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This week, we recap the biggest tech news and trends of 2024, grade our predictions from the year, and look ahead to 2025. Plus, we share our New Year’s resolutions.Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://youtube.com/live/4bDxES8764c?feature=share) 500 (https://youtube.com/live/4bDxES8764c?feature=share)Runner-up TitlesI blame Product ManagementI don’t think I’m gonna buy a pair of jeans this year.Should I go full Kirkland?That’s a boring prediction, but a good predictionWe need the Dril for LinkedIn2024: the year we internalized the rug pullAre you an artist or a house painter?The Suicide Squad StrategySSH is failure.ResolutionsRundownRevisiting 2024 PredictionsApple Vision ProTwitter vs. Threads vs. Mastodon vs. BlueskyNews and Trends from 2024Open Source License ChangesAntitrust InvestigationsAI Is EverywherePlatform EngineeringListener QuestionsWhat’s worked well for the podcast?What tips do you have for aspiring podcasters?How did NO SSH JJ and Tasty Meats Paul get their nicknames?2025 PredictionsRay-Ban Meta Glasses will not be widely adopted.Apple will keep trying with the Vision Pro, but not much will happen.Federation between social sites will not gain traction; social silos will remain the norm.Nvidia will continue to grow and exert dominance.Tech monopolies will persist, but no significant remedies will be imposed.2025 ResolutionsI will accept that OSS projects may change their licenses and adapt accordingly.I will remain calm when OSS projects stop offering easy-to-use, free versions.I will accept that hyperscalers hosting or monetizing OSS projects is inevitable.I will see forking OSS projects after a license change as a natural evolution of open source.I will use AI to summarize my writing and send the summary if it communicates my point more effectively.SDT News & CommunityJoin our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email)Email the show: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com)Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk)Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Best Recommendation of 2024Brandon:YouTubeTV (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/&ved=2ahUKEwiBtOjCkqWKAxWVLkQIHc3lCKQQFnoECBkQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2p3p48Y3Jhcmwavj4lSAbs) mostly for Sports FansBalatro (https://www.playbalatro.com/mobile)Coté: Google Hom (https://home.google.com/welcome/)e (https://home.google.com/welcome/)Photo CreditsHeader (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-number-of-letters-with-confetti-falling-around-them-I5Th1B4eMos)Artwork (https://unsplash.com/s/photos/2024?license=free)
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This week, Brandon is joined by Brian Gracely from The Cloudcast to tackle the top cloud news and trends of 2025. We sort through 12 big topics and decide which ones are still worth your time and which ones should be starred. archived, or marked as spam. Plus, some thoughts on Bill Belichick becoming the head coach at UNC.
Runner-up Titles
OpenAI’s Open Relationship
Why are you doing this?
The Pete Rose of Silicon Valley
Commit Fraud in a Bull Market
A Phone that Doesn’t Break
Grouchy
Parenting Teenagers
Rundown
Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI: The next wave of innovation and industry impact
Nvidia’s Role in AI: The power behind the AI boom
Microsoft’s Cloud & AI Strategy: How Microsoft is positioning itself for the future
AWS Updates: Key trends and new services from the cloud leader
Open Source Licensing: Trends, challenges, and changes
Kubernetes and the CNCF Ecosystem: What’s next for cloud-native computing
Data Sovereignty and Regulations: How laws are shaping cloud strategies globally
Repatriation: Is on-prem making a comeback?
Broadcom/VMware: The fallout and what it means for cloud customers
Return to Office vs. Work From Home: Policies, debates, and where things stand
Apple’s Cloud Ambitions: Is Apple finally serious about cloud?
Bill Belichick at UNC: Leadership lessons from an unexpected crossover
Relevant to your Interests
Subscribe to The Cloudcast (https://www.thecloudcast.net)
China Opens Investigation Into Nvidia Over Potential Antitrust Violations (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/technology/china-nvidia-investigation-antitrust-ai.html)
Gnomes ( (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Starred-Archived-or-Deleted--CcxaX_1TQMbovVOUc4lKd1KpAg-LNhPY8ia5CTwHX4ZJYlKJ)South Park (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Starred-Archived-or-Deleted--CcxaX_1TQMbovVOUc4lKd1KpAg-LNhPY8ia5CTwHX4ZJYlKJ)) (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Starred-Archived-or-Deleted--CcxaX_1TQMbovVOUc4lKd1KpAg-LNhPY8ia5CTwHX4ZJYlKJ)
Conferences
CfgMgmtCamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/), February 2-5, 2025.
Civo Navigate North America (https://www.civo.com/navigate/north-america), San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025
DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
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This week, we discuss Jeff Barr’s departure from AWS, OpenAI’s latest announcements, and Broadcom’s AI ambitions. Plus, Matt debates the finer points of Australian vs. American Apple Intelligence.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/PY1z81cRZiU?si=w1F7i-d7frDG27DN) 498 (https://www.youtube.com/live/PY1z81cRZiU?si=w1F7i-d7frDG27DN)
Runner-up Titles
That’s a streak
That’s not a thing
I miss the cold-calling lifestyle
I miss being a JSON engineer
I have trust issues with AI
The metaphor was good
Welcome to the treadmill
Rundown
Jeff Barr leaves AWS: And that’s a wrap! (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/and-thats-a-wrap/)
12 Days of OpenAI (https://openai.com/12-days/) (6-9)
Day 6: Advanced voice with video & Santa mode (https://youtu.be/NIQDnWlwYyQ)
Day 7: Projects in ChatGPT (https://youtu.be/FcB97h3vrzk)
Day 8: Search (https://youtu.be/OzgNJJ2ErEE)
Day 9: OpenAI o1 and new tools for developers (https://openai.com/index/o1-and-new-tools-for-developers/)
API, ChatGPT & Sora Facing Issues (https://status.openai.com/incidents/ctrsv3lwd797)
Broadcom
Broadcom shares rise 13% on profit beat, 'massive' opportunity in AI (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/12/broadcom-avgo-earnings-report-q4-2024-.html)
Nvidia falls into correction territory, down more than 10% from its record close (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/16/nvidia-falls-into-correction-territory-down-more-than-10percent-from-its-record-close.html)
VMware And Custom AI Chips: Broadcom’s Recipe For Explosive Growth (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4744807-vmware-and-custom-ai-chips-broadcoms-recipe-for-explosive-growth)
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Republican lawmakers ask Trump to kill IRS Direct File (https://www.nextgov.com/digital-government/2024/12/republican-lawmakers-ask-trump-kill-irs-direct-file/401595/)
Adobe delivers strong Q4, record Firefly generations, but light outlook (https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/insights/adobe-delivers-strong-q4-record-firefly-generations-light-outlook)
Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 is now in general availability (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cloud-financial-management/data-exports-for-focus-1-0-is-now-generally-available/)
Duolingo has bucked the post-pandemic blues in edtech (https://www.threads.net/@techmeme/post/DDj5oW5q8-N?xmt=AQGzIRoyTuZ2pO3q5kMBDSUXzruFwt7tqsJmvg732iQ_KQ)
Satya Nadella | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bg2pod-with-brad-gerstner-and-bill-gurley/id1727278168?i=1000680168104)
API, ChatGPT & Sora Facing Issues Incident Report for OpenAI (https://status.openai.com/incidents/ctrsv3lwd797)
AWS re:Invent 2024 - Best practices and new tools for cost reporting and estimation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6di_mQ2sKE)
BlackBerry sells Cylance for $160M, a fraction of the $1.4B it paid in 2018 (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/blackberry-sells-cylance-for-160m-a-fraction-of-the-1-4b-it-paid-in-2018/)
EU signs $11B deal for sovereign satellite constellation to rival Musk's Starlink (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/eu-signs-11b-deal-for-sovereign-satellite-constellation-to-rival-musks-starlink/)
Nuon Seed + Series-A Funding (https://nuon.co/blog/byoc-for-everyone/)
Databricks to Hit $62 Billion Valuation in Massive Funding Round (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-17/databricks-to-hit-62-billion-valuation-in-massive-funding-round)
Android XR: The Gemini era comes to headsets and glasses (https://blog.google/products/android/android-xr/)
A vision for Android XR (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn5uG1ys-pE)
Gemini 2.0: Our latest, most capable AI model yet (https://blog.google/products/gemini/google-gemini-ai-collection-2024/)
China orbits first Guowang Internet satellites, with thousands more to come (https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/china-orbits-first-guowang-internet-satellites-with-thousands-more-to-come/)
Microsoft just released a tool that lets you convert Office files to Markdown (https://github.com/microsoft/markitdown)
Nonsense
Trump says GOP will push to eliminate daylight saving time (https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5039673-trump-gop-daylight-saving-time/)
Gen Z says no to slim fit pants (https://bsky.app/profile/dieworkwear.bsky.social/post/3ldakaoeuhs24)
The 1000-Foot High Rollercoaster Dream (https://interthemepark.com/1000rollercoaster.html)
Timey Wimey (https://timeywimey.co/?ref=labnotes.org)
(https://bsky.app/profile/dieworkwear.bsky.social/post/3ldakaoeuhs24)## Listener Feedback
Great site collating AWS reInvent sessions along with their slides (https://reinvent-planner.cloud/sessions?catalog.view=cards&catalog.cardSize=large)
Conferences
CfgMgmtCamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/), February 2-5, 2025.
