Coté is eating and drinking in this episode, so deal with it. Also, we discuss some odd slides, Mirantis buying Docker Enterprise, and saving code with vikings.
Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally reved back up his newsletter (https://buttondown.email/cote). People love it! Subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote) and tell all your friends to subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote). Latest issues:
Mood board:
Coté is gobsmacked by slides.
Let’s turn these earnings upside down.
It’s not just turtles all the way down, they’re all the way up too!
Where are my turtles?
Clearly you know what you’re doing, because you’ve got billions of dollars.
Clearly these people have missed the point of distributed version control.
Put your code in the Phantom Zone.
Is there a new April Fool’s in November?
They probably had some good slides.
Relevant to your interests
WeWork
The Best Slides From SoftBank's WeWork-Focused Earnings Report (https://news.crunchbase.com/news/the-best-slides-from-softbanks-wework-focused-earnings-report/)
Docker, Kube and Containers
Mirantis acquires Docker Enterprise (https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/13/mirantis-acquires-docker-enterprise/)
Docker’s Next Chapter: Advancing Developer Workflows for Modern Apps (https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-next-chapter-advancing-developer-workflows-for-modern-apps/)
VMware Bridges Kubernetes and vSphere with Launch of Pacific Beta (https://thenewstack.io/vmware-bridges-kubernetes-and-vsphere-with-launch-of-pacific-beta/)
Google releases Skaffold so devs don't get hung up on Kubernetes (https://devclass.com/2019/11/08/google-releases-skaffold-to-simplify-kubernetes-app-lifecycle-management/)
Skaffold, the Kubernetes build automation tool, is GA (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/kubernetes-development-simplified-skaffold-is-now-ga)
Sysdig 2019 Container Usage Report: New Kubernetes and security insights | Sysdig (https://sysdig.com/blog/sysdig-2019-container-usage-report/)
Red Hat Introduces open source Project Quay container registry (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-introduces-open-source-project-quay-container-registry)
Google — Games, Health…? and Banking…?
Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans (https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-s-secret-project-nightingale-gathers-personal-health-data-on-millions-of-americans-11573496790)
Google plans to offer checking accounts next year (https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20962745/google-checking-account-citigroup-stanford-pay-banking-financial-services-cache)
Google announces Stadia's launch day game lineup - 9to5Google (https://9to5google.com/2019/11/11/stadia-launch-games/)
AWS
New – Savings Plans for AWS Compute Services | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-savings-plans-for-aws-compute-services/)
15 Years of AWS Blogging! | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/15-years-of-aws-blogging/)
GitHub
Changelog - The GitHub Blog (https://github.blog/changelog/)
GitHub launches Arctic Code Vault to preserve open source software for 1,000 years (https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/13/github-launches-arctic-code-vault-to-preserve-open-source-software-for-1000-years/)
OpenJDK repo migration to GitHub gains steam (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3453397/openjdk-repo-migration-to-github-gains-steam.html)
At Universe, GitHub rolls out Actions, Packages and more open-source goodies (https://siliconangle.com/2019/11/13/github-universe-announcements-bring-bevy-updates-developers/)
GitHub faces more resignations in light of ICE contract (https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/13/github-faces-more-resignations-in-light-of-ice-contract/)
Fourteen years after launching 1Password takes a $200M Series A (https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/14/fourteen-years-after-launching-1password-takes-first-funding-a-200m-series-a/)
Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is here, and it has a good keyboard (https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20962380/apples-16-inch-macbook-pro-keyboard-screen-speakers-processor)
Update on 3.0 Development, FIPS and 1.0.2 EOL - OpenSSL Blog (https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2019/11/07/3.0-update/)
Firefox at 15: its rise, fall, and privacy-first renaissance (https://www.fastcompany.com/90428050/firefox-at-15-its-rise-fall-and-privacy-first-renaissance)
Honestly, A Video Game That Strands You On A Boring Six-Hour Flight Is Just What I Need Right Now (https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2019/11/honestly-a-video-game-that-strands-you-on-a-boring-six-hour-flight-is-just-what-i-need-right-now/)
Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Cheats (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-08/netflix-hbo-and-cable-giants-are-coming-for-password-cheats)
Re-Licensing Sentry (https://blog.sentry.io/2019/11/06/relicensing-sentry)
Twitter Employees, Ahmad Abouammo and Ali Alzabarah, Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia | Government | Politics (https://www.scribd.com/document/433852085/Twitter-Employees-Ahmad-Abouammo-and-Ali-Alzabarah-Charged-With-Spying-for-Saudi-Arabia)
Salesforce Ventures invested $300M in Automattic while Salesforce was building a CMS (https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/11/salesforce-ventures-invested-300m-in-automattic-while-salesforce-was-building-a-cms/)
This State’s 50-Year Bet on Big Tech Could Cost Hundreds of Millions of Dollars (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-06/indiana-s-50-year-big-tech-bet-may-be-worth-hundreds-of-millions)
Intel is still struggling with the truth about its processor security flaws (https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20962667/intel-processor-security-vulnerabilities-researchers-disclosure)
Microsoft teams up with Warner Bros. to store Superman on new glass storage (https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/4/20942040/microsoft-project-silica-glass-storage-warner-bros-features-details/)
Sponsors
SolarWinds:
To try it FREE for 14 days, just go to http://loggly.com/sdt. If it logs, it can log to Loggly.
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.
Suggested Jobs
Jobs at GitLab (http://GitLab has a shitload of openings: https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/apply/)
Professional Services Consultant - APAC (Singapore or Australia) (https://www.chef.io/details/?jobId=dcf7cca8-faf4-4edc-82ab-694b60c187ad)
Conferences, et. al.
December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted (http://springonetour.io/): Toronto Dec 2nd (https://springonetour.io/2019/toronto).
December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kubernetes-summit-sydney-2019/)
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 (https://www.deliveryconf.com/) in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd (https://www.deliveryconf.com/), Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too (https://www.deliveryconf.com/format).
June 1-4: ChefConf 2020 (https://chefconf.chef.io/)
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack).
Send your postal address to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/)
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
Matt:
Upgrading MacBook Pro/Air SSDs (https://mattray.github.io/2019/11/12/upgrading-macbook-pro-ssds.html) (Mention that here’s the link for last week).
The wonderful world of Chinese hi-fi (https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20943377/chinese-hi-fi-audio-chifi-fiio-hifiman-tin-audio).
****- Brandon:
Beats Solo Wireless for Kids (https://www.beatsbydre.com/headphones/solo3-wireless).
Pivot Podcast (https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot).
Coté: AirPods Pros (https://www.apple.com/airpods-pro/). Crypt of the Warlock RPG rules (https://lazzmap.tumblr.com/post/188072845368/when-i-have-a-moment-between-projects-i-like-to).

