Episode 192: Coté still doesn’t understand how startup valuations work

We discuss WeWork vs. Regus, Cloudera, and tumblr. Plus, some clarifications on trans-dimensional bomb defusing.
Mood board:
You talk about the Pacific Northwest, but have you thought about Florida?
I could be like the 35 year old Andy Rooney.
Hey Google, where are my keys?
We’re driving off hosts at this point
Herbalife.
Funny logs.
Was it real money?
It’s probably cheaper than severance.
I am not following any of it.
Where’s Tim Wu when you need him?
This is Tumblr all over again.
Nothing but insects please.
Oh Andy Rooney, save me!
Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! And check out his other book that this guy likes (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559881947412340736/).
Relevant to your interests
Apple Card Review: The Credit Card of the Future Is No Card At All (https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-card-review-the-credit-card-of-the-future-is-no-card-at-all-11565528401) - Banking.
Matt Asay goes to AWS (https://twitter.com/mjasay/status/1161008574589308928)
Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress.com Owner (https://www.wsj.com/articles/verizon-to-sell-tumblr-to-wordpress-owner-11565640000)
Automattic’s bargain-bin Tumblr deal plugs right into the WordPress business model (https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/12/automattics-bargain-bin-tumblr-deal-plugs-right-into-the-wordpress-business-model/)
Verizon agrees to sell Tumblr to owner of Wordpress (https://www.axios.com/verizon-tumblr-wordpress-automattic-e6645edd-bc73-45c2-9380-9fe8ca34291f.html)
Activist investor Carl Icahn shakes up Cloudera (https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/12/activist-investor-carl-icahn-shakes-cloudera/)
Kubernetes open sourced their security audit. What can we learn? (https://snyk.io/blog/kubernetes-open-sourced-their-security-audit-what-can-we-learn/)
GitHub Actions now supports CI/CD, free for public repositories (https://github.blog/2019-08-08-github-actions-now-supports-ci-cd/)
Broadcom acquires Symantec’s enterprise security business for $10.7B (https://siliconangle.com/2019/08/08/broadcom-acquires-symantecs-enterprise-security-business-10-7b/)
Broadcom's Strategy for its Symantec Deal Has a Lot in Common with its CA Deal (https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/technology/broadcom-s-strategy-for-its-symantec-deal-has-a-lot-in-common-with-its-ca-deal-15052809)
Uber’s no-good, terrible-rotten bad Q2 loses more than $5 billion (https://arstechnica.com/?p=1548505)
Cloud Computing without Containers (https://new.blog.cloudflare.com/cloud-computing-without-containers/?hH)
Spiceworks acquired (https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2019/08/15/undisclosed-number-of-layoffs-expected-after-ziff.html).
Amazon announces general availability of AWS Lake Formation (https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/08/amazon-announces-general-availability-of-aws-lake-formation/)
Standardizing WASI: A system interface to run WebAssembly outside the web (https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/03/standardizing-wasi-a-webassembly-system-interface/)
Developers schetsen gitzwart beeld van Booking.com (https://www.computable.nl/artikel/nieuws/development/6777910/250449/developers-schetsen-gitzwart-beeld-van-bookingcom.html)
Introducing Certificate Transparency Monitoring (https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-certificate-transparency-monitoring/)
The XY Problem (http://xyproblem.info/) - or (x)Y?
Snap announces Spectacles 3 with an updated design and a second HD camera (https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/13/20802239/snapchat-spectacles-3-pricing-release-date-snap)
A cofounder of NPM, a startup that 11 million developers rely on, has resigned in the wake of a period of employee unrest (https://www.businessinsider.com/npm-cofounder-laurie-voss-resigns-2019-6)
He tried to prank the DMV. Then his vanity license plate backfired big time. (https://mashable.com/article/dmv-vanity-license-plate-def-con-backfire/)
Clever Vanity License Plate Backfires On Man, Winds Up With Tons Of Tickets (https://knrs.iheart.com/content/2019-08-12-clever-vanity-license-plate-backfires-on-man-winds-up-with-tons-of-tickets/)
I Tried Hiding From Silicon Valley in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-08/i-tried-hiding-from-silicon-valley-in-a-pile-of-privacy-gadgets)
Microsoft culls Office 2019 from its Home Use Program (https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3080394/microsoft-culls-office-2019-home-use-program)
War and Peace (https://itrevolution.com/book/war-and-peace-and-it/) (Book)
Nonsense
Man dies after competing in California taco-eating contest (http://local21news.com/news/nation-world/man-dies-after-competing-in-california-taco-eating-contest)
Real ad that a real restaurant in Mexico (https://twitter.com/goingonajournie/status/1161145837256228864)
Sponsors
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Conferences, et. al.
August 30th - Agile Scotland, Glasgow (https://www.agilescotland.com/august) - Coté giving 90 minute workshop (https://www.agilescotland.com/august#comp-jwjlafj0__item1inlineContent-gridWrapper). Use the code AS-SPEAKER-MICHAEL for a discount: from £70 to £56.13.
Sep 26th to 27th - DevOpsDays London (https://devopsdays.org/events/2019-london/welcome/) - Coté at the Pivotal table, come get free shit.
Oct 7th to 10th - SpringOne Platform, Oct 7th to 10th, Austin Texas (https://springoneplatform.io/) - get $200 off registration before August 20th, and $200 more if you use the code S1P200_Coté (make sure to use the accented e). Come to the EMEA party (https://connect.pivotal.io/EMEA-Cocktail-Reception-S1P-2019.html) if you’re in EMEA.
Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia (https://www.cloudexpoasia.com/) Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
Oct 10th to 11th - DevOpsDays Sydney 2019 (http://devopsdays.org/events/2019-sydney/), October 10th and 11th
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted (http://springonetour.io/): Toronto Dec 2nd and 3rd (https://springonetour.io/2019/toronto), São Paulo Dec 11th and 12th (https://springonetour.io/2019/sao-paulo).
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Summit Sydney (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kubernetes-summit-sydney-2019/)
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack).
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Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/). Check out the back catalog (http://cote.coffee/howtotech/).
Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=8) and he wants you to buy it for $0.99.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total.
Recommendations
Brandon: Azlo (https://www.azlo.com) and TransferWise (https://transferwise.com/u/matthewr9).
Matt: Eluvium An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death (https://eluvium.bandcamp.com/album/an-accidental-memory-in-the-case-of-death)
Coté: Thunderspace (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/thunderspace-rain-thunder/id636485814) app.
Outro: “Andy Rooney MONTAGE.” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIpGTcR2kAQ)

