Episode 273: Look at my iPad

This week we preview AWS re:Invent, breakdown the latest CNCF Survey and discuss container adoption. Plus, a review of banking apps, Google Pay and an update on Coté’s quest to achieve the iPad Lifestyle.
The Rundown
AWS RE:invent (https://virtual.awsevents.com/agenda)
CNCF survey (https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CNCF_Survey_Report_2020.pdf)
Datadog Report 11 facts about real world container use (https://www.datadoghq.com/container-report/)
Relevant to your Interests
Apple’s biggest App Store critics are not impressed with its new fee cut for small developers (https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21573109/epic-tim-sweeney-apple-app-store-fee-cut-reduction-criticize)
Cloud gaming services use iPhone's web browser door (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-765269c9-3841-4958-aa1d-839cb1e51e04.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3)
Roblox IPO (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-be45e818-9f5c-4fd5-a285-5f00beef25e3.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1)
2020 State of DevOps Report | presented by Puppet, & CircleCi (https://puppet.com/resources/report/2020-state-of-devops-report/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldSbVpUbGtaVEZtWVRFMiIsInQiOiJhYWtBcEcxQ3Z2TitXcCtkbXJDZTBIbVcrb25qMEtTR1VvWXZNaDV2QmZEXC96ekJxZGxIRmxcL0JwaHdjN1FVYWMrUm9rRG8rYTE3QmozRlo4QU9IdFhvRWt3WUNvdDVvZWJSVmpLaFEzZnhNMllocGZNZUlUS0RmcVwvTDVZSEh3RSJ9)
FireEye acquires Respond Software for $186M, announces $400M investment – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/19/fireeye-acquires-respond-software-for-186m-announces-400m-investment/)
Rewritten in Rust: Modern Alternatives of Command-Line Tools (https://zaiste.net/posts/shell-commands-rust/)
CIA Awards Secret Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract (https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2020/11/exclusive-cia-awards-secret-multibillion-dollar-cloud-contract/170227/)
The Substackerati (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2904)
Act against Deep fakes (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2904)
Designed to Deceive: Do These People Look Real to You? (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/21/science/artificial-intelligence-fake-people-faces.html)
Nonsense
The Ultimate Texas Tacopedia — Texas Monthly (https://apple.news/Am6Utkw2LT3ef1xCA3R4Q7A)
Professor Cold Takes 2: Freeze Harder (https://twitter.com/vcbrags/status/1330510704441503744?s=21)
Kubernetes Services explained (https://twitter.com/rpkatz/status/1330511026849275909?s=21)
Apple’s biggest App Store critics are not impressed with its new fee cut for small developers (https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21573109/epic-tim-sweeney-apple-app-store-fee-cut-reduction-criticize)
(https://twitter.com/rpkatz/status/1330511026849275909?s=21)
Sponsors
strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT)
Teleport provides consolidated access to all computing resources such as servers, Kubernetes clusters or internal applications across all environments. Watch a demo, download the free version, or sign up for cloud at goteleport.com (https://goteleport.com/)
Twilio is the platform developers trust to build communications experiences with phone calls, text messages, video calls, and more. Visit twilio.com (https://www.twilio.com/) to learn more.
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!
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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.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)!
Recommendations
Matt: Shot: Build a DIY screen out of recycled parts for cheap (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfirQC99xPc)
Brandon: Chefman 1.8 Liter Electric Glass Kettle With Removable Tea Infuser (https://www.costco.com/chefman-1.8-liter-electric-glass-kettle-with-removable-tea-infuser.product.100412554.html)
Coté: PDF Expert (https://pdfexpert.com/ios). Dithering (https://dithering.fm) podcast is still good.
Photo Credit (https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CNCF_Survey_Report_2020.pdf)
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This week we preview AWS re:Invent, breakdown the latest CNCF Survey and discuss container adoption. Plus, a review of banking apps, Google Pay and an update on Coté’s quest to achieve the iPad Lifestyle.

The Rundown

AWS RE:invent
CNCF survey
Datadog Report 11 facts about real world container use

Relevant to your Interests

Apple’s biggest App Store critics are not impressed with its new fee cut for small developers
Cloud gaming services use iPhone's web browser door
Roblox IPO
2020 State of DevOps Report | presented by Puppet, & CircleCi
FireEye acquires Respond Software for $186M, announces $400M investment – TechCrunch
Rewritten in Rust: Modern Alternatives of Command-Line Tools
CIA Awards Secret Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract
The Substackerati
Act against Deep fakes
Designed to Deceive: Do These People Look Real to You?

Nonsense

The Ultimate Texas Tacopedia — Texas Monthly
Professor Cold Takes 2: Freeze Harder
Kubernetes Services explained
Apple’s biggest App Store critics are not impressed with its new fee cut for small developers

Sponsors

strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT
Teleport provides consolidated access to all computing resources such as servers, Kubernetes clusters or internal applications across all environments. Watch a demo, download the free version, or sign up for cloud at goteleport.com
Twilio is the platform developers trust to build communications experiences with phone calls, text messages, video calls, and more. Visit twilio.com to learn more.

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: Shot: Build a DIY screen out of recycled parts for cheap
Brandon: Chefman 1.8 Liter Electric Glass Kettle With Removable Tea Infuser
Coté: PDF Expert. Dithering podcast is still good.

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