’s cool to be the “turns out” person Pizza, Beer, Enjoyment McKinsey Titles, the movie Rundown App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy blew up the digital advertising ecosystem (https://twitter.com/eric_seufert/status/1555177364081999874) Only the paranoid survive in tech: Former Intel CEO (https://www.cnbc.com/2014/02/25/only-the-paranoid-survive-in-tech-former-intel-ceo.html) Netflix Games Engaging Less Than 1 Percent of Subscribers (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/08/08/netflix-games-note-engaging-subscribers/) Gladwell’s take on Work from Home (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRUT8Xh6/?k=1) Relevant to your Interests Cisco Networking And Cloud Leader Todd Nightingale To Join Fastly As CEO (https://www.crn.com/news/networking/cisco-networking-and-cloud-leader-todd-nightingale-to-join-fastly-as-ceo) Aviatrix CEO On Potential Post-Broadcom VMware Layoffs And Why On-Prem Market Is ‘The Titanic Going Down’ | CRN (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aviatrix-ceo-on-potential-post-broadcom-vmware-layoffs-and-why-on-prem-market-is-the-titanic-going-down-) Gartner: Microsoft #1 in Database Revenue; AWS Passes Oracle; Google Cloud Gains (https://clouddb.substack.com/p/gartner-microsoft-1-in-database-revenue) Amazon and iRobot Sign an Agreement for Amazon to Acquire iRobot (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220804006088/en/Amazon-and-iRobot-Sign-an-Agreement-for-Amazon-to-Acquire-iRobot?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Companies Disney Owns (https://www.titlemax.com/wp-content/uploads/every-company-disney-owns.jpeg) S3 Intelligent-Tiering: What It Takes To Actually Break Even (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/s3-intelligent-tiering-breaking-even/) Twilio Shares Stumble as Investors Fear a Demand Slowdown (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twilio-shares-stumble-investors-fear-213749401.html) Closing the cloud strategy technology, and innovation gap (https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/consulting/us-future-of-cloud-survey-report.pdf> 1 reply 4 days agoV) Cloudflare soars after beating on revenue and raising annual forecast (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/05/cloudflare-q2-2022-earnings-send-stock-soaring.html) Axios agrees to sell to Cox Enterprises for $525 million (https://www.axios.com/2022/08/08/axios-agrees-to-sell-to-cox-enterprises-for-525-million?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) New request for comments on improving npm security with Sigstore is now open (https://github.blog/2022-08-08-new-request-for-comments-on-improving-npm-security-with-sigstore-is-now-open/) The Billionaire’s Dilemma (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/08/marc-andreessens-opposition-housing-project-nimby/671061/) Intel launches Arc Pro GPUs that are designed for workstations and pro apps (https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/8/23296836/intel-arc-pro-gpu-workstations-mobile-specs) AI systems can’t patent inventions, US federal circuit court confirms (https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/8/23293353/ai-patent-legal-status-us-federal-circuit-court-rules-thaler-dabus) AppLovin offers to buy video game software maker Unity in $17.5 bln deal (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/applovin-offers-buy-unity-software-2022-08-09/) How the US Postal Service reads terrible handwriting (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxCha4Kez9c) SoftBank posts a $21.6 billion quarterly loss on its Vision Fund, one of the highest in its history (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/08/softbank-vision-fund-posts-a-21point6-billion-quarterly-loss-.html) Ac (https://acorn.io)o (https://acorn.io)rn launches from the Cloud.com and Rancher Alumni (https://acorn.io) Nonsense French Scientist's Photo of ‘Distant Star’ Was Actually Chorizo (https://www.vice.com/en/article/akeemk/chorizo-james-webb-space-telescope) Sponsors Teleport — The easiest, most secure way to access infrastructure. (https://goteleport.com/?utm_campaign=eg&utm_medium=partner&utm_source=sdt) Listener Feedback Conferences Register for the SDT Austin Meetup August 27th at 6:30 PM (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/software-defined-talk-meetup-in-austin-tx-tickets-396650401027) DevOpsDays DFW (https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-dallas/welcome/), August 24-25, 2022 - Coté speaking, along with John Willis, Andrew Shafer, and friends VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022 (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html?srccode=na_pxkba4ap4tgmb&cid=7012H000001KawVQAS) - Coté’s pitch (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1551895600270016512). Coté’s VMware Explore 2022 Page (https://cote.io/explore/) SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=sdt), SF, December 6–8, 2022 THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2023/) Jan 16-19, 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, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) 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: Sea of Tranquility (https://www.audible.com/pd/Sea-of-Tranquility-Audiobook/0593551990) Coté: The Sympathizer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sympathizer) Photo Credits Banner (https://unsplash.com/photos/pUa1On18Jno) CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/Z9AU36chmQI)

12 Aug 20221h 2min

This week we do a deep dive into the Total Addressable Market of Cloud and discuss the rise of Cloudflare. Plus, details about the SDT Meetup in Austin on August 27th (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/software-defined-talk-meetup-in-austin-tx-tickets-396650401027). Runner-up Titles “Have a good time at least once” is in my vacation OKRs The podcast of the Slack Analog Clocks Digital Clock Native Pretending to have a sidekick The First Business Case for the Metaverse I was a liberal arts major The TAM Episode Rundown Cloud Earnings Clouded Judgement 7.29.22 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-72922?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) Amazon says cloud-computing revenue rose 33%, topping Wall Street estimates (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/28/aws-earnings-q2-2022.html) 60% of Amazon's net revenue growth YoY was AWS. (https://twitter.com/conorsen/status/1552749857500286976?s=21&t=4J4ob4S-4vxl-60DOSKkUw) AWS continues to show strength, but there are a few things to watch out for (https://seekingalpha.com/news/3863264-amazon-web-services-continues-to-show-strength-but-there-are-a-few-things-to-watch-out-for) Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 3% in 2022 (https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-06-14-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-it-spending-to-grow-3-percent-in-2022) How Cloudflare emerged to take on AWS, Azure, and GCP (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3668197/how-cloudflare-emerged-to-take-on-aws-azure-and-gcp.html?utm_content=content&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic) Relevant to your Interests Apple beats on revenue and profit, expects growth to accelerate despite 'pockets of softness' (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/28/apple-aapl-earnings-q3-2022.html) Instagram walks back its changes (https://www.platformer.news/p/-instagram-walks-back-its-changes?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) Meta posts its first-ever quarterly revenue decline (https://www.axios.com/2022/07/27/meta-quarterly-revenue-decline-earnings?utm_source[%E2%80%A6]utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=tophttps://www.axios.com/2022/07/27/meta-quarterly-revenue-decline-earnings?utm_source[%E2%80%A6]utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Why Kylie is mad at Instagram? (https://om.co/2022/07/26/why-kylie-is-mad-at-instagram-explained/) There is a path to replace TCP in the datacenter (https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/27/replace_tcp_datacenter/) CHIPS for America Act (https://twitter.com/SBIndyNews/status/1552445739736989697)e JetBlue agrees to buy Spirit for $3.8B. It would create the 5th largest U.S. airline (https://www.npr.org/2022/07/28/1114226031/jetblue-spirit-deal-merger) The pandemic impulse purchases we grew to hate (https://www.vox.com/the-goods/23279350/pandemic-consumer-buys-peloton-bike-games-dog-covid?