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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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Nov 28, 2019 • 1h 9min
Episode 207: All the good stuff is proprietary
Why does SDN even exist? (No, not SDT, but Software Defined Networking). Also, we discuss a recent Google Anthos interview as well, some kubernetes stuff, and the Mongolian Grill restaurant concept. Sorry for all the plosives. Coté needs to get mic cover for his portable podcasting studio and that Tesla truck thing.
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Mood board:
Now we’ve got two topics.
The sweet and sour sauce was just pineapple juice.
Every culture has its tortilla.
Well, definitely, everything just tasted sort of brown.
This is where I learned about organized crime.
I learned how to use the meat slicer.
“There was hiding in the meat freezer.”
I have a lot of stories from my time at the Mongolian BBQ.
Nobody wants to go update the MIBs or something
90% of software innovation happens because developers don’t want to talk to people.
70% of software innovation comes from people not wanting to pay for shit.
Life is basically a risk-curve analysis.
Stuffing!
I’m like the David Foster Wallace of podcast footnotes.
The most sincere ad read ever.
Nobody cares about your open source glue.
Why don’t you change your terribleness?
There’s a lot of money in muck.
In Search of Excellence strikes again!
The PT Cruiser was a hand me down - it wasn’t my choice.
Black Friday/Black Week.
Zwarte Piet, pepernoot.
Relevant to your interests
Anthos: Google's bid for Kubernetes differentiation - interview about Anthos.
Basically, multi-cloud (meaning, runs on private cloud) kubernetes platform that fills in the details and missing stuff with proprietary Google code and integration work…right?
“We have a lot of people that have kicked the tires on K8s with open source, but when they are serving their customers, they want an SLO [service-level objective] with [Google].”
KubeCon NA trip notes:
Kubecon San Diego Takeaways.
KellyAnn Fitzpatrick (RedMonk): Day 0, Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.
10 Most Interesting Announcements From Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 2019.
IBM paid $34B for this: Where Red Hat is taking OpenShift.
How open source changed everything - again.
Whatever happened to “Big Data”?
Datadog container report:
Node.js and Java are the top two.
People run older versions of kubernetes.
“he average container lifespan at a typical company running unorchestrated infrastructure is about two days, down from about 6 days in mid-2018.”
“service mesh technologies do not yet rank among the top container images”
Banking on the Future: Why our most hated institutions will become our most beloved.
Google Will Award $1M-Plus to People Who Can Hack Titan M Security Chip.
Personal And Social Information Of 1.2 Billion People Discovered In Massive Data Leak: “On October 16, 2019 Bob Diachenko and Vinny Troia discovered a wide-open Elasticsearch server containing an unprecedented 4 billion user accounts spanning more than 4 terabytes of data. A total count of unique people across all data sets reached more than 1.2 billion people, making this one of the largest data leaks from a single source organization in history. The leaked data contained names, email addresses, phone numbers, LinkedIN and Facebook profile information.”
Tesla claimed its pickup truck was ‘bulletproof’ — then smashed its windows with a metal ball.
PayPal buys money-saving service Honey for $4 billion.
Amazon cites Fox News segment, Trump rally in formal protest of Pentagon’s $10B JEDI award - the military is never getting that cloud.
Sponsors
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Listener Feedback
Sent stickers to Chris in Pittsburgh. He says. “Thanks much for the show, look forward to every week and the great mix of strategy, Kubernetes, parenting, meat, and travel.’
Ashish from Charlotte and he say he “Loves the show.”
Conferences, et. al.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too.
June 1-4: ChefConf 2020
Jordi wants you to go to GitLab Commit Jan. 14th
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations
Matt: Black Friday… sorry Adbusters.
Coté: Joan Didion, The White Album - the audio book read by Susan Varon is fantastic, perfectly matching Didion’s tone.
