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Get ready for a weekly dose of all things Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing! Join us as we dive into topics including Kubernetes, DevOps, Serverless, Security and Coding. Plus, we’ll keep you entertained with plenty of off-topic banter and nonsense. Don’t worry if you miss the latest industry conference - we’ve got you covered with recaps of all the latest news from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
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This week, we discuss Coté's O'Reilly video series where he offers up some tips on how to survive and thrive in the workplace. Plus, some ideas on how to reinvent the virtual town hall. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWr-jUM0FQ) 458 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWr-jUM0FQ) Runner-up Titles Surviving Corporate America Hopes and Dreams Second half of your career Soul Crushing I stole this from TikTok Living too much Just be happy Review life imbalance Rundown 10 part course at O’Reilly about working in a large organization, a BigCo (https://learning.oreilly.com/course/how-to-survive/0790145433268/) Conferences KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) Tanzu (Re)defined (https://www.fig-street.com/041124-tanzu-redefined/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), April 11th, Palo Alto. NDC Oslo (https://substack.com/redirect/8de3819c-db2b-47c8-bd7a-f0a40103de9e?j=eyJ1IjoiMmQ0byJ9.QKaKsDzwnXK5ipYhX0mLOvRP3vpk_3o2b5dd3FXmAkw), Coté speaking (https://substack.com/redirect/41e821af-36ba-4dbb-993c-20755d5f040a?j=eyJ1IjoiMmQ0byJ9.QKaKsDzwnXK5ipYhX0mLOvRP3vpk_3o2b5dd3FXmAkw), June 12th. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: How Will You Measure Your Life? (https://hbr.org/2010/07/how-will-you-measure-your-life) The Psychology of Money (https://www.amazon.com/Psychology-Money-Timeless-lessons-happiness/dp/0857197681) Vitamix (https://www.vitamix.com/us/en_us/shop?cid=ppc-google-Brand&coupon=07-0063&gad_source=1) Coté: pecans in smoothies. Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/people-on-conference-table-looking-at-talking-woman-Q80LYxv_Tbs) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/person-holding-light-bulb-fIq0tET6llw)
This week, we discuss whether or not Kubernetes is boring, Winglang’s attempt to simply cloud deployments and Linkerd status as a graduated CNCF project. Plus, a few thoughts on frogs… Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXssLonmkEw) 457 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXssLonmkEw) Runner-up Titles Blame the seagulls Speaking of lizards in our houses Burying people under B-trees Compiler for the Cloud I’m tired of speaking French We need a big pie If we stop shooting each other we can sit down and eat some pie. The Jacob Principle Has there every been a config file format love affair? Rundown Kubernetes Predictions Were Wrong (https://thenewstack.io/kubernetes-predictions-were-wrong/) Wing Programming Language for the Cloud (https://www.winglang.io/) #1262 Health of Linkerd project (https://github.com/cncf/toc/issues/1262) Craig Box X Thread (https://twitter.com/craigbox/status/1760370351828320539) Adam Jacob’s X Thread (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1761051900215275760) Five Cloud News Trends for February (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/03/five-cloud-news-trends-for-february.html) Relevant to your Interests X adds support for passkeys on iOS after removing SMS 2FA support last year (https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/23/x-adds-support-for-passkeys-on-ios-after-removing-sms-2fa-support-last-year/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABw_QgA37nl432nhb6Gn3krzLFMb5OvmaZr6thvov5iGJ8UrvQec-jpGjenN-KUP-cSFa4MRW9DXVXJ3_u87Z0-zfC2mR708qqm34sAhBT-mAcL5pP8L04T54Mqn-xnUCDNXYBJFr2Y4oHXFjkIWgTU_iwJ4vqK52MC4hYtaAC9W) CACM Is Now Open Access (https://cacm.acm.org/news/cacm-is-now-open-access-2/) Now Apple says it won’t disable iPhone web apps in the EU (https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/1/24087666/apple-disable-iphone-web-apps-eu-reversal) A Few Jelly Beans and a World of Disappointment at Willy Wonka Event (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/world/europe/willy-wonka-experience-glasgow.html) Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over 'betrayal' of nonprofit AI mission | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/01/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-court/) Meta says it’s deleting all Oculus accounts at the end of the month (https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/1/24087855/meta-delete-oculus-accounts) Snowflake CEO Steps Down From Post Richer Than Tim Cook or Satya Nadella (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-04/snowflake-ceo-frank-slootman-steps-aside-richer-than-tim-cook-or-satya-nadella) RISC-V launch (https://www.scaleway.com/en/news/scaleway-launches-its-risc-v-servers-in-the-cloud-a-world-first-and-a-firm-commitment-to-technological-independence/) Amazon goes nuclear, acquires atomic datacenter for $650M (https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/04/amazon_acquires_cumulus_nuclear_datacenter/) Red Sea cables have been damaged, disrupting internet traffic (https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/04/business/red-sea-cables-cut-internet/index.html) It’s Time to Give Up on Email (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/email-nightmare-just-give-up/677615/) Nonsense When a funeral is clickbait (https://www.theverge.com/24065145/ai-obituary-spam-generative-clickbait) Conferences SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)– (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) — Coté speaking (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/we-fear-change), sponsorship slots available. KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) Exe (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)cutive dinner in Dallas that Coté’s hosting on March 13st, 2024 (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming). If you’re an “executive” who might want to buy stuff from Tanzu to get better at your apps, than register. There is also a Tanzu exec event coming up in the next few months, email Coté (mailto:cote@broadcom.com) if you want to hear more about it. Tanzu (Re)defined (https://www.fig-street.com/041124-tanzu-redefined/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), April 11th, Palo Alto. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Dune Part 2 (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_part_two) Matt: Our Band Could Be Your Life (https://amzn.to/49G2Ulg) Conan O’Brien in Australia (https://conanclassic.com/australia/conan-becomes-a-bondi-beach-lifeguard) Coté: Bruce Sterlings new-ish blog (https://toshareproject.it/artmakerblog/), especially the color scheme. Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/shallow-focus-photography-of-brown-frog-hHDMQqP4jPU) Gemini
This week, we second guess recent decisions made by Google and Apple. Plus, what social media sites is everyone actually using these days? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPcTxTejYM) 456 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPcTxTejYM) Runner-up Titles Is it Russian hackers? Bad upgrade is the 1B to DNS They’re all bad product launches Vikings are 98% more Nordic Can I pay for features? They’ve defeated vaporware Interoperability is for underdogs Rundown Google Google pauses Gemini AI image generator after it created inaccurate historical pictures (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/google-pauses-gemini-ai-image-generator-after-inaccuracies.html) Google Pay app is shutting down in the US after being replaced by Google Wallet (https://mashable.com/article/google-pay-shutting-down-replaced-by-google-wallet?ref=cardsftw.com) AT&T outage caused by software update, not malicious intent: Sources (https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/att-outage-impacting-us-customers-company/story?id=107440297) AT&T reimburses customers after massive network outage | CNN Business (https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/25/business/att-network-outage-reimbursement/index.html) Apple Apple Music testing feature that easily imports playlists from Spotify and other services (https://9to5mac.com/2024/02/19/apple-music-spotify-playlists-music-transfer/) Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Shifts Team to Generative AI (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-27/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car-shifts-team-to-generative-ai) Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks (https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24079081/apple-imessage-pq3-post-quantum-cryptography) Apple launches Apple Sports app with scores and betting odds (https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24079064/apple-sports-app-launch-iphone-live-scores-odds-stats) Don't dry your iPhone in a bag of rice, says Apple (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68357165) The Sneaky Genius of Apple’s AirPods Empire (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-09-22/apple-airpods-sales-bode-well-for-vr-headset?sref=9hGJlFio) Relevant to your Interests Reddit’s IPO Is for Redditors (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-02-21/reddit-s-ipo-is-for-redditors?srnd=undefined) Open Source Doesn't Require Providing Builds (https://codeengineered.com/blog/2024/open-source-not-builds/) Cloud-Native Is In Shambles (https://dev.to/thenjdevopsguy/cloud-native-is-in-shambles-1klf) S&P 500 rallies to record high on the back of strong Nvidia earnings: Live updates (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/21/stock-market-today-live-updates.html) Reducing Waste and Managing Commitments Top Key Priorities for FinOps Practitioners (https://www.finops.org/insights/key-priorities-shift-in-2024/) SadServers - Troubleshooting Linux Servers (https://sadservers.com/) The Open Source Sustainability Crisis (https://openpath.chadwhitacre.com/2024/the-open-source-sustainability-crisis/) Octopus Deploy Acquires Codefresh to Bring CD, CI, and GitOps Into One Trusted Platform (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/octopus-deploy-acquires-codefresh-to-bring-cd-ci-and-gitops-into-one-trusted-platform-302071690.html) What to Do about VMware (https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/day-two-cloud/d2c234-what-to-do-about-vmware/) Nintendo sues Switch emulator Yuzu for ‘facilitating piracy at a colossal scale’ (https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24085075/nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-lawsuit) Improving Developer Experience Drives Profitability (https://thenewstack.io/improving-developer-experience-drives-profitability/) ServerlessHorrors | Home (https://serverlesshorrors.com/) Sony is laying off 900 employees from its PlayStation unit | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/27/sony-is-laying-off-900-employees-from-its-playstation-unit) Future Software Should Be Memory Safe | ONCD | The White House (https://www.whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/02/26/press-release-technical-report/) Malicious AI models on Hugging Face backdoor users’ machines (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-ai-models-on-hugging-face-backdoor-users-machines/) Snowflake says Frank Slootman is retiring as CEO, stock plunges more than 20% (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/28/snowflake-says-frank-slootman-is-retiring-as-ceo-stock-plunges-20percent.html) HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought By AMD (https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-OSS-Rejected) Nonsense Dope'n'Stack - Cloud Anthem (https://youtu.be/3jUQ09Jf4GU?si=umY8M2w8y9ALsE6f) Dope'n'Stack - E.N.T.E.R.P.R.I.S.E. (https://youtu.be/KHqzTBPQYl8?si=gSpufvgHGlTHWyv4) Conferences SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)– (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) — Coté speaking (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/we-fear-change), sponsorship slots available. KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) Exe (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)cutive dinner in Dallas that Coté’s hosting on March 13st, 2024 (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming). If you’re an “executive” who might want to buy stuff from Tanzu to get better at your apps, than register. There is also a Tanzu exec event coming up in the next few months, email Coté (mailto:cote@broadcom.com) if you want to hear more about it. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Delta Wi-Fi (https://www.delta.com/us/en/onboard/inflight-entertainment/onboard-wifi) Matt: Anti-pick Aliens 3 Aliens Dark Descent (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/Aliens_Dark_Descent/) Coté: GM’s Apprentice (http://jamesturneronline.net/game-masters-apprentice/). Also: How to Survive and Thrive in a Big Company: Tactics and Practices to Manage Your Time and Relationships (https://learning.oreilly.com/course/how-to-survive/0790145433268/) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/s/photos/social-media-icons?orientation=landscape) Google Gemini