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email) AMD and Nvidia leaks show we are drunk on power, and the hangover is going to be brutal (https://www.techradar.com/news/amd-and-nvidia-leaks-show-we-are-drunk-on-power-and-the-hangover-is-going-to-be-brutal) Intel To Wind Down Optane Memory Business - 3D XPoint Storage Tech Reaches Its (https://www.anandtech.com/show/17515/intel-to-wind-down-optane-memory-business) On the huge importance of non-tech roles in Open Source: Empirical study on NPM - Livable Software (https://livablesoftware.com/importance-of-non-tech-contributor-roles-open-source/) VMware Fusion beta joins Parallels in supporting Windows VMs on Apple Silicon (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/newest-vmware-fusion-beta-supports-windows-11-on-apple-silicon-macs/) Apple Arcade finally got the boost it needed (https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/7/22370217/apple-arcade-fantasian-nba2k-wonderbox-classics-netflix) Apple Nabs Key Lamborghini Executive to Work on Its Electric Car (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-27/apple-nabs-key-lamborghini-executive-to-work-on-its-electric-car?utm_campaign=etb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew) IBM board of directors investigates sales fraud claims (https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/01/exclusive_ibm_board_of_directors/) Apparently Linus Torvalds is using an M2 Mac? (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C5GPMBXQT/p1659428218962219) Oracle Cuts Workers in US Customer Experience Unit (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-01/oracle-cuts-workers-in-us-customer-analytics-division) Gmail gets a new look and tighter intergration to celebrate 18 years of service (https://www.xda-developers.com/gmail-new-look-tighter-intergration-18-years/) Uber reports positive cash flow for first time (https://www.ft.com/content/a454447f-c0b9-44fc-a24a-2781f1b7717e) Pinterest shares surge after Elliott discloses it is the largest shareholder (https://www.reuters.com/technology/elliott-says-it-is-largest-sharesholder-pinterest-2022-08-01/) How Kubernetes Reinvented Virtual Machines (in a good sense) (https://iximiuz.com/en/posts/kubernetes-vs-virtual-machines/) Former VMware Star Sanjay Poonen Becomes CEO Of Cohesity (https://twitter.com/datachick/status/1554482007438237698) Thoma Bravo picks up Ping Identity for $2.8B in an all-cash deal (https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/03/thoma-bravo-picks-up-ping-identity-for-2-8b-in-an-all-cash-deal/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJnqIsV7eSB4aeKNW7V9HidMxohTjY2dtNtainWRjHXiv7ApDViwdsq6K_9LBJIVnI3ylbHjASvuAqEijvmNUyuW8DaHp0rSZ7uten5Sz6_DUKqUxifms2H-6Yk6TW5i8i9UXqTNsT_vhnMMFzJUp7OTTzNaXAfmzM0PqPtmoFdH) Software Is No Longer Eating The World (https://webtwoboomer.com/software-is-no-longer-eating-the-world-109785eb9d4f) GitLab plans to delete dormant projects from free accounts (https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/04/gitlab_data_retention_policy/) Raspberry Pi Zero vs MangoPi MQ Pro Benchmarks (https://bret.dk/raspberry-pi-zero-vs-mangopi-mq-pro-benchmarks/) Highest. Close. Ever. - All Star Charts (https://allstarcharts.com/highest-close-ever/) Should I Stay or Should I Go (https://www.platformonomics.com/2022/07/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/) Nonsense Murder Hornets get new name (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C04EK1VBK/p1659024319485459) An Australian Artist Pulled a Pickle from a McDonald’s Cheeseburger and Slapped It on a Gallery's Ceiling. Now It Costs $6,200 (https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pickle-artist-2152731) MAKRO | Microsoft Excel Stream Highlights 3/19 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xubbVvKbUfY) British Airways suspends the sale of short-haul flight tickets from Heathrow (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/02/british-airways-suspends-short-haul-flight-tickets-from-heathrow.html) Sponsors Teleport — The easiest, most secure way to access infrastructure. (https://goteleport.com/?utm_campaign=eg&utm_medium=partner&utm_source=sdt) Listener Feedback Slack is increasing prices, changing how its free plan works (https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/18/slack-is-increasing-prices-and-changing-the-way-its-free-plan-works/) What is DevRel? (https://www.whatisdevrel.com/) — Cloudcast