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This week, we discuss the role of DevRel, Remote Work and Layoffs. Plus, Matt reveals his latest keyboard recommendation. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 450 Runner-up Titles Life is a series of (shitty) cliffhangers Sales is crazy Donut over-eating avoidance Fundamentals don’t change Do you have good recipes for golden geese? We need better Dungeons and Dragons The AI has been prompted beyond its level of competence. Peter Pan as DevRel Hard stop goes soft HR in volume feels dehumanizing Mad Libs for layoffs Workers of the world, don’t let HR hide in darkness. We’ve had a great time, that other keyboard and I, but we’ve made a decision… Status quo wins again The Strangler Pattern for password management Schwag cannot be stolen. Rundown 2024 Look Ahead - Surviving the Q1 Kickoff (Podcast) DevRel The trouble with DevRel Amazon’s silent sacking (Podcast) Work, RTO and Layoffs WebMD’s RTO Video Brittany Pietsch on LinkedIn: TikTok Brittany Peach cloudflare layoff TikTok Cloudflare CEO responds to viral layoff video Signs that it’s time to leave a company… A tool to algorithmically estimate fair compensation Remote Workers Are Losing Out on Promotions, New Data Shows Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees Citi layoffs hit 20,000 -- as the bank spends big on tech Infosys co-founder repeats call for 70-hour working weeks Passwords and Keyboards Microsoft Copilot keyboard keys are coming to Windows 11 PCs at CES 2024 Microsoft’s keyboards and mice will live on under a unique new partnership Migrating from 1Password to Apple Keychain Now in beta: Create and unlock a 1Password account with a passkey Relevant to your Interests Authy is shutting down its desktop app OpenTofu is going GA Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open Google Cloud removes data transfer fees when clients switch to rivals Feds charge eBay over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple; company to pay $3M Nearly a Thousand People Were Convicted of Stealing Over Decades. It Was a Computer Glitch. How a $300 Million Flop Turned Into an Improbable Hit Slack Executives are all gone WhatsApp is Finally Starting to Dominate in the United States. Here’s Why. World's R&D spending Apple Relocating Siri Evaluation Team in San Diego to Austin The Worst Devices of CES 2024! App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline Red Hat Developer Hub Now Generally Available Google Ends Cloud Switching Fees, Pressuring Amazon and Microsoft Gartner Says 50% of Critical Enterprise Applications Will Reside Outside of Centralized Public Cloud Locations Through 2027 Slashing Data Transfer Costs in AWS by 99% Nonsense Costco $COST opened its 6th store in China These Are the World’s Most Powerful Passports in 2024 The Official Passport Index Ranking why stanley is on its way out #stanleycup #stanleytumbler #genztrends #greenscreen These smart binoculars can identify birds and animals for you Listener Feedback Sent stickers to Dan in Indiana Shara recommends the Owala FreeSip. Craig shared a Hacker News link about the Google Dev experience that is called google3 Conferences That Conference Texas, Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1 CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5-7th - Coté speaking. The Uk's Open Technology Conference Open Source Software, Open Hardware Feb 6-7 SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th to 17th, 2024 - Coté speaking, and there’s still sponsorship slots. KubeCon EU Paris, March 19-22 - Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17-18, 2024 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: Carrot Weather App (the Netherlands weather app Coté mentioned is Buienradar). Matt: Murderbot Diaries Book 7: System Collapse Aliens Fireteam Elite on sale for <$10 Coté: The Lost Kingdom, book. Photo Credits Header Artwork

This week, the hosts explore the results of the Stack Overflow Developer Survey and compare the cloud giants AWS and Azure. They dive into intriguing insights from their travel experiences, specifically the benefits of the Mobile Passport Control app. Discussion also centers on balancing tech careers with personal life, alongside amusing tales from tech conferences. With gadget reviews, they touch on the latest tech trends, including the buzz around new devices like the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the allure of popular beverage containers.

Matt Ray interviews Jorge Castro, veteran Community Manager from the CNCF. They discuss Project Bluefin, the history of CoreOS and its relation to the base OS, challenges and solutions for Linux desktop, Leena's kernel, and designing a dynamic message of the day system.

