Software Defined Talk Episode 445: It’s my sacred time
Dec 15, 2023
47:00
This week, we discuss the distribution of cloud revenue, explore who is investing in A.I., and take a look back at Mesosphere DC/OS. Plus, some thoughts on the peacefulness of flying.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 445
Runner-up Titles
- I feel very safe on an airplane
- We’re one mishap away from Lost
- Difference between the right decision and the safe decision
- First rule of AI Ethics Team: Don’t fake the demo
- “Rice”
- They got run over by the Kubernetes Truck
- Figure out where all the yaml goes
Rundown
- Many Different Kinds Of Cloud, Very Big Piles Of Money - IT Jungle
- Software Startup That Rejected Buyout From Microsoft Shuts Down, Sells Assets to Nutanix
- Apache Mesos
- Docker acquires AtomicJar, a testing startup that raised $25M in January
Relevant to your Interests
- Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack
- OAI staff deeply did not want to work for Microsoft
- Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric
- The Fastest Growing Brands of 2023
- Vast Data lands $118M to grow its data storage platform for AI workloads
- 'No one saw this coming': Kevin O’Leary says remote work trend is now hurting sectors other than real estate — here’s why he’s saying certain ‘banks are going to fail’
- The OpenAI Board Member Who Clashed With Sam Altman Shares Her Side
- Apple joins AI fray with release of model framework
- Will VMware customers balk as Broadcom transitions them to subscriptions?
- Broadcom to divest VMware’s EUC and Carbon Black units
- Apple Confirms It Shut Down iMessage for Android App Beeper Mini
- Tech company VMware slashing 577 jobs in Austin
- The Problems with Money In (Open Source) Software | Aneel Lakhani | Monktoberfest 2023
- WFH levels have become "flat as a pancake"
- Broadcom halves sub price for VMware's flagship hybrid cloud
- VMware by Broadcom Dramatically Simplifies Offer Lineup and Licensing Model
- Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer’s code repos
- The Kubernetes 1.29 release interview
- HashiCorp Shares Drop 22% After Forecasting Slowing Sales Growth
- Oracle shares slide as revenue misses estimates
- Platform teams need a delightfully different approach, not one that sucks less
Nonsense
- Nearly Everyone Gets A’s at Yale. Does That Cheapen the Grade?
- It’s time for the Excel World Championships!
- Only in Australia: huge snake drops from roof during podcast recording – video
- Committing to Costco
- 220-ton Nova Scotia building moved using 700 bars of soap
Conferences
- Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas
- SCaLE 21x, March 14th to 17th, 2024
- DevOpsDays Birmingham 2024 April 17-18, 2024
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Recommendations
- Brandon: The Fund
- Matt: Reese’s minis unwrapped
- Anti-recommendation: Keychron Acoustic Kit
- Coté: Sex Education, season 3. (some follow-ups: Menewood was good, a bit too Moby Dick w/r/t to wheat and barley in the middle; Descript is still fantastic, getting even better with the AI stuff)
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