Civo Navigate North America (https://www.civo.com/navigate/north-america), San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025
DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
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This week, we discuss the 12 Days of OpenAI, the latest in quantum computing, and Nvidia’s unique management style. Plus, Coté shares his thoughts on turkeys and BBQ.Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuxa1FqX4tw) 497 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuxa1FqX4tw)Runner-up TitlesGo full-on AmericanMultiple days of meatAdvent of MeatFowl DayChopOpsFractured and ScatteredMr. MahaloRundown12 Days of OpenAI (https://openai.com/12-days/)Update on ChatGPT's impressive growth (https://www.threads.net/@ociubotaru/post/DDLN7i2NKxT?xmt=AQGzdg4NWoYwDHDBtKHGLrqrlUrEWSELSfF5FjD3z-yo1g)The phony comforts of AI skepticism (https://www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-gary-marcus-curve-conference/?ref=platformer-newsletter)Quantum ComputingMeet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip (https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/)Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c791ng0zvl3o)Relevant to your InterestsIntel’s Search for a CEO (https://www.threads.net/@carnage4life/post/DDMgH0eJRPS?xmt=AQGzYswkrS4wmq1DZVn9YIyulb7odNRA717aPumWg0lRxg)Intel names two chip industry veterans to its board amid CEO search (https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-names-two-chip-industry-veterans-its-board-amid-ceo-search-2024-12-05/)Why Gelsinger was wrong for Intel | The Observation Deck (https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2024/12/08/why-gelsinger-was-wrong-for-intel/)Ousted Intel CEO asks people to “pray and fast” for staff (https://www.thestack.technology/intel-ceo-pray/?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content)He Was Going to Save Intel. He Destroyed $150 Billion of Value Instead. (https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-chips-bd4d61f9)Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025 (https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/5/24314245/sundar-pichai-google-search-change-profoundly-2025)Broadcom reverses controversial plan in effort to cull VMware migrations (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/new-broadcom-sales-plan-may-be-insignificant-in-deterring-vmware-migrations/)Dev-Led Landscape: Transforming a Middle-Aged Startup (https://tylerjewell.substack.com/p/dev-led-landscape-transforming-a?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true)China launches antitrust probe into Nvidia (https://on.ft.com/4gtEvm1)Confidential computing at 1Password (https://blog.1password.com/confidential-computing/?ck_subscriber_id=512840665)The 50 best video games of 2024 (https://www.polygon.com/what-to-play/24078256/best-video-games-2024)Chiplet Market Growth Forecast to US$411 Billion by 2035 (https://www.idtechex.com/en/research-article/chiplet-market-growth-forecast-to-us-411-billion-by-2035/31905#:~:text=It%20predicts%20the%20market%20will,as%20data%20centers%20and%20AI)Cohesity completes its merger with Veritas; here's how they'll integrate (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/cohesity-completes-its-merger-with-veritas-heres-how-theyll-integrate/)Automattic acquires WPAI, a startup that makes AI products for WordPress (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/automattic-acquires-wpai-a-startup-that-creates-ai-solutions-for-wordpress/)The low-hanging fruit is gone; the hill is steeper now: Sundar Pichai on AI, Future of engg jobs (https://www.nextbigwhat.com/p/the-low-hanging-fruit-is-gone-the)What Analysts Are Saying After Oracle's Results Underwhelmed Investo (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysts-saying-oracles-results-underwhelmed-154416031.html)rs (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysts-saying-oracles-results-underwhelmed-154416031.html)Bill Staples on LinkedIn: I am honored and excited to lead GitLab into its next chapter as CEO (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamstaples_i-am-honored-and-excited-to-lead-gitlab-into-activity-7270549076067135488-2QeY)From where I left (https://antirez.com/news/144) (Redis)Amazon sued by DC attorney general for allegedly excluding neighborhoods from Prime delivery (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/04/amazon-sued-by-dc-ag-over-excluding-areas-from-prime-delivery.html)NonsenseSinister USB-C connector (https://x.com/jonbruner/status/1864377520835174450?s=46&t=tKrY7ObmfMDBTim-ug3gOw)Listener FeedbackIntel after Gelsinger / Oxide (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/2218242)Git ingest (https://gitingest.com/)ConferencesCfgMgmtCamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/), February 2-5, 2025.DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOPSDT News & CommunityJoin our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email)Email the show: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com)Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk)Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])RecommendationsBrandon:Amazon Smart Plug (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089DR29T6?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=432178372710&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=79947055925131898&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=kwd-353517962350&ref=pd_sl_6gaoxcyj5s_e&gbraid=0AAAAADl_c3InfPpEWgpti6uviRwBj5XdC&gclid=CjwKCAiAjeW6BhBAEiwAdKltMuUX3-S22ramZrYvArmqnelNy2kDLZQfLhEpMYA1AkNLryUqPusezRoCrSUQAvD_BwE)Reacting to the AWS re:Invent Keynote (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/12/reacting-to-aws-reinvent-keynote.html)Coté: Tanzu Platform 10 is GA’ed (https://blogs.vmware.com/tanzu/broadcom-announces-the-general-availability-of-vmware-tanzu-platform-10-making-it-easier-for-customers-to-build-and-launch-new-applications-in-the-private-cloud/)Photo CreditsHeader (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-laptop-computer-sitting-on-top-of-a-wooden-table-G_vWviqUCCg)Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-large-display-of-red-numbers-on-a-wall-tOjIx_NyzFo)
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This week, we discuss Intel’s CEO “resignation,” the rise of custom silicon, and the biggest announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some thoughts on the simple satisfaction of label makers.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pl48HWsZZA) 496 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pl48HWsZZA)
Runner-up Titles
re:Primitives
Primitives, Re:invented
Chatbots, Call Center Agents and Dev Co-Pilots.
Thanksquitting
Even the paranoid die
Pardon me while I commoditize your business.
Being paranoid has nothing to do with it
This is a trailing indicator
Robotic Cows.
ARMchair Quarterbacking (that was funny!)
Arm is going to get X86’d
One Bill
Rundown
Intel
Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241202016400/en/Intel-Announces-Retirement-of-CEO-Pat-Gelsinger)
Intel CEO Forced Out After Board Grew Frustrated With Progress (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-02/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-retires-amid-chipmaker-s-turnaround-plan?embedded-checkout=true)
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Resigns After Struggling to Turn Around Chip Maker (https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-ceo-gelsinger-retires-leaves-board-cb2478e6?mod=mhp)
Intel CEO takes his leave as ambition meets reality (https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/02/intel_gelsinger_leave/)
Are Intel’s Problems Too Big to Fix? (https://www.wsj.com/tech/are-intels-problems-too-big-to-fix-442a7dd7)
Nvidia Keeps Its Old Chips Selling Hot (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-keeps-its-old-chips-selling-hot-2596f11e?mod=article_inline)
AWS Re:invent 2024
Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2024 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2024/)
CEO Matt Garman unveils the future of cloud with generative AI and agentic workflows (https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/01/aws-reinvent-2024-ceo-matt-garman-unveils-future-cloud-generative-ai-agentic-workflows/)
Introducing queryable object metadata for Amazon S3 buckets (preview) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-queryable-object-metadata-for-amazon-s3-buckets-preview/)
Amazon EC2 Trn2 Instances and Trn2 UltraServers for AI/ML training and inference are now available (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-ec2-trn2-instances-and-trn2-ultraservers-for-aiml-training-and-inference-is-now-available/)
New Amazon Q Developer agent capabilities include generating documentation, code reviews, and unit tests (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-q-developer-agent-capabilities-include-generating-documentation-code-reviews-and-unit-tests/)
Build faster, more cost-efficient, highly accurate models with Amazon Bedrock Model Distillation (preview) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/build-faster-more-cost-efficient-highly-accurate-models-with-amazon-bedrock-model-distillation-preview/)
New APIs in Amazon Bedrock to enhance RAG applications, now available (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-apis-in-amazon-bedrock-to-enhance-rag-applications-now-available/)
New RAG evaluation and LLM-as-a-judge capabilities in Amazon Bedrock (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-rag-evaluation-and-llm-as-a-judge-capabilities-in-amazon-bedrock/)
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1Password Interviewing Banks for Possible 2025 Public Offering (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-21/1password-interviewing-banks-for-possible-2025-public-offering)
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This $89 Wi-Fi router is designed to let you run whatever firmware you want (https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/2/24310967/openwrt-one-wi-fi-router-available-price-software-freedom-conservancy)
Some Simple Economics of the Google Antitrust Case - Marginal REVOLUTION (https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/12/some-simple-economics-of-the-google-antitrust-case.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-simple-economics-of-the-google-antitrust-case)
Modern Work Fucking Sucks. (https://www.joanwestenberg.com/modern-work-fucking-sucks/)
Broadcom Announces the General Availability of VMware Tanzu Platform (https://blogs.vmware.com/tanzu/broadcom-announces-the-general-availability-of-vmware-tanzu-platform-10-making-it-easier-for-customers-to-build-and-launch-new-applications-in-the-private-cloud/)
Gartner Identifies Top Three Priorities for CMOs to Deliver Marketing Excellence in 2025 (https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-12-03-gartner-identifies-top-three-priorities-for-cmos-to-deliver-marketing-excellence-in-2025)
Data resilience firm Veeam scores $15B valuation in $2B secondary sale (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/04/data-resilience-company-veeam-valued-at-15bn-after-2bn-secondary-sale/)
LogicMonitor's massive $800M raise shows AI is driving the demand monitoring (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/20/logic-monitor-massive-800m-raise-shows-ai-drives-demand-for-data-center-monitoring/)
Nonsense
Drones With Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump Into the Air (https://spectrum.ieee.org/bird-drone)
How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life (https://www.wired.com/story/murderbot-she-wrote-martha-wells/)
Conferences
CfgMgmtCamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/), February 2-5, 2025.
DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
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Apple AirTags (https://www.apple.com/airtag/?afid=p238%7CssctkrMBT-dc_mtid_1870765e38482_pcrid_593101533960_pgrid_120928559493_pntwk_g_pchan__pexid__ptid_kwd-836438321478_&cid=aos-us-kwgo-btb--slid---product-)
Cloud News of the Month - November 2024 (https://www.thecloudcast.net)
Matt: Factorio: Space Age (https://factorio.com/)
Coté:
Claude (https://claude.ai) is great for D&D.
Platform Engineering and UK Digital People, with Abby Bangser (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/88)
Photo Credits
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This week, we discuss the relationship between DevOps and Platform Engineering, Gartner’s take on Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure, and Nvidia’s search for new use cases. Plus, a listener chimes in to clear up some Podman misconceptions.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyjB-jmL0QQ) 495 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyjB-jmL0QQ)
Runner-up Titles
Prove me wrong AWS, prove me wrong
Please turn off the lights
Who’s googling for “shift left”?
I realized what they were talking about, it’s computers
They’re talking but you’re not listening
Piling on the dead horse
We gave this guy $5 billion dollars, check him out
Podman is Pepsi
Nobody’s paying for that
Niche Player
Rundown
Platform Engineering Is The New DevOps (https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinwarren/2024/11/21/platform-engineering-is-the-new-devops/)
SRE Books (https://sre.google/books/)
Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure (https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-2J0PN9ZJ&ct=241007&st=sb&trk=0da8abef-e59d-40d4-b66b-ba96c755768b&sc_channel=el)
AWS named as a leader again in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-named-as-a-leader-again-in-the-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-distributed-hybrid-infrastructure/)
Nvidia
AI Easts the World — Benedict Evans (https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations)
Nvidia revenue almost doubles on the year even as growth slows from previous quarter (https://on.ft.com/3Vpw2Z1)
Nvidia’s Huang Spreads the Gospel of AI in Search of More Customers (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-21/nvidia-s-huang-spreads-the-gospel-of-ai-in-search-of-more-customers?srnd=undefined)
Amazon Updates Homegrown Chips, Even as It Grows Nvidia Ties (https://links.message.bloomberg.com/a/click?_t=f574328d4d0c4c359b90d8e49b10e21d&_m=e253c47d1776426cada2b989eb51ef3d&_e=BISdgjckKJ39RYZ5axUkOu4DkhEzj_0CzmZEdaLS3niAwih7Lch-yccqByy-SKSB_PawXlFTeOpypVo4aikKnrEHKgvZ1v2TyAeErFN65ZsdRhzpsl63CY7Ia4-4Y_AmaM8n0A6iEaAPInfkiRKNT3xf8OE6NLeC4L7EavGfLanwRXXmv773517sL7d2HT-Rcewoj4Ilv2S4WBW0l3E797KSeKHwZmNv3h9g8B7rUMFKXg8gnlDDRuYjGkBMn8m9-4yP3laYhYAwEeaW3arWkc1bzZFYO_N0fzB31aRoEEvMjvCyXvrv-fg1yhLbDHFZFK5xDr2cgqT8uxPoHajG8qPT7nzRt_56WNcg30HnKZ2OwDxnLJkIDzw47BuHXtk-BMsx5WG7Gn51NdUiPqUTAV5YHattNV9B5gmGwXtVZubp-eOJfFuCVKrLgVwrMLLqGMLEFhgI00D0RHwpXFbHDg%3D%3D)
Nvidia Earnings, Strawberry and Video, The Networking Question (https://stratechery.com/2024/nvidia-earnings-strawberry-and-video-the-networking-question/)
Podman:
Podman in Action | Red Hat Developer (https://developers.redhat.com/e-books/podman-action)
Kubernetes Podcast from Google: Episode 164 - Podman, with Daniel Walsh and Brent Baude (https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/164-podman/)
DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling | Podman In Action: Desktop, Machine, and more (https://podcast.bretfisher.com/episodes/podman-in-action-desktop-machine-and-more)
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Northflank raises $22M to make Kubernetes work for your developers (https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-raises-22m-to-make-kubernetes-work-for-your-developers-ship-workloads-not-infrastructure)
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Wiz acquires Dazz for $450M to expand its cybersecurity platform (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/wiz-acquires-dazz-for-450m-to-expand-its-cybersecurity-platform/)
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Snowflake’s shares surge higher on blowout earnings, (https://t.co/alQ7p57V3y)
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WordPress.com owner Automattic snaps up grammar checker Harper (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/wordpress-com-owner-automattic-snaps-up-grammar-checker-harper/)
DHH Wants To Make Web Dev Easy Again, With Ruby on Rails (https://thenewstack.io/dhh-wants-to-make-web-dev-easy-again-with-ruby-on-rails/)
Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes (https://www.macchaffee.com/blog/2024/you-have-built-a-kubernetes/)
Kamal 2.0 Released (https://dev.37signals.com/kamal-2/)
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Delivering 4K Video with Cloudflare R2 for $2.18 (https://screencasting.com/cheap-video-hosting)
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Glassdoor Worklife Trends 2025 - Glassdoor US (https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/worklife-trends-2025/)
Nonsense
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European Showers (https://www.threads.net/@_yes_but/post/DCmOuqpyX-l?xmt=AQGzhm-KIrpChsW3eMGrDrVwzbijNEoRkz01Iin63gnOoQ)
KFC’s latest partnership is with Build-A-Bear Workshop (https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/kfc-s-latest-partnership-build-bear-workshop)
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Listener Feedback
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Conferences
CfgMgmtCamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/), February 2-5, 2025.
DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
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Photo Credits
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This week, we cover Netflix’s streaming hiccups, cloud earnings updates, Red Hat’s CNCF donations, and the potential sale of Chrome. Plus, a few thoughts on parenting.Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qe9xOqN-Lk) 494 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qe9xOqN-Lk)Runner-up TitlesThe dog peed on it.Jamin’s favorite Excel macros.Change up the noodles.0.7 good tips thereThe tiniest of rebellionsWin one for the stockholdersCandorA datacenter with a gift shop.VP of Cables has cucumber water with VP of Monitors.You can’t open source a monitor.RundownNetflixNetflix’s Boxing Event, Customer Acquisition vs. Churn Mitigation, Accounting for Events (https://stratechery.com/2024/netflixs-boxing-event-customer-acquisition-vs-churn-mitigation-accounting-for-events/?access_token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6InN0cmF0ZWNoZXJ5LnBhc3Nwb3J0Lm9ubGluZSIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.AyMwbazpm5LR_zhwZiRLStIqxPaGuHbceNMyKVLcX4NNRg24VPow2YD-dCJbLx5RtePzQE87rXOA3LOTlPuRCJ07Z30HjhTordjCFnw8vz2mLtXe-oe4-It-_VoIvCnAutn5g1bP9rvIbWKvVcA0oteGHOEGMuIVZ7YDxghRvj6elT2Pz5fMcrwwjHKC3N5kIrZcxSTZVxFufWHx2FaYh6uelE8aVrzFOp6_VhvusKvvCkLI8rtRJKMyfLGMQRadts_RKnxXUB19eRcJgs1AiLUs2bmuSLUKvudnwpv3EimElaeKHUh9MqUljEGIXe89dgtImlpotzmvU0VKPy9cIg)Disney sets India Cricket Viewership Record for TV, streaming during World Cup (https://www.bmpsportsevents.com/blog-posts/disney-sets-india-cricket-viewership-record-for-tv-streaming-during-world-cup)Netflix Culture (https://jobs.netflix.com/culture)EarningsAmazon Reports Record $15.3 Billion Profit (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/business/amazon-q3-earnings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)Clouded Judgement 11.1.24 - Amazon, Google, Microsoft & Meta on AI and CapEx (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-11124-amazon-google?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=150968391&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)Amazon Earnings, Robotics and Amazon’s Expanding 1P Business (https://stratechery.com/2024/amazon-earnings-robotics-and-amazons-expanding-1p-business/?access_token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6InN0cmF0ZWNoZXJ5LnBhc3Nwb3J0Lm9ubGluZSIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJzdHJhdGVjaGVyeS5wYXNzcG9ydC5vbmxpbmUiLCJhenAiOiJIS0xjUzREd1Nod1AyWURLYmZQV00xIiwiZW50Ijp7InVyaSI6WyJodHRwczovL3N0cmF0ZWNoZXJ5LmNvbS8yMDI0L2FtYXpvbi1lYXJuaW5ncy1yb2JvdGljcy1hbmQtYW1hem9ucy1leHBhbmRpbmctMXAtYnVzaW5lc3MvIl19LCJleHAiOjE3MzM5MjMzMjUsImlhdCI6MTczMTMzMTMyNSwiaXNzIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkucGFzc3BvcnQub25saW5lL29hdXRoIiwic2NvcGUiOiJmZWVkOnJlYWQgYXJ0aWNsZTpyZWFkIGFzc2V0OnJlYWQgY2F0ZWdvcnk6cmVhZCBlbnRpdGxlbWVudHMiLCJzdWIiOiJUSDM0Z1ZDeWh4V2dtbkFmdFhGbXVTIiwidXNlIjoiYWNjZXNzIn0.HO5sxW0eBQFKsqs38nWX6yVSp9OQh-tJNkNI7Nyib6zZxAbAEMMnfy2dJDBTZ4ZqZBXqfo5VqJhrBPhELzTg2M_rOrDWOaotGl1eqYHpBiPVdxuXBoXN6_ME7fut7d32Hr9FfAol8201Q3n6sOvQ7YBYyCDBJosEelNtWKICsg98WJ01Sd2EuZz-3XtA3gSziu7yhVsKX5cw_6sLtUPyyUwLaOqutRaJfvdhQVynvKmrgyX5OtlU60MmcwXrPWXDcptcesUUyAwzClRNIOIrSrPVvawNL66mJL24oyrbDFgUUJT4yVYHiuylb_JO1otCftQNhGkv0iOft8N0NPVpfg)Cloud market share shows vendors eyeing a $1T opportunity (https://siliconangle.com/2024/11/16/cloud-market-share-shows-vendors-eyeing-1t-opportunity/)Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud (https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/19/24299789/microsoft-windows-365-link-device-cloud-pc)Going Open Source Red Hat to Donate Podman Along With Other Container Tools to CNCF (https://cloudnativenow.com/kubecon-cnc-na-2024/red-hat-to-donate-podman-along-with-other-container-tools-to-cncf/)Salesforce’s Heroku platform open-sources Twelve Factor project (https://siliconangle.com/2024/11/15/twelve-factor-project-open-source-salesforce-kubecon/)Twelve-Factor App Methodology is now Open Source (https://12factor.net/blog/open-source-announcement)DOJ Will Push Google to Sell off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/doj-will-push-google-to-sell-off-chrome-to-break-search-monopoly)Relevant to your InterestsThese are the passwords you definitely shouldn’t be using (https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/13/24295543/most-common-passwords-list-2024)Datacenter Anatomy Part 1: Electrical Systems (https://semianalysis.com/2024/10/14/datacenter-anatomy-part-1-electrical/)New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, researchers confirm (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/new-apple-security-feature-reboots-iphones-after-3-days-researchers-confirm/)AI companies hit a scaling wall (https://www.platformer.news/openai-google-scaling-laws-anthropic-ai/)Invisible asymptotes — Remains of the Day (https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2018/5/21/invisible-asymptotes)Clouded Judgement 11.14.24 - 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This week, we cover OpenCost’s big incubation milestone, CNCF's graduation rules, and a flurry of tech acquisitions. Plus, some thoughts on teaching kids about passwords.Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWPR3HLPjfI) 493 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWPR3HLPjfI)Runner-up TitlesYes, No, MaybeInfinite Password LoopBring your kids to work day: passwords.Password TalkEscaping charactersStone Cold Steve AustinDon’t hire people with petsEats AWS stuff natively.I compete on my ASCII character set.Stay in the sandboxEnron for cloud purchasingRundownOpenCost Advances to CNCF Incubation (https://www.opencost.io/blog/cncf-incubation)Episode 492: Aran Khanna on Cloud Insurance (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/492)VMwareReflections from Explore Barcelona and the Challenges of Modern App Delivery (https://news.broadcom.com/app-dev/reflections-from-explore-barcelona-and-the-challenges-of-modern-app-delivery)New SMB subscription may not end VMware migrations (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/11/new-smb-friendly-subscription-tier-may-be-too-late-to-stop-vmware-migrations/)M&AApple to Acquire Pixelmator, Maker of Popular Photo-Editing Apps (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-01/apple-to-acquire-pixelmator-maker-of-popular-photo-editing-apps?utm_medium=email&utm_source=author_alert&utm_term=241101&utm_campaign=author_19842959)Red Hat acquires AI optimization startup Neural Magic (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/12/red-hat-acquires-ai-optimization-startup-neural-magic/)IBM’s Red Hat Acquisition Will Pay For Itself By Early Next Year (https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/24/ibms-red-hat-acquisition-will-pay-for-itself-by-early-next-year/)Snyk Acquires Developer-First DAST Provider Probely (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/11/12/2979082/0/en/Snyk-Acquires-Developer-First-DAST-Provider-Probely.html)IBM’s Red Hat Acquisition Will Pay For Itself By Early Next Year (https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/24/ibms-red-hat-acquisition-will-pay-for-itself-by-early-next-year/)VMwareReflections from Explore Barcelona and the Challenges of Modern App Delivery (https://news.broadcom.com/app-dev/reflections-from-explore-barcelona-and-the-challenges-of-modern-app-delivery)New SMB subscription may not end VMware migrations (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/11/new-smb-friendly-subscription-tier-may-be-too-late-to-stop-vmware-migrations/)Coté’s take on Explore, in last week’s Cloud Foundry Weekly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkgwl9mKL2Y).RTOAmazon employees are a flight risk after the new return-to-office mandate, research reveals (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-exec-says-9-10-103742343.html)Remote work reduces child penalties by roughly half (https://x.com/arpitrage/status/1849530101035160031)Read the letter sent to AWS CEO Matt Garman, signed by 500 employees, (https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-employees-open-letter-aws-ceo-office-return-rto-2024-10)Amazon CEO Andy Jassy denies that 5-day office mandate is a 'backdoor layoff' (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/05/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-5-day-office-mandate-isnt-a-backdoor-layoff.html)Washington Post Employees Ordered Back to Office 5 Days a Week (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/business/media/washington-post-return-to-office.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)Everyone agrees: A shorter workweek is great! (https://thehustle.co/news/everyone-agrees-a-shorter-workweek-is-great)Return-to-office mandates are more than “backdoor layoffs” (https://overcast.fm/+AAQLdtAb8Tc)Relevant to your InterestsGoogle CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/google-ceo-says-over-25-of-new-google-code-is-generated-by-ai/)Threads has 275 M Monthly Users (https://www.threads.net/@alexheath/post/DBw02uLSE53?xmt=AQGzqxkKe87WI9ToiqUrcEIU6mxhBohSO8BNX4ve1zqRHQ)Dropbox is laying off 20% of its global workforce (https://www.threads.net/@cnbc/post/DBwYF88uYSr?xmt=AQGz-t_BCEcQFjjZwD05xps9bJGHO7FL25RD1h6JIauuOQ)From IaC to Cloud Management: Pulumi's Evolution Story (https://thenewstack.io/from-iac-to-cloud-management-pulumis-evolution-story/)For Jeff Bezos and his businesses, Washington has become more important (https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/10/30/bezos-business-federal-government/)Russian court fines Google $2 decillion (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/russian_court_fines_google/)GitHub Next | GitHub Spark (https://githubnext.com/projects/github-spark)The MacBook Air gets a surprise upgrade to 16GB of RAM (https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/30/24282981/apple-macbook-air-m2-m3-16gb-ram-minimum-price-unchanged)Meta says open sourcing Llama models will be a money-saver (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/31/meta_q3_2024/)Google employees pressure costumed execs at all-hands meeting for clarity on cost cuts (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/01/google-employees-pressure-execs-at-all-hands-for-clarity-on-cost-cuts.html)Intel’s future laptops will have memory sticks again (https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/1/24285513/intel-ceo-lunar-lake-one-off-memory-package-discrete-gpu)Against Incident Severities and in Favor of Incident Types (https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/against-incident-severities-favor-incident-types)Nintendo Just Launched a Music Streaming App, and It's Surprisingly Good (https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-just-launched-a-music-streaming-app-and-its-surprisingly-good-2000518802)Why The US Military Chose Silicon-Graphene Batteries (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l60hjFvj64s)Warren Buffett’s GEICO repatriates work from the cloud (https://www.thestack.technology/warren-buffetts-geico-repatriates-work-from-the-cloud-continues-ambitious-infrastructure-overhaul/)Google Confirms Jarvis AI Is Real by Accidentally Leaking It (https://gizmodo.com/google-confirms-jarvis-ai-is-real-by-accidentally-leaking-it-2000521089)Curbside charging is coming to Michigan. (https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/6/24289516/curbside-charging-is-coming-to-michigan)Nintendo says the Switch successor will be compatible with Switch games (https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/5/24284745/switch-2-backward-compatibility-nintendo-online-preservation)Platform vs. DevEx teams: What’s the difference? (https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/platform-vs-devex-teams)Why Strava Is a Privacy Risk for the President (and You Too) (https://lifehacker.com/health/stravas-heatmap-privacy-problem)Thunderbolt 5: Only Necessary for the Most Demanding Uses (https://tidbits.com/2024/11/06/thunderbolt-5-only-necessary-for-the-most-demanding-uses/)Guide to Selling Your Company (https://www.onlycfo.io/p/guide-to-selling-your-company)The mystery of Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s great disrupter (https://on.ft.com/3ADujb9)IronCalc (https://www.ironcalc.com/?utm_source=changelog-news)Neptyne is shutting down (https://www.neptyne.com/blog/neptyne-is-shutting-down)OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-13/openai-google-and-anthropic-are-struggling-to-build-more-advanced-ai)Matt Mullenweg says Automattic is 'very short-staffed' amid WordPress vs. WP Engine drama (https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/30/matt-mullenweg-says-automattic-is-very-short-staffed-amid-wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama/)Automattic offered employees another chance to quit — this time with nine months' severance (https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/17/automattic-offered-employees-another-chance-to-quit-this-time-with-nine-months-severance/)Automattic's new site tracks how many websites left WP Engine following feud (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/07/automattics-new-site-tracks-how-many-websites-left-wp-engine-following-feud-with-matt-mullenweg/)Cloudflare Blocks Automattic's WP Engine Tracker For Phishing (https://www.searchenginejournal.com/cloudflare-blocks-automattics-wp-engine-tracker-for-phishing/532244/)We’re leaving Kubernetes - Blog (https://www.gitpod.io/blog/we-are-leaving-kubernetes)Nonsense'Infinite monkey theorem' challenged by Australian mathematicians (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o)Listener FeedbackAnova Precision™ Oven 2.0 (https://anovaculinary.com/products/anova-precision-oven?adnet=g&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADhfRrCJj9bTdq3Z1e0hmcx0uuIQ5&gclid=Cj0KCQiAlsy5BhDeARIsABRc6Zsk_vcmd7dVaCIchSV2jLrJZSMXP3XPo34xTxNMGiCB3cxtJHwzFzIaAob8EALw_wcB)ConferencesSREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAYCfgMgmtCamp (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/), February 2rd to 5th.DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOPSDT News & CommunityJoin our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email)Email the show: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com)Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk)Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])RecommendationsBrandon:Overcast (https://overcast.fm) features: Queue (https://www.reddit.com/r/OvercastFm/comments/1ehwixl/add_tomove_to_whats_the_difference/) and Uploads (https://thesweetsetup.com/upload-mp3-files-overcast/)Pixelmater Pro (https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/)Matt: Hardcore History: Wrath of the Khans (https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-wrath-of-the-khans-series/) podcastWiz Ugly Sweaters Giveaway (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wizsecurity_you-can-get-one-of-our-exclusive-2025-activity-7262464003807887362-fzNY?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop)Coté: Political Wire (https://politicalwire.com)Photo CreditsHeader (https://unsplash.com/photos/switched-on-iphone-dk4en2rFOIE)Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/person-holding-black-academic-hat-oTglG1D4hRA)
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Brandon interviews Aran Khanna, CEO of Archera, on user privacy, his work on DeepLens at AWS, and Archera’s "cloud insurance" model. Plus, Aran shares how he lost his Facebook internship before it started.