This week, we discuss open source forks, what’s going on at OpenAI and checkin on the IRS Direct File initiative. Plus, plenty of thoughts on taking your annual Code of Conduct Training. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwXvnb53iY) 455 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwXvnb53iY) Runner-up Titles I live my life one iCal screen at a time We always have sparklers Meta-parenting Everyone is always tired Cheaper version of Red Hat This week in “Do we need to be angry?” All we get is wingdings. I’m in a Socialist mood this week Pies shot out of my eyes and stuff Those dingalings bought my boat Dingalings of the mind Rundown CIQ Offers Long-Term Support for Rocky Linux 8.6, 8.8 and 9.2 Images Through AWS Marketplace (https://ciq.com/press-release/ciq-offers-long-term-support-for-rocky-linux-8-6-8-8-and-9-2-images-through-aws-marketplace/) Will CIQ’s new support program alienate the community (https://medium.com/@gordon.messmer/will-ciqs-new-support-program-alienate-the-community-it-built-on-an-objection-to-subscriber-only-fb58ea6a810e) NGINX fork (https://narrativ.es/@janl/111935559549855751)? freenginx.org (http://freenginx.org/en/) Struggling database company MariaDB could be taken private in $37M deal (https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/19/struggling-database-company-mariadb-could-be-taken-private-in-a-37m-deal/) Tofu (https://opentofu.org) So Where’s That New OpenAI Board? (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/so-wheres-that-new-openai-board?utm_source=ti_app&rc=giqjaz) The IRS has all our tax data. Why doesn’t its new website use it? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/04/direct-file-irs-taxes/) Relevant to your Interests Apple on course to break all Web Apps in EU within 20 days - Open Web Advocacy (https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-on-course-to-break-all-web-apps-in-eu-within-20-days/) Bringing Competition to Walled Gardens - Open Web Advocacy (https://open-web-advocacy.org/walled-gardens-report/#apple-has-effectively-banned-all-third-party-browsers) Introducing the Column Explorer: a bird’s-eye view of your data (https://motherduck.com/blog/introducing-column-explorer/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=294232392&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8vobC3nom9chsGc_Y8KM9pO75KKvrGTtL7uS-sfcNQ1sNd8ThaMnP5KsfbSUWCWW2KOjlPpa3AwC4ToYbaCmYOAMva0rvKIZ2jkB461YKJX2TLQtg&utm_content=294233055&utm_source=hs_email) Apple TV+ Became HBO Before HBO Could Become Netflix (https://spyglass.org/its-not-tv-its-apple-tv-plus/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) Sora: Creating video from text (https://openai.com/sora) Sustainability, a surprisingly successful KPI: GreenOps survey results - ClimateAction.Tech (https://climateaction.tech/blog/sustainability-kpi-greenops-survey-results/) Slack AI has arrived (https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/blog/news/slack-ai-has-arrived) What's new and cool? - Adam Jacob (https://youtu.be/gAYMg6LNEMs?si=9PRiK1BBHaBGSypy) Apple is reportedly working on AI updates to Spotlight and Xcode (https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24074455/apple-generative-ai-xcode-spotlight-testing) Apple Readies AI Tool to Rival Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-15/apple-s-ai-plans-github-copilot-rival-for-developers-tool-for-testing-apps) VMs on Kubernetes with Kubevirt session at Kubecon (https://kccnceu2024.sched.com/event/1YhIE/sponsored-keynote-a-cloud-native-overture-to-enterprise-end-user-adoption-fabian-deutsch-senior-engineering-manager-red-hat-michael-hanulec-vice-president-and-technology-fellow-goldman-sachs) Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/air-canada-must-honor-refund-policy-invented-by-airlines-chatbot/?comments=1&comments-page=1) Microsoft 'retires' Azure IoT Central in platform rethink (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/15/microsoft_retires_azure_iot_central/) The big design freak-out: A generation of design leaders grapple with their future (https://www.fastcompany.com/91027996/the-big-design-freak-out-a-generation-of-design-leaders-grapple-with-their-future) Most of the contents of the Xerox PARC team's work were tossed into a dumpster (https://x.com/DynamicWebPaige/status/1759071289401368635?s=20) 1Password expands its endpoint security offerings with Kolide acquisition (https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/20/1password-expands-its-endpoint-security-offerings-with-kolide-acquisition/) Microsoft Will Use Intel to Manufacture Home-Grown Processor (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-21/microsoft-will-use-intel-to-manufacture-home-grown-processor) In a First, Apple Captures Top 7 Spots in Global List of Top 10 Best-selling Smartphones - Counterpoint (https://www.counterpointresearch.com/insights/apple-captures-top-7-spots-in-global-top-10-best-selling-smartphones/) Google Is Giving Away Some of the A.I. That Powers Chatbots (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/technology/google-open-source-ai.html) Apple Shuffles Leadership of Team Responsible for Audio Products (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-20/apple-shuffles-leadership-of-team-responsible-for-audio-products?srnd=premium) Signal now lets you keep your phone number private with the launch of usernames (https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/20/signal-now-lets-you-keep-your-phone-number-private-with-the-launch-of-usernames/) How Google is killing independent sites like ours (https://housefresh.com/david-vs-digital-goliaths/) VMware takes a swing at Nutanix, Red Hat with VM converter (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/21/vmware_kvm_converter/) (https://narrativ.es/@janl/111935559549855751)## Nonsense An ordinary squirt of canned air achieves supersonic speeds - engineer spots telltale shock diamonds (https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/an-ordinary-squirt-of-canned-air-achieves-supersonic-speeds-engineer-spots-telltale-shock-diamonds) Conferences SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)– (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) — Coté speaking (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/we-fear-change), sponsorship slots available. KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) Exe (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)cutive dinner in Dallas that Coté’s hosting on March 13st, 2024 (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming). If you’re an “executive” who might want to buy stuff from Tanzu to get better at your apps, than register. There is also a Tanzu exec event coming up in the next few months, email Coté (mailto:cote@broadcom.com) if you want to hear more about it. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). 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This week, we discuss the ever expanding CNCF Landscape, bundling and unbundling, and the latest cloud earnings. Plus, some thoughts on soap dispensers in Europe vs. U.S. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pg_rXxn1YQ) 454 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pg_rXxn1YQ) Runner-up Titles Are we streaming. I have the whole earth to roam, so I’m not going to get space madness. If you watch it long enough every movie represents all of life. The sound track to walking the dog. At least it’s open source. The Magic Quadrant of Fashion. I guess everyone’s cool? What pair of pants do I need? The AirPods Pro pocket. Go down the metaphor hole. I was eating steak, and now I’m eating OpenTofu. Not good, but good enough. The Metaphor Hole Rundown CNCF Landscape (https://landscape.cncf.io) Bundling, Unbundling and Ensh*tification (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/02/bundling-unbundling-and-enshtification.html) (Cloudcast Pod) Earnings Meta Beats Sales Forecast Estimates; Announces First Dividend (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-01/meta-beats-sales-forecast-estimates-announces-first-dividend) Amazon Projects Profit Topping Estimates on Further Cost Cutting (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-01/amazon-projectsprofit-topping-estimates-on-further-cost-cutting) Clouded Judgement 2.2.24 - Cloud Giants Report Q4 '23 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-2224-cloud-giants?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=141292535&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&utm_medium=email) Alphabet: Cloud Rebounds (https://www.appeconomyinsights.com/p/alphabet-cloud-rebounds?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) Platformonomics - Follow the CAPEX: Cloud Table Stakes 2023 Retrospective (https://platformonomics.com/2024/02/follow-the-capex-cloud-table-stakes-2023-retrospective/) Relevant to your Interests Shift Happens: A book about keyboards (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwichary/shift-happens) Broadcom's strategy ignores most VMware customers (https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/30/broadcom_strategy_vmware_customer_impact/) Allen Institute for AI releases ‘truly open source’ LLM to drive ‘critical shift’ in AI development (https://venturebeat.com/ai/truly-open-source-llm-from-ai2-to-drive-critical-shift-in-ai-development/) OLMo - Open Language Model by AI2 (https://allenai.org/olmo) Threads is growing steadily with more than 130M monthly actives. (https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/C20tMr8Pjeh/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) Leaky Vessels: Docker and runc Container Breakout Vulnerabilities - January 2024 (https://snyk.io/blog/leaky-vessels-docker-runc-container-breakout-vulnerabilities/) From unicorns to unicorpses: Why billion-dollar startups and even VC firms keep imploding (https://fortune.com/longform/failed-unicorn-startups-billion-dollar-valuation-unicorpses/) Dell said to be preparing broad Return To Office mandate (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/03/dell_return_to_work/?td=rt-3a) Weaveworks shuts down (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/richardsonalexis_hi-everyone-i-am-very-sad-to-announce-activity-7160295096825860096-ZS67?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) A Giant Reborn: Satya Nadella’s Decade as Microsoft CEO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KzIKFpKZKM) Is the $139 Amazon Prime Subscription Still Worth It? (https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/is-the-139-amazon-prime-subscription-still-worth-it-83a597c7?reflink=integratedwebview_share) Everbridge Agrees to $1.5B Buyout Offer From Thoma Bravo (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/everbridge-agrees-to-1-5b-buyout-offer-from-thoma-bravo-179db224?mod=newsviewer_click) Adam Neumann Tries to Buy Back WeWork (https://www.wsj.com/articles/adam-neumann-looks-to-buy-back-wework-86ee5f2b) NinjaOne Notches $1.9 Billion Valuation in Deal Led By Iconiq (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-06/ninjaone-notches-1-9-billion-valuation-in-deal-led-by-iconiq) YouTube TV says it has more than 8 million subscribers (https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/youtube-tv-subscribers-cable-satellite) Pivotal founder Rob Mee is back with a new startup. (https://twitter.com/alexrkonrad/status/1755278551828300162?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A) ESPN, Fox, WBD shake up media with plans for new sports streaming service (https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/02/06/ESPN-Disney-Warner-Bros-Discovery-Fox-pay-joint-streaming-service) Arm shares surge 48% after SoftBank-controlled chip designer issues strong forecast (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/08/arm-shares-soar-after-reporting-strong-earnings-and-forecast.html) Sam Altman Seeks Trillions of Dollars to Reshape Business of Chips and AI (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altman-seeks-trillions-of-dollars-to-reshape-business-of-chips-and-ai-89ab3db0?page=1) Disney invests $1.5B in Epic Games, plans new “games and entertainment universe” (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/02/epic-working-with-disney-on-new-gaming-universe-after-1-5b-investment/) Dynatrace hits $1.4 billion ARR, grabs logos from AppDynamics, aims to grow logs offering (https://www.thestack.technology/dynatrace-hits-1-4-billion-arr-grabs-customers-from-appdynamics-aims-to-grow-logs-offering/) Google and Yahoo Are Cracking Down on Inbox Spam. Don’t Expect Less Email Marketing. (https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-and-yahoo-are-cracking-down-on-inbox-spam-dont-expect-less-email-marketing-dd124c19) Cloudflare's crowd-sources another patent troll case victory (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/12/cloudflare_patent_troll/) (Almost) Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years running infrastructure at a startup (https://cep.dev/posts/every-infrastructure-decision-i-endorse-or-regret-after-4-years-running-infrastructure-at-a-startup/) 2024 State of Internal Developer Portals | Port (https://www.getport.io/state-of-internal-developer-portals) Amazon’s Cloud Crisis: How AWS Will Lose The Future Of Computing (https://www.semianalysis.com/p/amazons-cloud-crisis-how-aws-will?ck_subscriber_id=1141233388) Yandex: The end of an era for Russia’s most innovative firm (https://en.thebell.io/yandex-the-end-of-an-era-for-russias-most-innovative-firm/) How Mastodon made friends