Software Defined Talk

This week we discuss GitLab going public, review iOS 15 and a few more thoughts on remote work. Plus, should the EU impose a universal phone charger? Rundown GitLab Microsoft GitHub rival GitLab files to go public after annualized revenue tops $200 million (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/17/github-rival-gitlab-files-to-go-public-on-revenue-over-200-million.html) GitLab: Benchmarking the S-1 Data (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/gitlab-benchmarking-the-s-1-data) GitLab S-1 Analysis: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up by @ttunguz (https://www.tomtunguz.com/gitlab-s-1/) Apple iOS 15 Review Buy a 'free' iPhone 13 with trade-in at Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T: All you need to know (https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/buy-a-free-iphone-13-with-trade-in-at-verizon-t-mobile-and-at-t-all-you-need-to-know/) Apple iPhone 13 Review: The Most Incremental Upgrade Ever (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/technology/personaltech/apple-iphone13-review.html) EU to impose universal phone charger, in blow to Apple (https://punchng.com/

This week we recap some of the Apple News and discuss the latest productivity research from Microsoft. Plus, an update on Coté’s struggle to adopt Apple Notes… Rundown Apple wins and loses in court, patches a vulnerability and release new products Apple’s App Store Dealt Blow by Judge in Epic Antitrust Case (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-10/apple-s-app-store-dealt-blow-by-judge-in-epic-antitrust-case?sref=HQB7G2wY&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-tech&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business) Apple must allow other forms of in-app purchases, rules judge in Epic v. Apple (https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/10/22662320/epic-apple-ruling-injunction-judge-court-app-store) Major win for Epic Games: Apple has 90 days to open up app store payments (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/injunction-apple-must-open-up-app-store-payments-in-90-days/) FORCEDENTRY: NSO Group iMessage Zero-Click Exploit Captured in the Wild (http

This week we discuss the history of Docker, the rise of Kubernetes and the launch of AWS EKS Anywhere. Plus, how much lumber fits in a cubic meter…? Rundown How Docker broke in half (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3632142/how-docker-broke-in-half.html) Migrating from Docker to Podman (https://marcusnoble.co.uk/2021-09-01-migrating-from-docker-to-podman/) AWS rolls out EKS Anywhere and EKS Connector (https://venturebeat.com/2021/09/08/aws-rolls-out-eks-anywhere-and-eks-connector/) Relevant to your interests This too shall PaaS: VMware's new Tanzu Application Platform explained (https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/02/vmwares_new_tanzu_application_platform/) How the 5G experience compares across 50 states and 250 US cities (https://www.opensignal.com/2021/09/02/how-the-5g-experience-compares-across-50-states-and-250-us-cities) HashiCorp runs low on staff, calls a halt to Terraform pull requests (https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/07/hashicorp_pause/) Terraform Understaffed? (https://github.com/hashicorp/terr

This week we discuss Docker’s new licensing, Wirecutter goes behind a paywall and Serverless COBOL. Plus, Coté explains why open source is like College Football. Rundown Docker is Updating and Extending Our Product Subscriptions - Docker Blog (https://www.docker.com/blog/updating-product-subscriptions/) New York Times’ Wirecutter Product-Review Site Moves Behind Paywall (https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-times-wirecutter-product-review-site-moves-behind-paywall-11630436401) Serverless COBOL in Knative (https://www.triggermesh.com/blog/serverless-cobol-in-knative) Announcing VMware Tanzu Application Platform: A Better Developer Experience on any Kubernetes (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/announcing-vmware-tanzu-application-platform?utm_campaign=content-social_&utm_content=1630455965&utm_medium=social-sprout&utm_source=twitter) VMware’s new Tanzu platform aims to unify Kubernetes development (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3631384/vmware-s-new-tanzu-platform-aims-to-unify-kubernetes-development.ht

This week we discuss Gartner’s Emerging Tech Hype Cycle and analyze 10 years of “Software Eating the World.” Plus, is Willie Nelson a good singer…? Rundown 3 Themes Surface in the 2021 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies (https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/3-themes-surface-in-the-2021-hype-cycle-for-emerging-technologies/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=SM_GB_YOY_GTR_SOC_SF1_SM-SWG&utm_content=&sf248828168=1) Chris Dixon Blockchain Tweetstorm (https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1427452454543663129) Ten Years Software Is Eating the World - Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/2011/08/20/why-software-is-eating-the-world/) Disney wins this round: Here's where the streaming giants stand at the end of earnings season (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/13/disney-gaining-fast-on-netflix-in-streaming-wars.html) Relevant to your interests Salesforce announces first integrations with Slack after closing $28B sale (https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2021/08/17/after-spendi

