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- Episode 266: Dan Balcauski on sabbaticals, consulting and reducing product churn.
Brandon interviews Dan Balcauski from Product Tranquility. They discuss Dan's mid-career "mini retirement", what it's like to be a consultant and some strategies for B2B companies to reduce churn. Plus, Dan shares two of the most interesting places he visited on his trip around the world.
Show links- The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris
- Kellogg School of Management
- Conway's Law
Contact Dan- Product Tranquility
- Dan's LinkedIn
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Special Guest: Dan Balcauski.
1 hr 5 min - Episode 265: Configuring DNS? Pull up a chair.
Coté, Matt and Brandon discuss the latest news from the Cloud Foundry and OpenStack conferences, Docker alternatives, Google getting sued and the downfall of Quibi.
The Rundown- Cloud Foundry coalesces around Kubernetes
- It's Time to Forget About Docker
- The OpenStack Foundation becomes the Open Infrastructure Foundation
- Quibi Is Shutting Down as Problems Mount
Relevant to your Interests- 2020 State of the API Report | Brought to You by Postman
- Zoom is getting into ticketed online events
- Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack for $200M+ to expand into the African continent
- Microsoft just force restarted my Windows PC again to install more unwanted apps
- Come on, Amazon: If you're going to copy open-source code for a new product, at least credit the creator
- China is building a GitHub alternative called Gitee
- Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google
- Intel to sell its NAND business to South Korean rival for $9 billion
- Atlassian to end sale and support of on-premise server products by 2024
- Turing Pi 2 announcement - Turing Pi Cluster Board
- Backstage Pass with Arctiq - Migrate Cloud Foundry Applications to Anthos with Kf
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Nonsense- Emacs is a multi-generational project.
- How it started, How it’s going, DevOps Edition.
- Southern Conundrum: Can You Use Soap to Clean Your Cast Iron?
Conferences- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon November 17 – 20
- OpenShift Commons Gathering November 17, 2020
SDT news & hype- Join us in Slack.
- Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
- Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
- Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations- Matt: New PC build out
- Dell 32” UHD curved monitor
- Brandon: Jabra 40 USB Headset
- Coté: Anatomy of Norbiton. Camo to use your iPhone as a webcam on your computer.
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Promo Code: SDT1 hr 9 min - Episode 264: I poisoned the security well with my children
Matt and Brandon discuss Hashicorp’s recent product announcements and Twilio buying Segment. Plus, Matt gives his thoughts on the new iPhone 12 mini.
The Rundown- New iPhones… iPhone SE vs. iPhone 12 mini
- Boundary by HashiCorp
- Waypoint by HashiCorp
- Twilio buys Segment and employees share in success
- Companies with Extended Exercise Windows
Relevant to your Interests- Apple made ProtonMail add in-app purchases, even though it had been free for years
- IBM shrinks with plans to spin-off managed infrastructure services arm
- How One Guy Ruined #Hacktoberfest2020 #Drama
- Waymo’s driverless cars are open to the public. And Elon’s not impressed.
- Carahsoft is trying to trademark DevSecOps (already withdrawn)
- Gitpod - Dev environments built for the cloud
- Podcast Data
- Azure Arc Is a Control Plane to Orchestrate Hybrid Cloud Systems
- Forget 5G: MagSafe could be the biggest reason to buy an iPhone 12
- A few words on Git
- Introducing DigitalOcean App Platform
- Google will give up direct control of the Knative open-source project
- Twilio Set To Acquire Cloud Customer Data Startup Segment For $3.2 Billion
Nonsense- Gartner Hype Cycle Visualization
- Netflix plans to have even more originals in 2021
- The Netherlands goes into partial lockdown; face masks will be compulsory - DutchNews.nl
Listener Feedback- Dan wants you to work at IBM
Conferences- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon November 17 – 20
- OpenShift Commons Gathering November 17, 2020
- DevOps World Sessions
SDT news & hype- Join us in Slack.
- Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
- Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
- Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations- Matt: Radiolab: No Special Duty
- This Particular Album is Very, Very Important to Me: Devo’s Freedom Of Choice with Al Yankovic
- Brandon: Three Body Problem
- Translator Ken Liu
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Photo Credit55 min - Episode 263: End of an Era
Brandon is joined by JJ Asghar and they discuss the recent changes at Chef and what it means for the Chef Community going forward.
Show Links- Progress Announcement
- Chef Blog Post
- Register Article
- Adam Jacob Interview
- CINC
- Paul’s How to make a Hamburger Video
JJ on the Web- Drunk & Retired Podcast
- IBMDeveloper on Twitch
- @jjasghar
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Photo CreditSpecial Guest: JJ Asghar.
49 min - 52 min
- Episode 261: Arnav Hiray on High School, Tech and Debate
Brandon interviews Arnav Hiray from Stony Point High School. Arnav is an accomplished High School Senior who has a passion for learning and technology. They discuss what it's like to go to High School during a pandemic, Arnav's tech projects and Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Plus, Arnav tells us why he joined the IB Diploma Programme.
Show Links- Stock Talk
- Techsavvygen
- Global Hack
Contact Arnav- LinkedIn: Arnav Hiray
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Photo CreditSpecial Guest: Arnav Hiray .
55 min - Episode 260: Show me what you got
This week we recap the latest announcements at VMworld, discuss App Modernization and rate the best software features of all time. Plus, lots of talk on what makes for a great EBC experience.
