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This week, we discuss Matt Asay accusing OpenTufu of "lifting code" and recap the Google Next '24. announcements. Plus, we share some thoughts on camera placement and offer listeners a chance to get free coffee beans. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VBJU8UdLOA) 462 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VBJU8UdLOA) Runner-up Titles Hey, I’m VP of Cables, not VP of Hubs. Well, I still have meetings. The Cote’ Experience ClosedTofu Our Cloud is Huge(tm) Rundown Matt Asay vs. OpenTofu OpenTofu may be showing us the wrong way to fork (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.html) OpenTofu vehemently disagrees with any suggestion that it misappropriated (https://twitter.com/opentofuorg/status/1776398008558493991?s=46&t=kiCCT8LlOOqj0WYcmUddTg) Matt Asay (https://x.com/mjasay/status/1776635226124632423?s=46&t=EoCoteGkQEahPpAJ_HYRpg) Follow up Tweet Bryan Cantrill (https://x.com/bcantrill/status/1775962870762844212) calls it

This week, we discuss Redis Relicensing, Progress acquiring MariaDB and Microsoft unbundling Teams. Plus, Coté shares his Top 10 Tech and Productivity Wish List for regulators. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvLlXxJWlOE) 461 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvLlXxJWlOE) Runner-up Titles The Fork is a feature not a bug Relicensing: The path to Private Equity Is this Progress? Hot Antitrust Action Give it to Switzerland, they can hold our calendars Won’t someone think of the children? Cote’s airing of (Apple) grievances The deepest of pockets Fine-adjacent. Not complicated enough What’s it called when they plateau going down? Frankenstein Grand Theory of Open Source Business Models a large, wide portfolio of things that you’re vaguely aware of Mostly contrast Rundown Zuck Just Entered the Fediverse: Here’s What That Means (https://gizmodo.com/zuck-entered-fediverse-threads-heres-what-that-means-1851356849) Redis RIP Redis: How Garantia Data pulled off the biggest he

Matt Ray interviews Tom Wilkie, Grafana Labs CTO. They discuss the latest trends in Observability, Grafana’s recent announcements and the state of OSS businesses . Plus, some ideas for your next 3D printing project. Show Links The Brewintosh (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N9oz4Ylzm4) Prusa Mini v6 Hotend Adapter (https://www.printables.com/model/31006-prusa-mini-v6-hotend-adapter) Cortex (https://cortexmetrics.io) Prometheus (https://prometheus.io) Grafana Labs (https://grafana.com) OpenCost (https://www.opencost.io/blog/carbon-costs) GrafanaCON 2024 April 9-10 (https://grafana.com/about/events/grafanacon/2024/) Contact Tom Wilkie LinkedIn: tomwilkie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomwilkie/?originalSubdomain=uk) Twitter: @tom_wilkie (https://twitter.com/tom_wilkie?lang=en) GitHub: tomwilkie (https://github.com/tomwilkie) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefi

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? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-SnxTaHhL4) 459 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-SnxTaHhL4) 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? (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1770411476022354075) Please Don't Say Just Hello In Chat (https://www.nohello.com/2013/01/please-dont-say-just-hello-in-chat.html) Kubecon “Designing for Success: UX Principles for Internal Developer Platforms,” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rqe5Yc13-A) "Boosting Developer Platform Teams with Product T

This week, we discuss Coté's O'Reilly video series where he offers up some tips on how to survive and thrive in the workplace. Plus, some ideas on how to reinvent the virtual town hall. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWr-jUM0FQ) 458 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWr-jUM0FQ) Runner-up Titles Surviving Corporate America Hopes and Dreams Second half of your career Soul Crushing I stole this from TikTok Living too much Just be happy Review life imbalance Rundown 10 part course at O’Reilly about working in a large organization, a BigCo (https://learning.oreilly.com/course/how-to-survive/0790145433268/) Conferences KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20. DevOpsDays Bir

