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This week we discuss the Gartner MQ for DevOps platforms, Apple’s announcements and Cisco’s attempt to simplify. Plus, some thoughts on Meatloaf and Anime.

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Runner-up Titles

• The best engineers in Canada.
• Runny Eggs
• My tabs closed
• I got a whole bowl here.
• Pokémon back in the playlist
• Some people don’t want any sauce
• Are you still talking about meatloaf?
• The meatloaf zone
• The intestines of the Magic Quadrant
• He was probably a regular-sized human
• Everyone knows you’re a dork, a dork with disposal income
• What else are you going to do?

Rundown

• 2023 Magic Quadrant for DevOps platforms (RedHat lead-gen).
  • Link to picture in Slack
• Nvidia's 'iPhone moment' in AI signals tons of future growth. Here's our new price target
• Cisco simplifies its product portfolio with new Cisco Networking Cloud platform
• Apple’s 10 biggest announcements from WWDC 2023
  • 'Ducking hell' to disappear from Apple autocorrect
  • iPad OS 17's Live Collaboration on PDFs could challenge Google Docs
  • Apple Announces New 'NameDrop' Feature for Sharing Between iPhones
  • TVOS 17 Will Let You Download a VPN to Apple TV
  • Apple Vision

Relevant to your Interests

• Operation Bletchley
• Amazon confirms abrupt departure of AWS data center chief Chris Vonderhaar
• Salesforce is luring workers back to office with $10 per day to local charities
• Google created FREE comprehensive training on Generative AI

Nonsense

• Maryland License Plates Now Inadvertently Advertising Filipino Online Casino
  • Related, Coté learned a new Austalianism from Tasty Meats Paul this week: “In Australia the term ‘Chicken Maryland’ simply refers to a butcher's cut for a whole leg consisting of the thigh and drumstick” (Wikipedia).
• How to Hire a Pop Star for Your Private Party

Listener Feedback

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Conferences

• June 8th to 9th PlatformCon, online.
• June 21st Cloud Foundry Day, Germany, Coté speaking.
• June 22nd to 23rd DevOpsDays Amsterdam, attending.
• June 27th to 30th FinOps X San Diego, attending.
• August 8th Kubernetes Community Day Australia, attending.
• August 21st to 24th SpringOne & VMware Explore US, in Las Vegas.
• Explore EU CFP is open.
• Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines, speaking.
• Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT in Zadar, speaking.
• Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21
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