Episode 322: I didn’t make these rules

This week we discuss the launch of Cloudflare R2 Storage and the DevRel Salary Survey. Plus, some thoughts on nuts…
Rundown
Cloudflare
Announcing Cloudflare R2 Storage: Rapid and Reliable Object Storage, minus the egress fees (https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-r2-object-storage/)
How Cloudflare thinks it can become ‘the fourth major public cloud’ (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/cloudflare-r2-storage-aws)
@Cloudflare R2 this way rounds up to 13¢. With @awscloud S3 it’s $59,247.52. (https://twitter.com/quinnypig/status/1443076111651401731?s=21)
DevRel
2021 DevRel Salary Survey results (https://dev.to/bffjossy/2021-devrel-salary-survey-results-table-of-contents-43fe)
Big tech and promotion processes that lead to unnecessary complexity and waste. (https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz/status/1442162670753431559)
Relevant to your interests
iPhone Carrier Deal Spreadsheet (https://twitter.com/backlon/status/1441509334324707329?s=21)
We asked celebrities what they think Tanzu and Kubernetes means (https://twitter.com/VMworld/status/1441095517438550018)
Dev Ops Solutions | Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/devops/state-of-devops/)
Google is slashing the amount it keeps from sales on its cloud marketplace as pressure mounts on app stores (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/26/google-lowers-its-cloud-marketplace-revenue-share-to-3percent-from-20percent.html)
Online Learning Company Udemy Plans October IPO (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/online-learning-company-udemy-plans-october-ipo)
1Password can now randomly generate email addresses for logins (https://www.engadget.com/fastmail-1password-masked-email-110028257.html)
AWS US East region wobbles for eight hours (https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/28/aws_east_brownout/)
Vista bets on software robotics with $1.5 billion Blue Prism takeover (https://www.reuters.com/article/blue-prism-grup-m-a-vista-equity/vista-bets-on-software-robotics-with-1-5-billion-blue-prism-takeover-idUSKBN2GO0GO)
Amazon announces Astro home robot that roams around your house (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/28/amazon-event-2021-live-updates-amazons-set-to-announce-new-products.html)
Akamai to acquire cloud security firm Guardicore for about $600 million (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-guardicore-m-a-akamai-tech/akamai-to-acquire-cloud-security-firm-guardicore-for-about-600-million-idUSKBN2GP119)
Facebook Reels exits beta in the US with offers to pay creators for well-performing videos (https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/29/facebook-reels-exits-beta-in-the-u-s-with-offers-to-pay-creators-for-well-performing-videos/)
The cloud is NOT just someone else’s computer (https://cloudpundit.com/2021/09/22/the-cloud-is-not-just-someone-elses-computer/)
Netflix Has Acquired Its First Video Game Studio (https://gizmodo.com/netflix-has-acquired-its-first-video-game-studio-1847767078)
How IBM lost the cloud (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/ibm-lost-public-cloud)
Apple Pay flaw risks letting hackers drain money from iPhones (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/09/30/apple-pay-flaw-risks-letting-hackers-drain-money-iphones/)
Announcing Cloudflare TV as a Service (https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-tv-as-a-service/)
First cryptocurrency fund approved in Switzerland (https://cointelegraph.com/news/first-cryptocurrency-fund-approved-in-switzerland)
OS/2’s Last Stand: IBM OS/2 Warp 4 Turns 25 (https://www.howtogeek.com/755650/os2s-last-stand-ibm-os2-warp-4-turns-25/)
Nonsense
Costco placing purchase limits on toilet paper, other products due to COVID-related demand (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2021/09/24/costco-limiting-purchases-toilet-paper-other-items/5841158001/)
Release Notes (https://twitter.com/gruber/status/1441423424337764362?s=21)
William Shatner's Going to Space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Ship (https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/24/william-shatner-going-space-jeff-bezos-blue-origin/)
A hamster has been trading cryptocurrencies in a cage rigged to automatically buy and sell tokens since June - and it's currently outperforming the S&P 500 (https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/hamster-trading-cryptocurrencies-rigged-cage-goxx-bitcoin-price-ether-doge-2021-9)
Heatbit - electric heater that earns you money (https://heatbit.com/)
Sponsors
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Conferences
DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021 (https://devopsloop.io/?utm_campaign=Global_P6_TS_Q322_Event_DevOpsLoop_at_VMworld&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social) - see Coté’s promo video (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1425460843014131716).
KubeCon October 11-15 Virtual and In Person (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/)
MongoDB.local London 2021 (https://events.mongodb.com/dotlocallondon) - November 9, 2021
THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022 (https://that.us/activities/call-for-counselors/tx/2022)
Listener Feedback
Anova Precision® Cooker Nano was highly recommended (https://anovaculinary.com/anova-precision-cooker/nano/)
OpenNebula is hiring (https://opennebula.io/all-remote-manifesto-opennebula-systems-goes-fully-distributed/)
Biogen needs a Digital Health Program Manager (https://smrtr.io/6H9cZ) and Sr. Manager- Quality Engineering (https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Biogen/743999765854224-sr-manager-quality-engineering-automation-performance-)
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack).
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Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-concall/id1399948033?mt=823) 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)!
TriggerMesh is hiring! (https://twitter.com/sebgoa/status/1437722696536797185)
Recommendations
Brandon: https://claimittexas.org
Matt: Emacs M-x zone (https://twitter.com/mickeynp/status/1443513130831728647)
Cloud Native AF: Jacques Chester (https://www.cloudnativeaf.com/3)
Coté: Sandman Act 2 (https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Sandman-Act-II-Audiobook/B098TWVZVD?ipRedirectOverride=true&overrideBaseCountry=true&pf_rd_p=27448286-da3b-4d18-b236-d4299a63a797&pf_rd_r=80RBYZH1WGDFKCCAZK82), in Audible.
Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/fZ7-IAReeSo)

