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Get ready for a weekly dose of all things Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing! Join us as we dive into topics including Kubernetes, DevOps, Serverless, Security and Coding. Plus, we’ll keep you entertained with plenty of off-topic banter and nonsense. Don’t worry if you miss the latest industry conference - we’ve got you covered with recaps of all the latest news from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
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Sep 1, 2023 • 54min
Episode 430: Exploring Governance and Compliance with Mike Long
Brandon interviews Mike Long, CEO and Co-founder of Kosli. They explore the concept of DevOps compliance, the importance of governance and compliance in banking, source control for databases, and the value of visibility and auditing. They also discuss the significance of export to CSV feature, a new notifications engine, and attractions of Oslo.

Aug 25, 2023 • 49min
Episode 429: This is peak VMware
This week, we discuss VMware’s Announcements, SUSE goes private and some thoughts on streaming services. Plus, Matt provides an update on the repercussions of spilled Orange Juice.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 429
Runner-up Titles
Matt Ray Vibe
Ethically flexible
And one more thing me
Is it new?
You’re gold plating your gold.
Hello World and my Mom’s Blog
SAP known for being nimble
I guess I am excited
There’s no way you sold 50,000 Chinese knock off water piks in Australia.
Rundown
Tech's broken promises: Streaming is now just as expensive and confusing as cable
VMware
Broadcom's $61B planned VMware purchase clears U.S., UK
Introducing vSAN Max | VMware
VMware Expands Tanzu to Accelerate App Delivery at Enterprise Scale
VMware Explore 2023 Media Kit - VMware News and Stories
VMware edges towards multi-cloud, adds AI side quest
SUSE
EQT Private Equity Announces Voluntary Public Purchase Offer and Intention to Delist SUSE
SUSE Manager Ansible Integration Becomes Fully Supported
Oracle, SUSE and CIQ launch the Open Enterprise Linux Association amid Red Hat controversy
Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel
What Happened to Wirecutter?
Relevant to your Interests
YouTube is adding chat, highlights, and Shorts to NFL Sunday Ticket
Hopin Events and Session Products Sold for $15 Million
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office
How we reduced the cost of building Twitter at Twitter-scale by 100x
Will Broadcom’s pending purchase overhang VMware Explore?
VMware’s future: Navigating multicloud complexity and generative AI under Broadcom’s wing
System Initiative Code Now Open Source
How Amazon is racing to catch Microsoft and Google in generative A.I. with custom AWS chips
Report: Threads app to launch website version this week - 9to5Mac
Cisco's Duo Security suffers major authentication outage
If I were you: Here are the the Google Cloud Next ’23 talks for six different audiences
Amazon Worker Has A Witty Take On Return-To-Office Policy
Mark Zuckerberg’s new ‘in-person time policy’ will crack down on Meta’s remote work rebels
Nonsense
All signs point to a late summer COVID wave
American States As Real People Generated by AI
LG now sells this bizarre TV in a suitcase, and I must have it
Listener Feedback
What is AWS after the Chasm?
Conferences
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, sign up!
October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023, CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA, SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there
November 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona, Coté’s attending
Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas
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Recommendations
Brandon: Costco | Acquired Podcast
Matt: Lenovo Go Wireless Split Keyboard, decent clone of Microsoft Sculpt keyboard
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Aug 18, 2023 • 1h 16min
Episode 428: Three steps into a 10k race
Special guest host Brian Gracely joins Brandon and Coté to discuss HashiCorp's transition to BSL, AWS CEO Adam Selipsky's interview, and the use of the word 'orthogonal.' They explore the changing landscape of open source, building new cloud services, and the strengths of tech companies. They also highlight AWS's unique features and upcoming conferences, share personal AI recommendations, and discuss Bruce Sterling's keynotes and the Elements hotel.

