Episode 435: SSH in a for loop but faster

This week, we discuss paying ransom to cyberattackers, an overview of the "Infrastructure as Code" market, and remote worker productivity. Plus, Matt provides a review of the Raspberry 5 and shares his reasons for refusing to install the Global Entry Mobile App.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/6vmdE20_Eak?si=qcONahAxeLtl2Fc5) 435 (https://www.youtube.com/live/6vmdE20_Eak?si=qcONahAxeLtl2Fc5)
Runner-up Titles
All my takes are spicy, once I get enough caffeine
We’re doing this for science
No, just no, Dad
No exceeding expectations in that role
I will do horrible things with YAML
My business is my business
They don’t have room for purity
Rundown
Emergency broadcast (https://apnews.com/article/ee3a3039a5cf452a8f307c8f6f8dcbf3) not (https://apnews.com/article/ee3a3039a5cf452a8f307c8f6f8dcbf3) used by Trump (https://apnews.com/article/ee3a3039a5cf452a8f307c8f6f8dcbf3)
CBP announces new (https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-announces-new-global-entry-mobile-app)
MGM, Caesars Cyberattack Responses Required Brutal Choices (https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/mgm-caesars-incident-responses-required-brutal-choices)
Creator of Ansible ships "Jetporch" (https://github.com/jetporch/jetporch)
Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform (https://www.geekwire.com/2023/cloud-startup-pulumi-raises-41m-from-madrona-nea-to-grow-infrastructure-as-code-platform/)
Red Hat bins Bugzilla for RHEL issue tracking, jumps on Jira (https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/29/red_hat_bugzilla_jira_migration/)
Work From Home Works - Marginal REVOLUTION (https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/10/work-from-home-works.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=work-from-home-works)
The Raspberry Pi 5 is finally here (https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/28/23889238/raspberry-pi-5-specs-availability-pricing)
Relevant to your Interests
OpenAI Seeks New Valuation of Up to $90 Billion in Sale of Existing Shares (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-seeks-new-valuation-of-up-to-90-billion-in-sale-of-existing-shares-ed6229e0)
Epic Games Asks Supreme Court to Hear Apple Case (https://www.macrumors.com/2023/09/27/epic-games-supreme-court/)
FCC announces plans to reinstate net neutrality (https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/26/fcc-announces-plans-to-reinstate-net-neutrality/)
Mark Zuckerberg reveals Meta AI chatbot, his answer to ChatGPT (https://cointelegraph.com/news/meta-ai-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-unveil-chatbot-rayban-metaverse)
Epic Games cuts around 830 jobs (https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/28/23894266/epic-games-layoffs-fortnite-unreal-engine)
How Swiggy migrated its k8s workload to Graviton (https://bytes.swiggy.com/how-swiggy-migrated-its-k8s-workload-to-graviton-d2643bbc7871)
Passkeys: all the news and updates around passwordless sign-on (https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/29/23895518/passkey-passwordless-login-announcements-news-updates)
The potential gap (https://open.substack.com/pub/benn/p/the-potential-gap?r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post)
Apple acknowledges hot iPhone 15 Pros, says software fixes are coming (https://www.yahoo.com/news/apple-acknowledges-hot-iphone-15-215031767.html)
What's next for VMware? Long-term Virtzilla-watchers opine (https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/02/vmware_broadcom_pundit_predictions/)
Bill Ackman reportedly said he would 'absolutely' do a deal with X with his new SPARC funding vehicle (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/01/bill-ackman-would-absolutely-do-a-deal-with-x-with-his-new-sparc.html)
Open source Datadog rival SigNoz lands on the cloud with $6.5M investment (https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/28/open-source-datadog-rival-signoz-lands-on-the-cloud-with-6-5m-investment/)
Okta acquires a16z-backed password manager Uno to develop a personal tier (https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/04/okta-acquires-a16z-backed-password-manager-uno-to-develop-a-personal-tier/)
Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices (https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/amazon-used-secret-project-nessie-algorithm-to-raise-prices-6c593706?st=9ubhqeyjqgu0b2x&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink)
Look what ChatGPT vision can do. (https://twitter.com/_borriss_/status/1707412406048063788)
Voice and Video Demos with ChatGPT, How AI Could Redeem Meta’s Mixed Reality Bets, OpenAI Explores Hardware (https://overcast.fm/+8XV3Zc4Pg)
AI, Hardware, and Virtual Reality (https://stratechery.com/2023/ai-hardware-and-virtual-reality/)
The Senate’s email system melted down in the face of security test and reply-all chaos. (https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/09-8-2023/senate-reply-all-mess/)
Nonsense
Costco is selling gold bars and they are selling out within a few hours (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/27/costco-is-selling-gold-bars-and-they-are-selling-out-within-a-few-hours.html)
Costco Offers Members $29 Online Health Care Visits (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-25/costco-offers-health-care-to-members-in-deal-with-sesame-cost?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic)
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Oct 10th, 17th, 24th talk series: Building a Path to Production: A Guide for Managers and Leaders in Platform Engineering (https://series.brighttalk.com/series/6011/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)
November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/), SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there
November 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu.html), Coté’s attending
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This week, we discuss paying ransom to cyberattackers, an overview of the "Infrastructure as Code" market, and remote worker productivity. Plus, Matt provides a review of the Raspberry 5 and shares his reasons for refusing to install the Global Entry Mobile App.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 435

Runner-up Titles

All my takes are spicy, once I get enough caffeine
We’re doing this for science
No, just no, Dad
No exceeding expectations in that role
I will do horrible things with YAML
My business is my business
They don’t have room for purity

Rundown

Emergency broadcast not used by Trump
CBP announces new

MGM, Caesars Cyberattack Responses Required Brutal Choices
Creator of Ansible ships "Jetporch"
Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform
Red Hat bins Bugzilla for RHEL issue tracking, jumps on Jira
Work From Home Works - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Raspberry Pi 5 is finally here

Relevant to your Interests

OpenAI Seeks New Valuation of Up to $90 Billion in Sale of Existing Shares
Epic Games Asks Supreme Court to Hear Apple Case
FCC announces plans to reinstate net neutrality
Mark Zuckerberg reveals Meta AI chatbot, his answer to ChatGPT
Epic Games cuts around 830 jobs
How Swiggy migrated its k8s workload to Graviton
Passkeys: all the news and updates around passwordless sign-on
The potential gap
Apple acknowledges hot iPhone 15 Pros, says software fixes are coming
What's next for VMware? Long-term Virtzilla-watchers opine
Bill Ackman reportedly said he would 'absolutely' do a deal with X with his new SPARC funding vehicle
Open source Datadog rival SigNoz lands on the cloud with $6.5M investment
Okta acquires a16z-backed password manager Uno to develop a personal tier
Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices
Look what ChatGPT vision can do.
Voice and Video Demos with ChatGPT, How AI Could Redeem Meta’s Mixed Reality Bets, OpenAI Explores Hardware
AI, Hardware, and Virtual Reality
The Senate’s email system melted down in the face of security test and reply-all chaos.

Nonsense

Costco is selling gold bars and they are selling out within a few hours
Costco Offers Members $29 Online Health Care Visits

Conferences

Oct 9th Spring Tour Amsterdam
Oct 10th, 17th, 24th talk series: Building a Path to Production: A Guide for Managers and Leaders in Platform Engineering
November 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA, SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there
November 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona, Coté’s attending
Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas
If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships.

SDT news & hype

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Recommendations

Brandon: Dental Monitoring and Anker Magsafe Battery
Matt: Search Engine podcast: Wait, should I not be drinking airplane coffee?

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