This week, we discuss whether or not Kubernetes is boring, Winglang’s attempt to simply cloud deployments and Linkerd status as a graduated CNCF project. Plus, a few thoughts on frogs… Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXssLonmkEw) 457 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXssLonmkEw) Runner-up Titles Blame the seagulls Speaking of lizards in our houses Burying people under B-trees Compiler for the Cloud I’m tired of speaking French We need a big pie If we stop shooting each other we can sit down and eat some pie. The Jacob Principle Has there every been a config file format love affair? Rundown Kubernetes Predictions Were Wrong (https://thenewstack.io/kubernetes-predictions-were-wrong/) Wing Programming Language for the Cloud (https://www.winglang.io/) #1262 Health of Linkerd project (https://github.com/cncf/toc/issues/1262) Craig Box X Thread (https://twitter.com/craigbox/status/1760370351828320539) Adam Jacob’s X Thread (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/17610519002

This week, we second guess recent decisions made by Google and Apple. Plus, what social media sites is everyone actually using these days? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPcTxTejYM) 456 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPcTxTejYM) Runner-up Titles Is it Russian hackers? Bad upgrade is the 1B to DNS They’re all bad product launches Vikings are 98% more Nordic Can I pay for features? They’ve defeated vaporware Interoperability is for underdogs Rundown Google Google pauses Gemini AI image generator after it created inaccurate historical pictures (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/google-pauses-gemini-ai-image-generator-after-inaccuracies.html) Google Pay app is shutting down in the US after being replaced by Google Wallet (https://mashable.com/article/google-pay-shutting-down-replaced-by-google-wallet?ref=cardsftw.com) AT&T outage caused by software update, not malicious intent: Sources (https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/att-outage-impacting-us-customers-company/story?

This week, we discuss open source forks, what’s going on at OpenAI and checkin on the IRS Direct File initiative. Plus, plenty of thoughts on taking your annual Code of Conduct Training. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwXvnb53iY) 455 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwXvnb53iY) Runner-up Titles I live my life one iCal screen at a time We always have sparklers Meta-parenting Everyone is always tired Cheaper version of Red Hat This week in “Do we need to be angry?” All we get is wingdings. I’m in a Socialist mood this week Pies shot out of my eyes and stuff Those dingalings bought my boat Dingalings of the mind Rundown CIQ Offers Long-Term Support for Rocky Linux 8.6, 8.8 and 9.2 Images Through AWS Marketplace (https://ciq.com/press-release/ciq-offers-long-term-support-for-rocky-linux-8-6-8-8-and-9-2-images-through-aws-marketplace/) Will CIQ’s new support program alienate the community (https://medium.com/@gordon.messmer/will-ciqs-new-support-program-alienate-the-

This week, we discuss the ever expanding CNCF Landscape, bundling and unbundling, and the latest cloud earnings. Plus, some thoughts on soap dispensers in Europe vs. U.S. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pg_rXxn1YQ) 454 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pg_rXxn1YQ) Runner-up Titles Are we streaming. I have the whole earth to roam, so I’m not going to get space madness. If you watch it long enough every movie represents all of life. The sound track to walking the dog. At least it’s open source. The Magic Quadrant of Fashion. I guess everyone’s cool? What pair of pants do I need? The AirPods Pro pocket. Go down the metaphor hole. I was eating steak, and now I’m eating OpenTofu. Not good, but good enough. The Metaphor Hole Rundown CNCF Landscape (https://landscape.cncf.io) Bundling, Unbundling and Ensh*tification (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/02/bundling-unbundling-and-enshtification.html) (Cloudcast Pod) Earnings Meta Beats Sales Forecast Estimates; Announces Fi

This week, Coté interviews John Willis and they discuss how Kubernetes ultimately won, why large companies struggle with Digital Transformation, and Systems Thinking. Plus, John shares his opinions about Human Resources and Venture Capital. Show Links Kubernetes: The Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE77h7dmoQU) Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge (https://www.amazon.com/Demings-Journey-Profound-Knowledge-Industry/dp/B0CCW999G8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ABYP2L2X31GG&keywords=Willis+Deming&qid=1707157953&s=books&sprefix=willis+deming%2Cstripbooks%2C110&sr=1-1) The Problems with Money In (Open Source) Software (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCuLyv6SHo) Profound Deming (https://www.profound-deming.com) Profound Podcast (https://profound.buzzsprout.com) Contact John Willis LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwillisatlanta/) botchagalupe@gmail.com (mailto:botchagalupe@gmail.com) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address t

