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This week we discuss how to measure DevRel, the legacy of Sun and a few thoughts on Markdown. Plus, we determine the TAM for trackballs… Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups Rundown Measuring Developer Relations What if Sun called it Cloud? Relevant to your Interests A Visa exec's email to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy set off an internal scramble that's becoming increasingly common at the tech giant Clouded Judgement 2.25.22 Report: 76% of IT pros say that cloud has hit a wall Out Of Scope - #0 Mental Health with Kelsey Hightower — Software Engineering Daily Zendesk Scraps Takeover of SurveyMonkey Parent Company Momentive EPAM Systems Withdraws Financial Forecasts. It Makes Software in Ukraine. Bandcamp is Joining Epic Games Introducing a Google Cloud architecture diagramming tool | Google Cloud Blog Kyndryl signs partnership deal with AWS Apple is said to be working on a foldable MacBook/iPad hybrid device Amazon Luna – Cloud Gaming Service TikTok expands maximum video length to 10 minutes Intel energizes decades-old Linux kernel sub-project Nonsense You’ve Been Wearing Your Travel Pillow Wrong This Whole Time Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Postlight — Postlight co-founders Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk tech, business, ethics, and culture. Subscribe to the Postlight Podcast: https://postlight.com/podcast Listener Feedback Listen to The Kubernetes Developer Experience? on The CloudCast Conferences .Net Beyond conference, March 30–31, 2022, online. THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin, July 25, 2022 DevOps Days Birmingham AL,, April 18 & 19th, 2022 DevOpsDays Austin 2022, May 4 - 5, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022:, May 10 & 11th, 2022 Splunk’s ,conf, June 13-16, 2022 SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022. 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, LinkedIn 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: Mimestream - A native macOS email client for Gmail (BETA) Coté: The Nineties, Tyler Cowen interview with him. Matt: Hail Mary Photo Credits Banner Cover Art Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.Postlight: Postlight co-founders Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk tech, business, ethics, and culture. Subscribe to the Postlight Podcast.

Brandon interviews Ev Kontsevoy the CEO and Cofounder of Teleport. They discuss Ev’s early career, his experience at Mailgun and Teleport’s opinionated approach to providing secure access. Episode Links: YouTube Clip of the question to Jeff Bezos that inspired Mailgun Teleport Teleport Slack 5 Best Practices for Securing SSH Contact Ev: LinkedIn: kontsevoy Twitter: @kontsevoy Special Guest: Ev Kontsevoy.Sponsored By:Teleport: The easiest, most secure way to access infrastructure.

This week we discuss Kubernetes adoption, the State of Open Source Survey and the search for a better Developer Experience. Plus, some thoughts on taking out the trash and conflict resolution. Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups Rundown Ten takeaways from the 2022 State of Open Source survey What is Developer Experience? a roundup of links and goodness Developer Experience Is Security Relevant to your Interests California Will Stick Solar Panels Over Canals to Fight Two Disasters at Once Salesforce teams with AWS on direct-to-consumer streaming media solution – TechCrunch Snyk expands into cloud security with acquisition of Fugue Spotify Bet Big on Joe Rogan. It Got More Than It Counted On. Using a LinkedIn QR Code to Connect with Members Tiger Global, D1 Capital Signal Pullback From Big Private Tech Deals Amid Market Rout Thoughts On Markdown — Smashing Magazine Salesforce employees protest against its NFT ambitions Exam software is booming, but is it ethical? Texas led the country in new renewable energy projects last year Introducing Gitpod for Open Source Tech billionaire makes power play Why Big Tech is cooperating on smart homes Edgeless Systems wants to make public clouds the ‘safest place for sensitive data’ Goldman Sachs hands out biggest bonuses on Wall Street as talent shortage rages Intel Ramps Up Linux Investment By Acquiring Linutronix KubeDoc Follow Up Nonsense Texas Weather Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Postlight — Postlight co-founders Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk tech, business, ethics, and culture. Subscribe to the Postlight Podcast: https://postlight.com/podcast Listener Feedback macOS Utilities and Clip Board Managers Chris recommends Alfred Rookie recommends Mac tools like shuffle, flux and spectacle. Conferences .Net Beyond conference, March 30–31, 2022, online. THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 DevOpsDays Austin 2022, May 4 - 5, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 Splunk’s ,conf, June 13-16, 2022 SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022. 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, LinkedIn 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: Severance on Apple TV+. Coté: Hilda; All Killa, No Filla podcast #69, “toe-mat-oes”; Indonesian ribs. Matt: The Flight Attendant. Photo Credits Header Survey Response Show Art Sponsored By:Postlight: Postlight co-founders Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk tech, business, ethics, and culture. Subscribe to the Postlight Podcast.strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