Aug 11, 2023 • 52min
Episode 427: You must be this tall to be a customer
This week, we discuss Open Source licensing, Cloud Earnings and presentations without slides. Plus, Coté shares his minimal-tech vacation strategy and Matt Ray spills Orange Juice on his keyboard.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 427
Runner-up Titles
Girl do you need some Squirrel
Kinky Friedman would be proud
Stallman would be spinning in his grave
What does this guy like?
I’ve got plenty of beer
That’s not a feature, it’s a bug
Never a Marketplace
Rundown
The open source licensing war is over
Clouded Judgement 8.4.23 - Cloud Giants Q2 Update
Amazon reports blowout profit, beats on sales and issues optimistic guidance
Relevant to your Interests
Amazon to invest $7.2b in Israel as it rolls out local cloud data region
Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers
As Cruise Expands To Los Angeles, Self-Driving's Breakout Moment Has Arrived
Billionaire Larry Ellison plotted with Trump aides on call about overturning election
Dell Confirms Sales Layoffs As Part Of New Partner-Led Storage Strategy | CRN
For Meta, the big AI play is shoring up its ad business
Corey Quinn on Gartner MQ
Slack's latest redesign has a dedicated DM tab and a Discord-style Activity view
Downfall
Google is offering an on-campus hotel 'special' to help lure workers back to the office
Even Zoom is making staff return to the office now
Venture-backed startups are failing at record rates
Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out
Zoom CEO admits mistake as terms-of-service changes raise AI fears
WeWork warns of bankruptcy risk after years of losses
Python moves to remove the GIL and boost concurrency
Exclusive: Amazon in talks to become anchor investor in Arm ahead of IPO
Nonsense
Analysis | LK-99 and the Desperation for Scientific Discovery
Disney discontinues DVD and Blu-ray production in Australia effective immediately
Google Web Environment Integrity draft draws developer rage
Google Meet plays Oscars music and credits roll as meeting ends
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
If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.
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Recommendations
Brandon:
What to Know About Scleral Contact Lenses
Keratoconus Eye Doctors Map
The Keratoconus Specialist List
Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation)
Why is Lala's Little Nugget in Austin always decorated for Christmas?
Matt: Rechargeable cordless Waterpik
Coté: “How to Draw Fantasy Map Trees and Forests - 5 easy styles to make your maps look awesome,” and playlist of related how to videos.
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Aug 4, 2023 • 57min
Episode 426: There’s no more backpacks to buy
This week, we discuss New Relic going private, Dell buying Moogsoft and digital transformation comes to Border Control. Plus, ideas for a last minute family vacation.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 426
Runner-up Titles
The Paris economy is all croissants.
The Euphoria of the Buffet
All that firing people gave us a soft landing.
Is it going to be New Logic, or SumoRelic?
You drive a hard bargain, now we’re billionaires
The tinfoil hat of complexity
Just buy more backpacks
Here in the United States, we have a lot of banks.
Can Americans use it?
Bigger numbers are smaller numbers.
It’s pretty easy to quarantine with Internet.
Rundown
More Monitoring, More Money
Dell Technologies Announces Intent to Acquire Moogsoft
What the New Relic Sale Means for SaaS by @ttunguz
Exclusive: Francisco Partners, TPG end talks to buy New Relic
Francisco Partners & TPG to take New Relic private in $6 billion all-cash deal
Inside the $6.5 billion buyout of New Relic
Government IT
Federal Reserve announces that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow® Service, is now live
CBP Goes Paperless with Global Entry
Mexico Phasing Out Use of Paper Visitor Permits (FMM)
New requirements coming in 2024 for Americans traveling to Europe
Passport Palooza
Relevant to your Interests
Broadcom's $61 billion VMware deal wins conditional EU antitrust OK
Broadcom claims VMware's strategy isn’t succeeding
Moderation actions
Shopify's anti-meeting crusade is failing and it's taken to shaming employees instead: 'Most of the modern work environment is broken'
Investors and business owners for 3x more likely to invest after reading a GPT-4 pitch deck
3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta
macOS Sonoma lets Chrome use passwords stored in iCloud
Passkeys in iOS 17: Watch a sneak peek at what's coming to 1Password for iOS | 1Password
Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud
AlmaLinux OS - Forever-Free Enterprise-Grade Operating System
Amazon Shares Jump 2% After Reporting Record Prime Day Sales
Threads Is About to Make All the Money That Twitter Isn’t
Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Threads
Jamin Ball (@jaminball) on Threads
Introducing NotebookLM
Ford CEO explains why legacy car manufacturers cannot compete with Tesla in software
Cloudflare as an AI play. An interview with CEO Matthew Prince.