Outro: A good buy, from Hands on a Hardbody.Sponsored By:SolarWinds: This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and one of their web APM tools: Loggly. It’s scalable cloud-based log management that won’t break the bank. Learn more or try it FREE for 14 days. Just go to http://loggly.com/sdt.PagerDuty: To see how companies like GE, Vodafone, Box and American Eagle Outfitters rely on PagerDuty to continuously improve their digital operations visit https://pagerduty.com.

Nov 23, 2019 • 1h 20min
Episode 206: The Sanka of hot sauces
We discuss Kubecon and Slack vs. Microsoft Teams. Pretty frothy stuff!
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Mood board:
One.
“I am not upgrading.”
“Nothing ever good comes out of upgrades.”
“I need someone with 35 years experience to run the internal blog.”
“Shut the doors on your way out.”
Planning makes us professional
Tech news sucks nowadays, where’s the good news?
Put that gravy on your shorts.
It’s the Sanka of hot sauces.
The problem is, there’s only one size of tortilla: giant.
ah tortillas.
They have really good lighting.
Prove me wrong, Kubecon 2020.
“Their negotiation with the underlying platform.”
I’m not a technical person, I’m a toga person.
The Oxnard Comma.
Stop not giving your money to Kafka, give it to us.
Is that still the future, or is it finally the present?
When the money tree starts shaking, might as well catch some money.
Giant monsters fighting in Japan. Call in Idris Elba.
The video conferencing circle of life.
The Schwag Cycle.
1am city council meetings for the parking app product manager.
Cocky sci-fi Europeans.
Relevant to your interests
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Reaches Over 100 Certified Kubernetes Vendors
A certified vendor is an organization that provides a Kubernetes distribution, hosted platform, or installer.
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Continues Tremendous Growth, Surpassing 500 Members
In the third quarter of 2019, 56 members joined CNCF. The rapid growth underscores increasing momentum around cloud native technologies just as a record-breaking 12,000 attendees gather for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America.
HPE launches container platform, aims to be 100% open source Kubernetes
"With BlueData, customers won't be managing five different clusters," he said. "We will have one central point and 100% open-source Kubernetes that is curated and at the top of the trunk."
HPE doesn’t want Xerox’s valuation: HP Just Rejected Xerox. Here Are the Moves It Could Make Next.
Curiously good press release: Announcing Oracle API Gateway, Oracle Logging and Kafka Compatibility for Oracle Streaming.
Slack vs. Teams, etc.
Slack stock drops as Microsoft claims big lead with 20 million Teams users.
Slack touts users growth as it faces growing competition from Microsoft.
Amazon’s packaging: Why thousands of Amazon packages converge on a tiny Montana town.
Google some company, CloudSimple…?
Snowflake Data Warehouse Partner
Google acquires CloudSimple to bolster cloud workload migration - CloudSimple® provides a secure, high performance, dedicated environment in Public Clouds to run VMware workloads.
What’s the point: Puppet wash, HPE Container Platform, JenkinsX, K3s, and Gremlins in the cloud
IBM driving open source advancements to help developers be more productive with Kubernetes - Kui is designed to be a single tool to help developers navigate between the different CLIs relevant to each part of the solution.
Nvidia and Microsoft launch Azure supercomputing instance
SoftBank to create $30 billion tech giant via Yahoo Japan, Line Corp deal - SoftBank Corp plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group, as it strives to compete more effectively with local rival Rakuten and U.S. tech powerhouses.
Google’s rollout of RCS chat for all Android users in the US begins today.
Apple plans a Prime-like subscription bundle, but that has News+ publishers worried.
Nike Pulling Its Products From Amazon in E-Commerce Pivot.
The 20 Best DevOps Podcasts.
Nonsense
WeWork at Kubecon?
Stadia Countdown
Sponsors
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Suggested Jobs
CNCF Job Board
Listener Feedback
Sent stickers to Chris in Pittsburgh. He says. “Thanks much for the show, look forward to every week and the great mix of strategy, Kubernetes, parenting, meat, and travel.’
Ashish from Charlotte and he say he “Loves the show.”
