Chaos Lever Podcast Ned Bellavance and Chris Hayner

Ned and Chris discuss IBM's acquisition of HashiCorp and the implications for the tech and DevOps communities.
IBM’s $6.4 Billion Acquisition 
In this episode of Chaos Lever, Ned and Chris discuss IBM’s significant acquisition of HashiCorp, a deal valued at $6.4 billion. They look into the implications of this merger for the tech community, oversee HashiCorp's journey from Vagrant to the role of Terraform in infrastructure as code, and speculate on the future integration within IBM's ecosystem. This episode also covers broader tech trends, mergers, and the impact of corporate culture on acquired entities!
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IBM has entered into an agreement to acquire HashiCorp It’s been almost five years since IBM acquired Red Hat for $34B in 2019Revenue was $57.7B In 2023, it was $61.8BIBM has acquired 19 companies since Red Hat.There’s a really good article from Fintan Ryan on Medium

This week in Tech News of The Week Ned and Chris chat about generational divides in tech adoption, regulatory nods to competition, the retirement of quirky AWS hardware, and the looming uncertainty around a TikTok ban. 


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The Metaverse Is A Generational Thing, And We Ain’t That GenerationFTC Agrees That Competition Is GoodAWS Retires The Snowmobile Because Nothing In The World Is Fun AnymoreTikTok Ban Appears Impotent, I Mean Imminent

The contentious debate about tabs vs. spaces in coding, breaking down its historical roots and current implications.
Tabs vs. spaces 
This Chaos Lever episode explores the surprisingly intense debate around using tabs and spaces in programming. Ned and Chris cover the historical journey of coding practices from punch cards to modern coding environments. They discuss how seemingly small choices, like whether to use tabs or spaces, have great implications for code readability, maintenance, and even programmers’ salaries.
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Whereupon I Ramble Hopefully Somewhat Coherently About The Spacing Wars In Computer FilesWhich is, as is true with so very many things, FORTRAN.All the way up to 1990, when FORTRAN finally made the formatting optionalThis has been proven by analyses that I choose to support because they totally line up with my already existing beliefsAn analysis of the data behind Stack Overflow’s 2017 developer surveyBut what google did is kickstart the tabs vs spaces war by including in their formatting requirements this line

This week in Tech News of The Week Ned and Chris discuss a variety of recent tech headlines, an influencer's negative impact on Humane AI, Google Drive's new dark mode, the controversial debut of Airchat, and the rising threat of the Latrodectus malware loader!
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Humane AI Pin Sucks, Influencer Blamed For Killing CompanyGoogle Drive Gets Dark Mode; I’m Irrationally Excited About ItDark ReaderAirchat Bursts Onto The Scene To Make Us All DumberNew Malware Loader Latrodectus Making More And More Inroads With Bad Actors

Ned and Chris explore the curious origins of everyday tech terms, like "download" and "log in," and how they became part of our digital lives.
Tech Etymology 
This episode of Chaos Lever examines the fascinating backstory behind standard tech terms. Ned and Chris discuss how these terms evolved from practical uses in the past to the digital expressions we use daily. This episode also touches on current events in the tech world, including Redis's licensing changes and HashiCorp's legal battles, providing a humorous yet insightful look into the complexities of the tech industry.
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Torsion of Wing Trusses at Diving SpeedsEnglish Stack ExchangeI asked ChatGPT, which unsurprisingly quoted Wikipedia at me.I’ll just link the Etymonline post for that oneorigin of Kubernetes at the linkNational Advisory Committee for Aeronautics technical note from 1947Matt Ferrell over at Undecided

This week in Tech News of the Week we dive into a series of significant tech and cybersecurity developments: Home Depot's troubling supply chain data breach, Supermicro's controversial decision not to fix hackable BMCs, and much more!
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Home Depot Hammered by Supply Chain Data BreachHackable BMCs for Supermicro Won’t Be FixedIntel Releases New AI Accelerator Chip, Looks To Keep AcceleratingGoogle Tries To Get A Leg Up Intel With A New ARM