with Meta (https://www.platformer.news/mastodon-interview-eugen-rochko-meta-bluesky-threads-federation/?ref=platformer-newsletter) The Vision Pro (https://daringfireball.net/2024/01/the_vision_pro) Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, and more are coming to Apple’s Vision Pro at launch (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/31/24057122/microsoft-apple-vision-pro-office-apps-microsoft-365) Apple’s Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/31/24057392/apple-vision-pro-battery-lightning-cable) Why Tim Cook Is Going All In on the Apple Vision Pro (https://www.vanityfair.com/news/tim-cook-apple-vision-pro?mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_brand=vf) the thing no one will say about Apple Vision Pro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvkgmyfMPks) Working in the Vision Pro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV9Xy6L_rlM) Forgot Your Apple Vision Pro’s Passcode? You May Have to Take It Back to Store (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-05/forgot-your-apple-vision-pro-s-passcode-you-may-have-to-take-it-back-to-store) Tesla owners told not to wear Apple virtual reality headsets while driving (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68215614) Nonsense Cynical book summaries (https://www.plg.news/p/aoapm-002-cynical-book-summaries) H-E-B's North Texas impact starting to become clear across groceries, real estate (https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/h-e-b-stores-north-texas-impact-starting-to-become-clear-across-groceries-real-estate/287-86836f22-e000-4d67-83d7-42e66ac01542?fbclid=IwAR1feOapOO7kMdv-xH3oBATelXpoKvf2ioNJEGt5MUzvA_X8C4nYMYPNquI_aem_AUUb7ZEwow8o6qAELGm8Xwb8eYCBdezDAdIpe-9nCSanh6MKQWpd8RIZRqMgBJekf6U#ls972nf7ju9xufblh6q) The 10 Best-Selling Vehicles in America in 2023 (https://www.visualcapitalist.com/best-selling-vehicles-in-america-in-2023/) One of Our Best Websites Died While No One Was Looking (https://slate.com/technology/2024/02/quora-what-happened-ai-decline.html) Stanley Made Reusable Cups Huge. Now It Has to Make Them Sustainable (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-01/stanley-made-reusable-cups-huge-now-it-has-to-make-them-sustainable) Most accurate video I’ve ever seen (https://x.com/anothercohen/status/1756181201847509392?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A) Listener Feedback Brian recommends Subprime Attention Crisis (https://www.audible.com/pd/Subprime-Attention-Crisis-Audiobook/0593454103?ref_pageloadid=Dsqv0n17FOwUqOpK&ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_0593454103_0&pf_rd_p=80765e81-b10a-4f33-b1d3-ffb87793d047&pf_rd_r=7C4TQFGZXK856S6W40BH&pageLoadId=Fo0QcV8X3KEf9ys4&creativeId=4ee810cf-ac8e-4eeb-8b79-40e176d0a225) Andrew recommends the Amazon.com: Sink Soap Dispenser (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SJ8SQ6Q?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share) Conferences SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)– (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) — Coté speaking (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/we-fear-change), sponsorship slots available. KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) Exe (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)cutive dinner in Dallas that Coté’
This week, Coté interviews John Willis and they discuss how Kubernetes ultimately won, why large companies struggle with Digital Transformation, and Systems Thinking. Plus, John shares his opinions about Human Resources and Venture Capital. Show Links Kubernetes: The Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE77h7dmoQU) Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge (https://www.amazon.com/Demings-Journey-Profound-Knowledge-Industry/dp/B0CCW999G8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ABYP2L2X31GG&keywords=Willis+Deming&qid=1707157953&s=books&sprefix=willis+deming%2Cstripbooks%2C110&sr=1-1) The Problems with Money In (Open Source) Software (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCuLyv6SHo) Profound Deming (https://www.profound-deming.com) Profound Podcast (https://profound.buzzsprout.com) Contact John Willis LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwillisatlanta/) botchagalupe@gmail.com (mailto:botchagalupe@gmail.com) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/grayscale-photo-of-man-89rul39ox2I) Special Guest: John Willis.
This week, we examine the balancing act CEOs face between maintaining operations and pursuing growth, the IRS's attempt to automate tax filing, and defining success in thought leadership. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBlRgILBnn0) 452 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBlRgILBnn0) Runner-up Titles Know the rules Until you reach infinity When you’re washing your full ass, don’t half-ass your shower door. All-in on Minecraft Eminent domain for digital transformation. There’s usually a stray banana in the Hilton Garden Buffet. Rundown Alphabet Shares Fall After Search Revenue Misses Estimates (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-30/alphabet-search-revenue-misses-estimates-shares-fall) Microsoft beats Q2 earnings on AI, cloud strength, shares flat (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-beats-q2-earnings-on-ai-cloud-strength-shares-flat-185023451.html) The CEO and the Three Envelopes - Kevin Kruse (https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/) Direct File | Internal Revenue Service (https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/strategic-plan/direct-file) DX: Developer Experience Insights Platform (https://getdx.com/) Relevant to your Interests Google to Team Up With Startup Hugging Face to Host AI Software (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-25/google-to-team-up-with-startup-hugging-face-to-host-ai-software) Chrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” mode (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/chrome-updates-incognito-warning-to-admit-google-tracks-users-in-private-mode/) IBM shares soar to more than 10-year high on rosy AI outlook (https://www.reuters.com/technology/ibm-shares-soar-over-10-year-high-rosy-ai-outlook-2024-01-25/) Apple is finally allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050478/apple-ios-17-4-browser-engines-eu) Michael Leonard on LinkedIn: r/vmware (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mcleonard_rvmware-activity-7156387151335583744-y6sT) A massive tech company exodus is occurring in Texas, reports show (https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/austin-loses-tech-companies-18541636.php) Red Hat Enterprise Linux scalable pricing to cloud partners announcement (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-scalable-pricing-cloud-partners-announcement) Info-stealers can steal cookies for permanent access to your Google account (https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/01/info-stealers-can-steal-cookies-for-permanent-access-to-your-google-account) A brief history of Dell UNIX (https://technologists.com/notes/2008/01/10/a-brief-history-of-dell-unix/) OpenNebula Systems welcomes the EU decision to approve the €1.2B IPCEI-CIS (https://opennebula.io/blog/announcements/opennebula-systems-welcomes-the-eu-decision-to-approve-the-e1-2b-ipcei-cis/) Apple Home Devices, Car Veteran Exits for Top Rivian Product Role (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-28/apple-home-devices-car-veteran-exits-for-top-rivian-product-role?srnd=undefined&sref=9hGJlFio) Canon aims to ship low-cost ‘stamp’ machine this year to disrupt chipmaking (https://www.ft.com/content/2643ed31-8b8c-4d3d-a7a8-c4383d06e8a6?shareType=nongift) #446: Python in Excel — Talk Python To Me (https://overcast.fm/+F4RDQLYqc) Truly shocks me how many people use Apple Mail (https://www.threads.net/@mkarolian/post/C2psXiBLCAU/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) Amazon’s $1.4B iRobot deal is dead. Now what? (https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/29/amazons-1-4b-irobot-deal-is-dead-now-what/) Arc Search combines browser, search engine, and AI into something new and different (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/28/24053882/arc-search-browser-web-app-ios) Startup Funding Simulator (https://www.fundingsimulator.com/) Streaming media company Plex raises $40M as it nears profitability (https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/29/streaming-media-company-plex-raises-new-funds-as-it-nears-profitability/?guccounter=1) Porsche Hands Infotainment Keys To Apple, iPhone Can Now Rule The Cockpit (https://www.carscoops.com/2024/01/porsche-owners-can-now-control-more-of-their-car-from-their-phone-and-their-watch/) Kids spent 60% more time on TikTok than YouTube last year, 20% tried OpenAI's ChatGPT (https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/25/kids-spent-60-more-time-on-tiktok-than-youtube-last-year-20-tried-openais-chatgpt/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tYWlsLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHUFVfBqHjfrzvj78nV4pd013t4qGTZkbjj8VrFNi7p2wfe-VHyVFiYib--w35RbY9v9xf8QAvVUDICR-85tA8cVzmVp9ivn652tXrsoKk333WtxmwlP2f8sryDOS-eL0XsJ2xcuhUuvc8Ypz-KJ--p59pvO9ZRXl3j-hk0Zru9s) ChatGPT is leaking passwords from private conversations of its users, Ars reader says (https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/01/ars-reader-reports-chatgpt-is-sending-him-conversations-from-unrelated-ai-users/) Musk Risks Losing World’s Richest Title After Pay Package Voided (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-30/elon-musk-s-55-billion-tesla-pay-package-voided-by-judge) Inside the Numbers: The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon selection process for Europe 2024 (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2024/01/30/inside-the-numbers-the-kubecon-cloudnativecon-selection-process-for-europe-2024/) Delaware Tells Musk ‘No’; Alphabet and Microsoft’s AI-Driven Earnings (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/delaware-tells-musk-no-alphabet-and-microsofts-ai-driven-earnings?utm_source=ti_app&rc=giqjaz) But they got back online quickly -- because their trading system used a Novell Netware server that the ransomware didn't understand. (https://twitter.com/d_feldman/status/1751831764207612357) Nonsense Fifty Years Ago Today (https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/01/fifty-years-ago-today.html?m=1) (D&D) I built my own 16-Bit CPU in Excel (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5rg7xvTJ8SU) More things that blow my American mind about living in Australia (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8tvAr5K/) Make it Taylors Version (https://github.com/ipc103/make-it-taylors-version) Conferences CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5–7th (https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2024/) — Coté speaking. The Uk's Open Technology Conference Open Source Software, Open Hardware Feb 6–7 (https://stateofopencon.com) SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)– (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) — Coté speaking (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/we-fear-change), sponsorship slots available. KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) Exe (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)cutive dinner in Dallas that Coté’s hosting on March 31st, 2024 (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming) If you’re an “executive” who might want to buy stuff from Tanzu to get better at your apps, than register. There is also a Tanzu exec event coming up in the next few months, email Coté (mailto:cote@broadcom.com) if you want to hear more about it. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). 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This week, we discuss what “enshittification” is, what causes it, and whether it can be prevented. Plus, stay tuned until the end to hear the Software Defined Talk origin story. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 451 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4CnW_RciZ4) Runner-up Titles Enshittification The Fahrenheit 451 Reorganization Wait for Wifi Taxes by beef rib It’s actually not fine Smoking crack in Disneyland AI is accelerating the crappiness. Why don’t you just sell more cloud? Generated Garbage I can’t tell if it’s a coffee mug or a ballistic missile. Accidentally upgraded Jury duty…”pretty cool.” Rundown Airalo (https://www.airalo.com/spain-esim) for mobile cell phones plans when traveling. How Google perfected the web (https://www.theverge.com/c/23998379/google-search-seo-algorithm-webpage-optimization) AdNauseam - Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To (https://adnauseam.io/) Subprime Attention Crisis (https://www.audible.com/pd/Subprime-Attention-Crisis-Audiobook/0593454103?ref_pageloadid=Dsqv0n17FOwUqOpK&ref=a_library_t_c5_libItem_0593454103_0&pf_rd_p=80765e81-b10a-4f33-b1d3-ffb87793d047&pf_rd_r=7C4TQFGZXK856S6W40BH&pageLoadId=Fo0QcV8X3KEf9ys4&creativeId=4ee810cf-ac8e-4eeb-8b79-40e176d0a225) 2023 Word of the Year Is “Enshittification” (https://americandialect.org/2023-word-of-the-year-is-enshittification/#:~:text=Sheraton%20New%20York%20Times%20Square,of%20the%20Year%20for%202023) Instagram’s co-founders are shutting down their Artifact news app (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/12/24036539/artifact-shutting-down-kevin-systrom) Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find (https://www.404media.co/google-search-really-has-gotten-worse-researchers-find/) Relevant to your Interests Tens of thousands of GPUs go under-utilized in the cloud (https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/15/cloud_providers_gpu_analysis/?trk=feed_main-feed-card_reshare_feed-article-content) Creating a Sales Commission Plan (https://open.substack.com/pub/onlycfo/p/creating-a-sales-commission-plan?r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post) The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams - Waxy.org (https://waxy.org/2024/01/the-quiet-death-of-ellos-big-dreams/) Nutanix set to benefit most from Broadcom's VMware upheaval (https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/18/broadcom_vmware_channel_disruption/) VMware is killing off 56 products amid "tectonic" infrastructure shift (https://www.thestack.technology/vmware-is-killing-off-56-products-including-vsphere-hypervisor-and-nsx/?ref=the-stack-newsletter) Taming the dragon - Chinese and US Semiconductor competition (https://kitsonjonathon.substack.com/p/taming-the-dragon-chinese-and-us) ‘I dreamed of blocky pixels’: the strange, sweaty, sociable early days of gaming – in pictures (https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/jan/20/strange-sweaty-sociable-early-days-of-gaming-in-pictures) Lofree Flow (https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/01/20/Lofree-Flow) — Keyboard Review via Tim Bray Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home (https://www.nj.com/essex/2024/01/remembering-bell-labs-as-legendary-idea-factory-prepares-to-leave-nj-home.html) IBM Consulting orders a return to office - and means it (https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/18/ibm_consulting_office/) Apple Dials Back Car’s Self-Driving Features and Delays Launch to 2028 (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-23/apple-car-ev-set-to-debut-in-2028-with-limited-autonomous-driving) Introducing Docker Build Cloud (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cyxPwXfmwHU) It's time to build (https://open.substack.com/pub/benn/p/its-time-to-build?selection=0c874398-fde8-45be-b547-f51d3c6a7c93&r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios) "And we call it... the Vision Pro holster. We think you're going to love it." (https://x.com/JoannaStern/status/1748354349116301487?s=20) For a moment there, Lotus Notes appeared to do everything (https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/19/remembering_lotus_notes/) Campfire is ONCE #1 (https://world.hey.com/dhh/campfire-is-once-1-d2cebd12) Lessons learned: 1,000 days of distributed at Atlassian - Work Life by Atlassian (https://www.atlassian.com/blog/distributed-work/distributed-work-report) Bosses want to work from home more than employees do, says new survey—but they're still pushing RTO requirements (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/10/bosses-want-to-work-remote-more-than-employees-but-still-push-return-to-office.html) Nvidia, a $1 trillion AI powerhouse, is fine with remote work (https://fortune-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/fortune.com/2023/10/14/nvidia-skips-return-to-office-sticks-to-remote-work-among-hottest-tech-companies/amp/) Why constant job cuts could be the new normal for Big Tech (https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-new-normal-constant-layoffs-job-cuts-google-amazon-meta-2024-1) Culture Change at Google (https://social.clawhammer.net/blog/posts/2024-01-19-CultureChange/) Frustrated Googlers are speaking out on the corporate dysfunction (https://www.threads.net/@marcslove/post/C2Y7qCPu6Gz/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) Bell Labs & Google: bookends of the same sad story? (https://om.co/2024/01/22/bell-labs-google-same-sad-story/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) Mourning Google (https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/01/15/Google-2024) Nonsense We lost some real stars this past year (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8p6Tsv6/) Startups Are Shutting Down! (https://youtu.be/-V9yPGdubHQ) It’s Just a Water Bottle (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/01/stanley-cups-valentines-day-target-starbucks/677190/) Listener Feedback Robert recomends the Zojirushi SM-SR48E Stainless Mug (https://www.zojirushi.com/app/product/smsre) Conferences That Conference Texas, Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1 (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/The-Business-BS-Dictionary--CFtt8vL15hIcWTIAgoxIWH6nAg-xCwuOhkOT7Ts26WfLtsX8) CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5–7th (https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2024/) — Coté speaking. The Uk's Open Technology Conference Open Source Software, Open Hardware Feb 6–7 (https://stateofopencon.com) SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)– (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) — Coté speaking (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/we-fear-change), sponsorship slots available. KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Travis County Jury Duty (https://www.traviscountytx.gov/district-clerk/jury-duty) Matt: Perplexity.AI (https://www.perplexity.ai) Coté: Kantjil & De Tijger (https://maps.app.goo.gl/GC11U6FpGsoQ9A1b8?g_st=ic) or Kartika (https://maps.app.goo.gl/VqSxkb5m2zVdugLz7?g_st=ic) — which is also good and less fancy in a good way. Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/flat-screen-monitor-z1aLTzG2VGU) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/flat-screen-monitor-z1aLTzG2VGU)
This week, we discuss the role of DevRel, Remote Work and Layoffs. Plus, Matt reveals his latest keyboard recommendation. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzqV99Hc4U) 450 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzqV99Hc4U) Runner-up Titles Life is a series of (shitty) cliffhangers Sales is crazy Donut over-eating avoidance Fundamentals don’t change Do you have good recipes for golden geese? We need better Dungeons and Dragons The AI has been prompted beyond its level of competence. Peter Pan as DevRel Hard stop goes soft HR in volume feels dehumanizing Mad Libs for layoffs Workers of the world, don’t let HR hide in darkness. We’ve had a great time, that other keyboard and I, but we’ve made a decision… Status quo wins again The Strangler Pattern for password management Schwag cannot be stolen. Rundown 2024 Look Ahead - Surviving the Q1 Kickoff (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/01/2024-look-ahead-surviving-q1-kickoff.html) (Podcast) DevRel The trouble with DevRel (https://jicowan.medium.com/the-trouble-with-devrel-80ebcd0f5b36) Amazon’s silent sacking (https://overcast.fm/+HZUfHNb-M) (Podcast) Work, RTO and Layoffs WebMD’s RTO Video (https://x.com/maxwellstrachan/status/1745446449343795506?s=46&t=EoCoteGkQEahPpAJ_HYRpg) Brittany Pietsch on LinkedIn: TikTok (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brittany-pietsch-237893173_tiktok-britt-activity-7151621500440104960-cTtw?utm_source=combined_share_message&utm_medium=member_ios) Brittany Peach cloudflare layoff TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@brittanypeachhh/video/7323004085043612959) Cloudflare CEO responds to viral layoff video (https://www.threads.net/@jonathangarelick/post/C2BgfIpLUup/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) Signs that it’s time to leave a company… (https://adrianco.medium.com/signs-that-its-time-to-leave-a-company-5f8759ad018e) A tool to algorithmically estimate fair compensation (https://www.fairoffer.ai) Remote Workers Are Losing Out on Promotions, New Data Shows (https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/remote-workers-are-losing-out-on-promotions-8219ec63) Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/11/24034705/discord-layoffs-17-percent-employees?ueid=3d6a2c800561880c901963d51e644d95) Citi layoffs hit 20,000 -- as the bank spends big on tech (https://www.thestack.technology/citi-layoffs-tech-spend/) Infosys co-founder repeats call for 70-hour working weeks (https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/15/narayana_murthy_long_work_comments/) Passwords and Keyboards Microsoft Copilot keyboard keys are coming to Windows 11 PCs at CES 2024 (https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-copilot-keyboard-keys-are-coming-to-windows-11-pcs-at-ces-2024-080126519.html) Microsoft’s keyboards and mice will live on under a unique new partnership (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/5/24026323/microsoft-incase-partnership-keyboards-accessories-partnership) Migrating from 1Password to Apple Keychain (https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/12/migrating-from-1password-to-apple-keychain/) Now in beta: Create and unlock a 1Password account with a passkey (https://blog.1password.com/unlock-1password-individual-passkey-beta/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=beyond-passwords-newsletter-december&utm_campaign=passwordless&utm_ref=email-beyond-passwords-newsletter-december) Relevant to your Interests Authy is shutting down its desktop app (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24030477/authy-desktop-app-shutting-down) OpenTofu is going GA (https://opentofu.org/blog/opentofu-is-going-ga/) Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open (https://frame.work/) Google Cloud removes data transfer fees when clients switch to rivals (https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-cloud-removes-data-transfer-fees-when-clients-switch-rivals-2024-01-11/) Feds charge eBay over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple; company to pay $3M (https://apnews.com/article/ebay-spiders-cockroaches-steiner-newsletter-9ac2c35bcd4c87af181382c71d992343) Nearly a Thousand People Were Convicted of Stealing Over Decades. It Was a Computer Glitch. (https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/nearly-a-thousand-people-were-convicted-of-stealing-over-decades-it-was-a-computer-glitch-c3290fcf?st=u4lotebs168d5xg&reflink=article_copyURL_share) How a $300 Million Flop Turned Into an Improbable Hit (https://www.wsj.com/tech/cyberpunk-2077-videogame-flop-to-hit-58ed2741?st=b0umpe50ngp0o87&reflink=article_copyURL_share) Slack Executives are all gone (https://www.threads.net/@kylie.robison/post/C2Ai8cDJc7C/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) WhatsApp is Finally Starting to Dominate in the United States. Here’s Why. (https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/whatsapp-is-finally-starting-to-dominate) World's R&D spending (https://x.com/emollick/status/1746254000914092480?s=20) Apple Relocating Siri Evaluation Team in San Diego to Austin (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/14/apple-moving-san-diego-siri-team-to-austin/) The Worst Devices of CES 2024! (https://youtu.be/NXhmnQzZ7n8?si=RJptIRZQNBlgjgYy) App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline (https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/15/app-store-to-be-split-in-two/) Red Hat Developer Hub Now Generally Available (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-developer-hub-now-generally-available) Google Ends Cloud Switching Fees, Pressuring Amazon and Microsoft (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-11/google-googl-ends-switching-fees-for-cloud-data-pressuring-amazon-microsoft) Gartner Says 50% of Critical Enterprise Applications Will Reside Outside of Centralized Public Cloud Locations Through 2027 (https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-10-30-gartner-says-50-percent-of-critical-enterprise-applications-will-reside-outside-of-centralized-public-cloud-locations-through-2027) Slashing Data Transfer Costs in AWS by 99% (https://www.bitsand.cloud/posts/slashing-data-transfer-costs/) Nonsense Costco $COST opened its 6th store in China (https://x.com/StockMKTNewz/status/1745837524587561443?s=20) These Are the World’s Most Powerful Passports in 2024 (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-11/world-s-most-powerful-passports-henley-index-sees-europe-catch-japan-singapore) The Official Passport Index Ranking (https://www.henleyglobal.com/passport-index/ranking) why stanley is on its way out #stanleycup #stanleytumbler #genztrends #greenscreen (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8qU7AXT/) These smart binoculars can identify birds and animals for you (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/10/24032871/ai-binoculars-swarovski-optic-ax-visio-ces-price-release-date) Listener Feedback Sent stickers to Dan in Indiana Shara recommends the Owala FreeSip (https://www.amazon.com/Owala-Nautical-Twilight-Stainless-Bottle/dp/B09SJY6K4C/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=fUV9t&content-id=amzn1.sym.35cab78c-35e3-4fc1-aab0-27eaa6c86063%3Aamzn1.symc.e5c80209-769f-4ade-a325-2eaec14b8e0e&pf_rd_p=35cab78c-35e3-4fc1-aab0-27eaa6c86063&pf_rd_r=RS0Y267S82H94Q7MKY4W&pd_rd_wg=vVjQj&pd_rd_r=d7373f5b-9016-45be-a120-abd43ab1572a&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m&th=1). Craig shared a Hacker News link about the Google Dev experience that is called google3 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15889691) Conferences That Conference Texas, Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1 (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/The-Business-BS-Dictionary--CFtt8vL15hIcWTIAgoxIWH6nAg-xCwuOhkOT7Ts26WfLtsX8) CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5-7th (https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2024/) - Coté speaking. The Uk's Open Technology Conference Open Source Software, Open Hardware Feb 6-7 (https://stateofopencon.com) SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th to 17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) - Coté speaking (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/we-fear-change), and there’s still sponsorship slots. KubeCon EU Paris, March 19-22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) - Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17-18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Carrot Weather App (https://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/) (the Netherlands weather app Coté mentioned is Buienradar (https://www.buienradar.nl)). Matt: Murderbot Diaries Book 7: System Collapse (https://amzn.to/4aYe85E) Aliens Fireteam Elite (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1549970/Aliens_Fireteam_Elite/) on sale for <$10 Coté: The Lost Kingdom (https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Kingdom-Matthew-J-Kirby/dp/0545274265), book. (https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Kingdom-Matthew-J-Kirby/dp/0545274265) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/close-up-of-mechanical-led-keyboard-Q_adc1_Ukc0) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-group-of-people-holding-hands-on-top-of-a-tree-DNkoNXQti3c)