Conferences, et. al.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too.
June 1-4: ChefConf 2020
Jordi wants you to go to GitLab Commit Jan. 14th
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations
Matt: Brandon’s picks are eventually good - Sicario - 30 for 30: Pony Exce$$. Australian fires.
Brandon: Park in Austin App. AWS GameDay.
Coté: casino bread. Ezra Klein Dave Eggers episode. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and Sourdough.
Sponsored By:SolarWinds: This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and one of their web APM tools: Loggly. It’s scalable cloud-based log management that won’t break the bank. Learn more or try it FREE for 14 days. Just go to http://loggly.com/sdt.PagerDuty: To see how companies like GE, Vodafone, Box and American Eagle Outfitters rely on PagerDuty to continuously improve their digital operations visit https://pagerduty.com.

Nov 14, 2019 • 1h 3min
Episode 205: No Change in our journey
Coté is eating and drinking in this episode, so deal with it. Also, we discuss some odd slides, Mirantis buying Docker Enterprise, and saving code with vikings.
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Mood board:
Coté is gobsmacked by slides.
Let’s turn these earnings upside down.
It’s not just turtles all the way down, they’re all the way up too!
Where are my turtles?
Clearly you know what you’re doing, because you’ve got billions of dollars.
Clearly these people have missed the point of distributed version control.
Put your code in the Phantom Zone.
Is there a new April Fool’s in November?
They probably had some good slides.
Relevant to your interests
WeWork
The Best Slides From SoftBank's WeWork-Focused Earnings Report
Docker, Kube and Containers
Mirantis acquires Docker Enterprise
Docker’s Next Chapter: Advancing Developer Workflows for Modern Apps
VMware Bridges Kubernetes and vSphere with Launch of Pacific Beta
Google releases Skaffold so devs don't get hung up on Kubernetes
Skaffold, the Kubernetes build automation tool, is GA
Sysdig 2019 Container Usage Report: New Kubernetes and security insights | Sysdig
Red Hat Introduces open source Project Quay container registry
Google — Games, Health…? and Banking…?
Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans
Google plans to offer checking accounts next year
Google announces Stadia's launch day game lineup - 9to5Google
AWS
New – Savings Plans for AWS Compute Services | Amazon Web Services
15 Years of AWS Blogging! | Amazon Web Services
GitHub
Changelog - The GitHub Blog
GitHub launches Arctic Code Vault to preserve open source software for 1,000 years
OpenJDK repo migration to GitHub gains steam
At Universe, GitHub rolls out Actions, Packages and more open-source goodies
GitHub faces more resignations in light of ICE contract
Fourteen years after launching 1Password takes a $200M Series A
Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is here, and it has a good keyboard
Update on 3.0 Development, FIPS and 1.0.2 EOL - OpenSSL Blog
Firefox at 15: its rise, fall, and privacy-first renaissance
Honestly, A Video Game That Strands You On A Boring Six-Hour Flight Is Just What I Need Right Now
Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Cheats
Re-Licensing Sentry
Twitter Employees, Ahmad Abouammo and Ali Alzabarah, Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia | Government | Politics
Salesforce Ventures invested $300M in Automattic while Salesforce was building a CMS
This State’s 50-Year Bet on Big Tech Could Cost Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Intel is still struggling with the truth about its processor security flaws
Microsoft teams up with Warner Bros. to store Superman on new glass storage
Sponsors
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Suggested Jobs
Jobs at GitLab
Professional Services Consultant - APAC (Singapore or Australia)
Conferences, et. al.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too.
June 1-4: ChefConf 2020
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations
Matt:
Upgrading MacBook Pro/Air SSDs (Mention that here’s the link for last week).
The wonderful world of Chinese hi-fi.
****- Brandon:
Beats Solo Wireless for Kids.
Pivot Podcast.
Coté: AirPods Pros. Crypt of the Warlock RPG rules.

