Episode 459: Is Hello A Proper Slack Message?

This week, we discuss Kubecon EU, Nvidia’s hyper growth, having 55 direct reports and the Worldwide Container Infrastructure Forecast. Plus, is “hello” a proper slack message?

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Runner-up Titles

"Hey. Got a sec? Want to run something by you.”

You don’t want to scare you coworkers

Eating bugs off your coworkers

“Hi” has become a trigger word

Rehabilitate the “Hi”

55 Direct Reports

Everyone worked at one company, and that one company didn’t want to do the work for everyone.

The YAML hand off market

Rundown

Is Hello a proper Slack message?

Please Don't Say Just Hello In Chat

Kubecon

“Designing for Success: UX Principles for Internal Developer Platforms,” "Boosting Developer Platform Teams with Product Thinking," “Sometimes, Lipstick Is Exactly What a Pig Needs!”

OpenCost Introduces Carbon Costs

What if the CNCF was private equity?

Nvidia

Nvidia shares pop on Q4 earnings, generative AI "hits tipping point"

NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang - has 55 direct reports

Video that tracks the trajectories of Intel and NVIDIA

Nvidia's latest AI chip will cost more than $30,000, CEO says

Worldwide Container Infrastructure Software Forecast, 2023–2027

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Listener Feedback

Chris tell us the Owala Water Bottle is on sale.

Conferences

Tanzu (Re)defined online, April 3rd, Coté Speaking.

Tanzu (Re)defined, April 11th, Coté speaking, Palo Alto.

TEQNation, May 22nd, 2024, Utrecht, Coté speaking.

NDC Oslo, Coté speaking, June 12th.

DevOpsDays Amsterdam, June 19 to 21, 2024, Coté speaking.

DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024.

Open Source Summit North America, Seattle April 16-18. Matt’s speaking

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