Discussion on office budget, equipment choices, and entertainment recommendations

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.

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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
• DevOps Isn't Dead, but It's Not in Great Health Either
• The InfraRed Report from Redpoint
• 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
• Odaseva raises $54M to secure Salesforce users
• More YouTube Premium plans are coming
• Alibaba Cloud closing Australian and Indian datacenters
• Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact
• How Big Tech is swallowing the AI industry
• Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact
• Infrastructure as Code Landscape Overview 2024
• Infrastructure as Code reminds me of “make run-all”
• Is NVIDIA like Sun from the Dot Com Bubble? / Oxide
• “Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts
• Exclusive-Vista Equity in talks to hand over Pluralsight to creditors, sources s

Nonsense

• Faces made of living skin make robots smile
• Mandatory Texas vehicle safety inspections end in six months
• Costco's bold new plan for the California housing crisis

Conferences

• DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024
• DevOpsDays Antwerp, 15th anniversary, Sep 4th-5th.
• SpringOne/VMware Explore US, August 26–29, 2024
• SREday London 2024, September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY

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Recommendations

• Brandon:
  • House of Dragons Season 2
  • Cloud News of the Month - June 2024

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