This week, we grade our 2023 predictions, revisit the key trends that shaped the year, and gaze into the crystal ball to anticipate what 2024 might hold. Plus, we answer listener questions. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 447 Runner-up Titles Flat budgets are better then no budget Applauding as the Titanic goes down They weren’t going to be patriated But this is you! Now we know The hippies have lost Keep your head on an open-source swivel Once it works, it’ll be great At least we got USB C Great year for cables Rundown 2022 Year in Review (Last Year’s Recap Episode) Travel App Recommendations FlightRadar24 Flighty Final Numbers The Problems with Money In (Open Source) Software Slides Benedict: AI, and everything else’. Conferences That Conference Texas, Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1 CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5-7th SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th to 17th, 2024 KubeCon EU Paris, March 19-22 DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17-18, 2024 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 of the Year Brandon: Pastebot Matt: Vale FLOSS Weekly (RIP) Coté: Google Looker Photo Credits Header Artwork

This week, we “define” and decode business jargon and take a look at what it really means. Subscribe to Coté’s “Business BS Dictionary” YouTube Playlist for even more definitions. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 446 Runner-up Titles When your early is really on time Showing up on time is is early for me We are not going to sell any Kubernetes in TikTok Rundown BS Dictionary What does "bureaucracy" mean? Politics Deck Let's socialize this deck Let's have the meeting in the meeting Parking Lot Outcomes Follow Coté on TikTok for more BS Dictionary Takes Coté’s Business BS Dictionary Playlist on YouTube Conferences That Conference Texas, Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1 CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5-7th SCaLE 21x, March 14th to 17th, 2024 DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17-18, 2024 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: Slow Horses Season 3 Coté: ChatDM with Forgotten Realms. Photo Credits Header Artwork

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

This week, we look back at the drama at OpenAI and look forward to the growing A.I. Arms Race. Plus, we talk about calendaring — again! Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 444 Runner-up Titles A.I. Arms Race Table 4 needs pork chops Run with that Thanks for not saving us from the AI The King of Cameos Rebels going to rebel Ivory Tower Scruples The sign of something Rundown OpenAI Sam Altman Out At OpenAI A statement from Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI — Hard Fork Greg Brockman quits OpenAI after abrupt firing of Sam Altman | TechCrunch Breaking: OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO OpenAI Investors Plot Last-Minute Push With Microsoft To Reinstate Sam Altman As CEO Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman OpenAI board names a new interim CEO — and it's not Sam Altman Who Controls OpenAI? Inside the OpenAI Meltdown — Plain English with Derek Thompson The AI industry turns against its favorite philosophy | Semafor Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI Read Microsoft’s internal memos about the chaos at OpenAI Thrive-Led OpenAI Tender to Continue After Altman Returns Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warn A.I. Arms Race Inside the A.I. Arms Race That Changed Silicon Valley Forever Introducing Gemini: our largest and most capable AI model Google unveils Gemini Thomas Kurian On Google Cloud’s AI Differentiators Vs. Rivals AWS, Microsoft Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warn Confident about safety of AI: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang OpenAI Agreed to Buy $51 Million of AI Chips From a Startup Backed by CEO Sam Altman Relevant to Your Interests Unhinged Elon Musk Tells Advertisers: 'Go F-ck Yourself' Looking Good, Elon! Feeling Good, Trashcan Man! | Defector New myApplications in the AWS Management Console simplifies managing your application resources Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals for automatic instrumentation of your applications (preview) Okta admits hackers accessed data on all customers during recent breach "We have no plans to bring Xbox Game Pass to PlayStation or Nintendo." Xbox CEO Phil Spencer on console hardware, the future of Activision-Blizzard, and much more 534 startups have failed so far in 2023 Why We're Dropping Basecamp - Duke University Libraries Blogs Broadcom CEO tells VMWare workers to 'get butt back to office' after completing a $69 billion merger of the two companies Spotify to lay off 17 percent of its workforce in latest round of job cuts 'Return to Office' declared dead Apple TV+ and Paramount+ May Soon Bundle Streaming Services US Commerce Secretary Says Any AI Chips Designed To Circumvent Restrictions On China Will Be Banned The Very Next Day Twilio to cut about 5% of total workforce Honey, I shrunk the telemetry - bitdrift Blog GitLab shares soar as developer-tools company posts first adjusted operating profit It’s All Bullshit | JS Tan IDC’s first Software Supply Chain Security Market Glance Meta Sees Little Risk in RISC-V Custom Accelerators AWS exec: Our understanding of open source is changing Nonsense Apple and Spotify have revealed their top podcasts of 2023. Here is what they do — and don’t — tell us. The Clock of the Long Now Conferences Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas SCaLE 21x, March 14th to 17th, 2024 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: Bookings with me in Outlook Matt: ortho-k Coté: Descript (for finding social clips), GMail, D&D in ChatGPT Photo Credits Header Artwork

