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  • Episode 202: Does Nike make pleated khakis?

    How important is domain knowledge for a new CEO? What is the key to building a successful Open Source Business? What is Kelsey Hightower really asking? We answer all these questions and more. Plus, Matt explains why a bus pass is better than a driver’s license in Australia.

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    • Executive Shuffles
      • Google just hired a former Microsoft exec to spearhead G Suite and Javier Soltero’s Bio
        • Microsoft’s Q1 earnings boosted by cloud and Office as Surface and Xbox stall
        • ServiceNow Announces Bill McDermott to Become CEO, Succeeding John Donahoe, Who Is Stepping Down to Become CEO of Nike
          • Nike, ServiceNow and SAP CEOs play a game of musical chairs
          • Free Software a.k.a Open Source
            • In 2019, multiple open source companies changed course—is it the right move?
            • Free Software and Open Source Business - Andreessen Horowitz
            • Databricks announces $400M round on $6.2B valuation as analytics platform continues to grow
            • What $24 Million Means for Our Open Source Community — Grafana
            • Security
              • Getting Started with Security Keys
              • Don’t use admin/admin as username/password
              • The Chintzy Way Zappos Wants to Compensate Victims of a 2012 Data Breach
              • Kelsey Hightower asks a question…
              • Good news for developers: The CLI is back | ZDNet
              • IBM stock downgraded on fears of long-term Red Hat impact, other worries
              • Six Reasons Why iOS 13 and Catalina Are So Buggy
              • Not LibreOffice too? Beloved open-source suite latest to fall victim to the curse of Catalina
              • Nonsense
                • Gulfstream’s New G700 Is Set to Become the World’s Biggest Private Jet
                • Sponsors

                  SolarWinds:

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                  PagerDuty:

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                  Conferences, et. al.
                  • Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
                  • Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
                  • December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
                  • December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
                  • Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
                  • NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too. †
                  • 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 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
                      • Brandon: Joker
                      • Matt: Daemon by Daniel Suarez
                      • Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

                        Sponsored By:

                        • PagerDuty: To see how companies like GE, Vodafone, Box and American Eagle Outfitters rely on PagerDuty to continuously improve their digital operations visit https://pagerduty.com.
                        • SolarWinds: This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and one of their web APM tools: Loggly. It’s scalable cloud-based log management that won’t break the bank. Learn more or try it FREE for 14 days. Just go to http://loggly.com/sdt.
                        1 hr 6 min
                      • Episode 200: The mystery of the 2,000
                        The mystery of the 2,000

                        Two thrilling topics this week: moderating panels and the mystery of Oracle cloud. Also, some Austin talk.

                        Mood board:

                        • The East India Company and Kodak
                        • I just want your best 5 hours.
                        • Executives can only pay attention for 20 minutes.
                        • I’m in for a panel.
                        • I’m more interested in hearing from the artist, not the people looking at the painting.
                        • Ten year journey with billions of burn.
                        • We’re talking about trillion dollar companies.
                        • You can’t have enough storage for your podcasts.
                        • Fired 2,000 people…and now hiring 2,000 people.
                        • First-gen cloud building people are often a handful.
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                          Relevant to your interests
                          • How to moderate a panel.
                          • Oracle Shelves Larry Ellison’s Dream of Cloud Dominance
                            • tl;dr: “this is a bummer, man”…?
                            • “Midlevel product managers were being offered $750,000 in compensation while some engineers with a vice president title were paid more than $5 million a year, people familiar with the matter said.” - Shoulda listed “Oracle cloud” on my LinkedIn…
                            • Oracle to Make 2,000 Hires in Cloud Push
                            • Will Salesforce Dump Oracle and Pick AWS? An Insider’s Perspective
                            • Larry vs Jeff: An Epic Battle who controls Salesforce, coming at Dreamforce
                            • Google Cloud Worth $225 Billion, Deutsche Bank Says
                            • TechCrunch Disrupt: A tale of two markets separates tech from non-tech IPOs
                            • Austin-based AI Startup SparkCognition Raises $100M Series C
                            • Is Microsoft Out to Destroy Linux? Linus Torvalds Shares His Thoughts
                            • Open Core Summit: The Value of Cloud and Commercial Open Source Software
                            • New browser security debate heats up
                            • Microsoft Unveils Battery-Powered Version of Azure That Fits in a Backpack - Simpsons already did it.
                            • Microsoft using Android is bigger than its Surface Duo phone - looks cool, sure.
                            • Nonsense
                              • Animals on Airbnb Experiences
                              • Drink up! Missouri bar charges by the hour, not by the glass
                              • Sponsors

