Episode 380: No Free Lunches or Haircuts

This week we discuss why Google abandons products, the 2022 State of DevOps Report and Elon’s texts. Plus, some thoughts on glasses…
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 380. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N8MwCBPgWY)
Runner-up Titles
Leave it all in Brighttalk
Let’s talk about it and I’ll read it later
Killed by Google Wins Again
Tell that to the WeWork founder
Buy somebody who’s already on the Moon
Anyone from software thinks they can do anything
Lots of learnings.
I hate DNS, but I’ve never seen a domain name I didn’t buy.
A good Brandon issue
Rundown
Google’s Incentives
Google is shutting down Stadia (https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/29/google_shuts_down_stadia/)
Stadia shutdown shows Google's struggle to innovate (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-555c72e1-380a-4a69-affe-e8260ae5734e.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0)
Google insiders explain why Google launches many products and then abandons them. (https://twitter.com/petergyang/status/1576985038511448064)
2022 State of DevOps Report (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/devops-sre/dora-2022-accelerate-state-of-devops-report-now-out)
Elon Musk’s Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius (https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-brain/email/1f916f2d-db1b-43a8-85c1-46a56ab97e19/)
Relevant to your Interests
GitLab beats expectations with impressive revenue growth, but its stock falls anyway (https://siliconangle.com/2022/09/06/gitlab-beats-expectations-impressive-revenue-growth-stock-falls-anyway/)
Two Former eBay Executives Sentenced to Prison for Cyberstalking (https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/two-former-ebay-executives-sentenced-prison-cyberstalking)
We’re excited to announce that the transaction to combine Citrix and TIBCO (https://buff.ly/3fzCIBL)
Can a Zebra Change Its Stripes? (https://www.newcomer.co/p/can-a-zebra-change-its-stripes)
VR & AR headset designers should consider how their customers look like when wearing them (https://twitter.com/werner/status/1576625132675936256?s=46&t=setZxlR2Skv0eAetpRREYw)
CEO Tim Cook says Apple avoids the word 'metaverse' (https://twitter.com/ballmatthew/status/1576732541435854848)
DALL·E Now Available Without Waitlist (https://openai.com/blog/dall-e-now-available-without-waitlist)
Introducing Make-A-Video: An AI system that generates videos from text (https://ai.facebook.com/blog/generative-ai-text-to-video/?utm_content=null)
The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time (https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-thorny-problem-of-keeping-the-internets-time?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Postgres WASM by Snaplet and Supabase (https://twitter.com/supabase/status/1576943402687631365)
Linux 6.0 arrives with support for newer chips, core fixes, and oddities (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/linux-6-0-arrives-with-support-for-newer-chips-core-fixes-and-oddities/)
The Most Visited Website in Every Country (That Isn’t A Search Engine) (https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/the-most-visited-website-in-every-country)
Bridgewater Founder Ray Dalio Hands Over Control of Firm (https://www.wsj.com/articles/bridgewater-founder-ray-dalio-hands-over-control-of-firm-11664902335)
World's First Laptop with RISC-V Processor Now Available (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/risc-v-laptop-world-first)
‎CoRecursive: Coding Stories: Android's Unlikely Success on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/corecursive-coding-stories/id1330329512?i=1000581376850)
Database 2x2 (https://twitter.com/jaminball/status/1577699834965786624?s=46&t=-tpbK02723C_6-I9GeLdGQ)
Pat Gelsinger came back to turn Intel around (https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/4/23385652/pat-gelsinger-intel-chips-act-ohio-manufacturing-chip-shortage)
State Of Developer Relations (https://www.stateofdeveloperrelations.com/)
Red Hat Storage strategy update (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-storage-strategy-update)
IBM Redefines Hybrid Cloud Application and Data Storage Adding Red Hat Storage to IBM Offerings (https://newsroom.ibm.com/2022-10-04-IBM-Redefines-Hybrid-Cloud-Application-and-Data-Storage-Adding-Red-Hat-Storage-to-IBM-Offerings)
IBM + Red Hat: Doubling Down on Hybrid Cloud Storage (https://www.ibm.com/cloud/blog/announcements/ibm-red-hat-doubling-down-on-hybrid-cloud-storage)
DevOps Is Dead. Embrace Platform Engineering (https://thenewstack.io/devops-is-dead-embrace-platform-engineering/)
Nonsense
Kim Kardashian pays over $1 million to settle SEC charges linked to a crypto promo on her Instagram (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/03/kim-kardashian-settles-sec-charges-instagram-crypto-promotion.html)
Test drive new McLaren Formula 1 themes in your Chrome browser (https://blog.google/products/chrome/test-drive-new-mclaren-formula-1-themes-in-your-chrome-browser/)
Tacos Are a Staple in Austin. How Is Inflation Impacting Taco Spots? (https://austin.eater.com/2022/9/30/23353698/inflation-austin-taco-restaurants-2022)
Google Japan’s latest version of it’s new keyboard, G-Board (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G3DWHf1xX0)
"The Re-Org Rag (I'm My Own VP)" (https://twitter.com/forrestbrazeal/status/1577298602371809281?s=20&t=J0Sf49X9mn4QazmqXin3tQ)
Conferences
Sydney Cloud FinOps Meetup (https://events.finops.org/events/details/finops-sydney-cloud-finops-presents-sydney-cloud-finops-meetup/), online, Oct 13, 2022 Matt’s presenting
KubeCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), Detroit, Oct 24 – 28, 2022
SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=sdt), SF, December 6–8, 2022
THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2023/) Jan 16-19, 2023
CloudNativeSecurityCon North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloudnativesecuritycon-north-america/), Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023
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Why the Voice Inside Your Head Can Sound Like a Jerk (https://www.theringer.com/2022/9/20/23363052/voice-inside-head-sound-jerk-emotion-regulation-self-talk) ****(Podcast)
The Chatter Toolbox (https://www.ethankross.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2021/02/Chatter-Toolbox-by-Ethan-Kross.pdf) (PDF)
Matt: Keyboard.io Model 100 (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-keyboardio-model-100--4/)
Coté: classic microplane (https://amzn.to/3Mkcu2o).
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This week we discuss why Google abandons products, the 2022 State of DevOps Report and Elon’s texts. Plus, some thoughts on glasses…