The week we review Kubernetes: The Documentary and Matt explains why there is no Diet Coke in Australia. Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups Rundown Movie Review: Kubernetes: The Documentary The improbable rise of Kubernetes to become the operating system of the cloud CNCF Sees Record Kubernetes and Container Adoption in 2021 Cloud Native Survey Mirantis on run rate over $100M two years after buying Docker Enterprise assets Relevant to your Interests Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy's first all-hands meeting ends early as laid-off employees crash it There Are Now 1,000 Unicorn Startups Worth $1 Billion or More Zendesk Fields Takeover Offer From Private Equity Group ISS, Glass Lewis urge Zendesk investors vote against Momentive deal Republic’s metaverse real estate arm spins off, rebrands as Everyrealm – TechCrunch Apple Announces AirTag Updates to Address Unwanted Tracking Amazon and Spotify mull bids for London-listed podcaster Audioboom Microsoft is reopening its Washington and Bay Area offices this month Why Startup Founders Should Check In With Their Investors About Compliance Cyber security company Securonix raises $1 billion in Vista-led round IBM wanted to correct 'seniority mix' by firing older staff JPMorgan Is the First Bank Into the Metaverse, Looks at Business Opportunities Coinbase’s bouncing QR code Super Bowl ad was so popular it crashed the app VMware, Nvidia team up on AI-powered hybrid cloud platform Google Search Is Dying | DKB Fantastical update adds cloud-based scheduling features 20 years of .NET: Microsoft's Scott Hunter on the developer platform's "amazing journey" ****- 'Where is my office anyway?' As COVID recedes, remote workers prepare to head back AWS brings its Local Zones mini data centers to 32 new cities Launching and Scaling Data Science Teams: Three Years Later Shades of DevOps - Related Job titles Snyk Acquires Fugue, Enters Cloud Security Market 1Password for SSH & Git (Beta) | 1Password Developer Documentation Nvidia writes off $1.4bn in aftermath of failed Arm merger Intel to acquire contract chipmaker Tower Semiconductor for $5.4B Meta closes Kustomer deal after regulatory approval Introducing Gitpod for Open Source Spotify acquires Podsights and Chartable to advance its podcasting business Nonsense Buc-ee's plans first store outside of the South Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige & Kendrick Lamar FULL Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Recycled bulletproof vests may boost the range of electric cars 5-fold, and extend battery life to 10 years All Blacks sale gets green light after players agree to private equity deal Learning Things From Internet Videos — Postlight — Digital Strategy, Design and Engineering Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Postlight — Postlight co-founders Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk tech, business, ethics, and culture. Subscribe to the Postlight Podcast: https://postlight.com/podcast Listener Feedback Ryan recommends Invasion on Apple TV+ Conferences .Net Beyond conference, March 30–31, 2022, online. THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 DevOpsDays Austin 2022, May 4 - 5, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 Splunk’s ,conf, June 13-16, 2022 SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022. 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, LinkedIn 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: PasteBot and speeding up your mouse tracking on macOS Coté: Max Headroom TV show - search Daily Motion. Pastie app. B2B TikTok. And, Streaming Coté. Matt: Hands on a Hardbody - On MailChimp? Photo Credits Header Image CoverArt Sponsored By:Postlight: Postlight co-founders Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk tech, business, ethics, and culture. Subscribe to the Postlight Podcast.strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss what to expect in cloud in 2020 and the prospect of building a better Kubernetes Developer Experience. Plus, Coté explains the Dutch concept of Gezellig. Rundown What to expect in cloud computing in 2022 and beyond A Better Kubernetes Experience for Developers is Key in 2022 Relevant to your Interests AWS Earnings TriggerMesh, Case Study in Open Sourcing Enterprise Software Strange Computer Languages: A Hacker’s Field Guide Real-time code sharing for your lectures and presentations Demostack - Spin up a demo, tailor the story, win more deals faster Microsoft Responds to OneDrive Mac User Criticism Following Decision to Enforce Files On-Demand Feature Docker. Highlights from our fiscal year: The end of the metaverse hopefully YouTube vs. Netflix Chrome is changing its logo for the first time in eight years Why rapid wage growth makes the Fed nervous SoftBank’s $66bn sale of chip group Arm to Nvidia collapses DeepMind says its new AI coding engine is as good as an average human programmer Meta says it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe over data-sharing dispute Apple unveils contactless payments via Tap to Pay on iPhone Square dongle could