Nov 8, 2019 • 1h 5min
Episode 204: Foiled by Physical Access Again
We dig into the Microsoft Azure Arc announcement and discuss when or if a multi-cloud strategy makes sense. Plus, Matt explains how daylight savings time works with calendar invites and offers tips on how to upgrade you old MacBook.
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Relevant to your interests
The 7 most important announcements from Microsoft Ignite
Microsoft unveils Azure Arc, Stack Edge, and new virtual machine instances
Announcing Visual Studio Online Public Preview | Visual Studio Blog
IBM, Bank of America Team Up on Public Cloud Aimed at Banks
HP confirms it has received a proposal from Xerox about being acquired
WSJ News Exclusive | Xerox Considers Takeover Offer for HP
This Time, There Really Are NO IPv4 Internet Addresses Left
Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion
Founders’ note: IOpipe joins New Relic!
Pack Your Bags – Systemd Is Taking You To A New Home
Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac with Sidecar
Apple AirPods Pro review: perfect fit
New cyberattacks targeting sporting and anti-doping organizations
Microsoft Azure customers reporting hitting virtual machine limits in U.S. East regions
Editorial: Apple Pay passes PayPal, tramples Google Pay & Samsung Pay
Linux Foundation Introduces a Telemetry Policy for All Projects
Turbonomic Buys SevOne | FinSMEs
Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes steps down after 11 years as CEO; sees no urgency for IPO
In the Trump era, Oracle holds tech sway
Join the beta: our new serverless compute environment gives you more power at the edge
Twitter drops all political ads in shot at Zuckerberg
DevRel is like coffee.. and other profundities.
Writing Docs at Amazon
Sponsors
SolarWinds
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Suggested Jobs
Digital Solution Architect in Bratislava, Slovakia
EmacsConf
YouTube Video of Matt’s Presentation and Demo
Slides from Presentation
Matt’s Tweet
Conferences, et. al.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too.
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations
Brandon:
HBO’s The Watchmen
Apple Music Watchmen Playlist
NIN Watchmen Soundtrack
On Spotify
Matt:
True Facts
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Nov 1, 2019 • 1h 12min
Episode 203: Military clouds, stock IDEs, and team meetings
The annual team meetings are rolling around - what should you be doing and expecting from them? Also, we discuss what a big contract like JEDI can mean for a vendor, and also what those whacky developers are up according to a survey.
Mood board:
Stroke City.
QBR times four.
Travel costs.
We need a better word than “politics.”
Corporate virtue signaling.
Never ask anything.
There’s going to be Werner Hertzog!
There’s a difference between making a point and making money.
Are you just fillin’ a seat?
The fixie of IDEs.
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Relevant to your interests
Too many conferences this week. DOES, Ghent, OSS Summit, LISA. “How do you decide where to go? I stayed home.”
Microsoft beats Amazon to win the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract
Microsoft wins Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract
Amazon's earning shocker is set to wipe over $50 billion from its market cap
Alternate title: “Market cap drops just 4.8% Amazon still kind of a big deal.”
Introducing the Red Hat Global Transformation Office.
The state of Developer Ecosystem in 2019 Infographic
“89% of developers customize their IDEs in some way.” What’s up, 11%?x
DevOps: Tools Can Lead The Culture Change
Open Sourcing Mantis: A Platform For Building Cost-Effective, Realtime, Operations-Focused Applications
My company sold for $100 million and I got Zilch. How can that be?
Google moves to buy Fitbit
Google brings its ‘.new’ domains to the rest of the web, including to Spotify, Microsoft & others
AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile have finally agreed to replace SMS with a new RCS standard
Sponsors
SolarWinds:
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PagerDuty:
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Conferences, et. al.
Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019 https://live.emacsconf.org/
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too. †
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations
Brandon: eBay for selling your Cambrionix PowerPad15S Charge & Sync 15 Port USB Hub
Matt: Dolly Parton’s America.
Coté: The Grand Budapest Hotel. Whole Foods hot buffet for the business traveler.