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                                Conferences, et. al.
                                • Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
                                • Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
                                • Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
                                • December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
                                • December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney
                                • Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
                                • NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too.
                                • Listener Suggested Jobs Openings
                                  • DevOps Engineer Viasat in San Diego from Justin Hallas
                                  • Full-Stack Software Engineer at NS8 remote options from Joshua Hover.
                                  • 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 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
                                      • Brandon: Synology, Plex and HDHomeRun.
                                      • Coté: cookies with bourbon raisons.
                                      • Sponsored By:

                                        • Hide My Ass: To try HMA VPN risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee visit: www.hidemyass.com/offer-sdt.
                                        • SolarWinds: This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and one of their web APM tools: Loggly. It’s scalable cloud-based log management that won’t break the bank. Learn more or try it FREE for 14 days. Just go to http://loggly.com/sdt.
                                        1 hr 17 min
                                      • Episode 199: 15 meters of cereal

                                        Smokin’ hot webinar tips in this one, tips on things to put on your mouth in Austin, and then scandal in the open source world is getting fun again!

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                                        Mood board:

                                        • It’s probably more of a figurative figurative phrase, not a literal figurative phrase.
                                        • I should probably start the recording again.
                                        • Don’t be so precise.
                                        • Kids these days.
                                        • There’s lots of issues with the Salt Lick.
                                        • Here’s a napkin.
                                        • You’re better off getting a Porche from Germany.
                                        • Let me translate that from Dutch to American.
                                        • 15 meters of cereal.
                                        • Tradeless Commissions
                                        • Some basis points.
                                        • Well, I don’t know that, but I’m gonna look it up later.
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                                          Relevant to your interests
                                          • The webinar Coté mentioned, “The Business Bottleneck, part 01” with Rick Clark.
                                          • Matt Levine on free stock trading stuff.
                                          • AWS faces Elasticsearch lawsuit for trademark infringement
                                          • Docker, once worth over $1 billion, tells employees it's trying to raise cash amid 'significant challenges'
                                          • Google will not donate Knative framework 'to any foundation for the foreseeable future'
                                            • The announcement is presumed to apply also to Istio, the service mesh on which Knative depends.
                                            • Both Knative and Istio use the Apache License 2.0 and Google's announcement does confirm that Knative will remain open source and with multi-vendor participation.
                                            • Jessie Frazelle does not like the CNCF and this tweet too.
                                            • Honeycomb Begins Another Chapter with a New Funding Round.
                                            • BMC Software taps CA Technologies exec for permanent CEO position.
                                            • KeyBanc Capital Markets - with some VMware coverage.
                                            • Read the full transcript of Mark Zuckerberg’s leaked internal Facebook meetings.
                                            • Nonsense
                                              • Dog-walking startup Wag raised $300 million to Zunleash growth. Then things got messy
                                              • Hercules cargo plane flew between skyscrapers
                                              • Sponsors
                                                HMA

                                                To try HMA VPN risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee visit: www.hidemyass.com/offer-sdt.

                                                SolarWinds:

                                                To try it FREE for 14 days, just go to https://loggly.com/sdt. If it logs, it can log to Loggly.

