Episode 339: Just do some squats

This week we discuss NPM corruption, why Web3 may not be different and the future focus of Hyperscalers. Plus, some thoughts on Dutch Doctors.
Rundown
NPM corruption
Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects (https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/9/22874949/developer-corrupts-open-source-libraries-projects-affected)
Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker' breaking thousands of apps (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dev-corrupts-npm-libs-colors-and-faker-breaking-thousands-of-apps/)
Web 3 is exciting because incumbents like solving known problems
Computing and data infrastructure in '22 (https://www.kleinerperkins.com/perspectives/computing-and-data-infrastructure-in-22/)
Aneel Lakhan take on Web3 and the need for a currency but not necessarily bitcoin via The Cloud Cast. (https://overcast.fm/+RrQyCAW4/33:45)
Reasons why Web3 may not be all that different
Matt Mullenweg on Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0 (https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1479998907123863554?s=21)
My first impressions of web3 (https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html)
The Cloud Cast episode Look Ahead VC Funding (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2022/01/2022-look-ahead-vc-funding.html)
Maybe Hyperscalers should just focus in on primitives? (https://www.kleinerperkins.com/perspectives/computing-and-data-infrastructure-in-22/)
I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months. (https://benadam.me/thoughts/my-experience-at-amazon/)
Relevant to your Interests
Is Clubhouse dead? Not if you are in South Asia (https://restofworld.org/2022/is-clubhouse-dead-not-if-you-are-in-south-asia)
NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise (https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/nft-kingpin-opensea-lands-monster-024228291.html)
Andreessen Horowitz completes massive $9B fundraise for startups - FinLedger (https://finledger.com/2022/01/07/andreessen-horowitz-completes-massive-9b-fundraise-for-startups/)
The Multicloud Engineer (https://twitter.com/forrestbrazeal/status/1479518107207143432)
Lyft did a four part blog series on scaling engineering productivity (https://twitter.com/copyconstruct/status/1478552675293696000)
Podcasting Hasn’t Produced A New Hit in Years (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-01-09/podcasting-hasn-t-produced-a-new-hit-in-years)
Take-Two is buying Zynga (https://twitter.com/pkafka/status/1480529880240558095?s=21)
This company just decided to give employees a 4-day workweek permanently (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/05/the-4-day-workweek-becomes-permanent-for-tech-company-bolt.html)
Free to read: Coronavirus tracked: has the epidemic peaked near you? (https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&areas=aus&areas=can&areas=chn&areas=jpn&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usnh&areasRegional=uspr&areasRegional=usdc&areasRegional=usfl&areasRegional=usmi&cumulative=0&logScale=0&per100K=1&startDate=2021-06-01&values=cases)
New year, new CEO (https://signal.org/blog/new-year-new-ceo/)
Carriers Are Pissed About Apple's Best New Privacy Feature (https://gizmodo.com/carriers-are-pissed-about-apples-best-new-privacy-featu-1848334572)
CEO Of $10 Billion Open-Source Company Elastic Steps Down, President Leaves (https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2022/01/12/elastic-ceo-shay-banon-steps-down/?sh=7b9d03e43aa8)
Nonsense
Forced by shortages to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells customers how to bypass DRM warnings (https://boingboing.net/2022/01/08/forced-by-shortages-to-sell-chipless-cartridges-canon-tells-customers-how-to-bypass-drm-warnings.html)
Every few years Australia takes an international superstar hostage for unclear reasons (https://twitter.com/andrewriddle36/status/1480324097024270343?s=21)
Snoop Dogg Is Planning To Launch A Hot Dog Brand Called “Snoop Doggs” – Billboard (https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/snoop-dogg-trademark-hot-dogs-1235017107/)
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Recommendations
Brandon: ANOVA Precision Cooker (https://anovaculinary.com/anova-precision-cooker/wifi/).
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This week we discuss NPM corruption, why Web3 may not be different and the future focus of Hyperscalers. Plus, some thoughts on Dutch Doctors.

Rundown

NPM corruption

Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects
Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker' breaking thousands of apps

Web 3 is exciting because incumbents like solving known problems

Computing and data infrastructure in '22
Aneel Lakhan take on Web3 and the need for a currency but not necessarily bitcoin via The Cloud Cast.

Reasons why Web3 may not be all that different

Matt Mullenweg on Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0
My first impressions of web3
The Cloud Cast episode Look Ahead VC Funding

Maybe Hyperscalers should just focus in on primitives?
I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months.

Relevant to your Interests

Is Clubhouse dead? Not if you are in South Asia
NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise
Andreessen Horowitz completes massive $9B fundraise for startups - FinLedger
The Multicloud Engineer
Lyft did a four part blog series on scaling engineering productivity
Podcasting Hasn’t Produced A New Hit in Years
Take-Two is buying Zynga
This company just decided to give employees a 4-day workweek permanently
Free to read: Coronavirus tracked: has the epidemic peaked near you?
New year, new CEO
Carriers Are Pissed About Apple's Best New Privacy Feature
CEO Of $10 Billion Open-Source Company Elastic Steps Down, President Leaves

Nonsense

Forced by shortages to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells customers how to bypass DRM warnings
Every few years Australia takes an international superstar hostage for unclear reasons
Snoop Dogg Is Planning To Launch A Hot Dog Brand Called “Snoop Doggs” – Billboard

Sponsors

strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT

Conferences

THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022

Discount Codes:
Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75
3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50
Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75

THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022
DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022

CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022,

DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022

CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022,

SDT news & hype

Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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: ANOVA Precision Cooker.
Coté: MSG. Tanzu Application Platform 1.0.

Photo Credits

Banner Photos
CoverArt

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