05.19.2023 - By Software Defined Talk LLC
This week we discuss Coinbase's $65 million DataDog bill, the factors that drive developer experience, and Google Bard. Plus, some tips on London Airports and the ideal airport arrival time.
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Runner-up Titles
Two hours before boarding
$65 million is a lot of nines
You can buy a lot of Nagios with that
Just write the check for $65 million
Boxes
Inciting chaos
Steady state is stopped
Developers are just like the rest of us
Unsummarizable
AI in the Streets
Rundown
Datadog’s $65M/year customer mystery solved
Google drops waitlist for AI chatbot Bard and announces oodles of new features
DevEx: What Actually Drives Productivity
Relevant to your Interests
Google launches a GitHub Copilot competitor
IBM Watson missed the AI revolution, but Watsonx could become the heartbeat of the Generative Enterprise - Horses for Sources | No Boundaries
It's not just cloud costs that are out of control
Microsoft just made a huge, far-from-certain bet on nuclear fusion
Testing a new encrypted messaging app's extraordinary claims
Adrian Cockcroft (@[email protected])
Goldman Sachs downgrades Twilio, other software names on 'limited catalyst' path (TWLO)
Meta announces generative AI features for advertisers
The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked.
Netflix Reportedly Cutting Spending By $300 Million After Delay On Password Sharing Crackdown
Thank you, Enterprisers!
Somehow OpenSearch has succeeded
Docker makes comeback with over $50M in ARR two years into restructuring
Calendly Welcomes Former Salesforce Product Executive Stephen Hsu as CPO
Farewell to the Era of Cheap EC2 Spot Instances | Eric Pauley
The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked.
The Dangers of Google’s .zip TLD
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