Extracting configs with awk, Apple announces stuff, and salad dressing. That’s the topics. Mostly.
The Rundown
Kool Keith interview: “I’m dis-attached from reality on my own terms.”Luxury EmailCote reviews HEYOutlook update: e works in the Mac desktop app.Superhuman’s email app is overhyped and overpricedBasecamp is good at PR — How Basecamp bent AppleWait — Slack is killing email with Slack ConnectM&AServiceNow to acquire Belgian configuration management startup SweagleNot sure about people who use the word “infra.”I think it’s a configuration store that plugs into CI pipelines - sort of like a ConfigMap for Jenkins.“SWEAGLE provides a quality gate for your configuration data. Includes versioning, management, and validation of all types of config data.” https://github.com/jenkinsci/sweagle-pluginIt will run validates to make sure the hostname is valid, there are no empty values, etc. Has a JavaScript SDK for writing validation code.ServiceNow integration that extracts confit from CMDB. https://github.com/sweagleExpert/integrations/tree/master/ServiceNowMicrosoft confirms acquisition of CyberX to boost security in its Azure IoT businessApple has acquired Fleetsmith, a startup that helps IT manage Apple devices remotely Apple TalkApple will let you emulate old apps and run iOS apps on ARM Macs – TechCrunchThe End of OS XApple Docker TweetApple is switching Macs to its own processors starting later this yearAre you actually changing?Relevant to your interests
Google pushes “text fragment links” with new Chrome extensionSpotmicro - robot dog by KDY0523The Segway’s Inventor Has a New Project: Manufacturing Human OrgansFortnite’s new season has flooded the mapThe Next Step for Mixer - From the MyxerAnnouncing the HashiCorp Cloud PlatformWSJ News Exclusive | Dell Explores Spinoff of $50 Billion Stake in VMwareAmazon is looking to add live TV to Prime Videokelseyhightower/nocodeContainers to capture 15 percent of all enterprise apps across 75 percent of business by 2024Inside the Baffling World of Masayoshi Son's PresentationsNonsense
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Listen to interview with Brian GracelyJoin us in Slack.Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog.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
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