Software Defined Talk

This week, we discuss IBM acquiring Kubecost, AWS moving OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation, and Amazon employees heading back to the office. Plus, some thoughts on what it means to be in "employee mode." Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWj5n7LWCdk) 485 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWj5n7LWCdk) Runner-up Titles That’s a good looking setup there Feels like sweatpants London’s busy, Amsterdam's laid back AIFinOps Mission Bankruptcy The settings page is more than 1 page Don’t get turned into hamburger, that’s the goal Feature checkbox acquisition. Employee Mode Using people as a whiteboard. Work on smarter things, not dumber things. Rundown Announcing Kubecost’s Acquisition by IBM! (https://blog.kubecost.com/blog/ibm-acquisition-announcement/) AWS hands OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3520875/aws-hands-opensearch-to-the-linux-foundation.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=organic&utm_source=twitter) Update from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on return-to-office plans and manager team ratio (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/ceo-andy-jassy-latest-update-on-amazon-return-to-office-manager-team-ratio) JPMorgan creates new role overseeing junior bankers as Wall Street wrestles with workload concerns (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/18/jpmorgan-investment-bank-creates-new-role-overseeing-junior-bankers.html) Relevant to your Interests OpenAI Fundraising Set to Vault Startup’s Value to $150 Billion (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-11/openai-fundraising-set-to-vault-startup-s-value-to-150-billion) Lyft CEO keeps it real on his stock price compared to Uber (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lyft-ceo-keeps-it-real-on-his-stock-price-compared-to-uber-230146967.html) We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI (https://labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-to-achieve-rce-and-accidentally-became-the-admins-of-mobi/) How China has ‘throttled’ its private sector (https://www.ft.com/content/1e9e7544-974c-4662-a901-d30c4ab56eb7) Wall Street Curbs Young Bankers’ Hours After Overwork Outcry (https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/bank-america-jpmorgan-overtime-work-hours-f9f204a7) Unity is Canceling the Runtime Fee (https://unity.com/blog/unity-is-canceling-the-runtime-fee) Intel Awarded up to $3B by the Biden-Harris Administration (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/2024-intel-news.html) Free 'JavaScript' from Legal Clutches of Oracle, Devs Petition (https://thenewstack.io/free-javascript-from-legal-clutches-of-oracle-devs-petition/) Instagram makes teen accounts private by default (https://www.platformer.news/instagram-teen-accounts-private-default-daily-limit/?ref=platformer-newsletter) Cisco's second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/ciscos-second-layoff-of-2024-affect-thousands-of-employees/) Call For Proposals (CFP) | LF Events (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/cfp/) Londoners will soon see drones ferrying blood between hospitals (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/londoners-will-soon-see-drones-ferrying-blood-between-hospitals/) Nonsense Polishing Cloth (https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW693AM/A/polishing-cloth) United Airlines is adding free Starlink Wi-Fi to all of its planes (https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/13/24243594/united-airlines-free-starlink-wi-fi-connectivity) Founder mode, baby #tech #founder #foundermode (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFFRvSv1/) Chipotle’s New Guac Robots Can Peel Your Avocados in 26 Seconds (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-16/chipotle-cmg-robots-for-guac-and-bowls-are-ready-for-brisket-season) LinkedIn Roaster - Brutal honesty for your profile (https://liroast.web.app/) SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract after United megadeal, director says (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/17/spacexs-starlink-has-2500-aircraft-under-contract.html) Passport renewals go digital to ease wait times for American travelers (https://www.axios.com/2024/09/18/online-passport-renewal-us-travelers?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter) Conferences Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW. 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This week, we discuss Dell's growth in AI servers, GEICO’s transition from VMware to OpenStack, and the concept of Kingmaking. Plus, plenty of thoughts on USB hubs. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Y7WI3BU0c) 484 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Y7WI3BU0c) Runner-up Titles You just put it in a different USB port I am just going to repeat thing you say A Decade of Aftershow Happy Anniversary Whatever :43 it is for you Cascading hubs not supported anywhere. Mac Dongle Pro Getting DevOps to work on Intel Enterprise Gaming PCs. Brian Cantrell as Elon Musk Computers are awesome Matt and JJ can always go to GIECO. I’ll take the more. Really good surfers Rundown Dell Dell’s AI Server Business Now Bigger Than VMware Used To Be (https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/30/dells-ai-server-business-now-bigger-than-vmware-used-to-be/) There's a lot of private cloud out there (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/theres-a-lot-of-private-cloud-out) OpenStack US insurer GEICO drops VMware for OpenStack (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/28/geico_vmware_openstack_migration/) VMware Migration to OpenStack (https://www.openstack.org/vmware-migration-to-openstack) King Making (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-9624-king-making?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=148500331&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Relevant to your Interests Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Surprised by Skeptics (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-02/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-surprised-by-skeptics) Nvidia Has Held Discussions About Joining OpenAI’s Funding Round (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-29/nvidia-has-held-discussions-about-joining-openai-s-funding-round) Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise plan to compete with OpenAI (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/04/anthropic-launches-claude-enterprise-plan-to-compete-with-openai/) What's Behind Elastic's Unexpected Return to Open Source? (https://thenewstack.io/whats-behind-elastics-unexpected-return-to-open-source/) The startup teaching your computer how to smell (https://thehustle.co/news/the-startup-teaching-your-computer-how-to-smell) Automatically summarize Word documents with Copilot (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-insider-blog/automatically-summarize-word-documents-with-copilot/ba-p/4231202) Intel's Lunar Lake Looks Like a Home Run (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intels-lunar-lake-looks-home-112000963.html) AT&T sues Broadcom for refusing to renew perpetual license support (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/att-sues-broadcom-for-refusing-to-renew-perpetual-license-support/) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/enterprise-linux/ai) The Self-Destruction of Open Source Software (https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-self-destruction-of-open-source) Confluent acquires streaming data startup WarpStream (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/09/confluent-acquires-streaming-data-startup-warpstream/) There are almost no IPOs. (https://x.com/chrisfralic/status/1833651875046105302?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A) Amazon congratulates itself for AI code that mostly works (https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/05/amazon_q_developer_gartner/) Charles Schwab Adopts PostgreSQL (With VMware Tanzu) (https://thenewstack.io/charles-schwab-adopts-postgresql-with-vmware-tanzu/) Sponsor Nasuni: Head to nasuni.com/software (https://bit.ly/3MvMDoY) and see how it can revolutionize your data infrastructure today! Nonsense Delta, Other Airline Loyalty Programs Are Being Probed by US (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-05/delta-dal-american-aal-airline-loyalty-programs-under-investigation) The 35-Year-Old CEO Plotting Red Lobster’s Comeback (https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/the-35-year-old-ceo-plotting-red-lobsters-comeback-3c79d1a3) New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol outlines priorities to end coffee chain's slump (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/new-starbucks-ceo-brian-niccol-outlines-plans-for-business.html) Historic Newspaper Uses Janky AI Newscasters Instead of Human Journalists (https://www.404media.co/historic-newspaper-uses-janky-ai-newscasters-instead-of-human-journalists/) Conferences SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY. Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW. 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This week, we discuss Intel's challenges, Elastic's adopting the AGPL, and getting AI to introduce itself. Plus, some thoughts on a gesticulating flâneur using a speakerphone in public. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 483 (https://www.youtube.com/live/iOnzx3rL_hE?si=1Z53JKvpHYRmTji7) Runner-up Titles Why are you in an attic Flâneur Gesticulating That’s not I’m over the big pile of nachos What’s your corporate strategy here? They carry the flame Keeper of the Flame Cote’ likes weather Brakenthetical Rundown Intel Intel Said to Explore Options to Cope With Historic Slump (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-30/intel-is-said-to-explore-options-to-cope-with-historic-slump) Intel debuts second-gen Core Ultra mobile chips in bid to fend off Qualcomm, AMD (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-debuts-second-gen-core-ultra-mobile-chips-in-bid-to-fend-off-qualcomm-amd-160038473.html) 'Time is running out' for Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger: Analyst (https://finance.yahoo.com/video/time-running-intel-ceo-patrick-205943896.html) Report: Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger to reveal new plan to cut costs and sell off business units (https://siliconangle.com/2024/09/01/report-intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-reveal-new-plan-cut-costs-sell-off-business-units/) “Broadcom and Intel?” (https://stratechery.com/2024/broadcom-and-intel-nvidia-earnings-doj-investigating-nvidia/) Qualcomm’s new eight-core Snapdragon X Plus makes these Windows laptops cheaper (https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235065/qualcomm-8-core-snapdragon-x-plus-windows-laptops) Senior Intel CPU architects splinter to develop RISC-V processors at AheadComputing (https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/senior-intel-cpu-architects-splinter-to-develop-risc-v-processors-veterans-establish-aheadcomputing) OSS Licensing Elasticsearch is Open Source, Again (https://www.elastic.co/blog/elasticsearch-is-open-source-again) Why Elastic (ESTC) Shares Are Trading Lower Today (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-elastic-estc-shares-trading-154216841.html) The slow evaporation of the free/open source surplus (https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/the-slow-evaporation-of-the-foss-surplus/) Post-Open Source (https://www.boringcactus.com/2020/08/13/post-open-source.html) (circa 2020) Relevant to your Interests Data infrastructure startup Cribl raises $319M at a $3.5B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/27/data-infrastructure-startup-cribl-raises-319m-at-a-3-5b-valuation/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Cribl Closes $319M Series E Round at a $3.5B Valuation to Revolutionize Enterprise Data Management (https://cribl.io/blog/announcing-our-series-e/) Broadcom Launches Rally Anywhere (https://investors.broadcom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/broadcom-launches-rally-anywhere-premises-version-its-leading) Courts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the border (https://reason.com/2024/07/26/courts-close-the-loophole-letting-the-feds-search-your-phone-at-the-border/) GitHub Copilot competitor Codeium raises $150M at a $1.25B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/29/github-copilot-competitor-codeium-raises-150m-at-a-1-25b-valuation/) Amazon's Remarkable Alexa will reportedly run on Claude AI and cost $5-10 per month (https://www.engadget.com/ai/amazons-remarkable-alexa-will-reportedly-run-on-claude-ai-and-cost-5-10-per-month-122532161.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANR-tMgHgoAVIPpbIFukogu1d3pwdPd_GUdl0sjGCYNHFhfKgwOjeuFmr1t3Hgf6Lr2icFYYS13rAx4TimFx4Tpzmn1N0MKYtCSGd_LSydKC-avA5igy4bwhj4meKgXe04Bcbxke9b36h40_4yeupf2uivsAlg9_J8KFvqgAy-SV) Artifacts are now generally available (https://www.anthropic.com/news/artifacts?ueid=3d6a2c800561880c901963d51e644d95&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-08-31%20Installer%2050&utm_term=Installer) Founder Mode (https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html) Research Papers into Podcasts (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTF1Jj9dH/) via Google Illuminate (https://illuminate.google.com/home?pli=1) Andreessen Horowitz Ditches Miami Two Years After Opening Office (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-04/andreessen-horowitz-ditches-miami-two-years-after-opening-office) Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over 'illegal database' of faces (https://apnews.com/article/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-privacy-fine-netherlands-a1ac33c15d561d37a923b6c382f48ab4) China leads in up to 89% of tech research, study shows (https://www.techradar.com/pro/china-leads-in-up-to-89-of-tech-research-study-shows) This 451 Research highlights Kloudfuse (https://www.kloudfuse.com/analystreports/451researchkloudfusecoverage) Nonsense Beaches are for people who enjoy the bureaucracy of going to the beach (https://interconnected.org/home/2024/08/29/beaches). Costco membership fee increase starts Sept. 1 for new members and renewals (https://www.axios.com/2024/08/31/costco-membership-cost-increase-2024-renewal-price). The penny. (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-cc0b0182-805c-4be3-8d7c-cd9da8aa9779.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1) Sponsor Nasuni: Head to nasuni.com/software (https://bit.ly/3MvMDoY) and see how it can revolutionize your data infrastructure today! Listener Feedback Amazon.com: Fulext Sleep Headphones Bluetooth Headband (https://www.amazon.com/Headphones-Bluetooth-Fulext-Cancelling-Meditating/dp/B0BBL1GMHC/ref=asc_df_B0BBL1GMHC/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693275908971&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17257257273966662560&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028305&hvtargid=pla-1928720591899&psc=1&mcid=470edb27a8173df5bccd8f05cc58a325) Shokz Bone Conduction Headphone (https://shokz.com/) Conferences Civo Navigate Europe, Berlin (https://www.civo.com/navigate/europe), Sept 10-11, 2024. SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY. Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW. VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024. Coté speaking. SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY. 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This week, we discuss our AI usage, recap key announcements from VMware Explore, and examine RedMonk's analysis of how open-source licensing impacts revenue and market cap. Plus, some thoughts on power bricks. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/eb85zwGi-I8?si=obl5uvVehHdNZYQ8) 482 (https://www.youtube.com/live/eb85zwGi-I8?si=obl5uvVehHdNZYQ8) Runner-up Titles Information wants to be free, yo Stay In The Bushes Tip Jar Culture Tell Me About Meatloaf I want you in here with me Platforms For Building Platforms Private SaaS Mom and Dad having a fun conversation on a road trip I have my special chargers I want it back Rundown Sign up for Coté’s Newsletter (https://newsletter.cote.io) IDC's Worldwide AI and Generative AI Spending (https://blogs.idc.com/2024/08/21/idcs-worldwide-ai-and-generative-ai-spending-industry-outlook/) Private Cloud at VMware Explore - Notebook (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/private-cloud-at-vmware-explore-notebook) Cursor.com (https://newsletter.cote.io) OSS Software Licensing Changes and Their Impact on Financial Outcomes (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2024/08/26/software-licensing-changes-and-their-impact-on-financial-outcomes/) Coté’s proposal for how to fix it (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C5GPMBXQT/p1724827874689099). Another Thread from Adam Jacob on OSS (https://x.com/adamhjk/status/1828150343332700223) Zoom Docs Is Here. Is It Any Good? (https://gizmodo.com/zoom-docs-vs-google-docs-2000490313) Relevant to your Interests Apple’s App Store Head to Leave in Reorganization Amid Global Scrutiny (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-21/apple-s-app-store-head-to-leave-in-reorganization-amid-global-scrutiny) Snowflake Outlook Fails to Ease Investor Fears of Competition (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-21/snowflake-outlook-fails-to-ease-investor-fears-of-competition) Microsoft