Personal Recommendations, 'Oppenheimer' Review, and Fear of Recommendations

This week, Brandon and Coté are joined by a special guest host, Brian Gracely. We discuss HashiCorp's transition to BSL and break down the recent interview with AWS CEO Adam Selipsky. Plus, some thoughts on the use of the word "orthogonal."

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Runner-up Titles

• I like T-Bone
• Re:invent the T-Bone
• Byzantine Bramble Path
• This show isn’t three hours, but it could be
• Those who are satisfied do not speak.

Rundown

• BSL
  • As HashiCorp adopts the BSL, an era of open-source software might be ending
  • HashiCorp changes its source licence to BSL
  • HashiCorp Abandons Open Source for Business Source License
  • Craig Box on LinkedIn: Hashicorp did a thing, and many people are responding with a variant of…
• There’s no AI without the cloud, says AWS CEO Adam Selipsky — Decoder with Nilay Patel

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Nonsense

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Conferences

• Aug 21 - 22, Kubernetes Community Day Australia in Sydney, Matt attending.
• August 21st to 24th SpringOne & VMware Explore US, in Las Vegas.
• Explore EU CFP is open.
• Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines, Coté speaking.
• Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT in Zadar, Coté speaking.
• October 2-6, 2023, QCon San Francisco, Matt’s doing a workshop
• October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023, CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
• November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA, SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there
• Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21
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Recommendations

• Brandon: Oppenheimer
• Brian: The Rundown (newsletter), Prompts Daily (newsletter), The Cloudcast (podcast)
• Coté: Marriott Elements Hotels

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Special Guest: Brian Gracely.