Sponsored By:SolarWinds: This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and one of their web APM tools: Loggly. It’s scalable cloud-based log management that won’t break the bank. Learn more or try it FREE for 14 days. Just go to http://loggly.com/sdt.PagerDuty: To see how companies like GE, Vodafone, Box and American Eagle Outfitters rely on PagerDuty to continuously improve their digital operations visit https://pagerduty.com.

Oct 25, 2019 • 1h 5min
Episode 202: Does Nike make pleated khakis?
How important is domain knowledge for a new CEO? What is the key to building a successful Open Source Business? What is Kelsey Hightower really asking? We answer all these questions and more. Plus, Matt explains why a bus pass is better than a driver’s license in Australia.
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Executive Shuffles
Google just hired a former Microsoft exec to spearhead G Suite and Javier Soltero’s Bio
Microsoft’s Q1 earnings boosted by cloud and Office as Surface and Xbox stall
ServiceNow Announces Bill McDermott to Become CEO, Succeeding John Donahoe, Who Is Stepping Down to Become CEO of Nike
Nike, ServiceNow and SAP CEOs play a game of musical chairs
Free Software a.k.a Open Source
In 2019, multiple open source companies changed course—is it the right move?
Free Software and Open Source Business - Andreessen Horowitz
Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow
What $24 Million Means for Our Open Source Community — Grafana
Security
Getting Started with Security Keys
Don’t use admin/admin as username/password
The Chintzy Way Zappos Wants to Compensate Victims of a 2012 Data Breach
Kelsey Hightower asks a question…
Good news for developers: The CLI is back | ZDNet
IBM stock downgraded on fears of long-term Red Hat impact, other worries
Six Reasons Why iOS 13 and Catalina Are So Buggy
Not LibreOffice too? Beloved open-source suite latest to fall victim to the curse of Catalina
Nonsense
Gulfstream’s New G700 Is Set to Become the World’s Biggest Private Jet
Sponsors
SolarWinds:
This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and one of their APM tools – Loggly.
To try it FREE for 14 days, just go to http://loggly.com/sdt.
PagerDuty:
This is episode is brought to you by PagerDuty. To see how companies like GE, Vodafone, Box and American Eagle Outfitters rely on PagerDuty to continuously improve their digital operations visit https://pagerduty.com.
Conferences, et. al.
Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too. †
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations
Brandon: Joker
Matt: Daemon by Daniel Suarez
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Oct 18, 2019 • 1h 19min
Episode 201: The 10 pillar strategy
"This week there has been a lot of confusion on social media” around MeetUp charging more, along with the launch of a rival service at LinkedIn. Yeah, we get deep into LinkedIn talk! Then we discuss into what exactly a GitLab is.
Mood board:
Hard to come down on a definitive opinion on carrots.
We can educate Coté.
Learning from each other, the more you know!
There’s a lot of kube shit.
Non-subjugating windows.
Anyone can do a hyphen, you have to go out of your way to do an em-dash.
What’s a ‘fixie’?
HOT LINKEDIN ETHICS DEBATE.
You’re probably using the Twitter webpage and following the “Suggested Follows.”
There have been reports in social media.
It’s the chaos monkey for business models.
We can Armchair Product Management this thing.
I've been asked if crocodiles are considered "pescatarian-friendly."
It’s kind of like the yaml version of the Rational dream.
The whole rest of the world was putting together best of breed tools.
If you say so, Grammerly.
“Monty-python simulation”
Stay out of the room Mr. AI!
It’s paper size A-somebullshit.
We’re puttin’ the Plan column back on!
Space carpets.