revamps reporting structure to give better visibility into cloud consumption revenue (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/21/microsoft-changes-reporting-to-boost-cloud-consumption-visibility.html) More than 28% of Americans are searching for new jobs — the highest rate in a decade (https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/28-americans-are-now-searching-new-job-highest-rate-decade-rcna167368) Microsoft is reportedly making more branding changes for Copilot business services (https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-is-reportedly-making-more-branding-changes-for-copilot-business-services/) SolarWinds left hardcoded credentials in helpdesk product (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/22/hardcoded_credentials_bug_solarwinds_whd/) Intel has hired Morgan Stanley, other advisers for activist defense (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/23/intel-intc-activist-defense-sources.html) The Future of the Trade Show Industry – Are We In Danger of Losing Our Soul? (https://tsnn.com/experts-opinions/future-trade-show-industry-%E2%80%93-are-we-danger-losing-our-soul) The massive Social Security number breach is actually a good thing (https://www.vox.com/technology/367986/freeze-credit-equifax-experian-transunion-ssn-breach) Continuous reinvention: A brief history of block storage at AWS (https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2024/08/continuous-reinvention-a-brief-history-of-block-storage-at-aws.html) Grafana Labs raises $270M (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/21/grafana-labs-is-now-valued-at-6b/) Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, (https://www.nsa.gov/helpful-links/nsa-foia/declassification-transparency-initiatives/historical-releases/view/article/3880193/capt-grace-hopper-on-future-possibilities-data-hardware-software-and-people-1982/) Rackspace Goes All In – Again – On OpenStack (https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/08/22/rackspace-goes-all-in-again-on-openstack/) Sonos App Debacle Leaves Company Racing to Save Its Reputation (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-22/sonos-app-issues-leave-company-racing-to-save-its-reputation) Nonsense Chick-fil-A Opens First Elevated Drive-Thru Concept (https://www.chick-fil-a.com/press-room/chick-fil-a-opens-first-elevated-drive-thru-concept) How Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/dining/costco.html) NASA Picks SpaceX to Rescue Astronauts Marooned in Space (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-24/spacex-selected-by-nasa-to-rescue-astronauts-marooned-in-space) The startup teaching your computer how to smell (https://thehustle.co/news/the-startup-teaching-your-computer-how-to-smell) Conferences DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), Coté Speaking, Sept 4–5, 2024, 15th anniversary. Civo Navigate Europe, Berlin (https://www.civo.com/navigate/europe), Sept 10-11, 2024. SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY. Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW. SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21st, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY. 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This week, we discuss CockroachDB's relicensing, the ongoing debate about remote work, and platform engineering. Plus, some thoughts on the use of speakerphones in public. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1iHd2XPB48) 481 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1iHd2XPB48) Runner-up Titles Put in your AirPods People’s lives are boring More than zero Know your risks Violating the social contract Keeping my “Rug Pull” card Love of the code I call it a waiting room Rundown Cockroach Labs shakes up its licensing to force bigger companies to pay (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/15/cockroach-labs-shakes-up-its-licensing-to-force-bigger-companies-to-pay/) Justin Warren’s newsletter this week (https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/). Oxide: Whither CockroachDB? (RFD) (https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0508) and Whither CockroachDB? (Podcast) (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/2052742) Remote Work Eric Schmidt Walks Back Claim Google Is Behind on AI Because of Remote Work (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-eric-schmidt-ai-remote-work-stanford-f92f4ca5?st=wq34bupg4eqific&reflink=article_copyURL_share) New Starbuck’s CEO gets remote office (https://www.threads.net/@matthewsamuelphillips/post/C-scpeqRuVb/?xmt=AQGzZAiR7spKgmL8b-wyyZDacAbjVSQJcg4-qsOzEivroA) Platform engineering problems: can ops actually do product management? (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/platform-engineering-problems-can?r=2d4o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) Relevant to your Interests Exclusive: Sonos considers relaunching its old app (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220421/sonos-s2-app-relaunch) Sonos lays off 100 employees as its app crisis continues (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220357/sonos-layoffs-august-2024-app) Palo Alto Networks apologizes as sexist marketing misfires (https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/14/palo_alto_networks_execs_apologize/) NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards (https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards?_bhlid=1ff5eef8914205413c93c758a30c7afce5305655) Threads is testing a slew of new features like scheduling and analytics (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/15/24220224/meta-threads-features-scheduling-insights-drafts) Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/google-and-meta-ignored-their-own-rules-in-secret-teen-targeting-ad-deals/) FTC finalizes rule to prohibit sale or purchase of fake reviews (https://www.retaildive.com/news/ftc-prohibit-sale-purchase-fake-reviews/724333/) Goodfire raises $7M for its ‘brain surgery’-like AI observability platform (https://venturebeat.com/ai/goodfire-raises-7m-for-its-brain-surgery-like-ai-observability-platform/) Microsoft is finally removing the FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11 (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221635/microsoft-fat32-partition-size-limit-windows-11) The US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'talk' to each other (https://www.engadget.com/transportation/the-us-lays-out-a-road-safety-plan-that-will-see-cars-talk-to-each-other-170043265.html) Jeff Bezos’ famed leadership rules are being tested inside Amazon (https://fortune.com/2024/08/05/amazon-leadership-principles-changes-jeff-bezos/) Banned TED Talk: Nick Hanauer "Rich people don't create jobs" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKCvf8E7V1g) Swiss Startup Connects 16 Human Mini-Brains to Create Low Energy 'Biocomputer' (https://www.sciencealert.com/swiss-startup-connects-16-human-mini-brains-to-create-low-energy-biocomputer) AMD to acquire server builder ZT Systems for $4.9 billion in cash and stock (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/19/amd-to-acquire-server-builder-zt-systems.html) The unique promise of 'biological computers' made from living things (https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834422-100-the-unique-promise-of-biological-computers-made-from-living-things/) Former a16z VC Balaji Srinivasan obtained a private island for his new longevity 'technocapitalist' school (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/19/former-a16z-vc-balaji-srinivasan-obtained-a-private-island-for-his-new-longevity-technocapitalist-school/) Inside the Snowflake-Databricks Rivalry, and Why Both Fear Microsoft (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-14/inside-the-snowflake-databricks-rivalry-and-why-both-fear-microsoft) Assessing Broadcom VMware Eight Months On (https://thecuberesearch.com/243-breaking-analysis-assessing-broadcom-vmware-eight-months-on/) Morpheus Data Origin Story (https://morpheusdata.com/about/) Hewlett Packard Enterprise to acquire Morpheus Data (https://www.hpe.com/us/en/newsroom/press-release/2024/08/hewlett-packard-enterprise-to-acquire-morpheus-data.html) Nonsense Waymos honking (https://x.com/ajtourville/status/1823509421357719763?s=09) Saudi man earns world record for 444 game consoles hooked to one TV (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/08/how-to-hook-a-record-setting-444-game-consoles-to-a-single-tv/) Conferences SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), Aug 26-29, 2024 DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), Sept 4–5, 2024, 15th anniversary Civo Navigate Europe, Berlin (https://www.civo.com/navigate/europe), Sept 10-11, 2024 SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Recommendations Brandon: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/furiosa_a_mad_max_saga). 