Podcast Good discussion on changing jobs in SDT Slack (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/CEJ12RBJA/p1659459039423009) Conferences Register for the SDT Austin Meetup August 27th at 6:30 PM (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/software-defined-talk-meetup-in-austin-tx-tickets-396650401027) **** DevOpsDays DFW (https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-dallas/welcome/), August 24-25, 2022 - Coté speaking, along with John Willis, Andrew Shafer, and friends VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022 (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html?srccode=na_pxkba4ap4tgmb&cid=7012H000001KawVQAS) - Coté’s pitch (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1551895600270016512). SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=sdt), SF, December 6–8, 2022 THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2023/) Jan 16-19, 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, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) 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: Ambulance (https://www.ambulance.movie) and The Terminal List (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11743610/) Ringer Podcast: ‘The Gray Man’ and the Top 10 Trash Special Ops Movies (https://www.theringer.com/2022/7/29/23283211/the-gray-man-and-the-top-10-trash-special-ops-movies) Matt: (https://www.amazon.com/GE-Profile-Countertop-Nugget-Maker/dp/B07YF9SGBW)Jabulani Challenge (https://jabulanichallenge.com.au/) City2Surf (https://www.city2surf.com.au/) Coté: Vienna. Specifically: 12 Bruegels (https://www.khm.at/en/visit/collections/picture-gallery/the-best-of-bruegel-only-in-vienna/), old movies at old cinemas, Miznon (https://www.miznonvienna.com/). Photo Credits Banner (https://unsplash.com/photos/4W8LN0FgKNI) CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/aX_ljOOyWJY)

5 Aug 202247min

This week we discuss developer toil, local vs. remote development and Facebook’s management woes. Plus, some thoughts on business books… Runner-up Titles The Instant Acquisition Belly of the Beast We can’t be bothered, but we bothered I’m done with that I don’t have those problems More Money, More Weirdness Occam’s Razor is always handy Ghost ride it into production Let’s take the offline online We’re just doing stuff with computers Rundown Coté and Brian attempt to summarize Facebook’s current state (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C6CDLDCVB/p1658919353110909?thread_ts=1658853863.040209&cid=C6CDLDCVB). Developer Toil: The Hidden Tech Debt (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/white-papers/developer-toil-the-hidden-tech-debt?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_content=SDT370) Original webinar, from Susie and Tyson (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/webinars/may-6-tech-debt-audit-how-to-prioritize-and-reduce-the-tech-debt-that-matters-most?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=Global_P2_BT_Q220_Tech-Debt-Audit&utm_content=20220127techdebtwebinarwatchparty). Will Local Dev ever go away? (https://twitter.com/bernhardsson/status/1551241460749668355?s=21&t=Rd250F4rR6CGACqvAvWNVQ) and Swyx’s take (https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1533910738942562304) Relevant to your Interests How to Misuse & Abuse DORA Metrics (https://abinoda.substack.com/p/misuse-dora?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct) Elon Musk’s Friendship With Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair (https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-affair-sergey-brin-wife-divorce-11658674840?page=1) Non-Obvious Docker Uses (https://matt-rickard.com/non-obvious-docker-uses/) T-Mobile agrees to cough up $500 million for its disastrous data breach last year (https://www.androidpolice.com/t-mobile-500-million-settle-disastrous-data-breach/) AWS sales boss claims Microsoft's cloud licenses (https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/25/aws_slams_microsoft_cloud_licenses/) NFL enters media streaming market with 'NFL+' (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34293043/nfl-enters-media-streaming-marketplace-nfl+-service) How Software Is Stifling Competition and Slowing Innovation (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/business/software-james-bessen-book.html) San Francisco Races Clock for Comeback With Tech Gloom Deepening (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-25/san-francisco-tries-to-lure-remote-workers-to-offices-as-tech-gloom-swirls) DALL·E 2 (https://openai.com/dall-e-2/) Adam Mosseri on Insta Changes (https://twitter.com/mosseri/status/1551890839584088065) Here are the 37 tech companies most likely to be acquired by private-equity firms after valuations plunged, according to bankers and private data (https://www.businessinsider.com/37-tech-companies-most-likely-acquired-private-equity-lbo-2022-7) Clouded Judgement — Recession Impact (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-72222?utm_medium=email&amp%3Butm_campaign=cta&amp%3Baction=share&utm_source=substack) Nonsense A new plasma robot can dig tunnels 100 times faster and 98% cheaper (https://interestingengineering.com/a-new-plasma-boring-robot-can-dig-tunnels-100-times-faster-and-98-cheaper) Mattel to launch SpaceX vehicles as new Matchbox toys and collectibles (https://www.space.com/mattel-spacex-rockets-toys-collectibles) The US Records Its First Case Of Polio Since 2013 (https://www.iflscience.com/the-us-records-its-first-case-of-polio-since-2013-64556) Urgent Care with Matt Ray (https://twitter.com/mattray/status/1551807292718600192?s=21&t=Wf3G1SSTwRtDaZOCSWIUPw) Listener Feedback Demo of Apple Badges at the 187 Buildings (https://t.yesware.com/tt/740736faf72e77cb6d58a854f7821c9cfc324626/10219ebf44dbd66341ef721c919e72a9/0d5ae0606487c84cebb763c9a92afb67/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8k6VqRDsdE) Chase wants you to work at Octopus Energy Group (https://octopusenergy.group/) UK Lead Platform Engineer (https://jobs.lever.co/octoenergy/0dce210e-6b16-4287-9bce-b133e9d2a30f) UK Senior Platform Engineer (https://jobs.lever.co/octoenergy/ac0f94c5-1ec5-48bc-be96-10399948f14c) APAC Platform Engineer (https://jobs.lever.co/octoenergy/d0976d8f-90df-46ab-9942-6e01b1332cd8) US Platform Engineer (https://jobs.lever.co/octoenergy/c89812b8-8ae8-47c8-869c-f26273e6492c) Opportunities globally (https://jobs.lever.co/octoenergy) Work with Matt Ray: Kubecost hiring Product Manager in US (https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3191662780/?refId=5fll6MecQC23Dr%2Bc0Mnzew%3D%3D) Conferences Coté’s August 4th webinar on platform engineering (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/springone-tour-apj/aug-4-why-you-should-treat-your-platform-as-a-product?utm_campaign=devrel&utm_source=cote&utm_medium=social) - register and watch (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/springone-tour-apj/aug-4-why-you-should-treat-your-platform-as-a-product?utm_campaign=devrel&utm_source=cote&utm_medium=social), my homies DevOpsDays DFW (https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-dallas/welcome/), August 24-25, 2022 - Coté speaking, along with John Willis, Andrew Shafer, and friends VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022 (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html?srccode=na_pxkba4ap4tgmb&cid=7012H000001KawVQAS) - Coté’s pitch (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1551895600270016512). SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=sdt), SF, December 6–8, 2022 THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2023/) Jan 16-19, 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, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) 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: Global Entry Enrollment on Arrival (https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/enrollment-arrival) Viajero Confiable Mexico (https://www.gob.mx/inm/acciones-y-programas/viajero-confiable-mexico-en) Matt: (https://www.amazon.com/GE-Profile-Countertop-Nugget-Maker/dp/B07YF9SGBW)Synology MR2200ac Mesh Wi-Fi Router (https://amzn.to/3Ji2JQD) The Maintenance Race (https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-maintenance-race/) Coté: Truefitt & Hill Shaving Cream Bowl - Trafalgar | Smooth Glide for Incredibly Close, Yet Comfortable Hydrating Shave, 6.7 ounces (https://www.amazon.com/Truefitt-Hill-Shaving-Cream-Trafalgar/dp/B00095OP8O) Photo Credits Banner (https://unsplash.com/photos/mo3FOTG62ao) CoverArt (https://unsplash.com/photos/TZIH-fDKzvY)

29 Juli 20221h 14min