This week, we examine the balancing act CEOs face between maintaining operations and pursuing growth, the IRS's attempt to automate tax filing, and defining success in thought leadership. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBlRgILBnn0) 452 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBlRgILBnn0) Runner-up Titles Know the rules Until you reach infinity When you’re washing your full ass, don’t half-ass your shower door. All-in on Minecraft Eminent domain for digital transformation. There’s usually a stray banana in the Hilton Garden Buffet. Rundown Alphabet Shares Fall After Search Revenue Misses Estimates (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-30/alphabet-search-revenue-misses-estimates-shares-fall) Microsoft beats Q2 earnings on AI, cloud strength, shares flat (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-beats-q2-earnings-on-ai-cloud-strength-shares-flat-185023451.html) The CEO and the Three Envelopes - Kevin Kruse (https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/)

This week, we discuss what “enshittification” is, what causes it, and whether it can be prevented. Plus, stay tuned until the end to hear the Software Defined Talk origin story. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 451 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4CnW_RciZ4) Runner-up Titles Enshittification The Fahrenheit 451 Reorganization Wait for Wifi Taxes by beef rib It’s actually not fine Smoking crack in Disneyland AI is accelerating the crappiness. Why don’t you just sell more cloud? Generated Garbage I can’t tell if it’s a coffee mug or a ballistic missile. Accidentally upgraded Jury duty…”pretty cool.” Rundown Airalo (https://www.airalo.com/spain-esim) for mobile cell phones plans when traveling. How Google perfected the web (https://www.theverge.com/c/23998379/google-search-seo-algorithm-webpage-optimization) AdNauseam - Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To (https://adnauseam.io/) Subprime Attention Crisis (https://www.audible.com/pd/Subprime-Attention-Crisis-Audiobook/0593454103?ref_pageloadid=Dsqv0n17F

This week, we discuss the role of DevRel, Remote Work and Layoffs. Plus, Matt reveals his latest keyboard recommendation. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzqV99Hc4U) 450 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzqV99Hc4U) Runner-up Titles Life is a series of (shitty) cliffhangers Sales is crazy Donut over-eating avoidance Fundamentals don’t change Do you have good recipes for golden geese? We need better Dungeons and Dragons The AI has been prompted beyond its level of competence. Peter Pan as DevRel Hard stop goes soft HR in volume feels dehumanizing Mad Libs for layoffs Workers of the world, don’t let HR hide in darkness. We’ve had a great time, that other keyboard and I, but we’ve made a decision… Status quo wins again The Strangler Pattern for password management Schwag cannot be stolen. Rundown 2024 Look Ahead - Surviving the Q1 Kickoff (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/01/2024-look-ahead-surviving-q1-kickoff.html) (Podcast) DevRel The trouble with DevRel (https:/

This week, we delve into the Stack Overflow Survey, compare AWS and Azure, and discuss why everyone loves "Coding at Google." Plus, thoughts on the new Mobile Passport Control App and Global Entry. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W_WdnDWMg) 449 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W_WdnDWMg) Runner-up Titles That is part of the podcast I am going to have a change of pants for that They’re very good notes “Buildies” Of course they are The Internet is a series of tubes… filled with money The easiest way to make money is to have a lot of money Gobsmacked Rundown Mobile Passport Control (MPC) (https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/mobile-passport-control) Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023 (https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023/#ai-sentiment-and-usage) Amazon's Silent Sacking (https://justingarrison.com/blog/2023-12-30-amazons-silent-sacking/) AWS Overhauls 60,000-Person Sales Team to Fix ‘Fiefdoms,’ Customer Complaints (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/aws-o

Matt Ray interviews Jorge Castro, veteran Community Manager from the CNCF. They discuss Project Bluefin, behind the scenes at the CNCF, and mentoring the next generation of open source contributors. Plus, “you can have anything you want, but the defaults are the best”. Show Links Cloud Native Computing Foundation (https://www.cncf.io/) Project (https://projectbluefin.io/) Bluefin (https://projectbluefin.io/) Bazzite (https://github.com/ublue-os/bazzite) Universal Blue (https://universal-blue.discourse.group) Prompt terminal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeUH1_fFSUs) Windows To Go with Rufus (https://www.intowindows.com/rufus-to-create-windows-to-go-usb-drive/) Contact Jorge Castro LinkedIn: jorge-castro2112 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorge-castro2112/) GitHub: @castrojo (https://github.com/castrojo) Mastodon: @jorge@hachyderm.io (https://hachyderm.io/@jorge) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefin

This week, we grade our 2023 predictions, revisit the key trends that shaped the year, and gaze into the crystal ball to anticipate what 2024 might hold. Plus, we answer listener questions. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08SHFMhMyK4) 447 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08SHFMhMyK4) Runner-up Titles Flat budgets are better then no budget Applauding as the Titanic goes down They weren’t going to be patriated But this is you! Now we know The hippies have lost Keep your head on an open-source swivel Once it works, it’ll be great At least we got USB C Great year for cables Rundown 2022 Year in Review (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/394) (Last Year’s Recap Episode) Travel App Recommendations FlightRadar24 (https://www.flightradar24.com/30.26,-97.75/6) Flighty (https://www.flightyapp.com) Final Numbers (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-dbe3d2df-7e47-4bd3-82b9-2e4961b9d190.html?chunk=9&utm_term=emshare#story9) The Problems with Money In (Open Source)

This week, we “define” and decode business jargon and take a look at what it really means. Subscribe to Coté’s “Business BS Dictionary” YouTube Playlist for even more definitions. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlTmTNRVcBs) 446 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlTmTNRVcBs) Runner-up Titles When your early is really on time Showing up on time is is early for me We are not going to sell any Kubernetes in TikTok Rundown BS Dictionary What does "bureaucracy" mean? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxZvnBPjnv4&list=PLk_5VqpWEtiXBH0mEGNL5YuEEgNvdIloT&index=13) Politics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRxfmZc6f-w&list=PLk_5VqpWEtiXBH0mEGNL5YuEEgNvdIloT&index=12) Deck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM6h-XyGlXg&list=PLk_5VqpWEtiXBH0mEGNL5YuEEgNvdIloT&index=2) Let's socialize this deck (https://www.tiktok.com/@drunkandretired/video/7310133775076314400) Let's have the meeting in the meeting (https://www.tiktok.com/@drunkandretired/video/7310133417381858593) Parking Lot (ht

This week, we discuss the distribution of cloud revenue, explore who is investing in A.I., and take a look back at Mesosphere DC/OS. Plus, some thoughts on the peacefulness of flying. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX5FY4MJpR0) 445 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX5FY4MJpR0) Runner-up Titles I feel very safe on an airplane We’re one mishap away from Lost Difference between the right decision and the safe decision First rule of AI Ethics Team: Don’t fake the demo “Rice” They got run over by the Kubernetes Truck Figure out where all the yaml goes Rundown Many Different Kinds Of Cloud, Very Big Piles Of Money - IT Jungle (https://www.itjungle.com/2023/12/11/many-different-kinds-of-cloud-very-big-piles-of-money/) Software Startup That Rejected Buyout From Microsoft Shuts Down, Sells Assets to Nutanix (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/a16z-backed-startup-that-once-rejected-150m-sale-to-microsoft-shuts-down) Apache Mesos (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Me

This week, we look back at the drama at OpenAI and look forward to the growing A.I. Arms Race. Plus, we talk about calendaring — again! Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIxu1D6pfG0) 444 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIxu1D6pfG0) Runner-up Titles A.I. Arms Race Table 4 needs pork chops Run with that Thanks for not saving us from the AI The King of Cameos Rebels going to rebel Ivory Tower Scruples The sign of something Rundown OpenAI Sam Altman Out At OpenAI (https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2023/11/17/sam-altman-out-at-openai/) A statement from Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/11/17/a-statement-from-microsoft-chairman-and-ceo-satya-nadella/) OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too (https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/17/23966277/openai-co-founder-greg-brockman-leaving) Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI — Hard Fork (https://overcast.fm/+m_rrMb92o) Greg Brockman quits OpenAI after abrupt firing of

This week, we review the major announcements from AWS re:Invent and discuss how the hyperscalers are embracing A.I. Plus, a few thoughts on children’s chores. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0xwqUis6xA) 443 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0xwqUis6xA) Runner-up Titles No Slack The Corporate Podcast. Quality of life stop Our roads diverge Eats a bag of llama Nobody wants to do a bake-off AI all the time Rundown AWS re:Invent Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2023 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2023/) Salesforce Inks Deal to Sell on Amazon Web Services’ Marketplace (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-27/salesforce-to-sell-software-on-aws-marketplace-in-self-service-purchase-push#xj4y7vzkg) AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips (https://press.aboutamazon.com/2023/11/aws-unveils-next-generation-aws-designed-chips) Join the preview for new memory-optimized, AWS Graviton4-powered Amazon E