This week we discuss 1Password moving to Electron, Knative and Infrastructure as Code best practices. Plus, what to do with extra lumber… Rundown Users lobby 1Password to abandon new Electron version (https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/08/16/users-lobby-1password-to-abandon-new-electron-version) Cisco beefing up app monitoring portfolio with acquisition of Epsagon for $500M (https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/16/cisco-beefing-up-app-monitoring-portfolio-with-acquisition-of-epsagon-for-500m/) Cloud startup Epsagon to be acquired by Cisco for $500 million (https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3915010,00.html) Relevant to your interests Clearlake Capital completes strategic equity investment in RSA (https://clearlake.com/clearlake-capital-completes-strategic-equity-investment-in-rsa/) Apple SVP Craig Federighi responds to confusion over iOS 15 iCloud child safety policies in new interview (https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/13/apple-svp-craig-federighi-responds-to-confusion-over-ios-15-icloud-child-safety

This week we discuss Elasticsearch vs. OpenSearch, Reorgs and Remote Pay. Plus, some thoughts on IKEA and QBRs. Rundown This Week in Programming: The ElasticSearch Saga Continues (https://thenewstack.io/this-week-in-programming-the-elasticsearch-saga-continues/) Elastic amends Elasticsearch Python client so it won't work with forks then blocks comments (https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/09/elasticsearch_python_client_change/) Twitter Thread on Elasticsearch (https://twitter.com/xeraa/status/1423071203753869313) Google staff could see pay cut if they opt to work from home (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/aug/12/google-staff-could-see-pay-cut-if-they-opt-to-work-from-home) Steven Sinosky: Hardcore Software (https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/) Relevant to your interests 700,000 lines of code, 20 years, and one developer: How Dwarf Fortress is built (https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/07/28/700000-lines-of-code-20-years-and-one-developer-how-dwarf-fortress-is-built/) Amazon delays employe

This week we discuss Programming Language Rankings, CNCF Project Velocity and the new Gartner MQ for Cloud Infrastructure. Plus, are straws really necessary? Rundown Update on CNCF and Open Source Project Velocity 2020 (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2021/08/02/update-on-cncf-and-open-source-project-velocity-2020/?utm_content=174974774&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-3286770860) Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021 (https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021) Heroku and Digital Ocean make the Cloud Platforms list (https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#most-popular-technologies-platform) The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: June 2021 (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/08/05/language-rankings-6-21/) AWS Named as a Leader for the 11th Consecutive Year in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services (CIPS) (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-named-as-a-leader-for-the-11th-consecutive-year-in-2021-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-infrastructure-platform

This week we discuss Infrastructure as Code, GCP's new API policy and The State of Developer Ecosystem Survey. Plus, some thoughts on Olympic Swimming. Rundown Evolving Infrastructure-as-Code to Integration-as-Code (https://containerjournal.com/features/evolving-infrastructure-as-code-to-integration-as-code/) Google sets all-time records as search and YouTube profits soar (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596592/google-q2-2021-record-revenue-profit-youtube-ad-cloud-search) Saved by Google? New API policy promises stability and availability. (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/google-cloud-enterprise-apis) The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2021 Infographic (https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2021/) Relevant to your interests Cloud Native Runtimes for VMware Tanzu Is Now GA, Plus an Integration with TriggerMesh (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/cloud-native-runtimes-for-vmware-tanzu-advanced-ga) Big-name San Antonio tech company axing 10 percent of workforce (https://www.mysanantonio.com/busi

This week we discuss Netflix getting into games and review the latest State of DevOps Report. Plus, what do you call a domicile in Amsterdam? Rundown Why Netflix is getting into games (https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/7/20/22586084/netflix-gaming-strategy-earnings-explained) State of DevOps Report 2021 (https://puppet.com/resources/report/2021-state-of-devops-report/) Relevant to your interests Twitter Is Shutting Down Fleets, Its Vanishing-Post Format, After Less Than a Year (https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/twitter-fleets-shutting-down-1235019174/) Morgan Stanley‘s CIO survey shows a significant moderation in expectations for the migration of workloads to the public cloud. (https://twitter.com/Atreidesmgmt/status/1414945521026875393) Say hi to Microsoft's own Linux: CBL-Mariner (https://www.zdnet.com/article/say-hi-to-microsofts-own-linux-cbl-mariner/) Austin sees pay-off from pandemic-era tech reshuffling (https://www.axios.com/austin-pandemic-reshuffling-tech-entrepreneurs-investors-11669cb1-edf5-4d00