We discuss WeWork vs. Regus, Cloudera, and tumblr. Plus, some clarifications on trans-dimensional bomb defusing.

Mood board:

You talk about the Pacific Northwest, but have you thought about Florida?
I could be like the 35 year old Andy Rooney.
Hey Google, where are my keys?
We’re driving off hosts at this point
Herbalife.
Funny logs.
Was it real money?
It’s probably cheaper than severance.
I am not following any of it.
Where’s Tim Wu when you need him?
This is Tumblr all over again.
Nothing but insects please.
Oh Andy Rooney, save me!

Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap! And check out his other book that this guy likes.

Relevant to your interests

Apple Card Review: The Credit Card of the Future Is No Card At All - Banking.
Matt Asay goes to AWS
Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress.com Owner
Automattic’s bargain-bin Tumblr deal plugs right into the WordPress business model
Verizon agrees to sell Tumblr to owner of Wordpress
Activist investor Carl Icahn shakes up Cloudera
Kubernetes open sourced their security audit. What can we learn?
GitHub Actions now supports CI/CD, free for public repositories
Broadcom acquires Symantec’s enterprise security business for $10.7B
Broadcom's Strategy for its Symantec Deal Has a Lot in Common with its CA Deal
Uber’s no-good, terrible-rotten bad Q2 loses more than $5 billion
Cloud Computing without Containers
Spiceworks acquired.
Amazon announces general availability of AWS Lake Formation
Standardizing WASI: A system interface to run WebAssembly outside the web
Developers schetsen gitzwart beeld van Booking.com
Introducing Certificate Transparency Monitoring
The XY Problem - or (x)Y?
Snap announces Spectacles 3 with an updated design and a second HD camera
A cofounder of NPM, a startup that 11 million developers rely on, has resigned in the wake of a period of employee unrest
He tried to prank the DMV. Then his vanity license plate backfired big time.
Clever Vanity License Plate Backfires On Man, Winds Up With Tons Of Tickets
I Tried Hiding From Silicon Valley in a Pile of Privacy Gadgets
Microsoft culls Office 2019 from its Home Use Program
War and Peace (Book)

Nonsense

Man dies after competing in California taco-eating contest
Real ad that a real restaurant in Mexico

Sponsors

SolarWinds Loggly Contest:

SDT listeners can enter the contest by submitting a photo and short description of the funniest log entries you’ve found (or created) for a chance to win. Loggly will choose three winners and rank them, while sharing funny log photos along the way at twitter.com/loggly.

The first-place winner will get a Lenovo® Chromebook® 2-in-1 Convertible Laptop.

SDT listeners can enter the contest at loggly.com/funny or find the link on the @loggly Twitter page. See terms and conditions for official rules on loggly.com/funny. US and Canada only.

Conferences, et. al.

August 30th - Agile Scotland, Glasgow - Coté giving 90 minute workshop. Use the code AS-SPEAKER-MICHAEL for a discount: from £70 to £56.13.
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_Coté (make sure to use the accented e). Come to the EMEA party if you’re in EMEA.
Oct 9th to 10th - Cloud Expo Asia Singapore, Oct 9th and 10th
Oct 10th to 11th - DevOpsDays Sydney 2019, October 10th and 11th
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

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: Azlo and TransferWise.
Matt: Eluvium An Accidental Memory In the Case of Death
Coté: Thunderspace app.

Outro: “Andy Rooney MONTAGE.”

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