August 23, 2024

Episode 481: There Never Was a Rug

1 hour 9 minutes

This week, we discuss CockroachDB's relicensing, the ongoing debate about remote work, and platform engineering. Plus, some thoughts on the use of speakerphones in public.

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Runner-up Titles

Put in your AirPods

People’s lives are boring

More than zero

Know your risks

Violating the social contract

Keeping my “Rug Pull” card

Love of the code

I call it a waiting room

Rundown

Cockroach Labs shakes up its licensing to force bigger companies to pay

Justin Warren’s newsletter this week.

Oxide: Whither CockroachDB? (RFD) and Whither CockroachDB? (Podcast)

Remote Work

Eric Schmidt Walks Back Claim Google Is Behind on AI Because of Remote Work

New Starbuck’s CEO gets remote office

Platform engineering problems: can ops actually do product management?

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise to acquire Morpheus Data

Nonsense

Waymos honking

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Conferences

SpringOne/VMware Explore US, Aug 26-29, 2024

DevOpsDays Antwerp, Sept 4–5, 2024, 15th anniversary

Civo Navigate Europe, Berlin, Sept 10-11, 2024

SREday London 2024, Sept 19–20, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY

Cloud Foundry Day EU, Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW

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