Episode 426: There’s no more backpacks to buy

This week, we discuss New Relic going private, Dell buying Moogsoft and digital transformation comes to Border Control. Plus, ideas for a last minute family vacation.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M31eD5nVy0) 426 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M31eD5nVy0)
Runner-up Titles
The Paris economy is all croissants.
The Euphoria of the Buffet
All that firing people gave us a soft landing.
Is it going to be New Logic, or SumoRelic?
You drive a hard bargain, now we’re billionaires
The tinfoil hat of complexity
Just buy more backpacks
Here in the United States, we have a lot of banks.
Can Americans use it?
Bigger numbers are smaller numbers.
It’s pretty easy to quarantine with Internet.
Rundown
More Monitoring, More Money
Dell Technologies Announces Intent to Acquire Moogsoft (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dell-technologies-announces-intent-to-acquire-moogsoft-301881557.html)
What the New Relic Sale Means for SaaS by @ttunguz (https://www.tomtunguz.com/newr_acquisition/)
Exclusive: Francisco Partners, TPG end talks to buy New Relic (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/francisco-partners-tpg-end-talks-buy-new-relic-sources-2023-05-26/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Francisco Partners & TPG to take New Relic private in $6 billion all-cash deal (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/31/francisco-partners-tpg-to-take-new-relic-private-in-6-billion-deal.html)
Inside the $6.5 billion buyout of New Relic (https://www.axios.com/2023/08/01/inside-the-65-billion-buyout-of-new-relic)
Government IT
Federal Reserve announces that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow® Service, is now live (https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20230720a.htm)
CBP Goes Paperless with Global Entry (https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-goes-paperless-global-entry)
Mexico Phasing Out Use of Paper Visitor Permits (FMM) (https://www.mexperience.com/mexico-begins-to-phase-out-paper-versions-of-the-fmm/#:~:text=Mexico%27s%20paper%20FMM%20forms%20being,Mexico%20no%20longer%20use%20them)
New requirements coming in 2024 for Americans traveling to Europe (https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/new-requirements-coming-2024-americans-traveling-europe/story?id=101546203)
Passport Palooza (https://markcathcart.com/2023/07/24/passport-palooza/)
Relevant to your Interests
Broadcom's $61 billion VMware deal wins conditional EU antitrust OK (https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/broadcom-wins-conditional-eu-antitrust-approval-buy-vmware-2023-07-12/)
Broadcom claims VMware's strategy isn’t succeeding (https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/14/broadcom_vmware_cma_response/)
Moderation actions (https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/moderation/)
Shopify's anti-meeting crusade is failing and it's taken to shaming employees instead: 'Most of the modern work environment is broken' (https://fortune.com/2023/07/12/remote-work-zoom-meeting-shopify-cost-calculator-modern-work-broken/)
Investors and business owners for 3x more likely to invest after reading a GPT-4 pitch deck (https://twitter.com/mrhinkle/status/1670431487621996547?s=20)
3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta (https://apnews.com/article/irs-taxpayer-tax-preparation-meta-congress-9315cfca7a0942ab89f765d183fbf822)
macOS Sonoma lets Chrome use passwords stored in iCloud (https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23793532/apple-icloud-passwords-chrome-extension-mac-sonoma-beta)
Passkeys in iOS 17: Watch a sneak peek at what's coming to 1Password for iOS | 1Password (https://blog.1password.com/apple-passkey-api-wwdc/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=beyond-passwords-newsletter-july&utm_campaign=passwordless&utm_ref=email-beyond-passwords-newsletter-july)
Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud (https://www.geekwire.com/2023/former-amazon-web-services-data-center-leader-chris-vonderhaar-joins-google-cloud/)
AlmaLinux OS - Forever-Free Enterprise-Grade Operating System (https://almalinux.org/blog/future-of-almalinux/)
