Episode 488: Am I Here for the Mission or the Paycheck?
Episode 488: Am I Here for the Mission or the Paycheck?Update: 2024-10-11
Description
This week, we discuss WordPress paying employees to quit, the perils of management by fear, and Matt shutting down his datacenter. Plus, the definitive top 5 ranking of Australia’s iconic Big Things.
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Runner-up Titles
- The Spirit of Open Source
- Debating ‘Benevolent’
- The Hero 1-Day Guy
- The Mullenweg Way
- He has Been Great for Podcasting
- Spider Vacuuming
Rundown
- A Guide To 30 Of Australia's Iconic Big Things
- More WordPress
- WordPress cofounder is paying employees to leave if they disagree with him
- The WordPress Saga: Does Matt Mullenwegg Want a Fork or Not?
- Automattic demanded web host pay $32M annually for using WordPress trademark
- WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power
- Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’
- Automattic Alignment
- RTO or GFTO / Oxide
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- How I exited the cloud
- As data center usage heats up, Submer raises $55.5M to cool things down
- Palmer Luckey, American Vulcan
- A Look Back at Q2 '24 Public Cloud Software Earnings
- Google’s AI search summaries officially have ads
- OpenWrt One WiFi 6 router samples are now available for $89 - Liliputing
- Elastic CTO Shay Banon on suing AWS and returning to OSS
- AWS CEO Matt Garman on generative AI, open source, and closing services
- Bitcoin’s inventor is a mystery. An HBO filmmaker thinks he found him.
- HBO doc names Bitcoin creator suspect - who says ‘not me’
- Apple Tweaks Screen Recording App Permissions to Decrease Popup Frequency
Nonsense
- Autonomous Ride-Hailing in Austin, Texas - Waymo
- NYC Costco shoppers empty shelves in panic over port strike
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- VMware Explore Barcelona, Nov 4-7, 2024, Coté speaking.
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