                                                Conferences, et. al.
                                                • Oct 7th to 10th - SpringOne Platform, Oct 7th to 10th, Austin Texas - get $200 off registration before August 20th, and $200 more if you use the code S1P200_Cote. Come to the EMEA party if you’re in EMEA.
                                                • Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
                                                • Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
                                                • Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
                                                • December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
                                                • December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney
                                                • Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
                                                • NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. Call for Papers ends on Oct. 7th. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too. †
                                                • Listener Feedback
                                                  • Sent stickers to Leon in Germany.
                                                  • Ed from Seattle wrote in so we sent him a sticker.
                                                  • Sent stickers to Chris from Bartlesville and so he got stickers.
                                                  • Sent sticker to Joe in Colorado.
                                                  • 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 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
                                                      • Brandon: Apple Watch List View; Operation Socialist from Darknet Diaries.
                                                      • Coté: HEMA bullet journal A5, just €5!; HEMA 4-pack markers, esp. the “0,5mm” one.
                                                      • Outro: “That's Right, You're Not From Texas,” Lyle Lovett and His Large Band.

                                                        Sponsored By:

                                                        • Hide My Ass: To try HMA VPN risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee visit: www.hidemyass.com/offer-sdt.
                                                        • SolarWinds: This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and one of their web APM tools: Loggly. It’s scalable cloud-based log management that won’t break the bank. Learn more or try it FREE for 14 days. Just go to http://loggly.com/sdt.
                                                        1 hr 9 min
                                                      • Episode 198: Don’t get a Private Jet

                                                        Matt explains the GitLab vs. CloudBees kerfuffle, Coté offers advice when attending a DevOps Day, we also recommend never buying a corporate jet. Plus, there is some discussion of AXE Body Spray.

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                                                        Relevant to your interests
                                                        • GitLab opens: Jenkins: One year later
                                                        • CloudBees responds: GitLab's Confusion
                                                        • What’s Going on with GKE and Anthos?
                                                        • Apple’s new Mac Pro to be made in Texas
                                                        • Briefing: Facebook Buys Mind-Reading Startup For Close to $1 Billion
                                                        • Containership sinks after being blown off course by Kubernetes • DEVCLASS
                                                        • Announcing Stack Overflow’s New CEO, Prashanth Chandrasekar! - Stack Overflow Blog
                                                        • Mysterious Mac Pro Shutdowns Likely Caused by Chrome Update
                                                        • Amazon announces new large Echo with better sound
                                                        • ****- What the hell is a vCPU-based on-demand service limit? - Last Week in AWS
                                                          Nonsense
                                                          • WeWork is selling the company's $60 luxurious million private jet that Adam Neumann and his family personalized and used to fly all over the world
                                                          • Sponsors

                                                            SolarWinds:

                                                            To try it FREE for 14 days just go to https://loggly.com/sdt.
                                                            If it logs, it can log to Loggly.

                                                            HMA:

                                                            To try HMA VPN risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee visit: www.hidemyass.com/offer-sdt.

                                                            Conferences, et. al.
                                                            • Sep 26th to 27th - DevOpsDays London - Coté at the Pivotal table, come get free shit.
                                                            • Oct 7th to 10th - SpringOne Platform, Oct 7th to 10th, Austin Texas - get $200 off registration before August 20th, and $200 more if you use the code S1P200_Cote. Come to the EMEA party if you’re in EMEA.
                                                            • Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
                                                            • Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
                                                            • Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
                                                            • December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd and 3rd, São Paulo Dec 11th and 12th.
                                                            • December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney
                                                            • Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
                                                            • 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 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
                                                                • Brandon: Between Two Ferns: The Movie
                                                                • Matt: World’s Worst Video Card
                                                                • Coté: English Breakfast in a cup
                                                                • Photo by Product School on Unsplash

                                                                  Sponsored By:

                                                                  • Hide My Ass: To try HMA VPN risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee visit: www.hidemyass.com/offer-sdt.
                                                                  • SolarWinds: This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and one of their web APM tools: Loggly. It’s scalable cloud-based log management that won’t break the bank. Learn more or try it FREE for 14 days. Just go to http://loggly.com/sdt.
                                                                  42 min
                                                                • Episode 197: WAR_BIRDS

                                                                  The season of IPOs, bullshit HR tells you about salary, and feeding ravenous 9 year olds.

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                                                                  Mood board:

                                                                  • The Christmas Greenwich Meantime.
                                                                  • The Salary Vortex.
                                                                  • Podcast Google Alert.
                                                                  • Overnight he is growing 7 inches.
                                                                  • Throwing fish at a growing seal.
                                                                  • I want to be 63.
                                                                  • We’re way too top heavy.
                                                                  • Hot in the sun, cold in the shade.
                                                                  • Is this because of the Federal Reserve?
                                                                  • The chaos monkey of IPOs.
                                                                  • What happened to SVNLab?
                                                                  • College phrases from random places.
                                                                  • War Birds and Red Tides.
                                                                  • Relevant to your interests
                                                                    • VMware CEO: IBM Paid Too Much for Red Hat
                                                                    • Oracle announces Oracle Autonomous Linux
                                                                    • CentOS release
                                                                    • A developer goes to a DevOps conference
                                                                    • GitLab
                                                                      • Announcing $268 million in Series E funding
                                                                      • GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.768B valuation
                                                                      • GitLab Strategy
                                                                      • GitHub
                                                                        • GitHub acquires Semmle to help developers spot code exploits
                                                                        • Welcome Semmle to the GitHub family
                                                                        • Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compensation
                                                                        • Google Warns LastPass Users Were Exposed To ‘Last Password’ Credential Leak
                                                                        • Computer Scientist Richard Stallman Resigns From MIT Over Epstein Comments
                                                                        • Hold My Beer – Let's Watch SoftBank Venture Capital Plunge
                                                                        • Apple reschedules iOS 13.1 and iPadOS releases for September 24th
                                                                        • What is Google up to with Anthos? More toys dropped for Kubernetes-style hybrid cloud
                                                                        • Nonsense
                                                                          • The Question of Whether or Not WeWork Is a Tech Company Has Been Answered
                                                                          • Sponsors

                                                                            SolarWinds

                                                                            To try it FREE for 14 days just go to https://loggly.com/sdt.
                                                                            If it logs, it can log to Loggly

                                                                            HMA

                                                                            To try HMA VPN risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee visit: www.hidemyass.com/offer-sdt.

                                                                            Conferences, et. al.
                                                                            • Sep 25th - Something in London.
                                                                            • Sep 26th to 27th - DevOpsDays London - Coté at the Pivotal table, come get free shit.
                                                                            • Oct 7th to 10th - SpringOne Platform, Oct 7th to 10th, Austin Texas - get $200 off registration before August 20th, and $200 more if you use the code S1P200_Cote. Come to the EMEA party if you’re in EMEA.
                                                                            • Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
                                                                            • Nov 2nd - EmacsConf 2019
                                                                            • Nov 3rd to 7th - Gartner Symposium, Barcelona. Coté has a €625 discount code if you ask him for it.
                                                                            • December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd and 3rd, São Paulo Dec 11th and 12th.
                                                                            • December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney
                                                                            • Discount off KubeCon North America which is November 18 – 21 in San Diego. Use code KCNASFTPOD19 for a 10% discount.
                                                                            • 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 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
                                                                                • Brandon: Use Audible Credits in iPhone App; Radiolab’s episode Tit for Tat.
                                                                                • Matt: Aphex Twin’s website for b-sides and other miscellany
                                                                                • Coté: second bike. Traveling Salesmen - how does it work?
                                                                                • Outro: SDT Theme, charleswhollien.

                                                                                  Sponsored By:

                                                                                  • SolarWinds: This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds and one of their web APM tools: Loggly. It’s scalable cloud-based log management that won’t break the bank. Learn more or try it FREE for 14 days. Just go to http://loggly.com/sdt.
                                                                                  • Hide My Ass: To try HMA VPN risk-free with a 30-day money-back guarantee visit: www.hidemyass.com/offer-sdt.
                                                                                  1 hr 13 min

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