This is huge: Llama-v2 is open source, with a license that authorizes commercial use!
The Rise Of DIY In FinOps
Announcing Akita Has Joined Postman — Akita Software
Announcing the New Lightweight Postman API Client | Postman Blog
Does ‘Buy American’ Policy Make Sense? The Answer Is Key for Your AI Portfolio Too
AlmaLinux says Red Hat source changes won’t kill its RHEL-compatible distro
Twitter becomes X
The problem with X? Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name
Meta Profit Is Up 16% to $7.8 Billion in Recent Quarter
Top Announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2023 | Amazon Web Services
AWS Easily Beats Microsoft In $120B IaaS Cloud Market: Gartner
Russia Takes Its Ukraine Information War Into Video Games
Breaking: AWS Begins Charging For Public IPv4 Addresses
The massive bug at the heart of the npm ecosystem
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more
A Day in the Life of a Senior Manager at Amazon
7 generative AI innovations from AWS Summit New York 2023
TikTok is adding text posts
Prime Day 2023 Powered by AWS – All the Numbers
AWS Launches Infrastructure Region in Israel
AMD revenue falls 18% as PC market shows continued weakness
From Docker to Dagger with Solomon Hykes (Changelog Interviews #550)
A New IT Automation Project? Moving Beyond Ansible And Keeping The Spirit
Google Docs can now automatically add line numbers
Q2 2023 is the largest quarter ever in the number of startup closures.
VCs Face an Existential Threat: There Are Too Many of Them
VC firm says their companies are good/leading, and you should invest in them too
Nonsense
FIGHTING
The Best Buy It for Life Backpack (Please Don’t Call It Tactical) (Published 2020)
Convicted felon gets DC contract to install car battery tech called impossible by experts
Americans spark backlash after claiming that Europeans ‘don’t believe in water’
The Spongmonkeys, Fast Food’s Most Unhinged Mascots, Are Back
Here's why Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to 'X' is good, actually
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
Conferences
August 8th 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
Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21
If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
Recommendations
Brandon: Full Circle
Matt: Amtrak Pacific Surfliner.
Coté: A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City.
Coté’s Newsletter
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Jul 28, 2023 • 1h 7min
Episode 425: Michael Kennedy on Python
Brandon interviews Michael Kennedy, host of Talk Python to Me and founder of Talk Python Training. They discuss Python’s rapid growth, replacing Excel Worksheets with Jypter Notebooks and why Python is the preferred language for AI. Plus, a few thoughts on podcasting and motorcycles.
Show Links
Talk Python to Me
Python Bytes
Talk Python Training - Python courses and tutorials for developers
Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023
Stack Overflow Trends
YouTube vs. Google Video
The 7 Biggest Excel Mistakes of All Time
Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates
Discovering exoplanets with Python
Python Interviews: Discussions with Python Experts
Mojo 🔥 — a new programming language for all AI developers.
Contact Michael
LinkedIn: mkennedy
Twitter: @mkennedy
Mastodon: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org
SDT news & hype
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Special Guest: Michael Kennedy.

Jul 21, 2023 • 53min
Episode 424: William Morgan on Service Mesh, Linkerd and eBPF
Brandon interviews William Morgan, Buoyant CEO and creator of Linkerd. They discuss building cloud native platforms, the need for Service Mesh, Linkerd and eBPF. Plus, some thoughts on the rise of Rust as the preferred systems programming language.