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This week, we revisit our 2021 Intel CEO predictions, discuss Hyperscaler AI investment concerns and debate LinkedIn content. Plus, which products could thrive if Google were broken up? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rXxIXc1Us) 480 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6rXxIXc1Us) Runner-up Titles New camera, dog is still here Teenagers can put away some meat We operated at a loss last year because of BBQ Dog ate your Internet Getting out of a Zoom Under the couch data center Excuse me can I plug in my Satellite Dish A lot of 86-stuff You shouldn’t be AI-ing that much Out of tokens, again Never bet against inertia Home of Markdown One cord, all power. Rundown Looking back at Intel Predicatons SDT Episode 281 (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/281) Gaudi processors & Intel's AI portfolio (https://changelog.com/practicalai/281) How chip giant Intel spurned OpenAI and fell behind the times (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chip-giant-intel-spurned-openai-110138000.html) Is AI too expensive for HyperScalers? Microsoft’s AI Dreams Make for an Expensive Reality (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-ai-dreams-make-for-an-expensive-reality-90a8c8e4) Amazon's cloud unit reports 19% revenue growth, topping estimates (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/01/aws-q2-earnings-report.html) Big Tech Fails to Convince Wall Street That AI Is Paying Off (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-02/big-tech-fails-to-convince-wall-street-that-ai-is-paying-off?srnd=phx-technology) Government shelves £1.3bn UK tech and AI plans (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyx5x44vnyeo?_bhlid=027b7775b0cab914048391ea5d8c6254d1468ee1) Are all LinkedIn posts just a form of virtue signaling? There’s One Thing You Really Don’t Need to Do After Getting Laid Off (https://slate.com/technology/2024/07/laid-off-jobs-announcement-grateful-twitter-linkedin.html) Lighting round US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-13/doj-considers-seeking-google-goog-breakup-after-major-antitrust-win?srnd=homepage-americas) H-E-B is finally testing Apple Pay, (https://www.threads.net/@dsilverman/post/C-fVfKQJFyr/?xmt=AQGzlkdYqDg5ncWBmOvviB_QPKGOhv4CndLpOQtMpNlYLg) Relevant to your Interests Why CSV is still king (https://konbert.com/blog/why-csv-is-still-king?utm_source=changelog-news) Missing Semester IAP 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyzOVJj3bHQuloKGG59rS43e29ro7I57J) iOS 18 has fulfilled my dream of destroying ads with a Thanos snap (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214338/apple-ios-18-thanos-snap-animation-hide-ads) Sonos reportedly delaying two upcoming product releases to fix its misbehaving app (https://www.phonearena.com/news/sonos-reportedly-delaying-two-upcoming-product-releases-to-fix-its-misbehaving-app_id161241) Apple’s Mac Mini With M4 Chip Will Be Its Smallest Computer Ever (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-08/mac-mini-m4-apple-plans-to-release-smallest-desktop-computer-yet) Background check company breached, nearly 3 billion exposed in data theft (https://mashable.com/article/background-check-company-breached-3-billion-affected) Apple's new USB-C charging has driven us all to Charging Cord Hell (https://apple.news/Awy0Ps7UvQSGZ8ASo2bhTtA) The Wizard of Cyber: what is behind Wiz's success (https://ventureinsecurity.net/p/the-wizard-of-cyber-what-is-behind) Brands should avoid this popular term. It’s turning off customers (https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/10/business/brands-avoid-term-customers/index.html) Datadog, MongoDB, Snowflake in spotlight as cloud consumption rose in July: BofA (https://seekingalpha.com/news/4138587-datadog-mongodb-snowflake-in-spotlight-cloud-consumption-rose-in-july-bofa) The Elon / Trump interview on X started with an immediate tech disaster (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219121/donald-trump-elon-musk-interview-x-twitter-crashes) Google takes another startup out of the AI race (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/2/24212348/google-hires-character-ai-noam-shazeer) How Big Tech is swallowing the AI industry (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/1/24190060/amazon-adept-ai-acquisition-playbook-microsoft-inflection) Delta CEO offers employees free flights after CrowdStrike-Microsoft chaos (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/delta-ceo-offers-employees-free-flights-after-crowdstrike-microsoft-chaos.html) Microsoft says Delta ignored Satya Nadella’s offer of CrowdStrike help (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214371/microsoft-delta-letter-crowdstrike-response-comments) External Technical Root Cause Analysis (https://www.crowdstrike.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Channel-File-291-Incident-Root-Cause-Analysis-08.06.2024.pdf) Nonsense not sure why barking at it didn't help tbh. 12/10 for both #weratedogs (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNgm76JG/) Starbucks replaces CEO Laxman Narasimhan with Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/13/starbucks-replaces-ceo-laxman-narasimhan-with-chipotle-ceo-brian-niccol.html) Listener Feedback How South of the Border Keeps Going After All These Years (https://www.theassemblync.com/place/south-of-the-border/) Apple's new USB-C charging has driven us all to Charging Cord Hell (https://apple.news/Awy0Ps7UvQSGZ8ASo2bhTtA) XBox (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate) (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate)G (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate)ame (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate) P (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate)ass (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate) U (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate)ltimate (https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/ultimate) Conferences DevOpsDays Birmingham (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/), Aug 19-21, 2024 SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), Aug 26-29, 2024 DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), Sept 4–5, 2024, 15th anniversary Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW20 Civo Navigate Europe, Berlin (https://www.civo.com/navigate/europe), Sept 10-11, 2024 SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), Sept 19–20, 2024. 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This week, we discuss what people buy for Kubernetes, the latest cloud earnings, enterprise product management, and health records coming to apps. Plus, why I-95 is the most important U.S. interstate. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 479 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d81zRf3erSA) Runner-up Titles Eat some sausages I can’t eat good cheese Certified Thought Leader Rundown What people buy for Kubernetes (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/what-people-buy-for-kubernetes?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=50&post_id=147369016&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Exploring the State of Cloud Native App Platforms and VMware Tanzu (https://www.linkedin.com/events/7217250057580892160/comments/) Clouded Judgement 8.2.24 - Uncertainty Everywhere (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-8224-uncertainty?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=147253899&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Your health records are coming to new apps. Here's why (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/01/epic-systems-will-support-the-governments-tefca-program-for-health-records.html) Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) (https://www.healthit.gov/topic/interoperability/policy/trusted-exchange-framework-and-common-agreement-tefca) Coté’s recent talk about AI in healthcare with JT Perry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT_cugqsocw&list=PLAdzTan_eSPRNuA52_34wh5VTBC-0Rz7U&index=3&t=1090s) Now is the time for innovation in healthcare, with JT Perry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpac46N_5qM) Relevant to your Interests Amazon countersues Nokia for a dozen patent infringements (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/31/amazon_nokia_lawsuit/) SentinelOne CEO On CrowdStrike Outage: ‘Not Just An Honest Mistake’ (https://www.crn.com/news/security/2024/sentinelone-ceo-on-crowdstrike-outage-not-just-an-honest-mistake) Apple snubs Nvidia for AI training kit, chooses Google (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/30/apple_google_tpu_ai/) Kyndryl records first quarterly profit as consulting strengthens (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kyndryl-records-first-quarterly-profit-202129641.