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 380.

Runner-up Titles

Leave it all in Brighttalk
Let’s talk about it and I’ll read it later
Killed by Google Wins Again
Tell that to the WeWork founder
Buy somebody who’s already on the Moon
Anyone from software thinks they can do anything
Lots of learnings.
I hate DNS, but I’ve never seen a domain name I didn’t buy.
A good Brandon issue

Rundown

Google’s Incentives

Google is shutting down Stadia
Stadia shutdown shows Google's struggle to innovate
Google insiders explain why Google launches many products and then abandons them.

2022 State of DevOps Report
Elon Musk’s Texts Shatter the Myth of the Tech Genius

Relevant to your Interests

GitLab beats expectations with impressive revenue growth, but its stock falls anyway
Two Former eBay Executives Sentenced to Prison for Cyberstalking
We’re excited to announce that the transaction to combine Citrix and TIBCO
Can a Zebra Change Its Stripes?
VR & AR headset designers should consider how their customers look like when wearing them
CEO Tim Cook says Apple avoids the word 'metaverse'
DALL·E Now Available Without Waitlist
Introducing Make-A-Video: An AI system that generates videos from text
The Thorny Problem of Keeping the Internet’s Time
Postgres WASM by Snaplet and Supabase
Linux 6.0 arrives with support for newer chips, core fixes, and oddities
The Most Visited Website in Every Country (That Isn’t A Search Engine)
Bridgewater Founder Ray Dalio Hands Over Control of Firm
World's First Laptop with RISC-V Processor Now Available
‎CoRecursive: Coding Stories: Android's Unlikely Success on Apple Podcasts
Database 2x2
Pat Gelsinger came back to turn Intel around
State Of Developer Relations
Red Hat Storage strategy update
IBM Redefines Hybrid Cloud Application and Data Storage Adding Red Hat Storage to IBM Offerings
IBM + Red Hat: Doubling Down on Hybrid Cloud Storage
DevOps Is Dead. Embrace Platform Engineering

Nonsense

Kim Kardashian pays over $1 million to settle SEC charges linked to a crypto promo on her Instagram
Test drive new McLaren Formula 1 themes in your Chrome browser
Tacos Are a Staple in Austin. How Is Inflation Impacting Taco Spots?
Google Japan’s latest version of it’s new keyboard, G-Board
"The Re-Org Rag (I'm My Own VP)"

Conferences

Sydney Cloud FinOps Meetup, online, Oct 13, 2022 Matt’s presenting
KubeCon North America, Detroit, Oct 24 – 28, 2022
SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022
THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors Jan 16-19, 2023
CloudNativeSecurityCon North America, Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023

Sponsors

Teleport — The easiest, most secure way to access infrastructure.

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!
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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:

Why the Voice Inside Your Head Can Sound Like a Jerk ****(Podcast)
The Chatter Toolbox (PDF)

Matt: Keyboard.io Model 100
Coté: classic microplane.

Photo Credits

Glasses Banner

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