Coté is eating and drinking in this episode, so deal with it. Also, we discuss some odd slides, Mirantis buying Docker Enterprise, and saving code with vikings.

Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally reved back up his newsletter. People love it! Subscribe and tell all your friends to subscribe. Latest issues:

Mood board:

Coté is gobsmacked by slides.
Let’s turn these earnings upside down.
It’s not just turtles all the way down, they’re all the way up too!
Where are my turtles?
Clearly you know what you’re doing, because you’ve got billions of dollars.
Clearly these people have missed the point of distributed version control.
Put your code in the Phantom Zone.
Is there a new April Fool’s in November?
They probably had some good slides.

Relevant to your interests

WeWork

The Best Slides From SoftBank's WeWork-Focused Earnings Report

Docker, Kube and Containers

Mirantis acquires Docker Enterprise
Docker’s Next Chapter: Advancing Developer Workflows for Modern Apps
VMware Bridges Kubernetes and vSphere with Launch of Pacific Beta
Google releases Skaffold so devs don't get hung up on Kubernetes
Skaffold, the Kubernetes build automation tool, is GA
Sysdig 2019 Container Usage Report: New Kubernetes and security insights | Sysdig
Red Hat Introduces open source Project Quay container registry

Google — Games, Health…? and Banking…?

Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans
Google plans to offer checking accounts next year
Google announces Stadia's launch day game lineup - 9to5Google

AWS

New – Savings Plans for AWS Compute Services | Amazon Web Services
15 Years of AWS Blogging! | Amazon Web Services

GitHub

Changelog - The GitHub Blog
GitHub launches Arctic Code Vault to preserve open source software for 1,000 years
OpenJDK repo migration to GitHub gains steam
At Universe, GitHub rolls out Actions, Packages and more open-source goodies
GitHub faces more resignations in light of ICE contract

Fourteen years after launching 1Password takes a $200M Series A
Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is here, and it has a good keyboard
Update on 3.0 Development, FIPS and 1.0.2 EOL - OpenSSL Blog
Firefox at 15: its rise, fall, and privacy-first renaissance
Honestly, A Video Game That Strands You On A Boring Six-Hour Flight Is Just What I Need Right Now
Netflix, HBO and Cable Giants Are Coming for Password Cheats
Re-Licensing Sentry
Twitter Employees, Ahmad Abouammo and Ali Alzabarah, Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia | Government | Politics
Salesforce Ventures invested $300M in Automattic while Salesforce was building a CMS
This State’s 50-Year Bet on Big Tech Could Cost Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
Intel is still struggling with the truth about its processor security flaws
Microsoft teams up with Warner Bros. to store Superman on new glass storage

Sponsors

SolarWinds:

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

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.

Suggested Jobs

Jobs at GitLab
Professional Services Consultant - APAC (Singapore or Australia)

Conferences, et. al.

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.
June 1-4: ChefConf 2020

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

Matt:

Upgrading MacBook Pro/Air SSDs (Mention that here’s the link for last week).
The wonderful world of Chinese hi-fi.
****- Brandon:
Beats Solo Wireless for Kids.
Pivot Podcast.

Coté: AirPods Pros. Crypt of the Warlock RPG rules.

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