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACs7hKgDdiXyr6SYV-5mMFZhYoPhsBGnJ2G-rZ-3FqosfGrA0uIFTN_oGYmhXDT_Fgf7Moo0JuigtmBl-7JknEOxFWZy_wPA3bHStvcu-g4kLCl3UMOdcKSGhJZQcxDkcUaDf0I5GcFiF0FhFUHgRVQ-Ehp-TCFbjC0nrv9rFWoG) Intel to Cut Jobs, Suspend Dividend in Cost-Saving Push (https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-intc-q2-earnings-report-2024-6ec4ea69?st=w57g9zyvnqdg4b7) Zero regrets: Firefox power user kept 7,500 tabs open for two years (https://www.techspot.com/news/102871-zero-regrets-firefox-power-user-kept-7500-tabs.html) Nvidia reportedly delays its next AI chip due to a design flaw (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/3/24212518/nvidia-ai-chip-delay-blackwell-b200-microsoft-amazon-google-openai-meta-artificial-intelligence) Apple’s pause of its RTP campus may reflect bigger changes at work (https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article290152224.html) Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-2I6V52K2&ct=240726&st=sb) AI chip startup Groq lands $640M to challenge Nvidia (https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/05/ai-chip-startup-groq-lands-640m-to-challenge-nvidia/) AWS breaking changes and price increases (https://github.com/SummitRoute/aws_breaking_changes/?ref=thestack.technology) Killed by AWS tracker (https://github.com/SummitRoute/aws_breaking_changes/?ref=thestack.technology) Nonsense Please Like Me (https://www.theonion.com/please-like-me-1848674003) Sponsor SysAid – Next-Gen IT Service Management: (https://www.sysaid.com/lp/sysaid-copilot-l?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=software%20define) Experience the only platform with generative AI embedded in every aspect of IT management, enabling you to deliver exceptional service effortlessly and automagically. 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This week, we discuss Meta making Llama "open source," Microsoft (over)investing in AI, and AWS doing some spring cleaning. Plus, a lightning round and lamenting the end of Southwest Airlines' open seating. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 478 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaiUufwNdU4) Runner-up Titles Meat in pastry Llama in sheep’s clothing Cookies again Joining the ranks of the rank I don’t like it, but I like the things he said Rug pull source Where is the source for legless VR? Be quiet and do your job They’re all ruthless Rundown Southwest Airlines is getting rid of open seating (https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/investing/southwest-airlines-assigned-seats/index.html) Meta Open Source AI Is the Path Forward (https://about.fb.com/news/2024/07/open-source-ai-is-the-path-forward/) Try Llama (https://www.meta.ai/?utm_source=llama_meta_site&utm_medium=web&utm_content=Llama_nav&utm_campaign=July_moment) Meta Sales Surpass Estimates on Advertising Growth; Shares Jump (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-31/meta-reports-better-than-expected-quarterly-advertising-sales) MSFT Microsoft stock drops over 6% after results fall short in latest AI disappointment (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-stock-drops-over-6-after-results-fall-short-in-latest-ai-disappointment-201321390.html) Azure outage (https://x.com/AzureSupport/status/1818294946270461983) Microsoft's costs in focus as fears rise over slow payoff from AI (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsofts-costs-focus-fears-rise-103203838.html) AWS Spring Cleaning The end of the Everything Cloud (https://newsletter.goodtechthings.com/p/the-end-of-the-everything-cloud?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web) Codecommit - cannot create a repository (https://repost.aws/questions/QUshILm0xbTjWJZSD8afYVgA/codecommit-cannot-create-a-repository) AWS is quietly killing off some services under its new CEO (https://www.thestack.technology/aws-deprecations-services-codecommit/?ref=the-stack-newsletter) CrowdStrike Follow Up Microsoft calls for Windows changes and resilience after CrowdStrike outage (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/26/24206719/microsoft-windows-changes-crowdstrike-kernel-driver) Delta hires David Boies to seek damages from CrowdStrike, Microsoft after outage (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/29/delta-hires-david-boies-to-seek-damages-from-crowdstrike-microsoft-.html) 4,000 flights canceled. Had to manually reset 40,000 servers (https://www.threads.net/@firstadopter/post/C-FrAyHuYZP) How a North Korean Fake IT Worker Tried to Infiltrate Us (https://blog.knowbe4.com/how-a-north-korean-fake-it-worker-tried-to-infiltrate-us) Why the CrowdStrike bug hit banks hard (https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/crowdstrike-bug-hit-banks-hard/) Lighting Round Apple Maps launches on the web to take on Google (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/24/24205449/apple-maps-web-beta) 100 million using WhatsApp across the United States (https://blog.whatsapp.com/100-million-using-whatsapp-across-the-united-states) Sonos apologized for messing up its app and has offered a roadmap for fixing everything (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/sonos-apologized-for-messing-up-its-app-and-has-offered-a-roadmap-for-fixing-everything-191528422.html) OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/25/24205701/openai-searchgpt-ai-search-engine-google-perplexity-rival) Relevant to your Interests The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/24/24204706/marc-andreessen-ben-horowitz-a16z-trump-donations) Here's why David Sacks, Paul Graham and other big Silicon Valley names had a brawl on X over VC behavior (https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/25/david-sacks-paul-graham-silicon-valley-names-brawl-on-x-over-vc-behavior/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIUZwXuCjayx29QLzGycNVIZ4GinuSkEJ0LhF-rJF375790uTpToPI1T1owK8c3om9O_eKPpLLzqlHHAkj5tTa3hbJdlPOnOTHuniZ3KctVZwq_s_69Xk6h4OPtGZulAKZD9XVzK8bRj6OwTlk4zYxuyzWWeNwUZkbU18RfbJxJx) CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage (https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/) Report: Apple beginning serious work on a foldable iPhone (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/report-apple-begins-serious-work-on-a-foldable-iphone) Who will control the future of AI? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/25/sam-altman-ai-democracy-authoritarianism-future/) Google cancels plans to kill off cookies for advertisers (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/22/google-cancels-plans-to-kill-off-cookies-for-advertisers.html) Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face. (https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/360952/summer-travel-airport-facial-recognition-scan) Announcing Chainguard's Series C (https://x.com/chainguard_dev/status/1816455710080704807?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A) ChatGPT highly anticipated Voice Mode to launch next week — here’s how to get it (https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt-highly-anticipated-voice-mode-to-launch-next-week-heres-how-to-get-it) CrowdStrike’s CEO Has Known Failure—but Never Like This (https://www.wsj.com/tech/crowdstrikes-ceo-george-kurtz-failure-global-tech-outage-microsoft-windows-07d27a4a) Why open source is not a good strategy for startups. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danlorenc_oss-opensource-startups-activity-7223432828749815809-N_iI?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios) CrowdStrike Outage Puts Its Financial Reporting Under Scrutiny, Too (https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/crowdstrike-outage-puts-its-financial-reporting-under-scrutiny-too-25ad9e9b?st=iliigq6v6581t4g&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink) Alphabet Second Quarter 2024 Earnings: EPS Beats Expectations (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphabet-second-quarter-2024-earnings-131726123.html) Apple admits to using Google Tensor hardware to train Apple Intelligence (https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/07/29/apple-admits-to-using-google-tensor-hardware-to-train-apple-intelligence) The re:Invent session catalog was released (https://registration.awsevents.com/flow/awsevents/reinvent24/public/page/catalog/?trk=e83a[…]EeRwzQ5l2ltCKT2Gkyqogx8LCLJOz7_az4jTAAYwK9hsNLDSiwmKa7g) Salary Pressures, Not AI, Vex Developers, Says Stack Overflow (https://thenewstack.io/salary-pressures-not-ai-vex-developers-says-stack-overflow/) Lawrence Hecht on LinkedIn: Developer Unemployment at Highest Level Since 2019 (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lawrence-hecht_developer-unemployment-at-highest-level-since-activity-7224056653761916928-ov9N?