This week, we review the major announcements from AWS re:Invent and discuss how the hyperscalers are embracing A.I. Plus, a few thoughts on children’s chores. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 443 Runner-up Titles No Slack The Corporate Podcast. Quality of life stop Our roads diverge Eats a bag of llama Nobody wants to do a bake-off AI all the time Rundown AWS re:Invent Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2023 | Amazon Web Services Salesforce Inks Deal to Sell on Amazon Web Services’ Marketplace AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips Join the preview for new memory-optimized, AWS Graviton4-powered Amazon EC2 instances (R8g) Announcing the new Amazon S3 Express One Zone high performance storage class AWS unveils new Trainium AI chip and Graviton 4, extends Nvidia partnership AI Chip - AWS Inferentia - AWS DGX Platform Foundational Models - Amazon Bedrock - AWS Supported models in Amazon Bedrock - Amazon Bedrock Agents for Amazon Bedrock is now available with improved control of orchestration and visibility into reasoning Knowledge Bases now delivers fully managed RAG experience in Amazon Bedrock Customize models in Amazon Bedrock with your own data using fine-tuning and continued pre-training Amazon Q brings generative AI-powered assistance to IT pros and developers Improve developer productivity with generative-AI powered Amazon Q in Amazon CodeCatalyst Upgrade your Java applications with Amazon Q Code Transformation Introducing Amazon Q, a new generative AI-powered assistant New Amazon Q in QuickSight uses generative AI assistance for quicker, easier data insights Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus collector provides agentless metric collection for Amazon EKS Amazon CloudWatch Logs now offers automated pattern analytics and anomaly detection Use Amazon CloudWatch to consolidate hybrid, multicloud, and on-premises metrics Amazon EKS Pod Identity simplifies IAM permissions for applications on Amazon EKS clusters Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon OpenSearch Service is now available Amazon says its first Project Kuiper internet satellites were fully successful in testing AWS takes the cheap shots Here's everything Amazon Web Services announced at AWS re:Invent Relevant to your Interests Oracle Cloud Made All The Right Moves In 2022 Ransomware gang files SEC complaint over victim’s undisclosed breach Keynote Highlights: Satya Nadella at Microsoft Ignite 2023 Thoma Bravo to sell about $500 million in Dynatrace stock FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification 1.0-preview Released to Demystify Cloud Billing Data AWS, Microsoft, Google and Oracle partner to make cloud spend more transparent | TechCrunch Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive Several popular AI products flagged as unsafe for kids by Common Sense Media | TechCrunch Amazon to sell Hyundai vehicles online starting in 2024 Amazon to launch car sales next year with Hyundai Canonical Microcloud: Simple, free, on-prem Linux clustering Introducing the Functional Source License: Freedom without Free-riding The Problems with Money In (Open Source) Software | Aneel Lakhani | Monktoberfest 2023 DXC Technology and AWS Take Their Strategic Partnership to the Next Level to Deliver the Future of Cloud for Customers Broadcom and VMware Intend to Close Transaction on November 22, 2023 Broadcom announces successful acquisition of VMware | Hock Tan Broadcom closes $69 billion VMware deal after China approval VMware is now part of Broadcom | VMware by Broadcom Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Reportedly Quits and Pleads Guilty to Breaking US Law Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn’t Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It! Hackers spent 2+ years looting secrets of chipmaker NXP before being detected Meet ‘Anna Boyko’: How a Fake Speaker Blew up DevTernity IBM's Db2 database dinosaur comes to AWS Reports of AI ending human labour may be greatly exaggerated New Google geothermal electricity project could be a milestone for clean energy VMware’s $92bn sale showers cash on Michael Dell and Silver Lake Gartner Says Cloud Will Become a Business Necessity by 2028 IRS starts the bidding for $1.9B IT services recompete WSJ News Exclusive | Apple Pulls Plug on Goldman Credit-Card Partnership Apple employees most likely to leave to join Google shows LinkedIn Ranked: Worst Companies for Employee Retention (U.S. and UK) Apple announces RCS support for iMessage Apple says iPhones will support RCS in 2024 Today on The Vergecast: what Apple really means when it talks about RCS. Nonsense Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors Apple and Spotify have revealed their top podcasts of 2023 Listener Feedback Matt’s Trackball: Amazon.com: Kensington Expert Trackball Mouse (K64325), Black Silver, 5"W x 5-3/4"D x 2-1/2"H : Electronics Conferences Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas 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: The Complete History & Strategy of Visa Matt: Markdown in Google Docs Google Docs to Markdown Coté: pork chops, preferably thin sliced. Photo Credits Header Artwork