Show Links
Linkerd
Buoyant
eBPF, sidecars, and the future of the service mesh
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Reaffirms Istio Maturity with Project Graduation
Contact William
LinkedIn: wmogran
Twitter: @wm
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok and YouTube.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
Special Guest: William Morgan.

Jul 14, 2023 • 1h 19min
Episode 423: Is the enemy of my enemy my friend?
This week we discuss the launch of Threads, the battle for Enterprise Linux and Coté tries HEY again. Plus, plenty of thoughts on packing for a long weekend.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 423
Runner-up Titles
Capitalizing on Competitors
Bring the Go Bag
There are no backpacks in Gucci ads
No bad vibes
Rundown
Threads
Threads, Instagram’s ‘Twitter Killer,’ Has Arrived
Special Episode: Meta’s Twitter Rival Arrives, with Adam Mosseri
Facebook's Threads is so depressing
Twitter, Threads, and the Great Social Implosion
Instagram's Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days
How Threads’ privacy policy compares to Twitter’s (and its rivals’)
Instagram's Twitter rival is the latest in Meta's parade of copycat apps
Linux
Red Hat's open source rot began when IBM walked
Keep Linux Open and Free—We Can’t Afford Not To
SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL with a $10+ Million Investment
History Never Repeats. But Sometimes It Rhymes.
Oracle slams IBM's Red Hat over RHEL paywall
Automation at Scale: Migrating 200K Machines from CentOS 7 to RHEL 9
Shifting
"Shift Left (and leave)" versus "Shift Left (and stay)"
Richard Seroter on shifting down vs. shifting left
Matt’s packing list
Gmail brings in Calendly-style availability sharing from Google Calendar
Relevant to your Interests
DigitalOcean acquires cloud computing startup Paperspace for $111M in cash
Snowflake vs. Databricks
WebAssembly runtimes will replace container-based runtimes by 2030
Jordan Schneider is at SEMICON JULY 11-12 on Twitter
Court filing shows Microsoft Azure generated lower-than-expected $34B in revenue in 2022
Smart guy from Google decides not to compete with Apple Vision
87% Missing: the Disappearance of Classic Video Games | Video Game History Foundation
IBM watsonx
ChatGPT's explosive growth shows first decline in traffic since launch
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Reaffirms #Istio Maturity with Project
Early Google exec Urs Holzle to step down from executive management role amid cloud shakeup
Being acquired from a smallish start-up into VMware
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 16.6% in Second Quarter of 2023
Microsoft’s Cloud Server Business in 2022 Was Less Than Half of AWS, New Document Reveals
Microsoft confirms more job cuts on top of 10,000 layoffs announced in January
Shopify deleted 12,000 meetings this year.
Nonsense
If you don’t buy Jony Ive’s $60,000 turntable, are you really a music fan?
Conferences
August 8th 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 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023, CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21
If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
Recommendations
Brandon: Hijack
Matt: Murderbot Diaries
Coté: Fantastical, read-out of second HEY try.
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Jul 7, 2023 • 1h 21min
Episode 422: Corporation vs. Community
This week we discuss RHEL licensing changes, check the vibe of DevOps and some thoughts on programing language. Plus, has ChatGPT already become boring?
Runner-up Titles
I don’t like listening to fellow thought leaders. I listen to myself enough.
Dammit, alarm was set for PM
A massive failure of one
The end of free
It’s not all smiles and thumbs
Goose-cow
“I used to, but I don’t anymore.”
The Podcast Review podcast.