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) Video game industry has set a tragic new record for in-year layoffs (https://x.com/ballmatthew/status/1800912075171999884) Nonsense The Scale of Life (https://www.thescaleoflife.com/) Sponsor SysAid – Next-Gen IT Service Management: (https://www.sysaid.com/lp/sysaid-copilot-l?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=software%20define) Experience the only platform with generative AI embedded in every aspect of IT management, enabling you to deliver exceptional service effortlessly and automagically. 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This week, we discuss the CrowdStrike outage, FinOps data exports, and the state of open-source forks. Plus, Matt shares some exciting exclusive news about his future! Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYoFk0K_XpI) 477 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYoFk0K_XpI) Runner-up Titles Matt Ray Explains Channel File 291 Documenting CYA An intern did it Default lifestyle strikes again All the Nelson GIFs Rundown CrowdStrike Huge Microsoft Outage Linked to CrowdStrike Takes Down Computers Around the World (https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-windows-outage-crowdstrike-global-it-probems/) 12-hour timelapse of airline traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history (https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1814268813879206397) Flights grounded and offices hit as internet users face disruptions (https://apnews.com/live/internet-global-outage-crowdstrike-microsoft-downtime) TODAY (@TODAYshow) on X (https://x.com/TODAYshow/status/1814266372882391523?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet) George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz) on X (https://x.com/George_Kurtz/status/1814316045185822981) CrowdStrike’s Global Outage Doesn’t Have to Be a Recurring Nightmare (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-19/crowdstrike-s-nightmare-it-microsoft-outage-shouldn-t-be-normal?srnd=homepage-americas) Heard on the Street: CrowdStrike May Get More Than a Slap (https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-07-19-2024/card/heard-on-the-street-crowdstrike-may-get-more-than-a-slap-CbyAd5zi7ELT4miAZHNV) What Happened to Digital Resilience? (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/crowdstrike-outage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k0._ZDj.e5unf_bqIJNo&smid=url-share) SolarWinds Defeats Part of SEC’s Fraud Case Over Hack (https://www.wsj.com/articles/solarwinds-defeats-part-of-secs-fraud-case-over-hack-ec69169a) Technical Details: Falcon Update for Windows Hosts (https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-update-for-windows-hosts-technical-details/) Microsoft tried to get AV vendors to use APIs (https://www.threads.net/@sbisson/post/C9pIIYmo19q?xmt=AQGzVYTNKy9-De3zRXlIsl7QNqarqWsTWlmD_4Wc-7MM2A) House committee calls on CrowdStrike CEO to testify on global outage (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/22/house-committee-calls-crowdstrike-ceo-testify-global-outage/) Crashes and Competition (https://stratechery.com/2024/crashes-and-competition/) The CrowdStrike Failure Was a Warning (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/crowdstrike-failure-warning-solutions/679174/) Defective McAfee update causes worldwide meltdown of XP PCs (https://www.zdnet.com/article/defective-mcafee-update-causes-worldwide-meltdown-of-xp-pcs/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioscodebook&stream=top) CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed (https://www.neowin.net/news/crowdstrike-broke-debian-and-rocky-linux-months-ago-but-no-one-noticed/#google_vignette) CrowdStrike Update: Latest News, Lessons Learned from a Retired Microsoft Engineer (https://youtu.be/ZHrayP-Y71Q?si=AmavOuoU_IjGMTFi) CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage (https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/) Announcing Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 (Preview) in AWS Billing and Cost Management (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cloud-financial-management/announcing-data-exports-for-focus-1-0-preview-in-aws-billing-and-cost-management/) Wiz walks away from $23 billion deal with Google, will pursue IPO (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/23/google-wiz-deal-dead.html) Import and export Markdown in Google Docs (http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/import-and-export-markdown-in-google-docs.html) Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available (https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/) The Post-Valkey World (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2024/07/16/post-valkey-world/) A tale of two forks - comparing Valkey/Redis and OpenTofu/Terraform! 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This week, we discuss Google possibly buying Wiz, why "meta work" leads to too many meetings, and why it took forty years to get spell check in Notepad. Plus, we share some thoughts on enjoying your vacation. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 476 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsf8ZV0y2cI) Runner-up Titles Enjoy the time Everyone can get a beef rib at this year’s club. We also need to go over your summariztion prompt, because mine is dog shit right now. Make your own happiness Grand unified theory of food - every culture has a tortilla and an empanada. “Platform” is the new “Suite.” A robust NO Answer Writing a book report Failure by lack of airport ads. What is you five dollar chicken I write to figure out what I am thinking Rundown There's a lot of private cloud out there (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/theres-a-lot-of-private-cloud-out?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=50&post_id=146459324&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Google near deal to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion (https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/google-near-deal-to-acquire-cybersecurity-startup-wiz-for-23-billion--wsj-3518269) Meta Work White-Collar Work Is Just Meetings Now (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/white-collar-meetings-more-frequent/678941/?gift=kZAb-CYAytdK21NICp8tcksr3ftg7NNiIjAvQD0GxRo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share) Bullshit Jobs (https://web.archive.org/web/20180807024932/http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/) Far Left Take (https://web.archive.org/web/20180807024932/http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/) Vanguard’s Die-Hard Customers Have a Message for New CEO: ‘The Service Is Abysmal’ (https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/vanguards-die-hard-customers-have-a-message-for-new-ceo-the-service-is-abysmal-c2da0491) Measuring the impact of Developer Relations on Revenue (https://jmeiss.me/posts/measuring-devrel-impact-on-revenue/) DevRel's Death as Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon (https://dx.tips/zirp) Microsoft’s Notepad gets spellcheck and autocorrect 40 years after launch (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/8/24194047/microsoft-notepad-spellcheck-autocorrect-features-available) Agile Manifesto co-author on making process 'beacon of hope' (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/16/jon_kern/) Relevant to your Interests The Silent Crisis in Open Source: When Maintainers Walk Away (https://dev.to/opensauced/the-silent-crisis-in-open-source-when-maintainers-walk-away-1m81) Google’s dark web monitoring service will soon be free for all users (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/9/24194970/google-one-free-dark-web-monitoring) Software Development Job Postings on Indeed (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IHLIDXUSTPSOFTDEVE) Samsung unveils its new Galaxy Ring, an AI-backed competitor to the Oura Ring (https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/samsung-galaxy-ring-release-date-price-features-specs) Does Social Media Cause Anything? (https://crookedtimber.org/2024/07/03/does-social-media-cause-anything/) Redbox Owner to Shut Down Kiosk Business in Bankruptcy (https://www.wsj.com/articles/redbox-owner-to-shut-down-kiosk-business-in-bankruptcy-f0cada8d) Intuit to cut about 1,800 jobs as it looks to increase AI investments (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/10/intuit-to-cut-about-1800-jobs-plans-to-rehire-in-key-areas.html) Microsoft