Episode 408: Undivided Attention

Software Defined Talk

English - March 31, 2023 05:30 - 1 hour - 32.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 64 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 407: It’s fine, pretty fine, and just fine

Next Episode: Episode 409: It’s never too early to start a revolution

This week we discuss Docker’s reversal, Amazon's return to office, Apple’s headset, the state of the Metaverse and the rise of LLMs. Plus, Matt shares his sleep study experience and an after-show about Hawaii.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 408 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtLRMj8s_Fc)
Runner-up Titles
Tyranny of 16x9
College Sports of Mastodon
Sleep Study
NPS survey at the end
Dependent on Goodwill
This is best for the customer
Worlds greatest employer
Apple, we were counting on you
Mechanized Mansplaining
Rundown
We're no longer sunsetting the Free Team plan (https://www.docker.com/blog/no-longer-sunsetting-the-free-team-plan/)
Amazon’s head of HR rejects employees’ return-to-office petition (Insider) (https://artifact.news/s/-dZrO83ly0Q=)
At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/technology/apple-augmented-reality-dissent.html)
Disney reportedly eliminates metaverse division in first round of layoffs (https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23659691/disney-metaverse-job-cuts-eliminated?_hsmi=252164574)
Cheating is All You Need (https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/cheating-is-all-you-need)
Relevant to your Interests
Introducing World ID and SDK (https://worldcoin.org/blog/announcements/introducing-world-id-and-sdk?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
You Broke Reddit: The Pi-Day Outage (https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditEng/comments/11xx5o0/you_broke_reddit_the_piday_outage/)
De-cloud and de-k8s — bringing our apps back home (https://dev.37signals.com/bringing-our-apps-back-home/)
Venture Firms And Startups Are Returning To Government-Backed SVB In Droves (https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilymason/2023/03/19/vc-and-startups-are-returning-to-government-backed-svb-in-droves/?sh=783740c17dfc)
OpenStack starts wrapping around the alphabet to name it's latest release. (https://twitter.com/sjvn/status/1639265814963527680)
51 Tips For Surviving in a BIG Company (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/51-rules-how-survive-big-company-jeremy-connell-waite/)
New York Times touts continued Wordle success (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-c755db47-b0d4-471d-9f55-b8cf1218c75c.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2)
SVB Capital Owned Pieces Of Top VC Firms. With A Sale Ongoing, Their Future Is In Flux. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2023/03/24/what-happens-to-svb-capital-vc-firm-bets/?sh=596c2bedb7ef)
First Citizens agrees to buy Silicon Valley Bank (https://www.axios.com/2023/03/27/first-citizens-silicon-valley-bank-sold-fdic)
Databricks pushes open-source chatbot as cheaper ChatGPT alternative (https://www.reuters.com/technology/databricks-pushes-open-source-chatbot-cheaper-chatgpt-alternative-2023-03-24/)
Let's Get To The News #11: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (https://craigbox.substack.com/p/11-oclock-tick-tock)
Rackspace cutting workforce in response to downturn. Amid string of losses, its stock has plummeted. (https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/rackspace-layoffs-downturn-17859129.php)
Microsoft is testing a redesigned Windows 11 audio mixer (https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-is-testing-a-redesigned-windows-11-audio-mixer-224417187.html)
Twilio's IoT business unit to be acquired by KORE to build first 'IoT Hyperscaler' (https://seekingalpha.com/news/3951425-twilios-iot-business-unit-to-be-acquired-by-kore-to-build-first-iot-hyperscaler)
Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 16.4 with New Emoji, Notifications for Web Apps on the Home Screen, Voice Isolation for Cellular Calls, New Shortcuts Actions, and More (https://feed.feedburster.com/macstoriesnet/redirect?url=https://www.macstories.net/news/ios-16-4-overview-emoji-notifications-web-shortcuts/)
The Bank Regulators Are Disappointed (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-03-28/the-bank-regulators-are-disappointed)
ChatGPT plugins (https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
AI changes the software-making game (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-660f9b08-f144-4c7f-9388-fcde9259d5d2.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0)
Google Distributed Cloud Hosted is GA | Google Cloud Blog (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure-modernization/google-distributed-cloud-hosted-is-ga/)
Alibaba to split into 6 units and explore IPOs; shares up 14% in the U.S. (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/28/alibaba-says-it-will-split-into-6-units-that-can-raise-funds-and-ipo.html?_hsmi=252164574)
Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will get recommended in Twitter 'For You' feed (https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/28/tech/elon-musk-verified-only-for-you-feed?_hsmi=252164574)
Zoom is adding new features to compete with Slack, Calendly, Google and Microsoft (https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/28/zoom-is-adding-new-features-to-compete-with-slack-calendly-google-and-microsoft/)
How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the A.I. Race (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/technology/siri-alexa-google-assistant-artificial-intelligence.html)
Nonsense
Beaver fossil named after Buc-ee's (https://phys.org/news/2023-03-beaver-fossil-buc-ee.html)
The Ultimate Texas Brand Bracket Crowns Its Champion — Texas Monthly (https://apple.news/Aq4TrnlI_Sfq9hziw3ML6oQ)
After Show
Coté’s interview with Barton (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/393)
Conferences
KubeCon EU Amsterdam, April 18-21 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) - Matt & Cote will be there
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DevOpsDays Austin 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-austin/welcome/), May 4-5
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Recommendations
Brandon: Duo Lingo (https://www.duolingo.com)
Matt:
Hardcore History Addendum: Rick Rubin/Dan Carlin Conversation (https://www.dancarlin.com/addendum/)
Kubernetes Cloud Cost Monitoring with OpenCost & Optimization Strategies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiqIqcM1d6o)
Photo Credits
Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/7ZD_JIwl410)
Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/XzVGz2HBtK4)
Special Guest: Barton George.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 408