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Relevant to your interests
Meetups
Meetup wants to charge users $2 just to RSVP for events — and some are furious
LinkedIn Launches Events to Facilitate Professional Meet-Ups
freeCodeCamp is building an open source alternative to Meetup
GitLab
Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab: Vetting non-evil customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting'
GitLab reset --hard bad1dea: Biz U-turns, unbans office political chat, will vet customers
AWS
AWS Promotional Credits for Open Source Projects | Amazon Web Services
Amazon migrates more than 100 consumer services from Oracle to AWS databases
Migration Complete – Amazon’s Consumer Business Just Turned off its Final Oracle Database | Amazon Web Services
Security
Google teams up with Yubico to build a USB-C Titan Security Key
Thoma Bravo makes $3.9 billion offer to acquire security firm Sophos
Potential bypass of Runas user restrictions
Sudo Flaw Lets Linux Users Run Commands As Root Even When They're Restricted
Kube Corner
Microsoft launches new open-source projects around Kubernetes and microservices
Red Hat Flexes OpenShift Kubernetes Muscles
MuleSoft Announces Anypoint Service Mesh, Extending the Power of Anypoint Platform to Any Microservice | MuleSoft
Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content Worldwide, E.U.’s Top Court Rules
Ahead of Zuckerberg testimony, new setbacks for Libra
Inside Mozilla's 18-month effort to market without Facebook
Tim Cook’s Company-Wide Memo on HKmap.live Doesn’t Add Up
Open Source Gerrymandering
Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku
Docker Desktop asset, fiscal stress prompt acquisition buzz
Building China's Comac C919 airplane involved a lot of hacking, report says
Headless CMS company Strapi raises $4 million
Why Richard Stallman doesn’t matter
IBM stock falls on revenue miss
IBM Reports Messy Results @themotleyfool #stocks $IBM
Nonsense
The Best Burritos in San Francisco
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Conferences, et. al.
Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
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Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
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Recommendations
Brandon: Epson Scanner.
Matt: Anti-pick: The Dead Don’t Die. This Must Be The Gig podcast: Mike Patton.
Coté: The Fifth Season.
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Oct 11, 2019 • 1h 17min
Episode 200: The mystery of the 2,000
The mystery of the 2,000
Two thrilling topics this week: moderating panels and the mystery of Oracle cloud. Also, some Austin talk.
Mood board:
The East India Company and Kodak
I just want your best 5 hours.
Executives can only pay attention for 20 minutes.
I’m in for a panel.
I’m more interested in hearing from the artist, not the people looking at the painting.
Ten year journey with billions of burn.
We’re talking about trillion dollar companies.
You can’t have enough storage for your podcasts.
Fired 2,000 people…and now hiring 2,000 people.
First-gen cloud building people are often a handful.
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Relevant to your interests
How to moderate a panel.
Oracle Shelves Larry Ellison’s Dream of Cloud Dominance
tl;dr: “this is a bummer, man”…?
“Midlevel product managers were being offered $750,000 in compensation while some engineers with a vice president title were paid more than $5 million a year, people familiar with the matter said.” - Shoulda listed “Oracle cloud” on my LinkedIn…
Oracle to Make 2,000 Hires in Cloud Push
Will Salesforce Dump Oracle and Pick AWS? An Insider’s Perspective
Larry vs Jeff: An Epic Battle who controls Salesforce, coming at Dreamforce
Google Cloud Worth $225 Billion, Deutsche Bank Says
TechCrunch Disrupt: A tale of two markets separates tech from non-tech IPOs
Austin-based AI Startup SparkCognition Raises $100M Series C
Is Microsoft Out to Destroy Linux? Linus Torvalds Shares His Thoughts
Open Core Summit: The Value of Cloud and Commercial Open Source Software
New browser security debate heats up
Microsoft Unveils Battery-Powered Version of Azure That Fits in a Backpack - Simpsons already did it.
Microsoft using Android is bigger than its Surface Duo phone - looks cool, sure.
Nonsense
Animals on Airbnb Experiences
Drink up! Missouri bar charges by the hour, not by the glass
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Conferences, et. al.
Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney
Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too.
Listener Suggested Jobs Openings
DevOps Engineer Viasat in San Diego from Justin Hallas
Full-Stack Software Engineer at NS8 remote options from Joshua Hover.