Exec Althoff: VMware Pricing Gave ‘The World The Greatest Gift Of All’ (https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2024/microsoft-exec-althoff-vmware-pricing-gave-the-world-the-greatest-gift-of-all) Nearly all AT&T subscribers’ call records stolen in Snowflake cloud hack (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/nearly-all-att-subscribers-call-records-stolen-in-snowflake-cloud-hack/) OpenAI illegally barred staff from airing safety risks, whistleblowers say (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/13/openai-safety-risks-whistleblower-sec/) I've Switched to Apple's Password Manager, and I'm Never Going Back (https://www.makeuseof.com/switch-to-apple-password-manager/) Ten years of Overcast: A new foundation (https://marco.org/2024/07/16/overcast-rewrite) Nonsense Costco hikes membership fee for the first time since 2017 (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/10/costco-hikes-membership-fee-for-the-first-time-since-2017.html) Costco plans to build 800-unit apartment complex in bid to ease housing crisis (https://nypost.com/2024/06/28/business/costco-teaming-up-with-developers-to-build-an-800-unit-apartment-complex-in-bid-to-ease-housing-crisis/) Here's why the original Buc-ee's went up in flames in Luling (https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/luling-bucees-fire-cause-19567134.php) If you miss defragmenting your C drive, there's a website that lets you recreate the experience complete with hard-drive chunking sounds (https://www.yahoo.com/tech/miss-defragmenting-c-drive-theres-002734202.html) The Morning After: Dune-inspired spacesuit recycles astronauts’ urine into drinkable water (https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-dune-inspired-spacesuit-recycles-astronauts-urine-into-drinkable-water-111540921.html) OldMapsOnline (https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en) Sponsor Check out www.apilayer.com (https://apilayer.com/?utm_source=SoftwareDefinedTalkPodcast&utm_medium=Leads%20Acquisition&utm_campaign=PodcastDescription)! 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This week, we discuss Mary Meeker's AI & Universities report, the CD Foundation's State of CI/CD Report, and share a few thoughts on DevRel. Plus, Coté gets fiber and is forced to watch soccer. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV1ppy88kwg) 475 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV1ppy88kwg) Runner-up Titles If not better, at least the same. The enterprise software buyer’s lament. Order tokens at fantastical speeds. 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This week, we explore the reasons behind the slowdown in DevOps adoption, compare open-source and proprietary foundation models, and discuss how AI might simplify CI/CD implementation. Additionally, Matt takes on an Australian history quiz. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmarzk5aw8) 474 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmarzk5aw8) Runner-up Titles No silver bullets If you aspire for nothing, you’re done. We can hang out with the boulder at the bottom Who owns the black box You have to want to put in the effort Anyone on the bleeding edge is going to bleed Rundown A Eulogy for DevOps (https://matduggan.com/a-eulogy-for-devops/) DevOps Isn't Dead, but It's Not in Great Health Either (https://thenewstack.io/devops-isnt-dead-but-its-not-in-great-health-either/) The InfraRed Report from Redpoint (https://www.redpoint.com/infrared/report/) Dan Davies Explains Why Accountability Sinks Are Everywhere Now (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-01/dan-davies-explains-why-accountability-sinks-are-everywhere-now) Relevant to your Interests Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised its national data center (https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-ransomware-attack-national-data-center-213c14c6cc69d7b66815e58478f64cee) Odaseva raises $54M to secure Salesforce users (https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/27/odasevas-founder-once-solved-a-security-gap-for-saleforces-biggest-customer-now-hes-raised-54m-to-secure-all-of-its-users/) More YouTube Premium plans are coming (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/27/24187590/youtube-premium-subscription-more-plans) Alibaba Cloud closing Australian and Indian datacenters (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/01/alibaba_cloud_closes_india_australia/) Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-02/apple-to-get-openai-board-observer-role-as-part-of-ai-agreement) How Big Tech is swallowing the AI industry (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/1/24190060/amazon-adept-ai-acquisition-playbook-microsoft-inflection) Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-02/apple-to-get-openai-board-observer-role-as-part-of-ai-agreement) Infrastructure as Code Landscape Overview 2024 (https://medium.com/@bgrant0607/infrastructure-as-code-landscape-overview-2024-a066124e5989) Infrastructure as Code reminds me of “make run-all” (https://medium.com/@bgrant0607/infrastructure-as-code-reminds-me-of-make-run-all-15eb6628f306) Is NVIDIA like Sun from the Dot Com Bubble? / Oxide (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1973013) “Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/everythings-frozen-ransomware-locks-credit-union-users-out-of-bank-accounts/) Exclusive-Vista Equity in talks to hand over Pluralsight to creditors, sources s (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-vista-equity-talks-hand-183356419.html) Nonsense Faces made of living skin make robots smile (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedd3208veyo) Mandatory Texas vehicle safety inspections end in six months (https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/mandatory-texas-vehicle-safety-inspections-end-in-six-months/) Costco's bold new plan for the California housing crisis (https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/costco-housing-apartments-south-la-19541521.php?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) Conferences DevOpsDays Birmingham (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/), August 19–21, 2024 DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), 15th anniversary, Sep 4th-5th. SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), August 26–29, 2024 SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY (https://sreday.com/2024-london/#tickets) 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: House of Dragons Season 2 (https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon) Cloud News of the Month - June 2024 (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/07/cloud-news-of-month-june-2024.html) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-sail-ship-on-sea-during-sunset-1suNZRcP3AY) Artwork (https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/format:webp/1*rQh4nSRu3CV3vqThSKI49A.jpeg)

This week, we discuss the 5 key trends from Bessemer’s State of the Cloud 2024 report. Plus, Matt makes a stock pick for the next 10 years! Runner-up Titles Is it named after Hootie and the Blowfish? Prepaying for your bad behavior You have a thought piece, we’re gonna think about it The Footloose Soundtrack Rundown Amazon Hits $2 Trillion Market Value as AI Frenzy Fuels Rally (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-26/amazon-amzn-hits-2-trillion-market-value-as-ai-frenzy-fuels-rally) State of the Cloud 2024 (https://www.bvp.com/atlas/state-of-the-cloud-2024) The Real Reason Why Music Is Getting Worse (https://youtu.be/1bZ0OSEViyo?si=F_Yy7c1RYkXh-Iqd) Relevant to your Interests The short, happy reign of CD-ROM (https://www.fastcompany.com/91128052/history-of-cd-roms-encarta-myst) 1Password is simplifying setup on new devices and adding 'Recovery codes' (https://9to5google.com/2024/06/20/1password-recovery-code-sign-in-beta/) Apple is winning in financial services (https://www.axios.com/2024/06/20/apple-winning-finance-bnpl) Anthropic’s latest model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, just released on Amazon Bedrock (https://www.threads.net/@ajassy/post/C8ccbgRiEeY) What it Takes to Be Valued at >10x Rev (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-62124-what-it-takes?