Runner-up Titles

Tyranny of 16x9
College Sports of Mastodon
Sleep Study
NPS survey at the end
Dependent on Goodwill
This is best for the customer
Worlds greatest employer
Apple, we were counting on you
Mechanized Mansplaining

Rundown

We're no longer sunsetting the Free Team plan
Amazon’s head of HR rejects employees’ return-to-office petition (Insider)
At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles
Disney reportedly eliminates metaverse division in first round of layoffs
Cheating is All You Need

Relevant to your Interests

Introducing World ID and SDK
You Broke Reddit: The Pi-Day Outage
De-cloud and de-k8s — bringing our apps back home
Venture Firms And Startups Are Returning To Government-Backed SVB In Droves
OpenStack starts wrapping around the alphabet to name it's latest release.
51 Tips For Surviving in a BIG Company
New York Times touts continued Wordle success
SVB Capital Owned Pieces Of Top VC Firms. With A Sale Ongoing, Their Future Is In Flux.
First Citizens agrees to buy Silicon Valley Bank
Databricks pushes open-source chatbot as cheaper ChatGPT alternative
Let's Get To The News #11: 11 O'Clock Tick Tock
Rackspace cutting workforce in response to downturn. Amid string of losses, its stock has plummeted.
Microsoft is testing a redesigned Windows 11 audio mixer
Twilio's IoT business unit to be acquired by KORE to build first 'IoT Hyperscaler'
Apple Releases iOS and iPadOS 16.4 with New Emoji, Notifications for Web Apps on the Home Screen, Voice Isolation for Cellular Calls, New Shortcuts Actions, and More
The Bank Regulators Are Disappointed
ChatGPT plugins
AI changes the software-making game
Google Distributed Cloud Hosted is GA | Google Cloud Blog
Alibaba to split into 6 units and explore IPOs; shares up 14% in the U.S.
Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will get recommended in Twitter 'For You' feed
Zoom is adding new features to compete with Slack, Calendly, Google and Microsoft
How Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Lost the A.I. Race