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
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Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
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Recommendations
Brandon: Synology, Plex and HDHomeRun.
Coté: cookies with bourbon raisons.
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Oct 4, 2019 • 1h 9min
Episode 199: 15 meters of cereal
Smokin’ hot webinar tips in this one, tips on things to put on your mouth in Austin, and then scandal in the open source world is getting fun again!
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Mood board:
It’s probably more of a figurative figurative phrase, not a literal figurative phrase.
I should probably start the recording again.
Don’t be so precise.
Kids these days.
There’s lots of issues with the Salt Lick.
Here’s a napkin.
You’re better off getting a Porche from Germany.
Let me translate that from Dutch to American.
15 meters of cereal.
Tradeless Commissions
Some basis points.
Well, I don’t know that, but I’m gonna look it up later.
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The webinar Coté mentioned, “The Business Bottleneck, part 01” with Rick Clark.
Matt Levine on free stock trading stuff.
AWS faces Elasticsearch lawsuit for trademark infringement
Docker, once worth over $1 billion, tells employees it's trying to raise cash amid 'significant challenges'
Google will not donate Knative framework 'to any foundation for the foreseeable future'
The announcement is presumed to apply also to Istio, the service mesh on which Knative depends.
Both Knative and Istio use the Apache License 2.0 and Google's announcement does confirm that Knative will remain open source and with multi-vendor participation.
Jessie Frazelle does not like the CNCF and this tweet too.
Honeycomb Begins Another Chapter with a New Funding Round.
BMC Software taps CA Technologies exec for permanent CEO position.
KeyBanc Capital Markets - with some VMware coverage.
Read the full transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s leaked internal Facebook meetings.
Nonsense
Dog-walking startup Wag raised $300 million to Zunleash growth. Then things got messy
Hercules cargo plane flew between skyscrapers
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Conferences, et. al.
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Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney
Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. Call for Papers ends on Oct. 7th. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too. †
Listener Feedback
Sent stickers to Leon in Germany.
Ed from Seattle wrote in so we sent him a sticker.
Sent stickers to Chris from Bartlesville and so he got stickers.
Sent sticker to Joe in Colorado.
SDT news & hype
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Recommendations
Brandon: Apple Watch List View; Operation Socialist from Darknet Diaries.
Coté: HEMA bullet journal A5, just €5!; HEMA 4-pack markers, esp. the “0,5mm” one.
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Sep 27, 2019 • 42min
Episode 198: Don’t get a Private Jet
Matt explains the GitLab vs. CloudBees kerfuffle, Coté offers advice when attending a DevOps Day, we also recommend never buying a corporate jet. Plus, there is some discussion of AXE Body Spray.
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GitLab opens: Jenkins: One year later
CloudBees responds: GitLab's Confusion
What’s Going on with GKE and Anthos?
Apple’s new Mac Pro to be made in Texas
Briefing: Facebook Buys Mind-Reading Startup For Close to $1 Billion
Containership sinks after being blown off course by Kubernetes • DEVCLASS
Announcing Stack Overflow’s New CEO, Prashanth Chandrasekar! - Stack Overflow Blog
Mysterious Mac Pro Shutdowns Likely Caused by Chrome Update
Amazon announces new large Echo with better sound
****- What the hell is a vCPU-based on-demand service limit? - Last Week in AWS
Nonsense
WeWork is selling the company's $60 luxurious million private jet that Adam Neumann and his family personalized and used to fly all over the world
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Conferences, et. al.
Sep 26th to 27th - DevOpsDays London - Coté at the Pivotal table, come get free shit.
Oct 7th to 10th - SpringOne Platform, Oct 7th to 10th, Austin Texas - get $200 off registration before August 20th, and $200 more if you use the code S1P200_Cote. Come to the EMEA party if you’re in EMEA.
Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd and 3rd, São Paulo Dec 11th and 12th.
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney
Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack.
Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn
Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations
Brandon: Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Matt: World’s Worst Video Card
Coté: English Breakfast in a cup
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