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Why it's not your fault that you're sharing too much online (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrcFmfQAZbg)
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Twitter: arankhanna (https://x.com/arankhanna)
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This week, we discuss the latest DORA report and what happens when open-source projects make money. Plus, some thoughts on Halloween abroad in the Netherlands and Australia.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcL0uQFjNkY) 491 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcL0uQFjNkY)
Runner-up Titles
This is a lifestyle business.
The Benioff Line.
Mahalo
The innings in the marathon
We’re left picking up the trash
20 pounds of crap in a 10 pound sack
Focus on all parts of the chain
If any open source project creates value, it’s going to create resentment.
The Open Source Success Paradox
Mad King for Cash. (In the world of Brandon’s mind.)
Rundown
DORA
2024 State of DevOps Report (https://cloud.google.com/resources/devops/state-of-devops)
L (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C6CDLDCVB/p1729668625078209)istener Chris did some live PDF reading in the SDT Slack (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C6CDLDCVB/p1729668625078209)
Key findings and takeaways from this year’s State of DevOps report (https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/2024-dora-report)
DORA Community of Practice (https://dora.community/)
AI is terrible at shift-left (DORA Models and Practices) (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/ai-is-terrible-at-shift-left?open=false#§dora)
Trademarks and OSS
The Wordpress Drama Interview (this got cited in a lawsuit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUJgahHjAKU)
Elasticsearch is open source, again with Shay Banon (https://changelog.com/podcast/614)
Linkerd Forever (https://buoyant.io/blog/linkerd-forever)
Relevant to your Interests
Excel enters its 40th year (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/excel_enters_its_40th_year/)
San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/212-million-contract-will-finally-get-san-francisco-trains-off-floppy-disks/)
Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Russian-Devs)
Several Linux Kernel Driver Maintainers Removed Due To Their Association To Russia (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Russian-Linux-Maintainers-Drop)
Ghosts in the Machine - JSTOR Daily (https://daily.jstor.org/ghosts-in-the-machine/)
Apple opens Private Cloud Compute to public scrutiny (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/25/apple_private_cloud_compute/)
#1467 OpenCost Incubation Proposal #1046 (vote closed) (https://github.com/cncf/toc/discussions/1467)
Big Blue (https://buildingslack.com/big-blue/)
Balatro creator admits his attempt to 100% his own roguelike game before the mobile port was doomed, and now he has "some words for John Balatro" (https://www.gamesradar.com/games/roguelike/balatro-creator-admits-his-attempt-to-100-percent-his-own-roguelike-game-before-the-mobile-port-was-doomed-and-now-he-has-some-words-for-john-balatro/)
We finally have an 'official' definition for open source AI (https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/we-finally-have-an-official-definition-for-open-source-ai/)
Introducing the analysis tool in Claude.ai (https://www.anthropic.com/news/analysis-tool)
A Million People Play This Video Wargame. So Does the Pentagon. (https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/a-million-people-play-this-video-wargame-so-does-the-pentagon-e6388f50?mod=tech_lead_story)
Apple’s new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad have USB-C (https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/28/24275569/apple-usb-c-magic-keyboard-mouse-trackpad-no-lightning)
Nonsense
Severance season two teaser trailer shows the world's worst return-to-office policy in action (https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-movies/severance-season-two-teaser-trailer-shows-the-worlds-worst-return-to-office-policy-in-action-142930296.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKB3e3-ph307Dt1A-GNN2BkGZidUcGuIlF-9SUa05b35lAsup7k_0PSunw3bFWTOX1PhMZ3lnHtlu-iJGvK5TE_U_JEn560pHkGuwsG0E4pY2Mpo_ZmEIsLVc1LUHawBc8sjtHXpWZXQ5X7p76XwuYvdL_VU9vRZt4A0usKg7YFd)
Few truly shocked that NFL player used illegal stream to watch his own team (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/nfl-player-illegally-streams-his-own-teams-game-garners-mostly-sympathy/)
Listener Feedback
T-Mobile back up Home Internet (https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/plans/5g-backup-internet-options)
Conferences
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Matt: Audio books on Spotify
200,000+ Audiobooks Are Now Available to Spotify Premium Listeners in the U.S (https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-11-08/audiobooks-us-spotify-premium-users/)
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This week, we talk about Anthropic's new AI agent, cloud exits, and why BMC is splitting up. Plus, a quick update on the WordPress drama and some thoughts on Amsterdam’s autumn weather.Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNQ8Bf-lfys) 490 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNQ8Bf-lfys)Runner-up TitlesThe Abyss Looks Into YouROI StuffRTO AgentRundownAI AgentsThe AI agents have arrived (https://www.platformer.news/anthropic-ai-agents-computer-use-consequences/?ref=platformer-newsletter)Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/22/anthropic-announces-ai-agents-for-complex-tasks-racing-openai.html)Amazon-backed Anthropic debuts AI agents that can do complex tasks, racing against OpenAI, Microsoft and Google (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/22/anthropic-announces-ai-agents-for-complex-tasks-racing-openai.html)WordpressOpen source royalty and mad kings (https://world.hey.com/dhh/open-source-royalty-and-mad-kings-a8f79d16?utm_source=changelog-news)Casey Newton on Mullenweg (https://www.threads.net/@crumbler/post/DBHn6SIzPhd?xmt=AQGzYYKRz15k-2EYpfAqrwLcuO5a2HhwzbUZBCbGWhnvsg)Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic Over WordPress Chaos (https://www.404media.co/automattic-buyout-offer-wordpress-matt-mullenweg/)Cloud ExitsWarren Buffett’s GEICO repatriates work from the cloud (https://www.thestack.technology/warren-buffetts-geico-repatriates-work-from-the-cloud-continues-ambitious-infrastructure-overhaul/)Basecamp-maker 37Signals says its “cloud exit” will save it $10M over 5 years (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/basecamp-maker-37signals-says-its-cloud-exit-will-save-it-10m-over-5-years/)There's a lot of private cloud out there (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/theres-a-lot-of-private-cloud-out)BMCBMC Announces the Creation of Two Independent Companies (https://www.bmc.com/newsroom/releases/bmc-announces-the-creation-of-two-independent-companies.html)Doubling down on AI and splitting at BMC Connect 2024 (https://siliconangle.com/2024/10/21/doubling-ai-splitting-bmc-connect-2024/)Relevant to your Interests#1046 OpenCost Incubation Proposal (https://github.com/cncf/toc/pull/1046)US Weighs Google Breakup in Historic Big Tech Antitrust Case (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-09/us-says-it-s-weighing-google-breakup-as-remedy-in-monopoly-case)ChatGPT Crossed a Revenue Milestone and (Re)Started a Gold Rush (https://appfigures.com/resources/insights/20241004/4-chatgpt-crossed-a-revenue-milestone-and-(re)started-a-gold-rush)Ask HN: What happens to “.io” TLD after UK gives back the Chagos Islands? (https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/3/what-happens-to-io-after-uk-gives-back-chagos/)From AOL Time Warner to DirecTV and Dish: 20 years of media mergers (https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24259360/directv-dish-merger-timeline-aol-timewarner)AT&T claims VMware offered it a 1,050 percent price rise (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/01/att_broadcom_filings_update/)CEO Kurian: 'When I Started, Most People Told Me We Didn't Have a Chance' (https://accelerationeconomy.com/cloud-wars/ceo-kurian-when-i-started-most-people-told-me-we-didnt-have-a-chance/)AMD looks to new chips to grab share from Intel, Nvidia (https://www.axios.com/2024/10/10/amd-new-chips-intel-nvidia-ai)The list of major companies requiring employees to return to the office (https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-requiring-return-to-office-rto-mandate)Avoiding a Geopolitical Open Source Apocalypse (https://thenewstack.io/avoiding-a-geopolitical-open-source-apocalypse/)Overview of current needs and possibilities in enterprise-y FinOps (https://amalgaminsights.com/2024/10/14/the-evolution-and-expansion-of-it-finops/)Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78 (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/)Eric Schmidt on electronic warfare (https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1846300559374274904)700 Ubisoft workers go on three-day strike to protest company’s new return-to-office policy (https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/10/16/ubisoft-strike-remote-work-over-700-workers)Amazon's cloud boss on Thursday told employees who are unhappy with the company's new five-day in-office mandate they can leave for other companies. (https://www.threads.net/@cnbc/post/DBQ_E_gOuJw?xmt=AQGzlsObxUnGC2bk5CE_t4sW-QL_NQDcsH5QyN3SuCe43Q)Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing. (https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/10/ai-chatbots-can-read-and-write-invisible-text-creating-an-ideal-covert-channel/)Tesla Caught Using a Lazy Video Editing Trick to Make Its "Autonomous" Robots Look More Capable (https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-sped-up-video-optimus-robots)How Google is changing to compete with ChatGPT (https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/18/24273748/google-deepmind-gemini-search-chaptgpt-meta-ai-interview)Perplexity is reportedly looking to fundraise at an $8B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/20/perplexity-is-reportedly-looking-to-fundraise-at-an-8b-valuation/)Sophos to Acquire Secureworks to Accelerate Cybersecurity Services and Technology for Organizations Worldwide (https://www.secureworks.com/about/press/sophos-to-acquire-secureworks)Chick-fil-A is releasing its own entertainment app, with family-friendly shows and podcasts (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/21/chick-fil-a-to-release-entertainment-app-play-with-shows-and-podcasts.html)Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more (https://world.hey.com/dhh/passwords-have-problems-but-passkeys-have-more-95285df9)Foursquare is killing its city guide app to focus on the check-in app Swarm (https://www.engadget.com/social-media/foursquare-is-killing-its-city-guide-app-to-focus-on-the-check-in-app-swarm-191054153.html)Citi reaps rewards from modernization investments (https://www.ciodive.com/news/citi-bank-digital-transformation-returns-cloud-legacy-applications/729929/)Comic Sans Got the Last Laugh (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/10/comic-sans-debate/680319/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pGR9oxa-0Q1yRNNAyEiZV9s&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)How Wiz Became the Fastest Software Company to Hit $500M & Its Path to $1B (https://softwareanalyst.substack.com/p/the-wiz-playbook-how-they-dominated)In a global first, quantum computers crack RSA and AES data encryption (https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/in-a-global-first-quantum-computers-crack-rsa-and-aes-data-encryption/)Google Executive Overseeing Search and Advertising Leaves Role (https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-executive-overseeing-search-and-advertising-leaves-role-7aaa7906)Google replaces executive in charge of Search and advertising (https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/17/google-replaces-executive-in-charge-of-search-and-advertising/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADaAH8SfXbYvJfExfrdTBCk3FQFLK5Tq4uwcyTdvNqH_if1EMb7BiTaIutkBk7E_gi_XolToB8zShW4zMyhXnB3msBJgykhphfBnPzeDtrLww3XP-wNSyUDOl5UIOKZayfYH4AiVuRcNK835OQmS1p-grIHDeizDm3nlSEB9e55j)Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bitwarden-Open-Source-Concerns)Intel and AMD are unlikely allies in new x86 ecosystem advisory group – "we'll remain fierce competitors" (https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-and-amd-forge-x86-ecosystem-advisory-group-that-aims-to-ensure-a-unified-isa-moving-forward)The RVA23 profile is now ratified, so RISC-V gets satisfied (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/rva23_profile_ratified/)Twitter users flock to Bluesky as 500,000 join in a day amid controversial blocking changes (https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-twitter-users-flock-to-bluesky-as-500000-join-in-a-day-amid-controversial-blocking-changes-3643898/)Nvidia's Blackwell AI Processors Are Sold Out For Next 12 Months (https://www.investors.com/news/technology/nvidia-stock-nvda-blackwell-on-schedule/)Announcing Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey - AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/10/amazon-elasticache-valkey/)NonsenseWhat the Waffle House Index says about Hurricane Milton (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/what-the-waffle-house-index-says-about-hurricane-milton)Waffle House (@WaffleHouse) on X (https://x.com/WaffleHouse/status/1844438764547932507)The Hustlers Who Make $6,000 a Month by Gaming Citi Bikes (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/nyregion/citi-bike-scam-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE4.D83k.4gVrI1ujtLw4&smid=url-share)The VW ID. Buzz was worth the seven-year wait (https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/10/driving-the-2025-vw-id-buzz-was-worth-the-seven-year-wait/)Listener FeedbackWorld’s Largest Buffalo Monument (https://discoverjamestownnd.com/fun-things-to-do-in-jamestown-nd/all-things-buffalo/worlds-largest-buffalo-monument/)20+ of Canada's Largest Roadside Attractions (https://www.readersdigest.ca/travel/canada/canadas-10-biggest-things/)Our big things vs their big things (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/our-big-things-vs-their-big-things/HXA3VDO7GFRWPH3WJ2MXX3JRD4/)ConferencesVMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024, Coté speaking.GoTech World (https://www.gotech.world/), Bucharest, Nov 12- 13, 2204, Coté speaking.SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAYDevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOPSDT News & CommunityJoin our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email)Email the show: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com)Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk)Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])RecommendationsBrandon:Tailscale (https://tailscale.com)Ozlo Sleepbuds hands-on: resurrected and I’ve slept so good (https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/22/24275875/ozlo-sleepbuds-hands-on-bose-wearables-sleep-tracking)Coté:Hire Caleb (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7250088425121267713/) Marques (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7250088425121267713/) as an Cybersecurity Intern (Coté’s N (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7250088425121267713/)ephew (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7250088425121267713/)) (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7250088425121267713/) (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7250088425121267713/)What Artists Wear (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58999216-what-artists-wear), Charlie Porter (much better cover on Penguin edition (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/314590/what-artists-wear-by-porter-charlie/9780141991252))Photo CreditsHeader (https://unsplash.com/photos/conjunction-bridge-under-white-sky-1JWmFju8vVg)Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/black-and-white-robot-toy-on-red-wooden-table-zwd435-ewb4)
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This episode is from the reboot of Software Defined Interviews. Whitney Lee joins Coté to discuss her varied career path, from artist and wedding photographer to her career in DevRel within the cloud-native world. They kick off this revamped series with an engaging conversation. Expect new episodes of Software Defined Interviews every two weeks!
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Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 489 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_bK94A5uA).
Full show notes for Software Defined Interivews Episode 83. (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/83) Special Guest: Whitney Lee. -
This week, we discuss WordPress paying employees to quit, the perils of management by fear, and Matt shutting down his datacenter. Plus, the definitive top 5 ranking of Australia’s iconic Big Things.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTYb9mUd38M) 488 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTYb9mUd38M)
Runner-up Titles
The Spirit of Open Source
Debating ‘Benevolent’
The Hero 1-Day Guy
The Mullenweg Way
He has Been Great for Podcasting
Spider Vacuuming
Rundown
A Guide To 30 Of Australia's Iconic Big Things (https://www.australiantraveller.com/australia/most-iconic-big-things-of-australia/)
More WordPress
WordPress cofounder is paying employees to leave if they disagree with him (https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24261931/wordpress-matt-mullenweg-automattic-employee-pay-package)
The WordPress Saga: Does Matt Mullenwegg Want a Fork or Not? (https://thenewstack.io/the-wordpress-saga-does-matt-mullenwegg-wants-a-fork-or-not/)
Automattic demanded web host pay $32M annually for using WordPress trademark (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/automattic-demanded-web-host-pay-32m-annually-for-using-wordpress-trademark/)
WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power (https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/02/wp-engine-sues-automattic-and-wordpress-co-founder-matt-mullenweg/)
Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’ (https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24262232/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-org-wp-engine)
Automattic Alignment (https://ma.tt/2024/10/alignment/)
RTO or GFTO / Oxide (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/2105673)
Relevant to your Interests
OpenAI's product focus raises safety concerns as key execs depart (https://www.axios.com/2024/10/02/chatgpt-openai-products-shift-profit)
Wayback Machine integrated into Google search (https://boingboing.net/2024/09/26/wayback-machine-integrated-into-google-search.html)
OpenStack Dalmatian debuts with better dashboard, security (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/03/openstack_dalmatian/)
Gmail adding redesigned summary cards to your inbox with ‘Happening soon’ (https://9to5google.com/2024/10/02/gmail-summary-cards-happening-soon/)
How I exited the cloud (https://rameerez.com/how-i-exited-the-cloud/)
As data center usage heats up, Submer raises $55.5M to cool things down (https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/02/as-data-center-usage-heats-up-submer-raises-55-5m-to-cool-things-down/)
Palmer Luckey, American Vulcan (https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/american-vulcan-palmer-luckey-anduril)
A Look Back at Q2 '24 Public Cloud Software Earnings (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/a-look-back-at-q2-24-public-cloud?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=149718363&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)
Google’s AI search summaries officially have ads (https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/3/24260637/googles-ai-overview-ads-launch)
OpenWrt One WiFi 6 router samples are now available for $89 - Liliputing (https://liliputing.com/openwrt-one-wifi-6-router-is-now-available-for-89/)
Elastic CTO Shay Banon on suing AWS and returning to OSS (https://www.thestack.technology/the-big-interview-their-product-sucked-elastic-cto-shay-banon-on-suing-aws-and-returning-to-oss/)
AWS CEO Matt Garman on generative AI, open source, and closing services (https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/06/aws-ceo-matt-garman-on-generative-ai-open-source-and-closing-services/)
Bitcoin’s inventor is a mystery. An HBO filmmaker thinks he found him. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/08/bitcoin-hbo-documentary-satoshi-nakamoto-identity/)
HBO doc names Bitcoin creator suspect - who says ‘not me’ (https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/09/satoshi_nakamoto_suspect_hbo_bitcoin/)
Apple Tweaks Screen Recording App Permissions to Decrease Popup Frequency (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/10/07/apple-screen-recording-popup-update/)
Nonsense
Autonomous Ride-Hailing in Austin, Texas - Waymo (https://waymo.com/waymo-one-austin/)
NYC Costco shoppers empty shelves in panic over port strike (https://nypost.com/2024/10/03/business/nyc-costco-shoppers-empty-shelves-in-panic-over-port-strike/)
Conferences
VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024, Coté speaking.
GoTech World (https://www.gotech.world/), Bucharest, Nov 12- 13, 2204, Coté speaking.
SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY
DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
SDT News & Community
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Recommendations
Brandon:
REI Bike Maintenance (https://www.rei.com/stores/bike-shop)
AppleCare+ for iPhone (https://www.apple.com/support/products/iphone/)
JohnnyTankless (https://johnnytankless.com)
Matt: This Is How You Lose the Time War (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1534430997/)
Photo Credits
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This week, we recap the WordPress showdown between Automattic and WP Engine, and discuss the future of OpenAI. Plus, Coté has a lot (maybe too much) to say about Chick-fil-A coming to the UK.
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Runner-up Titles
Time change is a-comin’.
Don’t worry, I’m wearing clothes under this bathrobe.
Where-ever there are chickens, there is fried chicken, I assume.