Rundown
RHEL
Furthering the evolution of CentOS Stream
Red Hat strikes a crushing blow against RHEL downstreams
IBM/Red Hat Sparks Anger at GPL ‘breach’ as RHEL Source Locked Up
Rocky Strikes Back At Red Hat
The Suicide Attempt by Red Hat [Opinion]
Rant about Red Hat's Licensing Change for REHL
Reddit
Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout “will pass”
Apollo’s Christian Selig explains his fight with Reddit — and why users revolted
Reddit doubles down
Hackers threaten to leak 80GB of confidential data stolen from Reddit
DevOps
Second Wave DevOps
Kelsey Hightower Predicts How the Kubernetes Community Will Evolve
Kelsey Hightower Retires
Even the best rides come to an end featuring Kelsey Hightower (Podcast)
Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023
Relevant to your Interests
AWS teases mysterious mil-spec ‘Snowblade’ server
To fill offices, Google issues ultimatum while Salesforce tries charity
Amazon is pursuing 'too many ideas' and needs to focus on best opportunities
There are better places for Amazon to put their capital to work, says Bernstein's Mark Shmulik
The best password managers for 2023 | Engadget
After a Rocky Year, Zuckerberg Lays Out Meta’s Road Map to Employees
Hybrid combines the worst of office and remote work
Twilio to sell ValueFirst business to Tanla (NYSE:TWLO)
Jeff Bezos Has Gained $10 on Mystery Purchase of One Amazon Share
Jeff Bezos Has Gained $10 on Mystery Purchase of One Amazon Share
CNET's Free Shopping Extension Saves You Time and Money. Give It a Try Today
Modular: Our launch & what's next
Exclusive-Broadcom set to win EU nod for $61 billion VMware deal, sources say
Amazon is reportedly trying to offer Prime subscribers free cell phone service | Engadget
Cloud cost management startup CloudZero lands $32M investment
Twitter stiffs Google
Open Sourcing AWS Cedar Is a Game Changer for IAM
Oracle beats on top and bottom lines as cloud revenue jumps
America to halt $68.7bn Microsoft takeover of Activision Blizzard
Meta's Open-Source 'MusicGen' AI Is Like ChatGPT for Tunes
Google's return-to-office crackdown gets backlash from some employees:
Forrester Wave Integrated Software Delivery Platforms, Q2 2023
The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier
1 big thing: Where AI's productivity revolution will strike first
For the first time in almost 30 years, a company other than IBM received the most US patents
AMD stock pops on potential Amazon superchip deal, CEO bullishness
Amazon cloud services back up after big outage hits thousands of users
Proven Practices for Developing a Multicloud Strategy | Amazon Web Services
40 photos from inside Metropolitan Park—the first phase of Amazon's HQ2
The Forrester Wave™: Integrated Software Delivery Platforms, Q2 2023
AWS US-EAST-1 wobbled after Lambda management issues spread
The store is for people, but the storefront is for robots
A Look Back at Q1 '23 Public Cloud Software Earnings
Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle
Apple Watch alerts 29-year-old Cincinnati woman to blood clot in lungs while sleeping
Return to Office Enters the Desperation Phase
Critical 'nOAuth' Flaw in Microsoft Azure AD Enabled Complete Account Takeover
What happened to Oracle? Why do they keep acquiring companies?
How an ex-Googler is reimagining the oldest computing interface of all
WFH 4 ever
Databricks picks up MosaicML, an OpenAI competitor, for $1.3B
Introducing LLaMA: A foundational, 65-billion-parameter language model
AI's next conflict is between open and closed
Amazon is investing another $7.8B in Ohio-based cloud computing operations,
A new law protecting pregnant workers is about to take effect
Amazon launches AWS AppFabric to help customers connect their SaaS apps
State of Kubernetes Cost Optimization Report
FTC Request, Answered: How Cloud Providers Do Business
OrbStack · Fast, light, simple Docker & Linux on macOS
Surprise! You Work for Amazon.
btop - the htop alternative
We Raised A Bunch Of Money
Twitter has stopped paying its Google Cloud bills
Report: 2022 Microsoft Azure Revenue Less Than Estimated, Half That Of AWS | CRN
Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace
Is Waze next?