This week, Coté and Matt Ray finally nail the secrets of enterprise devrel. You won’t want to miss this one! Also: Coté gives up on streaming PowerPoint and IT survey show that it’s time to ask for a raise. Mood board: Free glowsticks for leadgenning yourself. Our tragic doppleganger. DevRel secrets. If you open a terminal you win streaming. Memes are serverless. You gotta spend money to lose money. All about the pincher. Rundown Cloud Native Integration Platform TriggerMesh Receives Strategic Funding from Cisco Investments, Existing Investors (https://www.triggermesh.com/blog/cloud-native-integration-platform-triggermesh-receives-strategic-funding-from-cisco-investments-existing-investors). Cisco leads $5M round for multicloud application integration startup TriggerMesh (https://siliconangle.com/2021/07/13/cisco-leads-5m-round-multicloud-application-integration-startup-triggermesh/). Checking in on Matt’s devrel notes. Twitter is shutting down Fleets on August 3, citing low usage (https://techcrunch.com/2021

This week we discuss Copilot’s use of Open Source, changes at IBM and the Infinidash Meme. Plus, an update on Coté’s return to Twitter. Rundown Adam Jacob on OSS (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1413173291909484558) IBM Leadership Changes (https://newsroom.ibm.com/IBM-Leadership-Changes) IBM (IBM) Announces President Jim Whitehurst Leaving (https://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=18638012) IBM Email Woes (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/08/ibm_arvind_email/) IBM insiders say CEO Arvind Krishna downplayed impact of email troubles, asked for a week to sort things out (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/08/ibm_arvind_email/) Amazon Eyeing 'Rebel Alliance' With Dropbox, Slack To Challenge Microsoft: Insider (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-eyeing-rebel-alliance-dropbox-173352783.html) New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral — despite being entirely fictional (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/05/infinidash/) Relevant to your interests Who's Winning in the Container Software Market (ht

This week we discuss the future of PaaS and working for home. Plus, some thoughts on kids and zone defense. Rundown What AWS Tells Us About Heroku 2.0 (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/06/23/aws-heroku/) This is the Awful Voice Inside My Head (https://warzel.substack.com/p/this-is-the-awful-voice-inside-my) Amazon, Microsoft lead 40% growth of IaaS public cloud services market in 2020 (https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-microsoft-lead-40-growth-of-iaas-public-cloud-services-market-in-2020-gartner/). Relevant to your interests CentOS replacement Rocky Linux 8.4 arrives, and proves instantly popular | ZDNet (https://www.zdnet.com/article/centos-replacement-rocky-linux-8-4-arrives-and-proves-instantly-popular/) “I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social) Ad tech stocks surge as Googl

He's one of the best #devrel avocado person I know, so I asked Josh Long all my questions about how #devrel works, plus the Spring Framework community, of course. Also: why Josh stays up so late. If you prefer, see the original, video recording (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1408337754732171270). Special Guest: Josh Long.

This week we discuss Knative’s purpose, developer marketing and Silverlake’s investment in Splunk. Plus, some advice on cleaning up your home office. Rundown Did we market Knative wrong? (https://ahmet.im/blog/knative-positioning/) Splunk gets a $1bn loan from Silverlake (https://www.splunk.com/en_us/newsroom/press-releases/2021/splunk-announces-1-billion-investment-from-silver-lake.html). Relevant to your interests Four Reasons Why Apache Pulsar is Essential to the Modern Data Stack (https://datastax.medium.com/four-reasons-why-apache-pulsar-is-essential-to-the-modern-data-stack-b90a8bddcb9) ThoughtWorks IPO Details, Software Consultancy Valuation: 10 Things to Know - ChannelE2E (https://www.channele2e.com/investors/thoughtworks-ipo-details/) Spotify acquires Podz, a podcast discovery platform – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/17/spotify-acquires-podz-a-podcast-discovery-app/) Exclusive: White House debuts new maps showing broadband vacuum (https://www.axios.com/broadband-maps-infrastructure-66a91