Waffle Chips
Free Refills and Ice
The tyranny of no free refills
Take the Five Guy approach
You can’t change the rules in the race
Fill the square
Rundown
Chick-fil-A to open in the UK (https://www.chick-fil-a.com/press-room/chick-fil-a-launching-in-the-uk)
Wordpress
Big chronological list of WordPre (https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/09/24/automattic-vs-wp-engine/)s (https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/09/24/automattic-vs-wp-engine/)s/WP Engine drama (https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/09/24/automattic-vs-wp-engine/)
The Word (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/26/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABCzxY8I1T5GJaC-5-r2ZPSlWzU70oxy1GPtzV7NLmfUAUGFSUWFhX3OVxWCqeZSWLn4lCXlNat3dpWXnwTFqZsG8MzcRTsgkMQDrOCIoYElP84SzmjPhQwrQEeSvmBZ_IJ050-ixuNbmzEZyxQjVzDZLlbXy1ViAS0Xdx89AAFM)P (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/26/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABCzxY8I1T5GJaC-5-r2ZPSlWzU70oxy1GPtzV7NLmfUAUGFSUWFhX3OVxWCqeZSWLn4lCXlNat3dpWXnwTFqZsG8MzcRTsgkMQDrOCIoYElP84SzmjPhQwrQEeSvmBZ_IJ050-ixuNbmzEZyxQjVzDZLlbXy1ViAS0Xdx89AAFM)ress vs. WP Engine drama, explained (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/26/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABCzxY8I1T5GJaC-5-r2ZPSlWzU70oxy1GPtzV7NLmfUAUGFSUWFhX3OVxWCqeZSWLn4lCXlNat3dpWXnwTFqZsG8MzcRTsgkMQDrOCIoYElP84SzmjPhQwrQEeSvmBZ_IJ050-ixuNbmzEZyxQjVzDZLlbXy1ViAS0Xdx89AAFM)
How much would it cost to fork WordPress? (https://www.threads.net/@hazardalexander/post/DAjbKhtTiiS?xmt)
Charitable Contributions (https://ma.tt/2024/09/charitable-contributions/)
OpenAI
New funding to scale the benefits of AI (https://openai.com/index/scale-the-benefits-of-ai/)
OpenAI Is A Bad Business (https://www.wheresyoured.at/oai-business/)
Relevant to your Interests
Announcing Upgraded Docker Plans (https://www.docker.com/blog/november-2024-updated-plans-announcement/)
OpenAI Discusses Giving Altman 7% Stake in For-Profit Transition (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-25/openai-cto-mira-murati-says-she-will-leave-the-company)
Intel's Transformation 2.0 (https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/intels-transformation-20)
Intel begins reducing real estate holdings worldwide (https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-begins-reducing-real-estate-holdings-worldwide-european-hq-up-for-sale-leaving-purpose-built-swindon-site-after-more-than-40-years)
Arm Is Rebuffed by Intel After Inquiring About Buying Product Unit (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-27/arm-rejected-by-intel-after-approaching-it-about-buying-product-unit?srnd=phx-deals&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Hurricane Helene May Have Given Intel (https://www.tipranks.com/news/hurricane-helene-may-have-given-intel-nasdaqintc-a-death-blow)
Pure Storage announces VM assessment service (https://www.itpro.com/cloud/cloud-storage/pure-storage-announces-vm-assessment-and-it-could-please-beleaguered-vmware-customers)
Attacking UNIX Systems via CUPS, Part I (https://www.evilsocket.net/2024/09/26/Attacking-UNIX-systems-via-CUPS-Part-I/)
Clouded Judgement 9.27.24 - The Foundation of Foundation Models (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-92724-the-foundation?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=149461824&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)
The streaming wars are over. (https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-stock-historic-high-chart-streaming-2024-9)
Uber’s next act: taking on Amazon (https://www.ft.com/content/7b503c54-ee5b-4413-ad06-580cdab531e5?accessToken=zwAGIx5DTf8Akc97UDxU7ltEE9OtBlgM2rUx5Q.MEUCIQCpieab4UZjnSSY9bGhGLZwigzHqcUUtL5cx0LMP8_17AIgQZD3nUAX-gsir_cRYv9AK2SdTf_JSVYiV-ZAGL5f7-Y&sharetype=gift&token=556e605c-1bb8-4882-a66d-9ce783d5103a)
Trump Says He'll Prosecute Google If He Retakes Power (https://gizmodo.com/trump-says-hell-prosecute-google-if-he-retakes-power-2000504499)
Epic is suing Google — again — and now Samsung, too (https://www.theverge.com/policy/2024/9/30/24256395/epic-sues-google-samsung-antitrust-auto-blocker)
Windows 11 Patch Tuesday preview is a glitchy disaster (https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/30/windows_11_kb5043145/)
Observe Inc. Introduces AI-Powered Observability, Closes Series B Funding Of $145M (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/observe-inc-introduces-ai-powered-observability-closes-series-b-funding-of-145m-302259523.html)
How North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto Industry (https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/10/02/how-north-korea-infiltrated-the-crypto-industry/)
How to share your access to media with family and simultaneously sweep the annual nerdy nephew of the year awards (https://a.wholelottanothing.org/how-to-share-your-access-to-media-with-family-and-simultaneously-sweep-the-annual-nerdy-nephew-of-the-year-awards/)
Nonsense
A guide to 30 of Australia's iconic Big Things (https://www.australiantraveller.com/australia/most-iconic-big-things-of-australia/)
Chick-fil-A to open in the UK (https://www.chick-fil-a.com/press-room/chick-fil-a-launching-in-the-uk)
Listener Feedback
Observability Architect (Remote, USA) (https://boards.greenhouse.io/grafanalabs/jobs/5336194004)
Conferences
Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW.
VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024. Coté speaking.
GoTech World (https://www.gotech.world/), Coté speaking, Bucharest, Nov 12th and 13th.
SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
SDT News & Community
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Recommendations
Brandon:
Balatro on the App Store (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/balatro/id6502453075&ved=2ahUKEwiRjYOywfCIAxW74skDHTpRLeoQFnoECAoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1yGgqh4oVBzK4ocblojsY6)
Cloud News of the Month - September 2024 (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/10/cloud-news-of-month-september-2024.html)
Matt: Some Like it Hot (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
Coté:
Creaks (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/creaks/id1466040723)
Software Defined Interviews relaunch (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/83), with Whitney Lee.
Photo Credits
Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-fast-food-restaurant-with-a-large-menu-iHljlctatOE)
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This week, we discuss the intersection of DevOps and Platform Engineering, the latest WordPress drama, and some M&A tips for Intel. Plus, a few recommendations on using iPhone mirroring.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGxrtrRWtvc) 486 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGxrtrRWtvc)
Runner-up Titles
I’m out of nuts, time to podcast
System Settings
Security, it never ends
Fancy Sysadmins
Providing needles for your balloons
Batman’s not real
What’s the opposite of a taboo
DevOps is not the tooling
Software gets old
Release the turbo button
Rundown
Windows App (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/windows-app/id1295203466?mt=12)
PlatformDays vs. DevOpsDays
Has DevOps been "worth it" to you? (https://www.reddit.com/r/devops/comments/1f5srog/has_devops_been_worth_it_to_you/)
R (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/how-devops-can-come-back-from-the)enaming a few DevOpsDays (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/how-devops-can-come-back-from-the) t (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/how-devops-can-come-back-from-the)o PlatformDays (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/how-devops-can-come-back-from-the).
Tossed Salads And Scrumbled Eggs (https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/tossed-salads-and-scrumbled-eggs/)
Digital Transformation Gone Wrong
How Sonos Botched an App and Infuriated Its Customers (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-09-23/how-sonos-botched-an-app-and-infuriated-its-customers)
FAA air traffic control modernization efforts are a mess (https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/24/us_air_traffic_control_system_upgrade/)
Apple
Apple launches iPhone 16 with Apple Intelligence (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-launches-iphone-16-with-apple-intelligence-183724722.html)
Apple removes Control-click option for skipping Gatekeeper in macOS Sequoia (https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/08/06/apple-removes-control-click-option-for-skipping-gatekeeper-in-macos-sequoia)
Intel
Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days (https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/qualcomm-approached-intel-about-a-takeover-in-recent-days-fa114f9d)
Intel launches new AI chips as takeover rumors swirl (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-launches-new-ai-chips-as-takeover-rumors-swirl-153749461.html)
Wordpress Drama
Matt Mullenweg calls WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch providers (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/22/matt-mullenweg-calls-wp-engine-a-cancer-to-wordpress-and-urges-community-to-switch-providers/)
Matt Mullenweg needs to step down from WordPress.org leadership ASAP (https://notes.ghed.in/posts/2024/matt-mullenweg-wp-engine-debacle/)
WordCamp US & Ecosystem Thinking (https://ma.tt/2024/09/ecosystem-thinking/)
WP Engine responds (https://wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cease-and-Desist-Letter-to-Automattic-and-Request-to-Preserve-Documents-Sent.pdf)
Relevant to your Interests
IBM quietly axing thousands of jobs, source claims (https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/18/ibm_job_cuts/)
Comment on #1262 Health of Linkerd project (https://github.com/cncf/toc/issues/1262#issuecomment-2357919000)
Starbucks New CEO on Return to Office: ‘We’re All Adults Here’ (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-19/starbucks-new-ceo-on-return-to-office-we-re-all-adults-here)
Yaak Is Now Open Source (https://yaak.app/blog/now-open-source)
OpenAI to Decide Which Backers to Let Into $6.5 Billion Funding (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-19/openai-to-decide-which-backers-to-let-into-6-5-billion-funding?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Google rolls out automatic passkey syncing via Password Manager (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/19/google-rolls-out-automatic-passkey-syncing-via-password-manager/)
A Leader in 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/a-leader-in-2024-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-container-management/)
Companies Like to Pit Internal Teams Against Each Other. Bad Idea. (https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/competition-companies-employees-9099a425)
Microsoft has announced new efforts to improve its cybersecurity systems (https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-has-announced-new-efforts-to-improve-its-cybersecurity-systems/)
Oracle Sees $104 Billion Sales in Fiscal 2029 on Cloud Expansion (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-12/oracle-sees-104-billion-sales-in-fiscal-2029-on-cloud-expansion)
Oracle Runs OCI Clones At Rival AWS, Google, And Azure Clouds (https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/09/10/oracle-runs-oci-clones-at-rival-aws-google-and-azure-clouds/)
Oracle and Amazon Web Services Announce Strategic Partnership (https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/ocw24-oracle-and-amazon-web-services-announce-strategic-partnership-2024-09-09/)
John Mulaney got paid $2M to show up to Dreamforce and say this (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C04EK1VBK/p1727125631774399)
The Cloud is Darker and More Full of Terrors (https://www.chrisfarris.com/post/sect2024/?ck_subscriber_id=1141233388)
Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kaspersky-deletes-itself-installs-ultraav-antivirus-without-warning/)
IBM AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff (https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/24/ibm_layoffs_ai_talent/)
More Americans – especially young adults – are regularly getting news on TikTok (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/17/more-americans-regularly-get-news-on-tiktok-especially-young-adults/)
Meta Unveils 'Orion' Augmented Reality Glasses (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/25/meta-augmented-reality-glasses/)
Google Rehired Noam Shazeer With Major Payout, (https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/google-rehired-noam-shazeer-major-141808501.html)
Congress grills CrowdStrike about multibillion-dollar July outage (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/24/congress-grills-crowdstrike-about-multibillion-dollar-july-outage/)
Wiz In Talks to Sell Shares at Valuation as High as $20 Billion (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-24/cyber-firm-wiz-in-talks-to-sell-shares-at-20-billion-valuation)
Google files Brussels complaint against Microsoft cloud business (https://archive.ph/VtRiP)
Marques Brownlee says ‘I hear you’ after fans criticize his new wallpaper app (https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/24/24253023/mkbhd-panels-wallpaper-app-response-criticism)
Progress update on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/09/23/securing-our-future-september-2024-progress-update-on-microsofts-secure-future-initiative-sfi/?ref=runtime.news)
OpenAI rolls out Advanced Voice Mode with more voices and a new look (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/24/openai-rolls-out-advanced-voice-mode-with-more-voices-and-a-new-look/)
Intel launches new AI chips as takeover rumors swirl (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-launches-new-ai-chips-as-takeover-rumors-swirl-153749461.html)
Dozens of Fortune 100 companies have unwittingly hired North Korean IT workers, according to report (https://therecord.media/major-us-companies-unwittingly-hire-north-korean-remote-it-workers)
Nonsense
Grocery chains are bigger than ever. See who runs the stores near you. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2024/grocery-store-owners-map-kroger-albertsons-merger/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3f166c7%2F66f2df1965e56477aea35218%2F5ed96de79bbc0f3a78a62db3%2F8%2F54%2F66f2df1965e56477aea35218)
Conferences
Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW.
VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024. Coté speaking.
SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
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Recommendations
Brandon: Use Magnifier on your iPhone or iPad (https://support.apple.com/en-us/105102)
Matt: Ghosts (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8594324/)
Coté: The Modern Myths (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo52584433.html).
Photo Credits
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This week, we discuss IBM acquiring Kubecost, AWS moving OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation, and Amazon employees heading back to the office. Plus, some thoughts on what it means to be in "employee mode."
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWj5n7LWCdk) 485 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWj5n7LWCdk)
Runner-up Titles
That’s a good looking setup there
Feels like sweatpants
London’s busy, Amsterdam's laid back
AIFinOps
Mission Bankruptcy
The settings page is more than 1 page
Don’t get turned into hamburger, that’s the goal
Feature checkbox acquisition.
Employee Mode
Using people as a whiteboard.
Work on smarter things, not dumber things.