be in trouble PopSQL Raises $14M in Series A Funding Report: Google Quietly Ditching Stadia Amazon raises the maximum base pay for corporate and tech employees Amazon and Nike are reportedly thinking of buying Peloton Google account hacks dropped by half after pushing two-step authentication by default NCAA is adding 2 factor authentication to its suite of web apps Microsoft Considers Pursuing a Deal for Cybersecurity Firm Mandiant Peloton takedown PPT Nonsense Wild Hipster Couple Accused in $4.5 Billion Crypto Crime How to Make an NFT Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Private Internet Access — America's #1 virtual private network. Try it out using a 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee: privateinternetaccess.com/SDT Listener Feedback Peloton Take Down Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 DevOpsDays Austin 2022, May 4 - 5, 2022 Splunk’s ,conf June 13-16, 2022 Call for Speakers for .conf22 is open until Feb 28, 2022 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, LinkedIn 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: iCloud Drive Coté: Star Wars Visions, Fantastic Mr. Fox. Matt: Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball Photo Credits Header Image Podcast Art Sponsored By:Private Internet Access: Private Internet Access — America's #1 virtual private network. Try it out risk-free for 30: privateinternetaccess.com/SDTstrongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss Cloud Earnings, OpenSSF’s new project and Tim Bray’s take on Cloud. Plus, some thoughts on data gravity… Rundown Earnings Apple tops earnings expectations on strong iPhone sales Microsoft Azure exceeded $40 billion in annualized revenue Alphabet crushes earnings, announces 20-for-1 stock split Docker makes comeback with over $50M in ARR two years into restructuring OSS Security Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) OpenSSF Announces The Alpha-Omega Project to Improve Software Supply Chain Security for 10,000 OSS Projects Citrix goes private Tim Bray’s take on Cloud Relevant to your Interests Confluent and AWS just announced a "Strategic Collaboration Agreement." Internal messages show Amazon is telling employees to warn customers away from using Microsoft's or Google's clouds as a hedge against AWS outages Google Cloud is hiring a legion of blockchain experts to expand its business Google cloud unit shuffles partnerships and sales groups as CEO Kurian chases market share Science says ‘Zoom fatigue’ is real — and worse when you don’t like your face Power tool companies have discovered USB-C Life360 Says It Will Stop Selling Precise Location Data – The Markup Germany will break the Internet A guide to Web3 for Web2 frontend devs Meta doubles down on Oculus Quest name change and everyone hates it Streaming Service Retention Rates Okta Chart for Cloud Adoption Commentary: How homeowners defeated Zillow’s AI, which led to Zillow Offers’ demise Following his fiery Twitter tirades, Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is no longer CEO — and he says it’s his choice The numbers behind Spotify's Rogan How “Engineering-Driven” Leads to “Engineering-Supremacy” Universal Control was worth the wait – here's how it's changing the way I work Craob X: World's First Portless Laptop on The Way (Exclusive Leak) - My Laptop Guide .NET Beyond Bolt founder Ryan Breslow announces new CEO after Silicon Valley Twitter rant SpaceX’s new Starlink Premium tier promises up to 500Mbps for $500 a month MariaDB Corporation Ab to Become a Publicly Traded Company via Combination with Angel Pond Holdings Corporation Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion Serverless less trendy? Nonsense Tesla launches 'TeslaMic,' a microphone for in-car karaoke Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Listener Feedback Brian recommends you read Amp It Up Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, 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, LinkedIn 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: DDOG Dashboard for ERCOT Power in Texas Wordle and some news The New York Times Buys Wordle Coté: The Important Thing podcast. Matt: TriggerMesh Office Hours Living With Yourself Photo Credits Banner Art Cover Art Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss the SAT going online, the Pyramid of Open Source and dealing with tech debt. Plus, some thoughts on expense reports… Rundown Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online Enforcing the Pyramid of Open Source Microsoft cloud revenues power Microsoft's $51.7 billion second FY'22 quarter | ZDNet Relevant to your Interests Twitter brings NFTs to profile photos, but only for Twitter Blue subscribers | Engadget Peloton hires McKinsey to review cost structure; cycle maker may cut jobs, close stores Michael Dell Op-ed: There will never be a post-Covid world Merck wins cyber-insurance lawsuit related to NotPetya attack Anitian Raises $55 Million Series B to Further Transform the Cloud Security and Compliance Automation Industries with Pre-Engineered, Zero Trust Cloud Platforms Google kills off FLoC, replaces it with Topics Nvidia Quietly Prepares to Abandon $40 Billion Arm Bid SparkCognition, which develops AI solutions for a range of industries, nabs $123M Oracle audit also a 'sales enablement tool' Apple pays record $100,500 to student who found Mac webcam hack | AppleInsider This Post Was Written by GitHub Copilot | flower.codes Can CNN make streaming work? Kelsey Hightower vs. Chris Dixon Meta-backed Diem in talks to sell off assets: report Nonsense Boeing Adds $450 Million to Air-Taxi Effort A bot tried to ruin Wordle by posting the next day’s answer. Twitter suspended the account. Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Listener Feedback From Slack: Line Goes Up - The Problem With NFTs by Dan Olson Michale wants you to work at ****Honeycomb as a Senior Product Marketing Manager Brian wants you to be a Senior Product Manager - Cloud Infrastructure in Remote Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, 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, LinkedIn 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: Ozark Season 4 Part 1 Coté: Pea soup/stew. Photo Credits Banner CoverArt Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss Open Source Model Business Models, Cloud Migrations and the prospect of cloud providers becoming “dumb pipes.” Plus, some thoughts on the rise of Professor Galloway. Rundown There is such a thing as an open source business model Web3 | No Mercy / No Malice AWS is Not a Dumb Pipe Clouded Judgement 1.14.22 Remote work and cloud adoption lands 1Password with $620M Series C, now valued at $6.8B Relevant to your Interests Kubernetes needs a developer platform Observable raises $35.6M to bring better visibility to enterprise data People Building 'Blockchain City' in Wyoming Scammed by Hackers - Slashdot NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3090 Ti Custom Models Production Reportedly Halted Amidst BIOS & Design Issues Superior Court judge rules that Google's nondisclosure agreements are so broad they violate the state's ban on noncompete agreements Dutch competition authority recently ruled that Apple must allow dating apps to offer alternative payments. Web3 is going just great It was nice to be invited but I wish I hadn’t been. #aws #tektok 10 real-world stories of how we’ve compromised CI/CD pipelines Ford signs five-year payments deal with Stripe for e-commerce drive Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device - Stories I automated my job over a year ago and haven't told anyone. Tales From Crypto: A Billionaire Meme Feud Threatens Industry Unity Better.com CEO Who Fired 900 Workers On Zoom Call Reinstalled Charted: Big tech's ballooning deals Airlines warn of "catastrophic disruption" in 5g service deployment Harness releases open version of continuous delivery product with access to source code – TechCrunch Kubernetes needs a developer platform ‘It’s All Just Wild’: Tech Start-Ups Reach a New Peak of Froth SaaS acquisition multiples in 2021 Google to free G Suite users: Pay up or lose your account Zoom multiple Nonsense Busy Simulator Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, 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, LinkedIn 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: Sweet Booby Podcast. Link to subscribe in Overcast. Matt: Eufy RoboVac35c Wi-Fi Robotic Vacuum. Cricket Explainer. Coté: The Good Enough Parent. Photo Credits Cloud Pipes Banner CoverArt Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss NPM corruption, why Web3 may not be different and the future focus of Hyperscalers. Plus, some thoughts on Dutch Doctors. Rundown NPM corruption Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker' breaking thousands of apps Web 3 is exciting because incumbents like solving known problems Computing and data infrastructure in '22 Aneel Lakhan take on Web3 and the need for a currency but not necessarily bitcoin via The Cloud Cast. Reasons why Web3 may not be all that different Matt Mullenweg on Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0 My first impressions of web3 The Cloud Cast episode Look Ahead VC Funding Maybe Hyperscalers should just focus in on primitives? I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months. Relevant to your Interests Is Clubhouse dead? Not if you are in South Asia NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise Andreessen Horowitz completes massive $9B fundraise for startups - FinLedger The Multicloud Engineer Lyft did a four part blog series on scaling engineering productivity Podcasting Hasn’t Produced A New Hit in Years Take-Two is buying Zynga This company just decided to give employees a 4-day workweek permanently Free to read: Coronavirus tracked: has the epidemic peaked near you? New year, new CEO Carriers Are Pissed About Apple's Best New Privacy Feature CEO Of $10 Billion Open-Source Company Elastic Steps Down, President Leaves Nonsense Forced by shortages to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells customers how to bypass DRM warnings Every few years Australia takes an international superstar hostage for unclear reasons Snoop Dogg Is Planning To Launch A Hot Dog Brand Called “Snoop Doggs” – Billboard Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, 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, LinkedIn 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: ANOVA Precision Cooker. Coté: MSG. Tanzu Application Platform 1.0. Photo Credits Banner Photos CoverArt Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.

