Episode 381: Aspiration Fatigue

This week we discuss Platform Engineering and compare the Microsoft Ignite and Google Cloud Next Keynotes. Plus, some thoughts on legs in the Metaverse.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 381. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxsNTYXt0Nw)
Runner-up Titles
It’s on brand
I wish I could see Brandon’s legs
Running VM’s in the meta verse
They were so busy seeing if they could get VR to work that they didn’t ask if they should.
Basically, VR is for seeing through walls, including walls of flesh.
Lifehacks disrupting VC
They’ve got legs
Draw a Triangle
Rundown
Platform Engineering
The Future of Ops Is Platform Engineering (https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/future-ops-platform-engineering)
Platform Engineering, DevOps, and Cognitive Load: a Summary of Community Discussions (https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/10/platform-devops-summary/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=global)
What Is Platform Engineering? (https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/what-is-platform-engineering)
Coté’s Slack Message (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/archives/C6CDLDCVB/p1665297229292149)
Google Cloud Next
Exclusive: Google touts cloud deal with Ford (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-46ce6adb-537e-42cc-91ba-a8cfce2e6af6.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2)
What’s next for digital transformation in the cloud (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/whats-next-for-digital-transformation-in-the-cloud?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioscodebook&stream=top)
Introducing Software Delivery Shield for end-to-end software supply chain security (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/devops-sre/introducing-software-delivery-shield-from-google-cloud)
Cloud Workstations | Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/workstations)
9 out of 10 banks still use mainframes. Google Cloud wants to reduce that. (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/google-cloud-dual-run-mainframe)
MSFT Ignite (https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/home)
Relevant to your Interests
AMD missed Q3 revenue numbers by $1B (https://twitter.com/Carnage4Life/status/1578129189534060544)
ServiceNow Acquires Era Software to Unify Observability (https://devops.com/servicenow-acquires-era-software-to-unify-observability/)
Walmart blazes trails with its enterprise ‘supercloud’ (https://siliconangle.com/2022/10/05/walmart-blazes-trails-enterprise-supercloud/)
Is Nomad taking over Kubernetes? (https://vinothkumar-p.medium.com/is-nomad-taking-over-kubernetes-70d7418d3464)
Meet Fizz, the social app downloaded by '95% of Stanford undergrads' (https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/04/fizz-app-college-stanford-social/)
Register to secure your seat to join us at the exclusive premiere of Clouded - Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud. Autumn 2022 (https://clouded.consciouslyhybrid.com/#trailer)
I Watched the Coinbase Documentary So You Don’t Have To (https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-brain/6344df6ab606fe0037676d4a/i-watched-the-coinbase-documentary-so-you-dont-have-to/)
Confidential Containers brings TEE support to Kubernetes (https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/10/confidential_containers_encrypted_k8s/)
All YouTube users will soon have an account handle — but some will get to pick theirs earlier (https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/10/23392552/youtube-unique-handle-rollout-shorts-comment-mentions-tiktok)
From cloud security to code security: why we've raised $25M to take on OSS dependency sprawl (https://www.endorlabs.com/blog/story-of-endorlabs)
ForgeRock, Thoma Bravo in Deal for $23.25 a Share (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/forgerock-thoma-bravo-in-deal-for-23-25-a-share-271665492762)
Meta announces legs (https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/11/meta-announces-legs/)
White House to unveil ambitious cybersecurity labeling effort modeled after Energy Star (https://www.cyberscoop.com/white-house-to-unveil-internet-of-things-labeling/)
High-profile failures Twitter Thread (https://twitter.com/warren_craddock/status/1579532951624175616?s=20&t=rIheTRCjdnjI-15LKiPmvg)
It's 2021 and USB-C is still a mess (https://www.androidauthority.com/state-of-usb-c-870996/)
Intel Plans Thousands of Job Cuts in Face of PC Slowdown (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-11/intel-is-planning-thousands-of-job-cuts-in-face-of-pc-slowdown)
The AI-generated podcast. (http://podcast.ai)
Meta unveils high-end Quest Pro VR headset (https://www.axios.com/2022/10/11/meta-unveils-high-end-quest-pro-vr-headset?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
New Metaverse Dreams and Old Metaverse Questions (https://sharptech.fm/member/episode/new-metaverse-dreams-and-old-metaverse-questions)
Nonsense
Adafruit’s Cheekmate gets to the bottom (ahem) of chess cheating controversy (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/10/adafruits-cheekmate-gets-to-the-bottom-ahem-of-chess-cheating-controversy/?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email)
Demanding employees turn on their webcams is a human rights violation, Dutch Court rules (https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/09/ixnay-on-the-webcams/)
Clam-O-Naise® by Cards Against Humanity (https://www.clams.lol/)
Rollercoasters trigger iPhone 14 crash detection (https://ia.acs.org.au/content/ia/article/2022/rollercoasters-trigger-iphone-14-crash-detection.html)
Listener Feedback
Pat Gelsinger interivew on Decorder (https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/4/23385652/pat-gelsinger-intel-chips-act-ohio-manufacturing-chip-shortage)
COIN: A Founder's Story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXK5XKSxD1E)
Migrating from Heroku to Code-Engine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01g1QSjYDa0)
Conferences
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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Recommendations
Brandon: House of Dragons (https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon).
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This week we discuss Platform Engineering and compare the Microsoft Ignite and Google Cloud Next Keynotes. Plus, some thoughts on legs in the Metaverse.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 381.

