Episode 382: The Ultimate Dogfooding

This week we discuss Aboard.io, cutting cloud costs, commute hours and final thoughts on Google Next. Plus, Matt Ray goes car shopping.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 382. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZaTjWHqQvA)
Runner-up Titles
Matt Ray is ready to buy.
That’s legal in Australia
When Ray Mail comes out, nobody cares
I am into workflow
This is the population of Hobart that we’re looking at
I want to help you, but you don’t even need help
Daddy’s Meeting Fort
Brandon hasn’t migrated his mainframe workloads to cloud.
All these problems are caused by developers
Rundown
Aboard.io is coming soon! (https://aboard.io/)
NTT Data buys digital consultancy Postlight (https://www.consulting.us/news/7702/ntt-data-buys-digital-consultancy-postlight)
Linear (https://linear.app/)
Americans Reclaim 60 Million Commuting Hours in Remote-Work Perk (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-18/americans-reclaim-60-million-commuting-hours-in-remote-work-perk)
Google Cloud Next ‘22 wrap-up (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/google-cloud-next22-wrap-up)
Dual Run for Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/solutions/mainframe-modernization)
Cloud Workstations (http://cloud.google.com/workstations)
Google is serious about its giant video chat booths, starts real-world testing (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/10/google-is-serious-about-its-giant-video-chat-booths-starts-real-world-testing/)
Google Cloud Next ‘22 in under 13 minutes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAvDlBe7xqI)
Why Cloud Finance Is Broken and Ineffective (https://www.duckbillgroup.com/blog/why-cloud-finance-is-broken-and-ineffective/)
Kubecost Adds SaaS Edition to Control Kubernetes Costs (https://containerjournal.com/features/kubecost-adds-saas-edition-to-control-kubernetes-costs/)
macOS Ventura (https://www.apple.com/macos/ventura/)
Relevant to your Interests
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Nutanix stock rallies 25% on speculation of sale (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nutanix-stock-rallies-25-on-speculation-of-sale-11665769665)
Zuckerberg’s $1,499 Headsets Won’t Help Meta (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-10-11/zuckerberg-s-1-499-headsets-won-t-help-meta)
Demystifying the PR/FAQ - Julian Dunn's Blog (https://www.juliandunn.net/2022/09/09/demystifying-the-pr-faq/)
Google's 3D video calling booths, Project Starline, will now be tested in the real world (https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/13/googles-3d-video-calling-booths-project-starline-will-now-be-tested-in-the-real-world/)
Facebook's Legs Video Was A Lie (https://kotaku.com/zuckerberg-facebook-meta-legs-feet-video-vr-staged-fake-1849656315)
Inflation increased 0.4% in September, more than expected despite rate hikes (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/13/consumer-price-index-september-2022-.html)
Netflix feels the heat (https://www.axios.com/2022/07/20/netflix-streaming-subscribers-losses-profits?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
The creator of Amazon's Kindle has left the company, along with a top Alexa executive, adding to a leadership exodus under new CEO Andy Jassy (https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-kindle-creator-gregg-zehr-leaves-company-leadership-exodus-grows-2022-10?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Google Fiber is launching 5-gig and 8-gig plans early next year (https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/13/23403427/google-fiber-5-8-gbps-gigabit-tiers-plans)
Bringing passkeys to Android & Chrome (https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2022/10/bringing-passkeys-to-android-and-chrome.html)
US Army reportedly planning $1B cloud migration contract (https://siliconangle.com/2022/10/14/us-army-reportedly-planning-1b-cloud-migration-contract/)
iOS 16 quietly added native Dvorak keyboard support, delighting weirdos like me (https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/14/23404125/ios-16-dvorak-keyboard-support)
Floppy disk fever. The Curious Afterlives of a Flexible Medium (https://we-make-money-not-art.com/floppy-disk-fever-the-curious-afterlives-of-a-flexible-medium/)
Anyone Who Does Business With Google Knows Philipp Schindler (https://apple.news/AuqU9JwAeQJ2AUJkVi-5Zxg)
The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job (https://www.wired.com/story/overemployment-work/)
Nutanix stock rallies 25% on speculation of sale (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nutanix-stock-rallies-25-on-speculation-of-sale-11665769665)
DIY laptop offers Apple-like looks with PC repairability (https://www.smh.com.au/business/entrepreneurship/diy-laptop-offers-apple-like-looks-with-pc-repairability-20221011-p5bous.html)
Broadcom’s VMWare takeover: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna gives deal conditional blessing (https://capital.com/broadcom-vmware-takeover-ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-deal-blessing)
How BuiltWith generates $14 million a year while having zero employees (https://5to9.beehiiv.com/p/builtwith-generates-14-million-year-zero-employees)
Microsoft Lays Off Hundreds of Staff (https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-lays-off-hundreds-of-staff)
With a $13B valuation, Celonis defies current startup economics (https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/16/with-a-13b-valuation-celonis-defies-current-startup-economics/)
Computacenter CEO Bashes 'As a Service' as Bad for Customers (https://www.channelfutures.com/business-models/computacenter-ceo-bashes-as-a-service-as-bad-for-customers)
CEO Salaries in SaaS (https://blossomstreetventures.medium.com/ceo-salaries-in-saas-b36ffaa6293c)
Belkin’s mount to turn your iPhone into a camera is now available (https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/18/23411241/belkin-magsafe-mount-continuity-camera-laptops-available)
Nonsense
ROI of a sticker (https://twitter.com/mbbroberg/status/1503732056429367301)
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
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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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Matt: The Peripheral (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8291284/)
Coté: once again, OK burgers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wYjsdU6qgI). Checking in with platform engineering: “Innovation Insight for Internal Developer Portals,” (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/analyst-reports/innovation-insight-for-internal-developer-portals?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_content=platengpaper&utm_medium=whitepaper) Gartner paper on platform engineering/IDP.
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This week we discuss Aboard.io, cutting cloud costs, commute hours and final thoughts on Google Next. Plus, Matt Ray goes car shopping.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 382.

Runner-up Titles

Matt Ray is ready to buy.
That’s legal in Australia
When Ray Mail comes out, nobody cares
I am into workflow
This is the population of Hobart that we’re looking at
I want to help you, but you don’t even need help
Daddy’s Meeting Fort
Brandon hasn’t migrated his mainframe workloads to cloud.
All these problems are caused by developers

Rundown

Aboard.io is coming soon!

NTT Data buys digital consultancy Postlight
Linear

Americans Reclaim 60 Million Commuting Hours in Remote-Work Perk
Google Cloud Next ‘22 wrap-up

Dual Run for Google Cloud
Cloud Workstations
Google is serious about its giant video chat booths, starts real-world testing
Google Cloud Next ‘22 in under 13 minutes

Why Cloud Finance Is Broken and Ineffective

Kubecost Adds SaaS Edition to Control Kubernetes Costs

macOS Ventura

Relevant to your Interests

Announcing Gloo Platform | Solo.io
Nutanix stock rallies 25% on speculation of sale
Zuckerberg’s $1,499 Headsets Won’t Help Meta
Demystifying the PR/FAQ - Julian Dunn's Blog
Google's 3D video calling booths, Project Starline, will now be tested in the real world
Facebook's Legs Video Was A Lie
Inflation increased 0.4% in September, more than expected despite rate hikes
Netflix feels the heat
The creator of Amazon's Kindle has left the company, along with a top Alexa executive, adding to a leadership exodus under new CEO Andy Jassy
Google Fiber is launching 5-gig and 8-gig plans early next year
Bringing passkeys to Android & Chrome
US Army reportedly planning $1B cloud migration contract
iOS 16 quietly added native Dvorak keyboard support, delighting weirdos like me
Floppy disk fever. The Curious Afterlives of a Flexible Medium
Anyone Who Does Business With Google Knows Philipp Schindler
The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job
Nutanix stock rallies 25% on speculation of sale
DIY laptop offers Apple-like looks with PC repairability
Broadcom’s VMWare takeover: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna gives deal conditional blessing
How BuiltWith generates $14 million a year while having zero employees
Microsoft Lays Off Hundreds of Staff
With a $13B valuation, Celonis defies current startup economics
Computacenter CEO Bashes 'As a Service' as Bad for Customers
CEO Salaries in SaaS
Belkin’s mount to turn your iPhone into a camera is now available

Nonsense

ROI of a sticker

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

The MacGeekGab.com provides tips, Cool Stuff Found, and answers to your questions about anything and everything Apple.

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!

SDT news & hype

Brandon: InterStellar BBQ try the Peach Tea Pork Belly when available
Matt: The Peripheral
Coté: once again, OK burgers. Checking in with platform engineering: “Innovation Insight for Internal Developer Portals,” Gartner paper on platform engineering/IDP.

Photo Credits

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