This week we discuss why cloud numbers don’t add up, Oracle buys Cerner and the demise of BlackBerry. Plus, Matt gives advice for keeping up with Web3. Rundown Cloud numbers don’t add up A Look Back at Q3 '21 Public Cloud Software Earnings Oracle to buy medical records company Cerner in its biggest acquisition ever Apple hits $3 trillion market cap, becoming first company to hit the mark If you're clinging to an old BlackBerry, it will officially stop working on Jan. 4 Relevant to your Interests AWS Amazon Cloud Unit Draws Antitrust Scrutiny From Khan’s FTC You have asked for this, it is basically your fault! MongoDB Poaches Top Amazon Executives to Compete With AWS AWS DynamoDB architect who recently left for MongoDB Enterprise Strategy Blog 2021: Year-End Roundup Amazon announces broad cloud and AI collaboration with auto giant Stellantis M&A and VC Google confirms it acquired cybersecurity specialist Siemplify, reportedly for $500M, to become part of Google Cloud’s Chronicle Google confirms it acquired cybersecurity specialist Siemplify, reportedly for $500M, to become part of Google Cloud’s Chronicle PitchBook: seed and early stage startups in the US raised $93B in 2021 through December 15, up from $52B in 2020 and $30B in 2016 Spotify acquires podcast tech company Whooshkaa which turns radio broadcasts into on-demand audio Cal.com, Inc. raises $7.4m Seed Redpoint Ventures is Launching a Media Operation—And Embracing TikTok Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreesen are still working Crypto Money in the Metaverse The Block Unicorn Index RadioShack goes Crypto Pay Google will pay top execs $1 million each after declining to boost workers’ pay Apple Pays Its Engineers $180,000 Bonuses to Stop Them From Joining Meta Apple Apple is rebuilding Apple Music as a full native app with macOS 12.2 beta Apple is reportedly going to make more of its own chips Alexa Amazon’s Alexa Stalled With Users as Interest Faded, Documents Show Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to put penny in plug socket Security LastPass users warned their master passwords are compromised Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp users targeted in phishing scheme Misc TikTok is accused of violating GPL with new live streaming software Retailers To Lose $828 Million Of Sales Over Christmas Due To Inaccessible Websites What’s next for Cloud Foundry A big video game company enters the metaverse IBM has restarted attempts to sell its unprofitable Watson Health division Minecraft as a k8s admin tool Web3 For and Against Jack Dorsey says VCs really own Web3 (and Web3 boosters are pretty mad about it) Nonsense U Refill Toner | Laser printer cartridge refills you do yourself Pedant-friendly millipede discovered: First with 1,000+ legs Largest ever giant millipede fossil found on UK beach A DAO wants to make Blockbuster a decentralized film streaming service Marvel Cinematic Universe is taking over the box office Researchers make world's thinnest Christmas tree Dieser Tortilla ist köstlich! Kein Öl, kein Backofen! Einfaches und leckeres Frühstück # 110 Crypto CEO Brian Armstrong Buys Los Angeles Home for $133 Million Taco Bell launches taco-a-day subscription program nationwide to drive visits North Koreans enjoy burritos after paper bizarrely claims Kim Jong-il invented them ****## Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, POSTPONED UNTIL MAY Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, Listner Feedback Polishing Cloth Unboxing 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, LinkedIn 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: Station Eleven on HBO Book originally recommend on episode 137 Matt: State of the World 2022 Photo Credits CoverArt Banner Picture Sponsored By:strongDM: Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT.