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Episode 256: There is no passion in peanut butter and jelly sandwiches


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Cote and Brandon discuss Chef being acquired, the Private Equity Operating Model and Gartner’s Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (CIPS) Magic Quadrant. Plus, Cote offers advice on peanut better and jelly sandwiches.

The Rundown
  • Chef
    • Progress Announces Acquisition of Chef | Progress Software Corporation
    • Adam Jacob on Chef’s acquisition
    • Progress snags software automation platform Chef for $220M – TechCrunch
    • The Fourth Chapter of Chef Has Arrived: Progress to Purchase Chef - Chef Blog
    • Chef launched careers
    • Gartner MQ Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (CIPS)
    • Relevant to your Interests
      • JEDI
        • Oracle loses $10B JEDI cloud contract appeal yet again – TechCrunch
        • Pentagon Awards JEDI Cloud Contract to Microsoft for the Second Time
        • Epic v. Apple
          • Tim Sweeney on Fortnite's Metaverse ambitions (from Epic's Friday filings in Epic v Apple)
          • Apple will seek damages from Epic Games for breach of App Store contract
          • Netflix Culture
            • Work from home?
            • Reed Hastings on Netflix's ‘Hunger Games’ culture: Only focus on employees you'd fight to keep
            • JFrog
              • JFrog sets terms for Nasdaq IPO at valuation of over $3b
              • JFrog Video
              • Security
                • Snyk bags another $200M at $2.6B valuation 9 months after last raise – TechCrunch
                • Giving developers the tools to do security checks
                • Yubico’s new USB-C security key with NFC could be the one key to unlock them all
                • Kube Corner
                  • No, Kubernetes doesn’t make applications portable, say analysts. Good luck avoiding lock-in, too
                  • Why Adopting Kubernetes for Application Portability Is Not a Good Idea - Marco Meinardi
                  • Should You Run a Database in Docker?
                  • Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is set to plow more than $550 million into Snowflake when the cloud-data company goes public | Markets Insider
                  • CloudBees Supports General Public License (GPL) Cooperation Commitment
                  • Chromium’s impact on root DNS traffic | APNIC Blog
                  • SaaS and Moving Downmarket - MongoDB’s Transformation
                  • TikTok plans Los Angeles "transparency center" to assuage critics
                  • Red Hat Launches an OpenShift-Based Marketplace to Aid Multicloud Portability
                  • Nonsense
                    • These students figured out their tests were graded by AI — and the easy way to cheat
                    • CNCF Landscape Puzzle | Etsy
                    • Carol Baskins Recommends Emacs
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                          • Recommendations
                            • Brandon: Epic Games episode of Acquired Podcast.
                            • Coté: Kubernetes and portability (Simon Sharwood summary, original from Marco Meinardi).
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