Brandon interviews Dustin Kirkland, VP of Engineering at Chainguard. They delve into Dustin’s experience as a part-time analyst, explore how Chainguard secures open-source software, and Dustin shares his hiking experience on the Camino de Santiago. Plus, some thoughts on men’s fashion and the timeless three-piece suit. Show Links theCUBE SiliconANGLE Chainguard: Fortified Software Delivery Chainguard Raises $61 Million Series B Round as Enterprises Move to Fortify Open Source Software Battling the Trojan Horse in Open Source Our Open Source focus: Securing OSS is not optional Octopus wolfi Camino de Santiago My Walk on the Portuguese Camino de Santiago, 2023 Contact Dustin @DustinKirkland LinkedIn 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! Special Guest: Dustin Kirkland.

This week, we recap the key announcements from Microsoft Ignite, ponder the broader implications of A.I., provide an update on OpenCost, and share some thoughts on migrating child accounts to teen accounts. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 441 Runner-up Titles I just want to do less Kill all the humans Madlibbing his keynotes They perked up and turned it off Legs are the difficult thing Everyone gets turned into a barnyard animal Rundown MSFT Ignite With a systems approach to chips, Microsoft aims to tailor everything ‘from silicon to service’ to meet AI demand - Source Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event Microsoft and Photonic join forces on the path to quantum at scale - Microsoft Azure Quantum Blog Introducing Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides - Microsoft Industry Blogs Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT OpenCost and Azure Announcing OpenCost Integration with Microsoft AKS Cost Analysis Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) Relevant to your Interests Microsoft restricts employee access to OpenAI's ChatGPT Scoop: Amazon is ditching Android for Fire TVs, smart displays Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023 Clouded Judgement 11.10.23 Keycaps » Special Edition Drop » dbrand In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack Linux Foundation Creating The High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) 2023: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise - Menlo Ventures Threat Spotlight: Reported ransomware attacks double as AI tactics take hold YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax" Google sues scammers that allegedly released a malware-filled Bard knockoff Apple gets 36% of Google search revenue from Safari, Alphabet witness says RHEL and Alma Linux 9.3 released Amazon will officially merge Comixology with Kindle in December Nonsense AWS staffer shows off former-prison offices on social media Buc-ee’s and Mercedes-Benz are partnering to add high-speed chargers In the Office Auto-Reply Emails for a Hybrid Work Schedule Listener Feedback Facets | Helping you adopt Platform Engineering 8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests Conferences Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas Code BF24 gives $300 off any professional ticket until Nov. 27. 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: The Killer Matt: Keychron Q10 (Alice Layout) with Gateron G Brown Pro switches and a wooden palm rest Photo Credits Header Artwork