Episode 271: The Defaults Lifestyle

This week we breakdown Apple’s new M1 chip, the new MacBook Air and discuss why so many devs still use vi. Plus, a discussion about when to use the default Documents Folder.
The Rundown
Modern IDEs are magic. Why are so many coders still using Vim and Emacs? (https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/11/09/modern-ide-vs-vim-emacs/)
Everything Apple Announced, From New Macs to New Chips (https://www.wired.com/story/everything-apple-announced-november-2020/)
Average UX Improvements Are Shrinking (https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-gains-shrinking/)
Relevant to your Interests
Windows 10, iOS, Chrome, and many others fall at China's top hacking contest (https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-ios-chrome-and-many-others-fall-at-chinas-top-hacking-contest/)
375% Return on One Startup to Help SoftBank Get Past WeWork Woes (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-08/375-return-on-one-startup-to-help-softbank-get-past-wework-woes?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true)
Google Cloud’s Big Win: the Remarkable 2-Year Journey of CEO Thomas Kurian (https://cloudwars.co/google-cloud/google-cloud-the-remarkable-2-year-journey-of-ceo-thomas-kurian/)
Spotify acquires podcast monetization company Megaphone (https://www.axios.com/spotify-megaphone-monetization-podcasts-cc13b729-56f9-489a-bc94-d79b9f50a54c.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Every last Slingbox will become a brick in two years (https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/9/21557578/slingbox-discontinued-servers-sunset)
Zoom and other ‘stay-at-home’ stocks got crushed on the positive vaccine news (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/09/zoom-and-other-stay-at-home-stocks-are-getting-crushed-on-the-positive-vaccine-news.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
TikTok says the Trump administration has forgotten about trying to ban it, would like to know what’s up (https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/10/21559677/tiktok-cfius-court-petition-ban-deadline)
EU charges Amazon in antitrust lawsuit, alleges unfair competition (https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-eu-antitrust-1.5796672)
Austin software maker Planview sold in $1.6B deal (https://www.statesman.com/business/20201110/austin-software-maker-planview-sold-in-16b-deal)
Nonsense
Steve Nouri on LinkedIn: #datascience #business #strategy | 404 comments (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6727194101655191552-93Zn)
Ugliest App (https://ugliest.app/)
Raspberry Pi 400: the $70 desktop PC - Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-400-the-70-desktop-pc/)
Train caught by Whale (https://www.010fotograaf.nl/3445/metro-bungelt-op-8-meter-hoogte-na-ongeval-spijkenisse/)
Why I Still Use an Old PowerPC Mac in 2020 (https://www.howtogeek.com/682300/why-i-still-use-an-old-powerpc-mac-in-2020/)
Chipotle to open its first digital-only restaurant as online orders soar (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/11/chipotle-to-open-its-first-digital-only-restaurant-as-online-orders-soar.html)
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Conferences
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon November 17 – 20 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/)
OpenShift Commons Gathering November 17, 2020 (https://commons.openshift.org/gatherings/Kubecon_North_America_Virtual_OpenShift_Commons_Gathering_2020.html)
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Recommendations
Matt: Things you can make from old dead laptops - DIY Perks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLP_L7Mgz6M)
Brandon: The Queen’s Gambit (https://www.netflix.com/title/80234304) on Netflix
Coté: Patagonia (https://eu.patagonia.com/nl/en/product/mens-torrentshell-3l-rain-pants-regular/85265.html) Men's Torrentshell (https://eu.patagonia.com/nl/en/product/mens-torrentshell-3l-rain-pants-regular/85265.html).
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This week we breakdown Apple’s new M1 chip, the new MacBook Air and discuss why so many devs still use vi. Plus, a discussion about when to use the default Documents Folder.

The Rundown

Modern IDEs are magic. Why are so many coders still using Vim and Emacs?
Everything Apple Announced, From New Macs to New Chips
Average UX Improvements Are Shrinking

Relevant to your Interests

Windows 10, iOS, Chrome, and many others fall at China's top hacking contest
375% Return on One Startup to Help SoftBank Get Past WeWork Woes
Google Cloud’s Big Win: the Remarkable 2-Year Journey of CEO Thomas Kurian
Spotify acquires podcast monetization company Megaphone
Every last Slingbox will become a brick in two years
Zoom and other ‘stay-at-home’ stocks got crushed on the positive vaccine news
TikTok says the Trump administration has forgotten about trying to ban it, would like to know what’s up
EU charges Amazon in antitrust lawsuit, alleges unfair competition
Austin software maker Planview sold in $1.6B deal

Nonsense

Steve Nouri on LinkedIn: #datascience #business #strategy | 404 comments
Ugliest App
Raspberry Pi 400: the $70 desktop PC - Raspberry Pi
Train caught by Whale
Why I Still Use an Old PowerPC Mac in 2020
Chipotle to open its first digital-only restaurant as online orders soar

Sponsors

Linode — Get started on Linode today with a $100 in free credit. Find all the details at linode.com/SDT. Click on the “Create Free Account” button to get started.
strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT

Conferences

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon November 17 – 20
OpenShift Commons Gathering November 17, 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 Twitch, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

Matt: Things you can make from old dead laptops - DIY Perks
Brandon: The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix
Coté: Patagonia Men's Torrentshell.

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