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=145617522&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Microsoft makes Copilot less useful on new Copilot Plus PCs (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24182979/microsoft-copilot-key-keyboard-shortcut-pwa) Exclusive: Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp (https://www.reuters.com/technology/amazon-mulls-5-10-monthly-price-tag-unprofitable-alexa-service-ai-revamp-2024-06-21/) Amazon’s new AI-powered Alexa might cost up to $10 per month (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24183013/amazon-alexa-ai-subscription) Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/technology/driver-scores-insurance-data-apps.html) AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children (https://www.wired.com/story/ai-tools-are-secretly-training-on-real-childrens-faces/) Nvidia Is No Cisco, but It Is Getting Expensive (https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/nvidia-is-no-cisco-but-it-is-getting-expensive-1938fcc0) Microsoft shelves its underwater data center (https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/microsoft-shelves-its-underwater-data-center) With Pen and Paper in Hand, Car Dealers Improvise as Cyber Outage Persists (https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/with-pen-and-paper-in-hand-car-dealers-improvise-as-cyber-outage-persists-2642ebb7) Nvidia Insiders Cash In on Rally as Share Sales Top $700 Million (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-18/nvidia-nvda-insiders-cash-in-on-rally-as-share-sales-top-700-million) We’ve got to talk about the environment when we talk about AI (https://thehustle.co/news/we-ve-got-to-talk-about-the-environment-when-we-talk-about-ai) Gmail’s Gemini AI sidebar and email summaries are rolling out now (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/24/24185277/google-gmail-gemini-ai-sidebar) Google is bringing Gemini access to teens using their school accounts (https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/24/google-is-bringing-gemini-access-to-teens-using-their-school-accounts/) Managing Your Mac Menu Bar: A Roundup of My Favorite Bartender Alternatives (https://feed.feedburster.com/macstoriesnet/redirect?url=https://www.macstories.net/roundups/managing-your-mac-menu-bar-a-roundup-of-my-favorite-bartender-alternatives/) Report: Amazon developing AI chatbot that would compete with ChatGPT and others (https://www.geekwire.com/2024/report-amazon-developing-ai-chatbot-that-would-compete-with-chatgpt-and-others/) How to escape VMware's pricey clutches with Virt-v2v (https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/21/virtv2v_helps_you_move_vms/) Figma’s new Slides app focuses on design, fun, and (oh, yeah!) AI (https://www.fastcompany.com/91145153/figma-slides-presentations-config-2024) Powering the AI Revolution: The PyTorch Documentary (https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch-documentary/) Polyfill supply chain attack hits 100K+ sites (https://sansec.io/research/polyfill-supply-chain-attack) Some CIOs say getting full value out of AI tools like Copilot for Microsoft 365 requires heavy lifting, as enterprise data isn't always accurate and up-to-date (http://www.techmeme.com/240626/p6#a240626p6) ****## Nonsense Cybertruck: The Embarrassing beginning of Teslas Demise (https://youtu.be/MoYXhcxngxI?si=Rxg48DLqAtyAE-Ck) The Buc-ee’s Statue Got A New Look, And Fans Have Thoughts (https://www.southernliving.com/buc-ees-luling-statue-8665734) Delta's most exclusive airport lounge opens. Here's what's inside (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/25/delta-one-jfk-airport-lounge.html) Explaining Software Development Methods By Flying to Mars [Comic] (https://toggl.com/blog/mars-software-development) Sponsors Check out www.apilayer.com (https://apilayer.com/?utm_source=SoftwareDefinedTalkPodcast&utm_medium=Leads%20Acquisition&utm_campaign=PodcastDescription)! From scraping, finance to weather data, apilayer offers reliable and easy-to-integrate APIs for all your needs. Trusted by developers at companies worldwide. Use the code SDT2024 for an exclusive discount - 50% for 3 months on 100 API plans. Code is valid until Sep 30, 2024 Conferences DevOpsDays Birmingham (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/), August 19–21, 2024 DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), 15th anniversary, Sep 4th-5th. SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), August 26–29, 2024 SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY (https://sreday.com/2024-london/#tickets) 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 discuss Forrester’s LLM Wave, Nvidia's Market Cap Dilemma, and why everything is code. Plus, Matt Ray explains more about Australian slang. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfWDSWwjpPM) 472 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfWDSWwjpPM) Runner-up Titles Is pig latin American? The final boss for Duolingo The Corrections Episode You can always get it from the leader Frito Lay of Chips Everything is code Rundown Forrester has no idea what its talking about (https://www.threads.net/@aakashg0/post/C78Ob6MBYxv) Get it from Google (https://cloud.google.com/resources/forrester-wave-ai-foundation-models?hl=en). Nvidia Nvidia Earnings: Stock Rallies As AI Giant Reports 600% Profit Explosion, 10-For-1 Stock Split (https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/05/22/nvidia-earnings-stock-rallies-as-ai-giant-reports-600-profit-explosion/?sh=18dffe2e4679) Nvidia: Short bets against stock top $34B (https://finance.yahoo.com/video/nvidia-short-bets-against-stock-143717553.html) Nvidia to Become $10T Company: I/O Fund's Kindig (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-05-23/i-o-fund-s-kindig-nvidia-to-become-10t-company-video) Intel CEO Fires Back at Nvidia in Battle for AI Chip Leadership (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-04/intel-ceo-fires-back-at-nvidia-in-battle-for-ai-chip-leadership) Peak Nvidia (https://x.com/netcapgirl/status/1797994922735522260) Solomon Hykes & Dagger (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/06/solomon-hykes-dagger.html) Relevant to your Interests Ghost jobs : The Indicator from Planet Money (https://www.npr.org/2024/06/07/1197965117/ghost-jobs) Apple to ‘Pay’ OpenAI for ChatGPT Through Distribution, Not Cash (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-12/apple-to-pay-openai-for-chatgpt-through-distribution-not-cash) Broadcom soars as demand for AI chips power forecast raise (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/broadcom-soars-demand-ai-chips-121601719.html) Clouded Judgement 6.14.24 - Is Seat Based Pricing Dead? (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-61424-is-seat-based?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=145395123&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Olivier Pomel (CEO, Datadog) Shares Every Lesson From Scaling to $40B (https://www.theloganbartlettshow.com/archive/ep-108-olivier-pomel-ceo-datadog-shares-every-[…]om-scaling-to-40b?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions (https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/17/us-sues-adobe-for-hiding-termination-fees-and-making-it-difficult-to-cancel-subscriptions/) Senior Engineer Fatigue (https://luminousmen.com/post/senior-engineer-fatigue?utm_source=changelog-news) AWS’ AI And GenAI Leader Leaves For DigitalOcean As New CTO (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/2024/aws-ai-and-genai-leader-jumps-to-digitalocean-as-new-cpto) The Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptops (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/18/24181278/framework-laptop-risc-v-laptop-isa-arm-amd-intel-x86) A Look Back at Q1 '24 Public Cloud Software Earnings (https://open.substack.com/pub/cloudedjudgement/p/a-look-back-at-q1-24-public-cloud?r=2l9&utm_medium=ios) Nonsense You can renew U.S. passports online again (https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2024/06/12/passport-renewal-online-travel/) The Excel superstars throw down in Vegas (https://www.theverge.com/c/24133822/microsoft-excel-spreadsheet-competition-chapmionship) Conferences DevOpsDays Amsterdam (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-amsterdam/welcome/), June 19-21, 2024, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/) DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), 15th anniversary, Sep 4th-5th. SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), August 26–29, 2024 SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY (https://sreday.com/2024-london/#tickets) 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 discuss the AI Hype Cycle, Apple Intelligence and other announcements from WWDC. Plus, Coté concludes the episode by using as many phrases as possible from Taylor’s Urgent/Optimistic Meeting Matrix. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz8EOYkfyps) 471 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz8EOYkfyps) Runner-up Titles Our dreams fell with the Berlin Wall I need two offers You Kids We are the rock eaters to Slack I mean, what else am I doing with my life? 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