This week, we delve into the Stack Overflow Survey, compare AWS and Azure, and discuss why everyone loves "Coding at Google." Plus, thoughts on the new Mobile Passport Control App and Global Entry. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W_WdnDWMg) 449 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W_WdnDWMg) Runner-up Titles That is part of the podcast I am going to have a change of pants for that They’re very good notes “Buildies” Of course they are The Internet is a series of tubes… filled with money The easiest way to make money is to have a lot of money Gobsmacked Rundown Mobile Passport Control (MPC) (https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/mobile-passport-control) Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023 (https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#ai-sentiment-and-usage) Amazon's Silent Sacking (https://justingarrison.com/blog/2023-12-30-amazons-silent-sacking/) AWS Overhauls 60,000-Person Sales Team to Fix ‘Fiefdoms,’ Customer Complaints (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/aws-overhauls-60-000-person-sales-team-to-fix-fiefdoms-customer-complaints) Coding at Google (https://textslashplain.com/2024/01/02/coding-at-google/) Relevant to your Interests Dropbox spooks users by sending data to OpenAI for AI search features (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/dropbox-spooks-users-by-sending-data-to-openai-for-ai-search-features/) Exclusive: GM's Cruise robotaxi unit dismisses nine execs after safety probe (https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gms-cruise-robotaxi-unit-dismisses-nine-people-after-safety-investigation-2023-12-13/) Apple Makes Security Changes to Protect Users From iPhone Thefts (https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/apple-iphone-ios-update-stolen-device-protection-698d760e) Apple’s new iPhone security setting keeps thieves out of your digital accounts (https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/12/23998665/apple-stolen-device-protection-face-touch-id-icloud-account-vulnerability-ios-17-3-beta) The Rise and Fall of the ‘IBM Way’ (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/ibm-greatest-capitalist-tom-watson/676147/) Tesla recalls nearly all vehicles sold in US to fix system that monitors drivers using Autopilot (https://apnews.com/article/tesla-autopilot-recall-driver-monitoring-system-8060508627a34e6af889feca46eb3002) Want to Store a Message in DNA? That’ll Be $1,000 (https://www.wired.com/story/store-a-message-in-dna/) Google's GitHub Copilot competitor is now generally available (https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/duet-ai-for-developers-googles-github-copilot-competitor-is-now-generally-available-and-will-soon-use-the-gemini-model/) Sourcegraph Cody is Generally Available (https://sourcegraph.com/blog/cody-is-generally-available) The Besties’ Revenge: How the ‘All-In’ Podcast Captured Silicon Valley (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/the-besties-revenge-how-the-all-in-podcast-captured-silicon-valley) Pipe Dreams: The life and times of Yahoo Pipes (https://retool.com/pipes) InfoWorld’s 2023 Technology of the Year Award winners (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3711524/infoworlds-2023-technology-of-the-year-award-winners.html) DHH on LinkedIn: This is our cloud spend over the last 12 months. Can you tell when we… (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-heinemeier-hansson-374b18221_this-is-our-cloud-spend-over-the-last-12-activity-7142603347013844992-MseI/) Apple Plans Rescue for $17 Billion Watch Business in Face of Ban (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-18/apple-plans-rescue-for-17-billion-watch-business-in-face-of-ban) Google to Pay $700 Million in Play Store Settlement (https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-to-pay-700-million-in-play-store-settlement-28bed6b6?st=gof21ww45isoe8a&reflink=article_copyURL_share) The Rule of X (https://x.com/BessemerVP/status/1736814812292952557?s=20) Practical Magic: Improving Productivity and Happiness for Software Development Teams (https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2023/practical-magic--improving-productivity-and-happiness-for-softwa) The Big Cloud Exit FAQ (https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-big-cloud-exit-faq-20274010) Pro Take: The Cloud Isn’t The Answer to All IT Problems—At Least for Now (https://www.wsj.com/articles/pro-take-the-cloud-isnt-the-answer-to-all-it-problemsat-least-for-now-2af43219?st=nwqof55uzxml475&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink) Comcast says hackers stole data of close to 36 million Xfinity customers (https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/19/comcast-xfinity-hackers-36-million-customers/) Who will buy VMware's end-user compute products? (https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/19/vmware_euc_sale_speculation/) Deploy web apps anywhere (https://kamal-deploy.org/) A Look Back at Q3 '23 Public Cloud Software Earnings (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/a-look-back-at-q3-23-public-cloud?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=139963148&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&utm_medium=email) End of Life (https://endoflife.date/) VMware’s Cheaper New Bundles May Drive Up Costs (https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemcdowell/2023/12/21/why-your-costs-may-go-up-with-vmwares-cheaper-new-bundles/?sh=3098f0d61b14) Intel CEO says Nvidia’s AI dominance is pure luck (https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-ceo-says-nvidias-ai-dominance-is-pure-luck-nvidia-vp-fires-back-says-intel-lacked-vision-and-execution) Sam Altman’s Knack for Dodging Bullets—With a Little Help From Bigshot Friends (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altman-openai-protected-by-silicon-valley-friends-f3efcf68?st=7ut2w92w2px1b9c&reflink=article_copyURL_share) Reddit’s CEO takes a victory lap (https://www.threads.net/@carnage4life/post/C1N-ilELo9Y/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) The eternal struggle between open source and proprietary software (https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/26/the-eternal-struggle-between-open-source-and-proprietary-software/?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content) New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI, Alleging Copyright Infringement (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/new-york-times-sues-microsoft-and-openai-alleging-copyright-infringement-fd85e1c4?st=z5d54e5urzlthil&reflink=article_copyURL_share) Broadcom Hands VMware Partners ‘Termination Notice’ (https://www.crn.com/news/virtualization/broadcom-hands-vmware-partners-termination-notice) Investors Who Amassed The Most Unicorns Stepped Way Back In 2023 (https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/top-unicorn-investors-eoy-2023/) What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it (https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/27/bruce_perens_post_open/) Clouded Judgement 12.29.23 - Year End Review (https://open.substack.com/pub/cloudedjudgement/p/clouded-judgement-122923-year-end?r=2l9&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post) EU CRA: What does it mean for open source? - Bert Hubert's writings (https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/eu-cra-what-does-it-mean-for-open-source/) OpenAI’s Annualized Revenue Tops $1.6 Billion as Customers Shrug Off CEO Drama (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-annualized-revenue-tops-1-6-billion-as-customers-shrug-off-ceo-drama?utm_source=ti_app&rc=giqjaz) 2023 in Review: Reading and Writing Highlights (https://seroter.com/2024/01/01/2023-in-review-reading-and-writing-highlights/) The WELL: Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky: State of the World 2024 (https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/540/Bruce-Sterling-and-Jon-Lebkowsky-page01.html) Remembering the startups we lost in 2023 (https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/30/remembering-the-startups-we-lost-in-2023/) Windows boss pledges to 'make Start menu great again' (https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/03/windows_11_start_great_again/) Amazon eliminated his role. Four months later, he's still getting paychecks. (https://www.businessinsider.com/senior-amazon-employee-aws-quiet-firing-remote-work-severance-package-2023-12) Nearly Half of Companies Plan to Eliminate Bachelor's Degree Requirements in 2024 (https://www.intelligent.com/nearly-half-of-companies-plan-to-eliminate-bachelors-degree-requirements-in-2024/) Observability in 2024: More OpenTelemetry, Less Confusion (https://thenewstack.io/observability-in-2024-more-opentelemetry-less-confusion/) LastPass prompting users to set a stronger master password (https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/03/lastpass-stronger-master-password/) Apple rejects the HEY Calendar from their App Store (https://world.hey.com/dhh/apple-rejects-the-hey-calendar-from-their-app-store-4316dc03) This might be the end of Carta as the trusted platform for startups (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/karrisaarinen_this-might-be-the-end-of-carta-as-the-trusted-activity-7149219878837583873-M2ea) Command line csv viewer (https://github.com/YS-L/csvlens) Alamo Drafthouse blames ‘nationwide’ theater outage on Sony projector fail (https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/1/24021915/alamo-drafthouse-outage-sony-projector) Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX (https://www.wsj.com/business/elon-musk-illegal-drugs-e826a9e1?reflink=share_mobilewebshare) Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches first phone service satellites (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/03/spacex-elon-musk-phone-starlink-satellites) Elon Musk is not understood (https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/elon-musk-is-not-understood/) Elon Musk's X gets another valuation cut from Fidelity (https://www.axios.com/2023/12/31/elon-musks-x-fidelity-valuation-cut) 2024 Predictions (https://medium.com/@profgalloway/2024-predictions-a16e3cae1596) US fines Southwest Airlines $140M for 2022 IT meltdown (https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/18/us_fines_southwest_airlines_140m/) Scooter Company Bird Global Files Bankruptcy to Sell Itself (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scooter-company-bird-global-files-070507154.html) 'everything' blocks devs from removing their own npm packages (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/everything-blocks-devs-from-removing-their-own-npm-packages/) Office vacancy rate hits record high (https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/08/economy/office-spa
Matt Ray interviews Jorge Castro, veteran Community Manager from the CNCF. They discuss Project Bluefin, behind the scenes at the CNCF, and mentoring the next generation of open source contributors. Plus, “you can have anything you want, but the defaults are the best”. Show Links Cloud Native Computing Foundation (https://www.cncf.io/) Project (https://projectbluefin.io/) Bluefin (https://projectbluefin.io/) Bazzite (https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite) Universal Blue (https://universal-blue.discourse.group) Prompt terminal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeUH1_fFSUs) Windows To Go with Rufus (https://www.intowindows.com/rufus-to-create-windows-to-go-usb-drive/) Contact Jorge Castro LinkedIn: jorge-castro2112 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorge-castro2112/) GitHub: @castrojo (https://github.com/castrojo) Mastodon: @jorge@hachyderm.io (https://hachyderm.io/@jorge) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Special Guest: Jorge Castro.