Runner-up Titles

It’s on brand
I wish I could see Brandon’s legs
Running VM’s in the meta verse
They were so busy seeing if they could get VR to work that they didn’t ask if they should.
Basically, VR is for seeing through walls, including walls of flesh.
Lifehacks disrupting VC
They’ve got legs
Draw a Triangle

Rundown

Platform Engineering

The Future of Ops Is Platform Engineering
Platform Engineering, DevOps, and Cognitive Load: a Summary of Community Discussions
What Is Platform Engineering?
Coté’s Slack Message

Google Cloud Next

Exclusive: Google touts cloud deal with Ford
What’s next for digital transformation in the cloud
Introducing Software Delivery Shield for end-to-end software supply chain security
Cloud Workstations | Google Cloud
9 out of 10 banks still use mainframes. Google Cloud wants to reduce that.

MSFT Ignite

Relevant to your Interests

AMD missed Q3 revenue numbers by $1B
ServiceNow Acquires Era Software to Unify Observability
Walmart blazes trails with its enterprise ‘supercloud’
Is Nomad taking over Kubernetes?
Meet Fizz, the social app downloaded by '95% of Stanford undergrads'
Register to secure your seat to join us at the exclusive premiere of Clouded - Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud. Autumn 2022
I Watched the Coinbase Documentary So You Don’t Have To
Confidential Containers brings TEE support to Kubernetes
All YouTube users will soon have an account handle — but some will get to pick theirs earlier
From cloud security to code security: why we've raised $25M to take on OSS dependency sprawl
ForgeRock, Thoma Bravo in Deal for $23.25 a Share
Meta announces legs
White House to unveil ambitious cybersecurity labeling effort modeled after Energy Star
High-profile failures Twitter Thread
It's 2021 and USB-C is still a mess
Intel Plans Thousands of Job Cuts in Face of PC Slowdown
The AI-generated podcast.
Meta unveils high-end Quest Pro VR headset
New Metaverse Dreams and Old Metaverse Questions

Nonsense

Adafruit’s Cheekmate gets to the bottom (ahem) of chess cheating controversy
Demanding employees turn on their webcams is a human rights violation, Dutch Court rules
Clam-O-Naise® by Cards Against Humanity
Rollercoasters trigger iPhone 14 crash detection

Listener Feedback

Pat Gelsinger interivew on Decorder
COIN: A Founder's Story
Migrating from Heroku to Code-Engine

Conferences

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!
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: House of Dragons.
Matt: Malcolm in the Middle.
Coté: Draw a Triangle.

Photo Credits

CoverArt
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