Amazon Shares Jump 2% After Reporting Record Prime Day Sales (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-13/amazon-shares-jump-2-after-reporting-record-prime-day-sales)
Threads Is About to Make All the Money That Twitter Isn’t (https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/meta-threads-advertising-twitter-musk-zuckerberg.html)
Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Threads (https://www.threads.net/t/Cu0BgHESnwF/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
Jamin Ball (@jaminball) on Threads (https://www.threads.net/t/Cu3WuVGsWgy/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
Introducing NotebookLM (https://blog.google/technology/ai/notebooklm-google-ai/)
Ford CEO explains why legacy car manufacturers cannot compete with Tesla in software (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7084904611349757952?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop> linkedin.comlinkedin.com)
Cloudflare as an AI play. An interview with CEO Matthew Prince. (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2023/07/17/cloudflare-as-an-ai-play-an-interview-with-ceo-matthew-prince/)
This is huge: Llama-v2 is open source, with a license that authorizes commercial use! (http://ttps://twitter.com/ylecun/status/1681336284453781505?s=20)
The Rise Of DIY In FinOps (https://www.forrester.com/blogs/the-rise-of-diy-in-finops/)
Announcing Akita Has Joined Postman — Akita Software (https://www.akitasoftware.com/blog-posts/announcing-akita-has-joined-postman)
Announcing the New Lightweight Postman API Client | Postman Blog (https://blog.postman.com/announcing-new-lightweight-postman-api-client/#:~:text=Starting%20May%2015%2C%202023%2C%20Scratch,calls%20through%20the%20Postman%20UI.)
Does ‘Buy American’ Policy Make Sense? The Answer Is Key for Your AI Portfolio Too (https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-buy-american-policy-make-sense-the-answer-is-key-for-your-ai-portfolio-too-562825af?st=zwct83dpy1hrssv)
AlmaLinux says Red Hat source changes won’t kill its RHEL-compatible distro (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/almalinux-says-red-hat-source-changes-wont-kill-its-rhel-compatible-distro/)
Twitter becomes X (https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-becomes-x?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
The problem with X? Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name (https://www.reuters.com/technology/problem-with-x-meta-microsoft-hundreds-more-own-trademarks-new-twitter-name-2023-07-25/)
Meta Profit Is Up 16% to $7.8 Billion in Recent Quarter (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/technology/meta-earnings-second-quarter.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)
Top Announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2023 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-the-aws-summit-in-new-york-2023/?trk=d73defd9-9fc4-45cf-99f9-433b69146fbb&sc_channel=el)
AWS Easily Beats Microsoft In $120B IaaS Cloud Market: Gartner (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-easily-beats-microsoft-in-120b-iaas-cloud-market-gartner)
Russia Takes Its Ukraine Information War Into Video Games (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/technology/russia-propaganda-video-games.html)
Breaking: AWS Begins Charging For Public IPv4 Addresses (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/breaking-aws-begins-charging-for-public-ipv4-addresses/)
The massive bug at the heart of the npm ecosystem (https://blog.vlt.sh/blog/the-massive-hole-in-the-npm-ecosystem)
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more (https://www.geekwire.com/2023/tech-moves-ex-microsoft-president-joins-google-cloud-as-vp-ispot-hires-research-chief-and-more/)
A Day in the Life of a Senior Manager at Amazon (https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-senior-manager)
7 generative AI innovations from AWS Summit New York 2023 (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-summit-new-york-generative-ai)
TikTok is adding text posts (https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805530/tiktok-text-posts-micro-blogging-twitter-threads)