This week, we grade our 2023 predictions, revisit the key trends that shaped the year, and gaze into the crystal ball to anticipate what 2024 might hold. Plus, we answer listener questions. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08SHFMhMyK4) 447 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08SHFMhMyK4) Runner-up Titles Flat budgets are better then no budget Applauding as the Titanic goes down They weren’t going to be patriated But this is you! Now we know The hippies have lost Keep your head on an open-source swivel Once it works, it’ll be great At least we got USB C Great year for cables Rundown 2022 Year in Review (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/394) (Last Year’s Recap Episode) Travel App Recommendations FlightRadar24 (https://www.flightradar24.com/30.26,-97.75/6) Flighty (https://www.flightyapp.com) Final Numbers (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-dbe3d2df-7e47-4bd3-82b9-2e4961b9d190.html?chunk=9&utm_term=emshare#story9) The Problems with Money In (Open Source) Software (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCuLyv6SHo) Slides Benedict: AI, and everything else’. (https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations) Conferences That Conference Texas, Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1 (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/The-Business-BS-Dictionary--CFtt8vL15hIcWTIAgoxIWH6nAg-xCwuOhkOT7Ts26WfLtsX8) CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5-7th (https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2024/) SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th to 17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) KubeCon EU Paris, March 19-22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17-18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations of the Year Brandon: Pastebot (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/394) Matt: Vale FLOSS Weekly (https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly) (RIP) Coté: Google Looker (https://lookerstudio.google.com) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-beach-with-a-heart-drawn-in-the-sand-3fGYGza-43g) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/the-numbers-are-written-with-sparkles-in-the-dark-DwavFNdXa1I)
This week, we “define” and decode business jargon and take a look at what it really means. Subscribe to Coté’s “Business BS Dictionary” YouTube Playlist for even more definitions. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlTmTNRVcBs) 446 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlTmTNRVcBs) Runner-up Titles When your early is really on time Showing up on time is is early for me We are not going to sell any Kubernetes in TikTok Rundown BS Dictionary What does "bureaucracy" mean? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxZvnBPjnv4&list=PLk_5VqpWEtiXBH0mEGNL5YuEEgNvdIloT&index=13) Politics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRxfmZc6f-w&list=PLk_5VqpWEtiXBH0mEGNL5YuEEgNvdIloT&index=12) Deck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM6h-XyGlXg&list=PLk_5VqpWEtiXBH0mEGNL5YuEEgNvdIloT&index=2) Let's socialize this deck (https://www.tiktok.com/@drunkandretired/video/7310133775076314400) Let's have the meeting in the meeting (https://www.tiktok.com/@drunkandretired/video/7310133417381858593) Parking Lot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txCxZlNwY3k&list=PLk_5VqpWEtiXBH0mEGNL5YuEEgNvdIloT&index=6) Outcomes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f6Hr7_oTuo&list=PLk_5VqpWEtiXBH0mEGNL5YuEEgNvdIloT&index=7) Follow Coté on TikTok for more BS Dictionary Takes (https://www.tiktok.com/@drunkandretired) Coté’s Business BS Dictionary Playlist on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk_5VqpWEtiXBH0mEGNL5YuEEgNvdIloT) Conferences That Conference Texas, Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1 (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/The-Business-BS-Dictionary--CFtt8vL15hIcWTIAgoxIWH6nAg-xCwuOhkOT7Ts26WfLtsX8) CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5-7th (https://cfgmgmtcamp.eu/ghent2024/) SCaLE 21x, March 14th to 17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17-18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: Slow Horses Season 3 (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/slow_horses/s03) Coté: ChatDM with Forgotten Realms. Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/man-standing-in-front-of-people-sitting-beside-table-with-laptop-computers-gMsnXqILjp4) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/an-open-book-sitting-on-top-of-a-table-pT4Cot62pE4)
This week, we discuss the distribution of cloud revenue, explore who is investing in A.I., and take a look back at Mesosphere DC/OS. Plus, some thoughts on the peacefulness of flying. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX5FY4MJpR0) 445 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX5FY4MJpR0) Runner-up Titles I feel very safe on an airplane We’re one mishap away from Lost Difference between the right decision and the safe decision First rule of AI Ethics Team: Don’t fake the demo “Rice” They got run over by the Kubernetes Truck Figure out where all the yaml goes Rundown Many Different Kinds Of Cloud, Very Big Piles Of Money - IT Jungle (https://www.itjungle.com/2023/12/11/many-different-kinds-of-cloud-very-big-piles-of-money/) Software Startup That Rejected Buyout From Microsoft Shuts Down, Sells Assets to Nutanix (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/a16z-backed-startup-that-once-rejected-150m-sale-to-microsoft-shuts-down) Apache Mesos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Mesos) Docker acquires AtomicJar, a testing startup that raised $25M in January (https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/docker-acquires-atomicjar-a-testing-startup-that-raised-25m-in-january/) Relevant to your Interests Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack (https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/just-about-every-windows-and-linux-device-vulnerable-to-new-logofail-firmware-attack/) OAI staff deeply did not want to work for Microsoft (https://www.threads.net/@kalihays1/post/C0hUizEJfPV/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/business/dealbook/silicon-valley-artificial-intelligence.html) The Fastest Growing Brands of 2023 (https://pro.morningconsult.com/analyst-reports/fastest-growing-brands-2023) Vast Data lands $118M to grow its data storage platform for AI workloads (https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/06/vast-data-lands-118m-to-grow-its-data-storage-platform-for-ai-workloads/) 'No one saw this coming': Kevin O’Leary says remote work trend is now hurting sectors other than real estate — here’s why he’s saying certain ‘banks are going to fail’ (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/no-one-saw-coming-kevin-133000274.html) The OpenAI Board Member Who Clashed With Sam Altman Shares Her Side (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/helen-toner-openai-board-2e4031ef) Apple joins AI fray with release of model framework (https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/6/23990678/apple-foundation-models-generative-ai-mlx) Will VMware customers balk as Broadcom transitions them to subscriptions? (https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/insights/will-vmware-customers-balk-broadcom-transitions-them-subscriptions) Broadcom to divest VMware’s EUC and Carbon Black units (https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/07/broadcom_q4_2023/) Apple Confirms It Shut Down iMessage for Android App Beeper Mini (https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/10/apple-confirms-it-shut-down-beeper-mini/) Tech company VMware slashing 577 jobs in Austin (https://www.kvue.com/article/money/economy/boomtown-2040/vmware-austin-layoffs/269-c65851d4-54cb-4cf3-a3db-34fb907de932) The Problems with Money In (Open Source) Software | Aneel Lakhani | Monktoberfest 2023 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCuLyv6SHo) WFH levels have become "flat as a pancake" (https://x.com/I_Am_NickBloom/status/1729557222424731894?s=20) Broadcom halves sub price for VMware's flagship hybrid cloud (https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/12/vmware_broadcom_licensing_changes/) VMware by Broadcom Dramatically Simplifies Offer Lineup and Licensing Model (https://news.vmware.com/company/vmware-by-broadcom-business-transformation) Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer’s code repos (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cloud-engineer-gets-2-years-for-wiping-ex-employers-code-repos/) The Kubernetes 1.29 release interview (https://open.substack.com/pub/craigbox/p/the-kubernetes-129-release-interview?r=1s6gmq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) HashiCorp Shares Drop 22% After Forecasting Slowing Sales Growth (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/hashicorp-shares-drop-22-after-forecasting-slowing-sales-growth-d3dd4d7d) Oracle shares slide as revenue misses estimates (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/11/oracle-orcl-q2-earnings-report-2024.html) Platform teams need a delightfully different approach, not one that sucks less (https://www.chkk.io/blog/platform-teams-different-approach) Nonsense Nearly Everyone Gets A’s at Yale. Does That Cheapen the Grade? (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/nyregion/yale-grade-inflation.html?searchResultPosition=1) It’s time for the Excel World Championships! (https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/9/23995236/its-time-for-the-excel-world-championships) Only in Australia: huge snake drops from roof during podcast recording – video (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2023/dec/11/only-in-australia-huge-snake-drops-from-roof-during-podcast-recording-video) Committing to Costco (https://twitter.com/Wes_nship/status/1734207909137989969) 220-ton Nova Scotia building moved using 700 bars of soap (https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/12/08/canada-Halifax-Nova-Scotia-Elmwood-building-moved-soap/2971702059148/) Conferences Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas (https://that.us/events/tx/2024/schedule/) SCaLE 21x, March 14th to 17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) DevOpsDays Birmingham 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp) April 17-18, 2024 If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Recommendations Brandon: The Fund (https://www.amazon.com/Fund-Bridgewater-Associates-Unraveling-Street/dp/1250276934) Matt: Reese’s minis unwrapped (https://amzn.to/3NoGV9i) Anti-recommendation: Keychron Acoustic Kit (https://www.keychron.com/collections/keychron-add-on/products/keychron-q10-acoustic-upgrade-kit) Coté: Sex Education (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Education_(TV_series)), season 3. (some follow-ups: Menewood was good, a bit too Moby Dick w/r/t to wheat and barley in the middle; Descript is still fantastic, getting even better with the AI stuff) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/blue-and-white-airplane-seats-DSOohFTAfno) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/gray-and-black-airplane-seats-1KcGnn5HAPU)
