Episode 326: Just Jump In

This week we recap Datadog’s announcements, discuss Sequoia’s investment pivot and hot takes on Facebook’s intent to rebrand. Plus, some thoughts on heated pools…
Rundown
Dash 2021: Guide to Datadog’s newest announcements (https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/dash-2021-new-feature-roundup/)
The Sequoia Fund: Patient Capital for Building Enduring Companies (https://sequoia.medium.com/the-sequoia-fund-patient-capital-for-building-enduring-companies-9ed7bcd6c7da)
Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22735612/facebook-change-company-name-metaverse)
Relevant to your interests
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/sam-altmans-worldcoin-wants-to-scan-every-humans-eyeball-and-give-them-crypto-in-exchange/)
Sphere has joined Twitter! (https://blog.sphere.me/sphere-has-joined-twitter-e7127cfe0467)
Red Hat continues to grow, but IBM’s struggles continue (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/red-hat-continues-to-grow-but-ibms-struggles-continue/)
Apple Safari browser might become the new Internet Explorer (https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/22/safari_risks_becoming_the_new_ie/)
VMware/Dell split confirmed for November 1st (https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/21/vmware_dell_split_nov_1_2021/)
Microsoft reverses controversial .NET change after open source community outcry (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/23/22742282/microsoft-dotnet-hot-reload-u-turn-response)
Scaled Agile DevOps Maturity Framework 2.4 - Enterprise transformation without the risk of culture change! (https://scaledagiledevops.com/)
Amazon Web Services plans to design more of its own semiconductors, CEO says (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/15/amazon-web-services-plans-to-design-more-of-its-own-semiconductors-ceo.html)
Hertz Orders 100,000 Teslas, Part of Plan to Electrify Fleet (https://www.wsj.com/articles/hertz-orders-100-000-teslas-11635167670?st=cc9kqzrd339yvqr&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter)
Web 2 Map (https://twitter.com/amoration/status/1452360953425633286/photo/1)
Australia Buys Telecom in Expensive Push to Keep China Out of Pacific (https://gizmodo.com/australia-buys-foreign-telecom-in-expensive-push-to-kee-1847927415)
Microsoft acquires Clear Software to enhance connectivity to systems of record (https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/2021/10/22/microsoft-acquires-clear-software-to-enhance-connectivity-to-systems-of-record/)
NewRelic acquires CodeStream to provide chat in developer environments, inks Microsoft IDE partnership (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/newrelic-acquires-codestream-to-provide-chat-in-developer-environments-inks-microsoft-ide-partnership/)
Cisco Accelerates Innovation of AppDynamics Business Observability Platform with Intent to Acquire replex (https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-corporate-news-1021)
vscode.dev Visual Studio Code for the Web (https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/10/20/vscode-dev)
EBCDIC is incompatible with GDPR (https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/10/ebcdic-is-incompatible-with-gdpr/)
Nonsense
Open enrollment video for Facebook employees (https://vimeo.com/622520807/1e34c19767)
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Conferences
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Recommendations
Brandon: Dune (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g18jFHCLXk)
Dune Part 2 Official: Denis Villeneuve Can Complete the Sci-Fi Tale (https://gizmodo.com/dune-part-2-is-official-will-be-here-october-2023-1847938646)
Coté: The Complete Works of Bruegel (https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/art/all/01154/facts.pieter_bruegel_the_complete_works.htm#).
Photo Credits
Cover Art (https://imgix.datadoghq.com/img/blog/dash-2021-new-feature-roundup/observability-pipelines.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=698)

This week we recap Datadog’s announcements, discuss Sequoia’s investment pivot and hot takes on Facebook’s intent to rebrand. Plus, some thoughts on heated pools…

Rundown

Dash 2021: Guide to Datadog’s newest announcements
The Sequoia Fund: Patient Capital for Building Enduring Companies
Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name

Relevant to your interests

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto
Sphere has joined Twitter!
Red Hat continues to grow, but IBM’s struggles continue
Apple Safari browser might become the new Internet Explorer
VMware/Dell split confirmed for November 1st
Microsoft reverses controversial .NET change after open source community outcry
Scaled Agile DevOps Maturity Framework 2.4 - Enterprise transformation without the risk of culture change!
Amazon Web Services plans to design more of its own semiconductors, CEO says
Hertz Orders 100,000 Teslas, Part of Plan to Electrify Fleet
Web 2 Map
Australia Buys Telecom in Expensive Push to Keep China Out of Pacific
Microsoft acquires Clear Software to enhance connectivity to systems of record
NewRelic acquires CodeStream to provide chat in developer environments, inks Microsoft IDE partnership
Cisco Accelerates Innovation of AppDynamics Business Observability Platform with Intent to Acquire replex
vscode.dev Visual Studio Code for the Web
EBCDIC is incompatible with GDPR

Nonsense

Open enrollment video for Facebook employees

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

MongoDB.local London 2021 - November 9, 2021
THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022

Listener Feedback

Jordi wants you to work at Cypress.io

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!

Recommendations

Brandon*:* Dune

Dune Part 2 Official: Denis Villeneuve Can Complete the Sci-Fi Tale

Coté: The Complete Works of Bruegel.

Photo Credits

Cover Art

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