The real story of how Facebook almost acquired Waze, but we ended up with Google
Google killed its Iris augmented-reality smart glasses
Who killed Google Reader?
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to fight Elon Musk in a cage match
IBM to Acquire Apptio Inc.,
IBM Re-ups On FinOps With Its Apptio Acquisition
Nonsense
Texas Bans Kids From Social Media Without Mom and Dad's Ok
Summer intern's commute goes viral: She flies from South Carolina to New Jersey
Twitter evicted from office amid lawsuits over unpaid rent and cleaning bills
Fishing crew denied $3.5M in prize money after 600-pound marlin DQ’d in tournament
'World's Largest' Buc-ee's store opens now on Bus-ee’s Map
Magic Mushrooms. LSD. Ketamine. The Drugs That Power Silicon Valley.
'Fueled by inflation': USPS stamp prices are increasing soon. Here's what to know.
At least a year younger on paper: South Korea makes changes to age-counting law
Sony just spilled confidential PlayStation information because of a Sharpie
Australia legalises psychedelics for mental health
Listener Feedback
Let's Get To The News | Craig Box | Substack
When You Don't Have a Seat At the (Managed Database) Table by Doug Sillars
Conferences
August 8th 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 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023, CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21
If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok and YouTube.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
Recommendations
Brandon:
Cloudcast: MidYear 2023 Update
Governments Building Software
This Is What Happens When Governments Build Software - Odd Lots
The Book I Wish Every Policymaker Would Read
Tony Hsieh and the Emptiness of the Tech-Mogul Myth (via Coté’s newsletter)
Coté: Hand Mirror app, also in Setapp if you have that.
If Books could Kill
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Jun 30, 2023 • 1h 27min
Episode 421: The Not Kubernetes Podcast, with David Heinemeier Hansson
Co-owner and CTO of 37signals, David Heinemeier Hansson is more commonly known as “DHH”. Famous as the creator of Ruby on Rails, Basecamp and HEY, David has made a career of being provocative on, and on behalf of, the Internet.
Nonsense
ARMO’s relevancy feature for prioritising CVE remediation in containers
If you’re still running Kubernetes, that is; there is no MRSKscape yet
Glastonbury 2023
Guns N’ Roses
UK: the full set on iPlayer
Rest of the world: Paradise City (feat. Dave Grohl)
Appetite for Destruction
Rick Astley
UK: the full set on iPlayer
Rest of the world (Beware: that link is technically a rick-roll)
Interview links
Basecamp
HEY!
Daily Rush
Quake III Arena
PHP and Ruby
37signals and Jason Fried
Martin Fowler and Dave Thomas
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
Ruby on Rails
“Groovy on Grails”
1000 true fans
DHH on growth: “Exponential growth devours and corrupts”
Backpack and Campfire
Jeff Bezos invests in 37signals
Marketing at 37signals was literally a dumpster fire
A podcast explaining it
“The Building of Basecamp” (and review)
David’s books:
Getting Real
Rework
Remote
It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work
The programming books that meant the most to David
Fast inverse square root
David’s best tweet
AI can out-sorting-algorithm you anyway
The Celeron 4
David’s writing on leaving the cloud:
“Why we’re leaving the cloud”
"The only thing worse than cloud pricing is the enterprisey alternatives"
“Five values guiding our cloud exit”
“We stand to save $7m over five years from our cloud exit”
"Cloud exit pays off in performance too”
“We have left the cloud”
HEY vs the App Store
Deft and Dell
MRSK
Capistrano
GitHub contributor community
Maersk
Harmony remotes discontinued
The continuing demise of Reddit
Who has two thumbs and 60 million dollars?
24 Hours of Le Mans
2023 writeup: “The Le Mans Centenary“
Result table
David Heinemeier Hansson
https://dhh.dk/
@dhh on Twitter
LinkedIn
David’s blog on HEY
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Craig Box
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