The Rundown- VMware Announces Intent to Acquire SaltStack
- VMworld 2020 Media Kit
- VMware's conversion into a cloud-agnostic management and development platform
- A little bit of the Dormain presentation we mention.
- Coté’s thoughts on EBCs from earlier today.
Relevant to your Interests- When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's passport number
- We have a few questions about Amazon’s flying indoor security camera drone
- Nikola shows Silicon Valley can’t stop worshipping founders
- Can TikTok help Oracle stay relevant in the cloud-computing age?
- Deloitte Consulting ‘Doubling Down’ On $750M AWS Business
- Workers Durable Objects Beta: A New Approach to Stateful Serverless
- No one likes a heart-stopping AWS bill shock so now there's a machine learning tool to help detect cost anomalies
- Release notes | Anthos GKE on-prem | Google Cloud
- VMware to Acquire SaltStack for Advanced Multicloud Automation
- How to Change the Default Mail App in iOS 14 – The Sweet Setup
- With so many cloud services dependent on it, Azure Active Directory has become a single point of failure for Microsoft
## Nonsense- The BBC is releasing over 16,000 sound effects for free download
Sponsors- Twilio is the platform developers trust to build communications experiences with phone calls, text messages, video calls, and more. Visit http://twilio.com to learn more.
Listener Feedback- Jonathon suggested Raspbernetes an opensource project for aspiring SREs or DevOps engineers to learn how to cut their teeth on kubernetes using a distilled set of security, networking and enablement tools.
Conferences- EnvoyCon 2020 October 15, 2020
- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon November 17 – 20
SDT news & hype- Join us in Slack.
- Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
- Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
- Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations- Brandon:
- Under the Radar: #201: Widgetsmith
- The Talk Show with David Smith
- Coté: iOS 14 bed time alarm. Also, Coté does daily streams for the moment in VMware Tanzu land. Check out the archives in YouTube.
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1 hr 14 min - Episode 259: Michael Levan on Developer Relations, Go Programming and Code Quality.
Brandon interviews Michael Levan from Octopus Deploy. They discuss developer relations, Go Programming and Code Quality. Plus, Michael offers some tips for lighting your home office.
Show Links- From Desktop to Developer in under Seven years
- Quality Code with Go on Gumroad
Michael on the Web- Blog: clouddev.engineering
- LinkedIn: michaellevan
- Twitter: @TheNJDevOpsGuy
Special Guest: Michael Levan.
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58 min - 41 min
- Episode 257: Once again, I have not read the report
This week we discuss Snowflake’s IPO, Forrester’s Multicloud Container Wave and Nvidia buying ARM. Plus, an extensive discussion of what constitutes a breakfast taco.
The Rundown- IPOs
- Snowflake shares more than double. It's the biggest software IPO ever
- Worth more than VMware.
- Sumo Logic's IPO prices above the expected range
- Tech investors await IPO bonanza next week, highlighted by Snowflake and Unity, even as market looks shaky
- Multicloud
- Red Hat Named a Leader in Forrester Multicloud Container Development Platforms Wave
- VMware Bets On Enterprises Wanting Kubernetes And Virtualization Mashup
- Simplify Your Approach to Application Modernization with 4 Simple Editions for the Tanzu Portfolio
- Tiffany’s overview of VMware Tanzu kubernetes stuff.
- ARM
- SoftBank is reportedly preparing to sell ARM to Nvidia for more than $40 billion
- Arm co-founder starts ‘Save Arm’ campaign to keep independence amid $40B Nvidia deal
- Nvidia’s Integration Dreams
- It’s Official- NVIDIA Acquires Arm For $40B To Create What Could Be A Computing Juggernaut
- SiPearl Lets Rhea Design Leak: 72x Zeus Cores, 4x HBM2E, 4-6 DDR5
- AWS is bursting with pride for its Arm CPU cores – so much it’s put them behind a burstable instance type
Relevant to your Interests- Hyland enters definitive agreement to acquire Alfresco
- Mellanox Technologies now called NVIDIA Networking after acquisition
- Oracle's stock jumps as company returns to growth
- Michael Dell: ‘We Are Not Selling VMware’
- VMware Cuts Pay for Remote Workers Fleeing Silicon Valley
- Kubernetes is an enterprise architecture
- Using JAAS in the Cloud Era
- GitLab’s radical vision for the future of remote work
- Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought.
- Marc Andreessen On Productivity
- Building YouTube Shorts, a new way to watch & create on YouTube
- Microsoft's underwater data centre resurfaces after two years
- The S-1 Club | Unity is Manifesting the Metaverse
- Amazon's profits, AWS and advertising — Benedict Evans
- A $200 Million Seed Valuation - Shows Investor Frenzy for Note-Taking Apps
- A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
- Microsoft Says Its Bid for TikTok Was Rejected in U.S.-China Standoff
- TikTok Reaches Deal to Sell U.S. Operations to Oracle | Digital Trends
- Oracle poised to become TikTok's U.S. technology partner after Chinese owners reject Microsoft's bid
Nonsense- The billionaire behind 'Fortnite' has played over 1,600 matches without anyone knowing it was him
- Paul Rudd, Certified Young Person
Sponsors- strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT
Conferences- Devops World 2020 by CloudBees | The Future of DevOps & Jenkins. September 22-24, 2020
- EnvoyCon 2020 October 15, 2020
- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon November 17 – 20
SDT news & hype- Join us in Slack.
- Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
- Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
- Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Recommendations- Matt: Supersizers Go.
- Brandon: Raised by Wolves.
- Coté: Beyond the Phoenix Project.
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