Rundown
Announcing Kubecost’s Acquisition by IBM! (https://blog.kubecost.com/blog/ibm-acquisition-announcement/)
AWS hands OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3520875/aws-hands-opensearch-to-the-linux-foundation.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=organic&utm_source=twitter)
Update from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on return-to-office plans and manager team ratio (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/ceo-andy-jassy-latest-update-on-amazon-return-to-office-manager-team-ratio)
JPMorgan creates new role overseeing junior bankers as Wall Street wrestles with workload concerns (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/18/jpmorgan-investment-bank-creates-new-role-overseeing-junior-bankers.html)
Relevant to your Interests
OpenAI Fundraising Set to Vault Startup’s Value to $150 Billion (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-11/openai-fundraising-set-to-vault-startup-s-value-to-150-billion)
Lyft CEO keeps it real on his stock price compared to Uber (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lyft-ceo-keeps-it-real-on-his-stock-price-compared-to-uber-230146967.html)
We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI (https://labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-to-achieve-rce-and-accidentally-became-the-admins-of-mobi/)
How China has ‘throttled’ its private sector (https://www.ft.com/content/1e9e7544-974c-4662-a901-d30c4ab56eb7)
Wall Street Curbs Young Bankers’ Hours After Overwork Outcry (https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/bank-america-jpmorgan-overtime-work-hours-f9f204a7)
Unity is Canceling the Runtime Fee (https://unity.com/blog/unity-is-canceling-the-runtime-fee)
Intel Awarded up to $3B by the Biden-Harris Administration (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/2024-intel-news.html)
Free 'JavaScript' from Legal Clutches of Oracle, Devs Petition (https://thenewstack.io/free-javascript-from-legal-clutches-of-oracle-devs-petition/)
Instagram makes teen accounts private by default (https://www.platformer.news/instagram-teen-accounts-private-default-daily-limit/?ref=platformer-newsletter)
Cisco's second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/ciscos-second-layoff-of-2024-affect-thousands-of-employees/)
Call For Proposals (CFP) | LF Events (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/cfp/)
Londoners will soon see drones ferrying blood between hospitals (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/londoners-will-soon-see-drones-ferrying-blood-between-hospitals/)
Nonsense
Polishing Cloth (https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW693AM/A/polishing-cloth)
United Airlines is adding free Starlink Wi-Fi to all of its planes (https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/13/24243594/united-airlines-free-starlink-wi-fi-connectivity)
Founder mode, baby #tech #founder #foundermode (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFFRvSv1/)
Chipotle’s New Guac Robots Can Peel Your Avocados in 26 Seconds (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-16/chipotle-cmg-robots-for-guac-and-bowls-are-ready-for-brisket-season)
LinkedIn Roaster - Brutal honesty for your profile (https://liroast.web.app/)
SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract after United megadeal, director says (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/17/spacexs-starlink-has-2500-aircraft-under-contract.html)
Passport renewals go digital to ease wait times for American travelers (https://www.axios.com/2024/09/18/online-passport-renewal-us-travelers?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter)
Conferences
Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW.
VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024. Coté speaking.
SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
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Recommendations
Brandon: iPhone Mirroring: Use your iPhone from your Mac (https://support.apple.com/en-us/120421)
Matt: NSW Electoral Commission (https://vtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/LG2401)
Coté: Code to Production: From Cloud to DevOps to Platform Engineering, with Purnima Padmanabhan (https://www.tanzutalk.com/e/purnima-career/)
Photo Credits
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This week, we discuss Dell's growth in AI servers, GEICO’s transition from VMware to OpenStack, and the concept of Kingmaking. Plus, plenty of thoughts on USB hubs.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Y7WI3BU0c) 484 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Y7WI3BU0c)
Runner-up Titles
You just put it in a different USB port
I am just going to repeat thing you say
A Decade of Aftershow
Happy Anniversary
Whatever :43 it is for you
Cascading hubs not supported anywhere.
Mac Dongle Pro
Getting DevOps to work on Intel
Enterprise Gaming PCs.
Brian Cantrell as Elon Musk
Computers are awesome
Matt and JJ can always go to GIECO.
I’ll take the more.
Really good surfers
Rundown
Dell
Dell’s AI Server Business Now Bigger Than VMware Used To Be (https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/30/dells-ai-server-business-now-bigger-than-vmware-used-to-be/)
There's a lot of private cloud out there (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/theres-a-lot-of-private-cloud-out)
OpenStack
US insurer GEICO drops VMware for OpenStack (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/28/geico_vmware_openstack_migration/)
VMware Migration to OpenStack (https://www.openstack.org/vmware-migration-to-openstack)
King Making (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-9624-king-making?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=148500331&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)
Relevant to your Interests
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Surprised by Skeptics (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-02/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-surprised-by-skeptics)
Nvidia Has Held Discussions About Joining OpenAI’s Funding Round (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-29/nvidia-has-held-discussions-about-joining-openai-s-funding-round)
Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise plan to compete with OpenAI (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/04/anthropic-launches-claude-enterprise-plan-to-compete-with-openai/)
What's Behind Elastic's Unexpected Return to Open Source? (https://thenewstack.io/whats-behind-elastics-unexpected-return-to-open-source/)
The startup teaching your computer how to smell (https://thehustle.co/news/the-startup-teaching-your-computer-how-to-smell)
Automatically summarize Word documents with Copilot (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/automatically-summarize-word-documents-with-copilot/ba-p/4231202)
Intel's Lunar Lake Looks Like a Home Run (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intels-lunar-lake-looks-home-112000963.html)
AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to renew perpetual license support (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/att-sues-broadcom-for-refusing-to-renew-perpetual-license-support/)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux/ai)
The Self-Destruction of Open Source Software (https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-self-destruction-of-open-source)
Confluent acquires streaming data startup WarpStream (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/confluent-acquires-streaming-data-startup-warpstream/)
There are almost no IPOs. (https://x.com/chrisfralic/status/1833651875046105302?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A)
Amazon congratulates itself for AI code that mostly works (https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/05/amazon_q_developer_gartner/)
Charles Schwab Adopts PostgreSQL (With VMware Tanzu) (https://thenewstack.io/charles-schwab-adopts-postgresql-with-vmware-tanzu/)
Sponsor
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Nonsense
Delta, Other Airline Loyalty Programs Are Being Probed by US (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-05/delta-dal-american-aal-airline-loyalty-programs-under-investigation)
The 35-Year-Old CEO Plotting Red Lobster’s Comeback (https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/the-35-year-old-ceo-plotting-red-lobsters-comeback-3c79d1a3)
New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol outlines priorities to end coffee chain's slump (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/new-starbucks-ceo-brian-niccol-outlines-plans-for-business.html)
Historic Newspaper Uses Janky AI Newscasters Instead of Human Journalists (https://www.404media.co/historic-newspaper-uses-janky-ai-newscasters-instead-of-human-journalists/)
Conferences
SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW.
VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024. Coté speaking.
SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
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Recommendations
Brandon:
Rebel Ridge (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81157729&ved=2ahUKEwjCjfjMoLmIAxUuMdAFHW1AGn0QFnoECEMQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2-SZ5c5q-XeQL3kiJU9brc)
Cloud News of the Month - August 2024 (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/09/cloud-news-of-month-august-2024.html)
Matt: Interstellar (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/)
Coté: Reino Slippers (https://finlaysonshop.com/products/reino-slippers).
Photo Credits
Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/people-surfing-on-waves-5__FobjBei8)
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This week, we discuss Intel's challenges, Elastic's adopting the AGPL, and getting AI to introduce itself. Plus, some thoughts on a gesticulating flâneur using a speakerphone in public.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 483 (https://www.youtube.com/live/iOnzx3rL_hE?si=1Z53JKvpHYRmTji7)
Runner-up Titles
Why are you in an attic
Flâneur
Gesticulating
That’s not
I’m over the big pile of nachos
What’s your corporate strategy here?
They carry the flame
Keeper of the Flame
Cote’ likes weather
Brakenthetical
Rundown
Intel
Intel Said to Explore Options to Cope With Historic Slump (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-30/intel-is-said-to-explore-options-to-cope-with-historic-slump)
Intel debuts second-gen Core Ultra mobile chips in bid to fend off Qualcomm, AMD (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-debuts-second-gen-core-ultra-mobile-chips-in-bid-to-fend-off-qualcomm-amd-160038473.html)
'Time is running out' for Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger: Analyst (https://finance.yahoo.com/video/time-running-intel-ceo-patrick-205943896.html)
Report: Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger to reveal new plan to cut costs and sell off business units (https://siliconangle.com/2024/09/01/report-intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-reveal-new-plan-cut-costs-sell-off-business-units/)
“Broadcom and Intel?” (https://stratechery.com/2024/broadcom-and-intel-nvidia-earnings-doj-investigating-nvidia/)
Qualcomm’s new eight-core Snapdragon X Plus makes these Windows laptops cheaper (https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235065/qualcomm-8-core-snapdragon-x-plus-windows-laptops)
Senior Intel CPU architects splinter to develop RISC-V processors at AheadComputing (https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/senior-intel-cpu-architects-splinter-to-develop-risc-v-processors-veterans-establish-aheadcomputing)
OSS Licensing
Elasticsearch is Open Source, Again (https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-is-open-source-again)
Why Elastic (ESTC) Shares Are Trading Lower Today (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-elastic-estc-shares-trading-154216841.html)
The slow evaporation of the free/open source surplus (https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/the-slow-evaporation-of-the-foss-surplus/)
Post-Open Source (https://www.boringcactus.com/2020/08/13/post-open-source.html) (circa 2020)
Relevant to your Interests
Data infrastructure startup Cribl raises $319M at a $3.5B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/27/data-infrastructure-startup-cribl-raises-319m-at-a-3-5b-valuation/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Cribl Closes $319M Series E Round at a $3.5B Valuation to Revolutionize Enterprise Data Management (https://cribl.io/blog/announcing-our-series-e/)
Broadcom Launches Rally Anywhere (https://investors.broadcom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/broadcom-launches-rally-anywhere-premises-version-its-leading)
Courts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the border (https://reason.com/2024/07/26/courts-close-the-loophole-letting-the-feds-search-your-phone-at-the-border/)
GitHub Copilot competitor Codeium raises $150M at a $1.25B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/29/github-copilot-competitor-codeium-raises-150m-at-a-1-25b-valuation/)
Amazon's Remarkable Alexa will reportedly run on Claude AI and cost $5-10 per month (https://www.engadget.com/ai/amazons-remarkable-alexa-will-reportedly-run-on-claude-ai-and-cost-5-10-per-month-122532161.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANR-tMgHgoAVIPpbIFukogu1d3pwdPd_GUdl0sjGCYNHFhfKgwOjeuFmr1t3Hgf6Lr2icFYYS13rAx4TimFx4Tpzmn1N0MKYtCSGd_LSydKC-avA5igy4bwhj4meKgXe04Bcbxke9b36h40_4yeupf2uivsAlg9_J8KFvqgAy-SV)
Artifacts are now generally available (https://www.anthropic.com/news/artifacts?ueid=3d6a2c800561880c901963d51e644d95&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-08-31%20Installer%2050&utm_term=Installer)
Founder Mode (https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html)
Research Papers into Podcasts (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTF1Jj9dH/) via Google Illuminate (https://illuminate.google.com/home?pli=1)
Andreessen Horowitz Ditches Miami Two Years After Opening Office (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-04/andreessen-horowitz-ditches-miami-two-years-after-opening-office)
Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over 'illegal database' of faces (https://apnews.com/article/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-privacy-fine-netherlands-a1ac33c15d561d37a923b6c382f48ab4)
China leads in up to 89% of tech research, study shows (https://www.techradar.com/pro/china-leads-in-up-to-89-of-tech-research-study-shows)
This 451 Research highlights Kloudfuse (https://www.kloudfuse.com/analystreports/451researchkloudfusecoverage)
Nonsense
Beaches are for people who enjoy the bureaucracy of going to the beach (https://interconnected.org/home/2024/08/29/beaches).
Costco membership fee increase starts Sept. 1 for new members and renewals (https://www.axios.com/2024/08/31/costco-membership-cost-increase-2024-renewal-price).
The penny. (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-cc0b0182-805c-4be3-8d7c-cd9da8aa9779.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1)
Sponsor
Nasuni: Head to nasuni.com/software (https://bit.ly/3MvMDoY) and see how it can revolutionize your data infrastructure today!
