Whether you’re in the Malaysian cement industry or not, there’s something for you in this episode: serverless vs. FaaS, Docker’s funding, Crossing the Chasm revisited, and GitHub actions.

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Relevant to your interests

• Redis Labs and Common Clause attacked where it hurts: With open-source code | ZDNet
• Microsoft Calls a Truce in the Patent Wars
• Add It Up: FaaS ≠ Serverless
• The highest paid workers in Silicon Valley are not software engineers - Red Hat Flexes CoreOS Muscle In OpenShift Kubernetes Platform - Docker has raised $92 million in new funding
• GitHub launches Actions, its workflow automation tool
• There will be no escape once Twilio snaps up SendGrid in $2bn deal
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• Cloud, enterprise software to drive 2019 IT spending, says Gartner
• Chef InSpec 3.0: Wider, Deeper on Automated Compliance

Conferences, et. al.

• Oct 22nd - Cloud Native tour in Milan, Italy. Coté and friends: a half day, a summit on Spring, DevOps, and cloud native programming. Free.
• Oct 27th - Matt on a panel at Rakuten Technology Conference 2018
• Oct 31st - Coté speaking at New Relic’s FutureStack Amsterdam.
• Nov 3rd to Nov 12th - SpringOne Tour - all over the earth! Coté will be MC’ing Beijing Nov 3rd, Seoul Nov 8th, Tokyo Nov 6th, and Singapore Nov 12th.
• Nov 14th to 16th - Devoxx Belgium, Antwerp. Coté’s presenting on enterprise architecture.
• Dec 12th and 13th - SpringTour Toronto, Coté.

Listener Feedback

• Simon form the UK tells us he is a long time listener and even bought an SDT t-shirt 🙂 So we sent him a sticker.

SDT news & hype

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• Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you a sticker.
• Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.

Recommendations

• Matt: Another Jay on Earth.
• Brandon: Slow Burn Podcast.
• Coté: Albert Heijn Mint & Ginger water: “The ideal thirst quencher with lemon and ginger. Refreshing on a summer day or during a busy working day.”

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