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Episode 377: Coffee is for closers


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This week we discuss Oracle’s Cloud Growth(?), Starbuck’s blockchain-based loyalty program and André Staltz’s “Time Till Open Source Alternative” article. Plus, some thoughts on free coffee…

Runner-up Titles
  • It’s about me
  • Workshop it
  • I stand with the workers of Goldman Sachs
  • This is their Popeye moment
  • Pulitzers and free coffee
  • Financial shenanigans
  • Hide the gift shop in the data center
  • Rundown
    • No more free coffee as bankers return to Goldman Sachs
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    • Starbucks details its blockchain-based loyalty platform and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey
    • André Staltz - Time Till Open Source Alternative
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