Listener Feedback
Amazon.com: Fulext Sleep Headphones Bluetooth Headband (https://www.amazon.com/Headphones-Bluetooth-Fulext-Cancelling-Meditating/dp/B0BBL1GMHC/ref=asc_df_B0BBL1GMHC/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693275908971&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17257257273966662560&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028305&hvtargid=pla-1928720591899&psc=1&mcid=470edb27a8173df5bccd8f05cc58a325)
Shokz Bone Conduction Headphone (https://shokz.com/)
Conferences
Civo Navigate Europe, Berlin (https://www.civo.com/navigate/europe), Sept 10-11, 2024.
SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW.
VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024. Coté speaking.
SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
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Recommendations
Brandon: Slow Horses (https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwigrYDZxamIAxUnh8IIHePYKxIYABAAGgJqZg&ae=2&co=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiuC2BhDSARIsALOVfBJ1WsnYOESOZRg8Ap8iUw1C9wYhRV1nBMLjjALo3grF-ZePh8aZ_NoaAhiFEALw_wcB&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESVeD2D814G1UIoqvw-1HqoEsvv6MaYwDg2-N74hrOR-bCYEOGPDzVcSkVVs58ogPWXwlW9yc3L9DdHBTGpVY_pgFBJ_G_VPyjTfyMmS-sFlNeY8UcCB0&sig=AOD64_3l1gukzjldLrXEWw5KGhEWtlUzVA&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwiapvjYxamIAxXwGtAFHdi7IsAQ0Qx6BAgIEAE) Season 4 (https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwigrYDZxamIAxUnh8IIHePYKxIYABAAGgJqZg&ae=2&co=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiuC2BhDSARIsALOVfBJ1WsnYOESOZRg8Ap8iUw1C9wYhRV1nBMLjjALo3grF-ZePh8aZ_NoaAhiFEALw_wcB&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESVeD2D814G1UIoqvw-1HqoEsvv6MaYwDg2-N74hrOR-bCYEOGPDzVcSkVVs58ogPWXwlW9yc3L9DdHBTGpVY_pgFBJ_G_VPyjTfyMmS-sFlNeY8UcCB0&sig=AOD64_3l1gukzjldLrXEWw5KGhEWtlUzVA&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwiapvjYxamIAxXwGtAFHdi7IsAQ0Qx6BAgIEAE)
Matt: open source Synergy (https://github.com/symless/synergy/)
Coté:
denim pearl snap shirt at C&A (https://www.c-and-a.com/be/nl/shop/spijkerblouse-regular-fit-kent-2222891/1)
Little Shop of Hoarders (https://www.facebook.com/littleshopofhoardersantwerpen/) in Antwerp.
Photo Credits
Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-and-black-concrete-building-ypcEalNjg0Y)
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This week, we discuss our AI usage, recap key announcements from VMware Explore, and examine RedMonk's analysis of how open-source licensing impacts revenue and market cap. Plus, some thoughts on power bricks.
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Runner-up Titles
Information wants to be free, yo
Stay In The Bushes
Tip Jar Culture
Tell Me About Meatloaf
I want you in here with me
Platforms For Building Platforms
Private SaaS
Mom and Dad having a fun conversation on a road trip
I have my special chargers
I want it back
Rundown
Sign up for Coté’s Newsletter (https://newsletter.cote.io)
IDC's Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending (https://blogs.idc.com/2024/08/21/idcs-worldwide-ai-and-generative-ai-spending-industry-outlook/)
Private Cloud at VMware Explore - Notebook (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/private-cloud-at-vmware-explore-notebook)
Cursor.com (https://newsletter.cote.io)
OSS
Software Licensing Changes and Their Impact on Financial Outcomes (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2024/08/26/software-licensing-changes-and-their-impact-on-financial-outcomes/)
Coté’s proposal for how to fix it (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C5GPMBXQT/p1724827874689099).
Another Thread from Adam Jacob on OSS (https://x.com/adamhjk/status/1828150343332700223)
Zoom Docs Is Here. Is It Any Good? (https://gizmodo.com/zoom-docs-vs-google-docs-2000490313)
Relevant to your Interests
Apple’s App Store Head to Leave in Reorganization Amid Global Scrutiny (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-21/apple-s-app-store-head-to-leave-in-reorganization-amid-global-scrutiny)
Snowflake Outlook Fails to Ease Investor Fears of Competition (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-21/snowflake-outlook-fails-to-ease-investor-fears-of-competition)
Microsoft revamps reporting structure to give better visibility into cloud consumption revenue (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/21/microsoft-changes-reporting-to-boost-cloud-consumption-visibility.html)
More than 28% of Americans are searching for new jobs — the highest rate in a decade (https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/28-americans-are-now-searching-new-job-highest-rate-decade-rcna167368)
Microsoft is reportedly making more branding changes for Copilot business services (https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-reportedly-making-more-branding-changes-for-copilot-business-services/)
SolarWinds left hardcoded credentials in helpdesk product (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/22/hardcoded_credentials_bug_solarwinds_whd/)
Intel has hired Morgan Stanley, other advisers for activist defense (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/23/intel-intc-activist-defense-sources.html)
The Future of the Trade Show Industry – Are We In Danger of Losing Our Soul? (https://tsnn.com/experts-opinions/future-trade-show-industry-%E2%80%93-are-we-danger-losing-our-soul)
The massive Social Security number breach is actually a good thing (https://www.vox.com/technology/367986/freeze-credit-equifax-experian-transunion-ssn-breach)
Continuous reinvention: A brief history of block storage at AWS (https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2024/08/continuous-reinvention-a-brief-history-of-block-storage-at-aws.html)
Grafana Labs raises $270M (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/21/grafana-labs-is-now-valued-at-6b/)
Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, (https://www.nsa.gov/helpful-links/nsa-foia/declassification-transparency-initiatives/historical-releases/view/article/3880193/capt-grace-hopper-on-future-possibilities-data-hardware-software-and-people-1982/)
Rackspace Goes All In – Again – On OpenStack (https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/22/rackspace-goes-all-in-again-on-openstack/)
Sonos App Debacle Leaves Company Racing to Save Its Reputation (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-22/sonos-app-issues-leave-company-racing-to-save-its-reputation)
Nonsense
Chick-fil-A Opens First Elevated Drive-Thru Concept (https://www.chick-fil-a.com/press-room/chick-fil-a-opens-first-elevated-drive-thru-concept)
How Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/dining/costco.html)
NASA Picks SpaceX to Rescue Astronauts Marooned in Space (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-24/spacex-selected-by-nasa-to-rescue-astronauts-marooned-in-space)
The startup teaching your computer how to smell (https://thehustle.co/news/the-startup-teaching-your-computer-how-to-smell)
Conferences
DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), Coté Speaking, Sept 4–5, 2024, 15th anniversary.
Civo Navigate Europe, Berlin (https://www.civo.com/navigate/europe), Sept 10-11, 2024.
SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW.
SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21st, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
SDT News & Community
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Recommendations
Brandon: Ozlo Sleepbuds (https://ozlosleep.com/).
Coté: Ori (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiqb8q02ZSw)ginal Cloud Foundry launch videos, April, 2011 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiqb8q02ZSw).
Photo Credits
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This week, we discuss CockroachDB's relicensing, the ongoing debate about remote work, and platform engineering. Plus, some thoughts on the use of speakerphones in public.
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Runner-up Titles
Put in your AirPods
People’s lives are boring
More than zero
Know your risks
Violating the social contract
Keeping my “Rug Pull” card
Love of the code
I call it a waiting room
Rundown
Cockroach Labs shakes up its licensing to force bigger companies to pay (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/15/cockroach-labs-shakes-up-its-licensing-to-force-bigger-companies-to-pay/)
Justin Warren’s newsletter this week (https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/).
Oxide: Whither CockroachDB? (RFD) (https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0508) and Whither CockroachDB? (Podcast) (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/2052742)
Remote Work
Eric Schmidt Walks Back Claim Google Is Behind on AI Because of Remote Work (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-eric-schmidt-ai-remote-work-stanford-f92f4ca5?st=wq34bupg4eqific&reflink=article_copyURL_share)
New Starbuck’s CEO gets remote office (https://www.threads.net/@matthewsamuelphillips/post/C-scpeqRuVb/?xmt=AQGzZAiR7spKgmL8b-wyyZDacAbjVSQJcg4-qsOzEivroA)
Platform engineering problems: can ops actually do product management? (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/platform-engineering-problems-can?r=2d4o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)
Relevant to your Interests
Exclusive: Sonos considers relaunching its old app (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220421/sonos-s2-app-relaunch)
Sonos lays off 100 employees as its app crisis continues (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220357/sonos-layoffs-august-2024-app)
Palo Alto Networks apologizes as sexist marketing misfires (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/14/palo_alto_networks_execs_apologize/)
NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards (https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards?_bhlid=1ff5eef8914205413c93c758a30c7afce5305655)
Threads is testing a slew of new features like scheduling and analytics (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/15/24220224/meta-threads-features-scheduling-insights-drafts)
Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/google-and-meta-ignored-their-own-rules-in-secret-teen-targeting-ad-deals/)
FTC finalizes rule to prohibit sale or purchase of fake reviews (https://www.retaildive.com/news/ftc-prohibit-sale-purchase-fake-reviews/724333/)
Goodfire raises $7M for its ‘brain surgery’-like AI observability platform (https://venturebeat.com/ai/goodfire-raises-7m-for-its-brain-surgery-like-ai-observability-platform/)
Microsoft is finally removing the FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11 (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221635/microsoft-fat32-partition-size-limit-windows-11)
The US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'talk' to each other (https://www.engadget.com/transportation/the-us-lays-out-a-road-safety-plan-that-will-see-cars-talk-to-each-other-170043265.html)
Jeff Bezos’ famed leadership rules are being tested inside Amazon (https://fortune.com/2024/08/05/amazon-leadership-principles-changes-jeff-bezos/)
Banned TED Talk: Nick Hanauer "Rich people don't create jobs" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKCvf8E7V1g)
Swiss Startup Connects 16 Human Mini-Brains to Create Low Energy 'Biocomputer' (https://www.sciencealert.com/swiss-startup-connects-16-human-mini-brains-to-create-low-energy-biocomputer)
AMD to acquire server builder ZT Systems for $4.9 billion in cash and stock (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/19/amd-to-acquire-server-builder-zt-systems.html)
The unique promise of 'biological computers' made from living things (https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834422-100-the-unique-promise-of-biological-computers-made-from-living-things/)
Former a16z VC Balaji Srinivasan obtained a private island for his new longevity 'technocapitalist' school (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/19/former-a16z-vc-balaji-srinivasan-obtained-a-private-island-for-his-new-longevity-technocapitalist-school/)
Inside the Snowflake-Databricks Rivalry, and Why Both Fear Microsoft (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-14/inside-the-snowflake-databricks-rivalry-and-why-both-fear-microsoft)
Assessing Broadcom VMware Eight Months On (https://thecuberesearch.com/243-breaking-analysis-assessing-broadcom-vmware-eight-months-on/)
Morpheus Data Origin Story (https://morpheusdata.com/about/)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to acquire Morpheus Data (https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2024/08/hewlett-packard-enterprise-to-acquire-morpheus-data.html)
Nonsense
Waymos honking (https://x.com/ajtourville/status/1823509421357719763?s=09)
Saudi man earns world record for 444 game consoles hooked to one TV (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/08/how-to-hook-a-record-setting-444-game-consoles-to-a-single-tv/)
Conferences
SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), Aug 26-29, 2024
DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), Sept 4–5, 2024, 15th anniversary
Civo Navigate Europe, Berlin (https://www.civo.com/navigate/europe), Sept 10-11, 2024
SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY
Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW
SDT News & Community
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Recommendations
Brandon: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/furiosa_a_mad_max_saga).
Coté: Long walks with VLC (https://www.videolan.org/vlc/).
Photo Credits
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Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/pair-of-white-shoes-hX3SLYPe3f0) - Visa fler