Prime Day 2023 Powered by AWS – All the Numbers (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/prime-day-2023-powered-by-aws-all-the-numbers/)
AWS Launches Infrastructure Region in Israel (https://press.aboutamazon.com/2023/8/aws-launches-infrastructure-region-in-israel)
AMD revenue falls 18% as PC market shows continued weakness (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/01/amd-earnings-report-q2-2023.html)
From Docker to Dagger with Solomon Hykes (Changelog Interviews #550) (https://changelog.com/podcast/550)
A New IT Automation Project? Moving Beyond Ansible And Keeping The Spirit (https://laserllama.substack.com/p/a-new-it-automation-project-moving)
Google Docs can now automatically add line numbers (https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/24/23805822/google-docs-line-numbers-support)
Q2 2023 is the largest quarter ever in the number of startup closures. (https://twitter.com/mahaniok/status/1682375196764717056)
VCs Face an Existential Threat: There Are Too Many of Them (https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3az9/venture-capital-vcs-existential-too-many)
VC firm says their companies are good/leading, and you should invest in them too (https://twitter.com/Machiz/status/1680975185808171008)
Nonsense
FIGHTING (https://open.substack.com/pub/pmarca/p/fighting?r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post)
The Best Buy It for Life Backpack (Please Don’t Call It Tactical) (Published 2020) (https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/buy-for-life-backpack/)
Convicted felon gets DC contract to install car battery tech called impossible by experts (https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/lawrence-hardge-dc-battery-rejuvenation-contract/65-93a48463-e2fd-43e4-9a1b-9f727036ce0c)
Americans spark backlash after claiming that Europeans ‘don’t believe in water’ (https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/europe-travel-americans-water-bottles-b2377078.html)
The Spongmonkeys, Fast Food’s Most Unhinged Mascots, Are Back (https://www.eater.com/23797910/quiznos-spongmonkeys-unhinged-mascots-are-back)
Here's why Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to 'X' is good, actually (https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/24/heres-why-elon-musks-rebranding-of-twitter-to-x-is-good-actually/)
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor (https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008)
Conferences
August 8th Kubernetes Community Day Australia (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-australia-presents-kubernetes-community-day-australia-2023/) in Sydney, Matt attending.
August 21st to 24th SpringOne (https://springone.io/) & VMware Explore US (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html), in Las Vegas.
Explore EU CFP is open.
Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-des-moines/welcome/), Coté speaking.
Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT (https://shift.infobip.com/) in Zadar, Coté speaking.
October 2-6, 2023, QCon San Francisco (https://qconsf.com/workshop/oct2023/open-source-kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost), Matt’s doing a workshop
October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023 (https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-kcd-texas-presents-kcd-texas-2023/), CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), SDT’s a sponsor
Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21 (https://that.us/call-for-counselors/tx/2024/)
If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.
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Brandon: Full Circle (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/full_circle_2023/s01)
Matt: Amtrak Pacific Surfliner (https://www.amtrak.com/pacific-surfliner-train).
Coté: A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City (https://amzn.to/47eBRws).
Coté’s Newsletter (https://cote.io/newsletter/)
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This week, we discuss New Relic going private, Dell buying Moogsoft and digital transformation comes to Border Control. Plus, ideas for a last minute family vacation.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 426