This week we discuss Salesforce becoming Slack-first and a16z launching a media site. Plus, some thoughts on how to use Twitter. Rundown SFDC Salesforce CEO: We're going to rebuild all of our technology to become Slack-first (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-on-slack-acquisition-135151402.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAZTuzt_LffvaHAIFHpv23I9rjDmGt1XwjYl4AMPO9BHFYTmw7-9RFppK4J4pjkhVV6Ps8HjRBW3j4pg-QWpkmwmgAbtqZxLbmjIeR3ms__vrbn6YUP3lyHgAkHmLkAEZ8nZ3dJA80yvzUfImTO_FJXAIKYKPxFPz2U1Q2KHDNSo) Salesforce Targets ServiceNow: Slack Delivers “Human Workflow” (https://cloudwars.co/salesforce/salesforce-targets-servicenow-slack-human-workflow/) Andreessen Horowitz goes into publishing with Future (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/15/andreessen-horowitz-goes-into-publishing-with-future/) Relevant to your interests AWS Announces General Availability of AWS Proton (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/aws-announces-general-availability-aws-19200005

This week we breakdown the upcoming Confluent IPO and rank the announcements from Apple’s WWDC. Plus, some thoughts on picking up kids from school. Rundown Confluent IPO Everything you need to know about the Confluent IPO (https://www.protocol.com/confluent-ipo) Confluent - Benchmarking the S-1 Data (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/confluent-benchmarking-the-s-1-data) Confluent (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699838/000119312521178773/d63025ds1.htm) S1 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1699838/000119312521178773/d63025ds1.htm) Analysis of Confluent’s S1, Jesse Anderson (https://www.jesse-anderson.com/2021/06/analysis-of-confluents-s1/) Apple WWDC 2021: the 15 biggest announcements (https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/7/22461782/apple-wwdc-2021-recap-biggest-announcements-ios-15-macos-monterey-ipados) Relevant to your interests Gong going gangbusters, grabs $250M Series E on $7.25B valuation – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/03/gong-going-gangbusters-grabs-250m-series-e-on-7-25b

Coté talks with John about the subject of his new podcast series: Deming. Find his podcast here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1758599 Special Guest: John Willis.

This week we discuss Matt’s new job at TriggerMesh, the cost of Public Cloud and more M&A. Plus, Coté published a new book that everyone must read. Rundown Matt’s new job at TriggerMesh (https://www.triggermesh.com) Interview with Sebastien Goasguen Cofounder of TriggerMesh (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/278) Coté’s new book is out: Changing Mindsets (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/changing-mindsets-the-missing-ingredient-to-digital-transformation?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=SDT). Johnny Leadgen’s can get it for free (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/ebooks/changing-mindsets-the-missing-ingredient-to-digital-transformation?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=podcast&utm_content=SDT). The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox (https://a16z.com/2021/05/27/cost-of-cloud-paradox-market-cap-cloud-lifecycle-scale-growth-repatriation-optimization/) it's unfeasible to recreate noncommodity (https://twitter.com/zackkanter/status/1399013516107948037?s=21) Cloud is great. But we show it hurt

This week we try to make sense of Snowflake’s stance on open source and review the State of Serverless. Plus, some advice on parking cars in Amsterdam. Rundown Striking a balance with ‘open’ at Snowflake (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3617938/striking-a-balance-with-open-at-snowflake.html) Matt Asay’s Take on Snowflake (https://twitter.com/mjasay/status/1395809597806366720?s=21) Data Warehouse Wars: Snowflake Vs. Google BigQuery (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4429909-data-warehouse-wars-snowflake-vs-google-bigquery) The State of Serverless (https://www.datadoghq.com/state-of-serverless/) Relevant to your interests Tracking the San Francisco Tech Exodus (https://sfciti.org/sf-tech-exodus/) SolarWinds CEO reveals much earlier hack timeline, regrets company blaming intern (https://www.cyberscoop.com/solarwinds-ceo-reveals-much-earlier-hack-timeline-regrets-company-blaming-intern/) U.S. Treasury calls for stricter cryptocurrency compliance with IRS, says they pose tax evasion risk (https://www.cnbc.com/2