This week we discuss the launch of Cloudflare R2 Storage and the DevRel Salary Survey. Plus, some thoughts on nuts…

Rundown

Cloudflare

Announcing Cloudflare R2 Storage: Rapid and Reliable Object Storage, minus the egress fees
How Cloudflare thinks it can become ‘the fourth major public cloud’
@Cloudflare R2 this way rounds up to 13¢. With @awscloud S3 it’s $59,247.52.

DevRel

2021 DevRel Salary Survey results
Big tech and promotion processes that lead to unnecessary complexity and waste.

Relevant to your interests

iPhone Carrier Deal Spreadsheet
We asked celebrities what they think Tanzu and Kubernetes means
Dev Ops Solutions | Google Cloud
Google is slashing the amount it keeps from sales on its cloud marketplace as pressure mounts on app stores
Online Learning Company Udemy Plans October IPO
1Password can now randomly generate email addresses for logins
AWS US East region wobbles for eight hours
Vista bets on software robotics with $1.5 billion Blue Prism takeover
Amazon announces Astro home robot that roams around your house
Akamai to acquire cloud security firm Guardicore for about $600 million
Facebook Reels exits beta in the US with offers to pay creators for well-performing videos
The cloud is NOT just someone else’s computer
Netflix Has Acquired Its First Video Game Studio
How IBM lost the cloud
Apple Pay flaw risks letting hackers drain money from iPhones
Announcing Cloudflare TV as a Service
First cryptocurrency fund approved in Switzerland
OS/2’s Last Stand: IBM OS/2 Warp 4 Turns 25

Nonsense

Costco placing purchase limits on toilet paper, other products due to COVID-related demand
Release Notes
William Shatner's Going to Space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Ship
A hamster has been trading cryptocurrencies in a cage rigged to automatically buy and sell tokens since June - and it's currently outperforming the S&P 500
Heatbit - electric heater that earns you money

Sponsors

strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT
CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt

Conferences

DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021 - see Coté’s promo video.
KubeCon October 11-15 Virtual and In Person
MongoDB.local London 2021 - November 9, 2021
THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022

Listener Feedback

Anova Precision® Cooker Nano was highly recommended
OpenNebula is hiring
Biogen needs a Digital Health Program Manager and Sr. Manager- Quality Engineering

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, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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!
TriggerMesh is hiring!

Recommendations

Brandon: https://claimittexas.org
Matt: Emacs M-x zone

Cloud Native AF: Jacques Chester

Coté: Sandman Act 2, in Audible.

Photo Credit

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