Runner-up Titles

The Paris economy is all croissants.
The Euphoria of the Buffet
All that firing people gave us a soft landing.
Is it going to be New Logic, or SumoRelic?
You drive a hard bargain, now we’re billionaires
The tinfoil hat of complexity
Just buy more backpacks
Here in the United States, we have a lot of banks.
Can Americans use it?
Bigger numbers are smaller numbers.
It’s pretty easy to quarantine with Internet.

Rundown

More Monitoring, More Money

Dell Technologies Announces Intent to Acquire Moogsoft
What the New Relic Sale Means for SaaS by @ttunguz
Exclusive: Francisco Partners, TPG end talks to buy New Relic
Francisco Partners & TPG to take New Relic private in $6 billion all-cash deal
Inside the $6.5 billion buyout of New Relic

Government IT

Federal Reserve announces that its new system for instant payments, the FedNow® Service, is now live
CBP Goes Paperless with Global Entry
Mexico Phasing Out Use of Paper Visitor Permits (FMM)
New requirements coming in 2024 for Americans traveling to Europe
Passport Palooza

Relevant to your Interests

Broadcom's $61 billion VMware deal wins conditional EU antitrust OK
Broadcom claims VMware's strategy isn’t succeeding
Moderation actions
Shopify's anti-meeting crusade is failing and it's taken to shaming employees instead: 'Most of the modern work environment is broken'
Investors and business owners for 3x more likely to invest after reading a GPT-4 pitch deck
3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta
macOS Sonoma lets Chrome use passwords stored in iCloud
Passkeys in iOS 17: Watch a sneak peek at what's coming to 1Password for iOS | 1Password
Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud
AlmaLinux OS - Forever-Free Enterprise-Grade Operating System
Amazon Shares Jump 2% After Reporting Record Prime Day Sales
Threads Is About to Make All the Money That Twitter Isn’t
Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) on Threads
Jamin Ball (@jaminball) on Threads
Introducing NotebookLM
Ford CEO explains why legacy car manufacturers cannot compete with Tesla in software
Cloudflare as an AI play. An interview with CEO Matthew Prince.
This is huge: Llama-v2 is open source, with a license that authorizes commercial use!
The Rise Of DIY In FinOps
Announcing Akita Has Joined Postman — Akita Software
Announcing the New Lightweight Postman API Client | Postman Blog
Does ‘Buy American’ Policy Make Sense? The Answer Is Key for Your AI Portfolio Too
AlmaLinux says Red Hat source changes won’t kill its RHEL-compatible distro
Twitter becomes X
The problem with X? Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name
Meta Profit Is Up 16% to $7.8 Billion in Recent Quarter
Top Announcements of the AWS Summit in New York, 2023 | Amazon Web Services
AWS Easily Beats Microsoft In $120B IaaS Cloud Market: Gartner
Russia Takes Its Ukraine Information War Into Video Games
Breaking: AWS Begins Charging For Public IPv4 Addresses
The massive bug at the heart of the npm ecosystem
Tech Moves: Ex-Microsoft president joins Google Cloud as VP; iSpot hires research chief; and more
A Day in the Life of a Senior Manager at Amazon
7 generative AI innovations from AWS Summit New York 2023
TikTok is adding text posts
Prime Day 2023 Powered by AWS – All the Numbers
AWS Launches Infrastructure Region in Israel
AMD revenue falls 18% as PC market shows continued weakness
From Docker to Dagger with Solomon Hykes (Changelog Interviews #550)
A New IT Automation Project? Moving Beyond Ansible And Keeping The Spirit
Google Docs can now automatically add line numbers
Q2 2023 is the largest quarter ever in the number of startup closures.
VCs Face an Existential Threat: There Are Too Many of Them
VC firm says their companies are good/leading, and you should invest in them too

Nonsense

FIGHTING
The Best Buy It for Life Backpack (Please Don’t Call It Tactical) (Published 2020)
Convicted felon gets DC contract to install car battery tech called impossible by experts
Americans spark backlash after claiming that Europeans ‘don’t believe in water’
The Spongmonkeys, Fast Food’s Most Unhinged Mascots, Are Back
Here's why Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to 'X' is good, actually
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor

Conferences

August 8th Kubernetes Community Day Australia in Sydney, Matt attending.
August 21st to 24th SpringOne & VMware Explore US, in Las Vegas.
Explore EU CFP is open.
Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines, Coté speaking.
Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT in Zadar, Coté speaking.
October 2-6, 2023, QCon San Francisco, Matt’s doing a workshop
October 6, 2023, KCD Texas 2023, CFP Closes: August 30, 2023
November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA, SDT’s a sponsor
Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas CFP Open 6/1 - 8/21
If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.

SDT news & hype

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Recommendations

Brandon: Full Circle
Matt: Amtrak Pacific Surfliner.
Coté: A Waiter in Paris: Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City.

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