This week, we look back at the drama at OpenAI and look forward to the growing A.I. Arms Race. Plus, we talk about calendaring — again! Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIxu1D6pfG0) 444 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIxu1D6pfG0) Runner-up Titles A.I. Arms Race Table 4 needs pork chops Run with that Thanks for not saving us from the AI The King of Cameos Rebels going to rebel Ivory Tower Scruples The sign of something Rundown OpenAI Sam Altman Out At OpenAI (https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/11/17/sam-altman-out-at-openai/) A statement from Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/11/17/a-statement-from-microsoft-chairman-and-ceo-satya-nadella/) OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/17/23966277/openai-co-founder-greg-brockman-leaving) Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI — Hard Fork (https://overcast.fm/+m_rrMb92o) Greg Brockman quits OpenAI after abrupt firing of Sam Altman | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/17/greg-brockman-quits-openai-after-abrupt-firing-of-sam-altman) Breaking: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/18/23967199/breaking-openai-board-in-discussions-with-sam-altman-to-return-as-ceo) OpenAI Investors Plot Last-Minute Push With Microsoft To Reinstate Sam Altman As CEO (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2023/11/18/openai-investors-scramble-to-reinstate-sam-altman-as-ceo/?sh=18e676bd60da) Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/20/23968829/microsoft-hires-sam-altman-greg-brockman-employees-openai) OpenAI board names a new interim CEO — and it's not Sam Altman (https://www.axios.com/2023/11/20/sam-altman-openai-board-emmet-shear) Who Controls OpenAI? (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-20/who-controls-openai?srnd=undefined) Inside the OpenAI Meltdown — Plain English with Derek Thompson (https://overcast.fm/+1LedZQwsE) The AI industry turns against its favorite philosophy | Semafor (https://www.semafor.com/article/11/21/2023/how-effective-altruism-led-to-a-crisis-at-openai) Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/22/23967223/sam-altman-returns-ceo-open-ai) Read Microsoft’s internal memos about the chaos at OpenAI (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/22/23972572/microsoft-internal-memo-kevin-scott-openai) Thrive-Led OpenAI Tender to Continue After Altman Returns (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/thrive-led-openai-tender-to-continue-after-altman-returns) Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warn (https://open.substack.com/pub/platformer/p/amazons-q-has-severe-hallucinations?r=2l9&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post) A.I. Arms Race Inside the A.I. Arms Race That Changed Silicon Valley Forever (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/technology/ai-chatgpt-google-meta.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) Introducing Gemini: our largest and most capable AI model (https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-gemini-ai/) Google unveils Gemini (https://www.platformer.news/p/google-unveils-gemini?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=7976&post_id=139438103&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&utm_medium=email) Thomas Kurian On Google Cloud’s AI Differentiators Vs. Rivals AWS, Microsoft (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/thomas-kurian-on-google-cloud-s-ai-differentiators-vs-rivals-aws-microsoft?itc=refresh) Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warn (https://www.platformer.news/p/amazons-q-has-severe-hallucinations) Confident about safety of AI: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67633980) OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman (https://www.wired.com/story/openai-buy-ai-chips-startup-sam-altman/) Relevant to Your Interests Unhinged Elon Musk Tells Advertisers: 'Go F-ck Yourself' (https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-twitter-advertisers-bob-iger-new-york-times-dealbook-summit-1234905549/) Looking Good, Elon! Feeling Good, Trashcan Man! | Defector (https://defector.com/looking-good-elon-feeling-good-trashcan-man) New myApplications in the AWS Management Console simplifies managing your application resources (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-myapplications-in-the-aws-management-console-simplifies-managing-your-application-resources/) Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals for automatic instrumentation of your applications (preview) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-application-signals-for-automatic-instrumentation-of-your-applications-preview/) Okta admits hackers accessed data on all customers during recent breach (https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/okta-admits-hackers-accessed-data-on-all-customers-during-recent-breach/) "We have no plans to bring Xbox Game Pass to PlayStation or Nintendo." Xbox CEO Phil Spencer on console hardware, the future of Activision-Blizzard, and much more (https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/phil-spencer-jez-corden-xbox-interview-2023) 534 startups have failed so far in 2023 (https://fortune.com/2023/11/30/startup-funding-bankruptcies-lower-valuations-2023/) Why We're Dropping Basecamp - Duke University Libraries Blogs (https://blogs.library.duke.edu/blog/2023/11/30/why-were-dropping-basecamp/) Broadcom CEO tells VMWare workers to 'get butt back to office' after completing a $69 billion merger of the two companies (https://fortune.com/2023/12/02/broadcom-ceo-orders-employees-get-butt-back-office-vmware-remote-work/) Spotify to lay off 17 percent of its workforce in latest round of job cuts (https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/4/23987335/spotify-layoffs-17-percent-profitability-cost-cutting) 'Return to Office' declared dead (https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/03/return_to_office/) Apple TV+ and Paramount+ May Soon Bundle Streaming Services (https://gizmodo.com/apple-tv-paramount-streaming-bundle-might-be-coming-1851065662) US Commerce Secretary Says Any AI Chips Designed To Circumvent Restrictions On China Will Be Banned The Very Next Day (https://wccftech.com/us-secretary-ai-chips-designed-to-circumvent-china-restrictions-banned-very-next-day/) Twilio to cut about 5% of total workforce (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/twilio-cut-5-total-workforce-144822744.html) Honey, I shrunk the telemetry - bitdrift Blog (https://blog.bitdrift.io/post/honey-i-shrunk-the-telemetry) GitLab shares soar as developer-tools company posts first adjusted operating profit (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/04/gitlab-gtlb-q3-earnings-report-2024.html) It’s All Bullshit | JS Tan (https://thebaffler.com/latest/its-all-bullshit-tan) IDC’s first Software Supply Chain Security Market Glance (https://x.com/katiednorton1/status/1668611154338349057?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A) Meta Sees Little Risk in RISC-V Custom Accelerators (https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/01/meta-sees-little-risk-in-risc-v-with-custom-accelerators/?td=rt-3a) AWS exec: Our understanding of open source is changing (https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/david_nalley_interview/) Nonsense Apple and Spotify have revealed their top podcasts of 2023. Here is what they do — and don’t — tell us. (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23981468/apple-replay-spotify-wrapped-podcasts-rogan-crime-junkie-alex-cooper) The Clock of the Long Now (https://longnow.org/clock/) Conferences Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas (https://that.us/events/tx/2024/schedule/) SCaLE 21x, March 14th to 17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! 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This week, we review the major announcements from AWS re:Invent and discuss how the hyperscalers are embracing A.I. Plus, a few thoughts on children’s chores. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0xwqUis6xA) 443 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0xwqUis6xA) Runner-up Titles No Slack The Corporate Podcast. Quality of life stop Our roads diverge Eats a bag of llama Nobody wants to do a bake-off AI all the time Rundown AWS re:Invent Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2023 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2023/) Salesforce Inks Deal to Sell on Amazon Web Services’ Marketplace (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-27/salesforce-to-sell-software-on-aws-marketplace-in-self-service-purchase-push#xj4y7vzkg) AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips (https://press.aboutamazon.com/2023/11/aws-unveils-next-generation-aws-designed-chips) Join the preview for new memory-optimized, AWS Graviton4-powered Amazon EC2 instances (R8g) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/join-the-preview-for-new-memory-optimized-aws-graviton4-powered-amazon-ec2-instances-r8g/) Announcing the new Amazon S3 Express One Zone high performance storage class (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-s3-express-one-zone-high-performance-storage-class/) AWS unveils new Trainium AI chip and Graviton 4, extends Nvidia partnership (https://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-unveils-new-trainium-ai-chip-and-graviton-4-extends-nvidia-partnership/) AI Chip - AWS Inferentia - AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/inferentia/) DGX Platform (https://www.nvidia.com/en-au/data-center/dgx-platform/) Foundational Models - Amazon Bedrock - AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/) Supported models in Amazon Bedrock - Amazon Bedrock (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/models-supported.html#models-supported-meta) Agents for Amazon Bedrock is now available with improved control of orchestration and visibility into reasoning (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/agents-for-amazon-bedrock-is-now-available-with-improved-control-of-orchestration-and-visibility-into-reasoning/) Knowledge Bases now delivers fully managed RAG experience in Amazon Bedrock (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/knowledge-bases-now-delivers-fully-managed-rag-experience-in-amazon-bedrock/) Customize models in Amazon Bedrock with your own data using fine-tuning and continued pre-training (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/customize-models-in-amazon-bedrock-with-your-own-data-using-fine-tuning-and-continued-pre-training/) Amazon Q brings generative AI-powered assistance to IT pros and developers (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-q-brings-generative-ai-powered-assistance-to-it-pros-and-developers-preview/) Improve developer productivity with generative-AI powered Amazon Q in Amazon CodeCatalyst (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/improve-developer-productivity-with-generative-ai-powered-amazon-q-in-amazon-codecatalyst-preview/) Upgrade your Java applications with Amazon Q Code Transformation (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/upgrade-your-java-applications-with-amazon-q-code-transformation-preview/) Introducing Amazon Q, a new generative AI-powered assistant (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-amazon-q-a-new-generative-ai-powered-assistant-preview/) New Amazon Q in QuickSight uses generative AI assistance for quicker, easier data insights (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-q-in-quicksight-uses-generative-ai-assistance-for-quicker-easier-data-insights-preview/) Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus collector provides agentless metric collection for Amazon EKS (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-managed-service-for-prometheus-collector-provides-agentless-metric-collection-for-amazon-eks/) Amazon CloudWatch Logs now offers automated pattern analytics and anomaly detection (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-logs-now-offers-automated-pattern-analytics-and-anomaly-detection/) Use Amazon CloudWatch to consolidate hybrid, multicloud, and on-premises metrics (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-use-amazon-cloudwatch-to-consolidate-hybrid-multi-cloud-and-on-premises-metrics/) Amazon EKS Pod Identity simplifies IAM permissions for applications on Amazon EKS clusters (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-eks-pod-identity-simplifies-iam-permissions-for-applications-on-amazon-eks-clusters/) Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon OpenSearch Service is now available (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-dynamodb-zero-etl-integration-with-amazon-opensearch-service-is-now-generally-available/) Amazon says its first Project Kuiper internet satellites were fully successful in testing (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/16/amazon-kuiper-internet-satellites-fully-successful-in-testing.html) AWS takes the cheap shots (https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/aws-takes-the-cheap-shots/) Here's everything Amazon Web Services announced at AWS re:Invent (https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/heres-everything-aws-reinvent-2023-so-far/) Relevant to your Interests Oracle Cloud Made All The Right Moves In 2022 (https://moorinsightsstrategy.com/oracle-cloud-made-all-the-right-moves-in-2022/) Ransomware gang files SEC complaint over victim’s undisclosed breach (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-files-sec-complaint-over-victims-undisclosed-breach/) Keynote Highlights: Satya Nadella at Microsoft Ignite 2023 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMlUJqxhdoY) Thoma Bravo to sell about $500 million in Dynatrace stock (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/thoma-bravo-to-sell-about-500-million-in-dynatrace-stock-9d7bd0e6) FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification 1.0-preview Released to Demystify Cloud Billing Data (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/finops-open-cost-and-usage-specification-1-0-preview-released-to-demystify-cloud-billing-data-301990559.html?tc=eml_cleartime) AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle partner to make cloud spend more transparent | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/16/aws-microsoft-google-and-oracle-partner-to-make-cloud-spend-more-transparent/) Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (https://signal.org/blog/signal-is-expensive/) Several popular AI products flagged as unsafe for kids by Common Sense Media | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/16/several-popular-ai-products-flagged-as-unsafe-for-kids-by-common-sense-media/) Amazon to sell Hyundai vehicles online starting in 2024 (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-sell-hyundai-vehicles-online-180500951.html) Amazon to launch car sales next year with Hyundai (https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiP2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmF4aW9zLmNvbS8yMDIzLzExLzE2L2FtYXpvbi1oeXVuZGFpLWNhcnMtc2FsZS1hbGV4YdIBAA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen) Canonical Microcloud: Simple, free, on-prem Linux clustering (https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/16/canonical_microcloud/) Introducing the Functional Source License: Freedom without Free-riding (https://blog.sentry.io/introducing-the-functional-source-license-freedom-without-free-riding/) The Problems with Money In (Open Source) Software | Aneel Lakhani | Monktoberfest 2023 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCuLyv6SHo) DXC Technology and AWS Take Their Strategic Partnership to the Next Level to Deliver the Future of Cloud for Customers (https://dxc.com/us/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/11202023) Broadcom and VMware Intend to Close Transaction on November 22, 2023 (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231121379706/en/Broadcom-and-VMware-Intend-to-Close-Transaction-on-November-22-2023) Broadcom announces successful acquisition of VMware | Hock Tan (https://www.broadcom.com/blog/broadcom-announces-successful-acquisition-of-vmware) Broadcom closes $69 billion VMware deal after China approval (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/broadcom-closes-69-billion-vmware-133704461.html) VMware is now part of Broadcom | VMware by Broadcom (https://www.broadcom.com/info/vmware) Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Reportedly Quits and Pleads Guilty to Breaking US Law (https://www.wired.com/story/binance-cz-ceo-quits-pleads-guilty-breaking-law/) Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn’t 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But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It! (https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/21/congrats-to-elon-musk-i-didnt-think-you-had-it-in-you-to-file-a-lawsuit-this-stupid-but-you-crazy-bastard-you-did-it/) Hackers spent 2+ years looting secrets of chipmaker NXP before being detected (https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/hackers-spent-2-years-looting-secrets-of-chipmaker-nxp-before-being-detected/) Meet ‘Anna Boyko’: How a Fake Speaker Blew up DevTernity (https://thenewstack.io/meet-anna-boyko-how-a-fake-speaker-blew-up-devternity/) IBM's Db2 database dinosaur comes to AWS (https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/29/aws_launch_ibms_db2_database/) Reports of AI ending human labour may be greatly exaggerated (https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/economic-research/resbull/2023/html/ecb.rb231128~0a16e73d87.es.html) New Google geothermal electricity project could be a milestone for clean energy (https://apnews.com/article/geothermal-energy-heat-renewable-power-climate-5c97f86e62263d3a63d7c92c40f1330d) VMware’s $92bn sale showers cash on Michael Dell and Silver Lake (https://www.ft.com/content/d01901a2-db4b-45df-8ce5-f57ff46d463e) Gartner Says Cloud Will Become a Business Necessity by 2028 (https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-11-29-gartner-says-cloud-will-become-a-business-necessity-by-2028) IRS starts the bidding for $1.9B IT services recompete (https://www.nextgov.com/acquisition/2023/11/irs-starts-bidding-19b-it-services-recompete/392303/) WSJ News Exclusive | Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card Partnership (https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/apple-pulls-plug-on-goldman-credit-card-partnership-ca1dfb45) Apple employees most likely to leave to join Google shows LinkedIn (https://9to5mac.com/2023/11/23/apple-employees-nex
Brandon interviews Dustin Kirkland, VP of Engineering at Chainguard. They delve into Dustin’s experience as a part-time analyst, explore how Chainguard secures open-source software, and Dustin shares his hiking experience on the Camino de Santiago. Plus, some thoughts on men’s fashion and the timeless three-piece suit. Show Links theCUBE (https://www.thecube.net/) SiliconANGLE (https://siliconangle.com) Chainguard: Fortified Software Delivery (https://www.chainguard.dev/) Chainguard Raises $61 Million Series B Round as Enterprises Move to Fortify Open Source Software (https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/series-b-funding) Battling the Trojan Horse in Open Source (https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/dan-lorenc-chainguard-spotlight/) Our Open Source focus: Securing OSS is not optional (https://www.chainguard.dev/open-source) Octopus wolfi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_wolfi) Camino de Santiago (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_de_Santiago) My Walk on the Portuguese Camino de Santiago, 2023 (https://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2023/04/camino-de-santiago-2023.html) Contact Dustin @DustinKirkland (https://twitter.com/DustinKirkland) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinkirkland/) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured). Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)! Special Guest: Dustin Kirkland.
This week, we recap the key announcements from Microsoft Ignite, ponder the broader implications of A.I., provide an update on OpenCost, and share some thoughts on migrating child accounts to teen accounts. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episod (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YXzBJr6Plw)e 441 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YXzBJr6Plw) Runner-up Titles I just want to do less Kill all the humans Madlibbing his keynotes They perked up and turned it off Legs are the difficult thing Everyone gets turned into a barnyard animal Rundown MSFT Ignite With a systems approach to chips, Microsoft aims to tailor everything ‘from silicon to service’ to meet AI demand - Source (https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/in-house-chips-silicon-to-service-to-meet-ai-demand/) Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event (https://www.theverge.com/23961007/microsoft-ignite-2023-news-ai-announcements-copilot-windows-azure-office#stream-entry-79ea5641-4d45-4067-a4d0-824c3e9a9297) Microsoft and Photonic join forces on the path to quantum at scale - Microsoft Azure Quantum Blog (https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/quantum/2023/11/08/microsoft-and-photonic-join-forces-on-the-path-to-quantum-at-scale/) Introducing Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides - Microsoft Industry Blogs (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/industrial-metaverse/2023/11/15/introducing-copilot-in-microsoft-dynamics-365-guides-bringing-generative-ai-in-mixed-reality-to-frontline-workers/) Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/15/23960517/microsoft-copilot-bing-chat-rebranding-chatgpt-ai) OpenCost and Azure Announcing OpenCost Integration with Microsoft AKS Cost Analysis (https://www.opencost.io/blog/aks-cost-analysis) Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/export-cost-using-focus/) Relevant to your Interests Microsoft restricts employee access to OpenAI's ChatGPT (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/09/microsoft-restricts-employee-access-to-openais-chatgpt.html) Scoop: Amazon is ditching Android for Fire TVs, smart displays (https://www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-vega-os-fire-tv-android) Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023 (https://github.blog/2023-11-08-the-state-of-open-source-and-ai/?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content) Clouded Judgement 11.10.23 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-111023?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=138676070&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&utm_medium=email) Keycaps » Special Edition Drop » dbrand (https://dbrand.com/shop/special-edition/keycaps) In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack (https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/hackers-can-steal-ssh-cryptographic-keys-in-new-cutting-edge-attack/) Linux Foundation Creating The High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) (https://www.phoronix.com/news/High-Performance-Software-HPSF) 2023: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise - Menlo Ventures (https://menlovc.com/2023-the-state-of-generative-ai-in-the-enterprise-report/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Threat Spotlight: Reported ransomware attacks double as AI tactics take hold (https://blog.barracuda.com/2023/08/02/threat-spotlight-ransomware-attacks-double-ai-tactics) YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax" (https://thisisunpacked.substack.com/p/youtube-ad-blockers-and-advertising-tax) Google sues scammers that allegedly released a malware-filled Bard knockoff (https://www.engadget.com/google-sues-scammers-that-allegedly-released-a-malware-filled-bard-knockoff-162222150.html) Apple gets 36% of Google search revenue from Safari, Alphabet witness says (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/14/apple-gets-36percent-of-google-search-revenue-from-safari-alphabet-witness.html) RHEL and Alma Linux 9.3 released (https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/15/rhel_and_alma_linux_93/) Amazon will officially merge Comixology with Kindle in December (https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazon-will-officially-merge-comixology-with-kindle-in-december/) Nonsense AWS staffer shows off former-prison offices on social media (https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/13/aws_prison_offices/) Buc-ee’s and Mercedes-Benz are partnering to add high-speed chargers (https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/buc-ees-and-mercedes-benz-are-partnering-to-add-high-speed-chargers) In the Office Auto-Reply Emails for a Hybrid Work Schedule (https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-the-office-auto-reply-emails-for-a-hybrid-work-schedule) Listener Feedback Facets | Helping you adopt Platform Engineering (https://www.facets.cloud/) 8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (https://www.macrumors.com/2023/11/10/8gb-ram-in-m3-macbook-pro-proves-the-bottleneck/) Conferences Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas (https://that.us/events/tx/2024/schedule/) Code BF24 gives $300 off any professional ticket until Nov. 27. 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This week, we recap Matt's experience at KubeCon Chicago, provide some hot takes on OpenAI's impending App Store, and delve into Apple's claim that 8 GB is all you need. 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This week, we discuss Cloud Earnings, OpenCost, the Free Software Product License, paying for Social Media, and Apple's latest announcements. Plus, Matt begins the search for a new keyboard. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://youtube.com/live/Vlh62UkQDrI?feature=share) 439 (https://youtube.com/live/Vlh62UkQDrI?feature=share) Runner-up Titles Costservability Just a second 439 episodes of podcasting nirvana We’ve never made a mistake A million Amazon users of Copilot Chrome exists to serve RAM sales Two Turntables and a Microphone Default Search Engines Rundown Cloud Earnings Review Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Q3 2023 Earnings Analysis (https://open.substack.com/pub/johnfurrier/p/amazon-web-services-aws-q3-2023-earnings?r=2l9&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post) Amazon's Jassy: We're 'surprised' at growth of our generative AI business (https://www.axios.com/2023/10/27/amazon-earnings-q3-cloud-ai-growth) Clouded Judgement 10.27.23 - Cloud Giants Report Q3 '23 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-102723-cloud-giants?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=138282964&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&utm_medium=email) OpenCost Expands Its Horizon: Introducing Multi-Cloud Cost Monitoring (https://www.opencost.io/blog/cloud-costs) Free Software Product Open Source in Numbers: The Terraform License Change Impact on Contribution (https://thenewstack.io/open-source-in-numbers-the-terraform-license-change-impact-on-contribution/) Open Source and Capitalism with Ashley Williams and Adam Jacob / Oxide (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1564203) Business Models (https://sfosc.org/docs/book/business-models/) Default Search Engine Google reportedly pays $18 billion a year to be Apple’s default search engine (https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/23933206/google-apple-search-deal-safari-18-billion) Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere (https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/27/23934961/google-antitrust-trial-defaults-search-deal-26-3-billion) “Chrome exists to serve Google search.” - 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