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Brandon interviews Dustin Kirkland, VP of Engineering at Chainguard. They delve into Dustin’s experience as a part-time analyst, explore how Chainguard secures open-source software, and Dustin shares his hiking experience on the Camino de Santiago. Plus, some thoughts on men’s fashion and the timeless three-piece suit.


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Chainguard: Fortified Software Delivery
Chainguard Raises $61 Million Series B Round as Enterprises Move to Fortify Open Source Software
Battling the Trojan Horse in Open Source
Our Open Source focus: Securing OSS is not optional
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Camino de Santiago
My Walk on the Portuguese Camino de Santiago, 2023


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Special Guest: Dustin Kirkland.

This week, we recap the key announcements from Microsoft Ignite, ponder the broader implications of A.I., provide an update on OpenCost, and share some thoughts on migrating child accounts to teen accounts.


Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 441


Runner-up Titles


I just want to do less
Kill all the humans
Madlibbing his keynotes
They perked up and turned it off
Legs are the difficult thing
Everyone gets turned into a barnyard animal


Rundown


MSFT Ignite


With a systems approach to chips, Microsoft aims to tailor everything ‘from silicon to service’ to meet AI demand - Source
Microsoft Ignite 2023: all the AI news from Microsoft’s IT pro event
Microsoft and Photonic join forces on the path to quantum at scale - Microsoft Azure Quantum Blog
Introducing Copilot in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Guides - Microsoft Industry Blogs
Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT

OpenCost and Azure


Announcing OpenCost Integration with Microsoft AKS Cost Analysis
Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS)



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Microsoft restricts employee access to OpenAI's ChatGPT
Scoop: Amazon is ditching Android for Fire TVs, smart displays
Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023
Clouded Judgement 11.10.23
Keycaps » Special Edition Drop » dbrand
In a first, cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack
Linux Foundation Creating The High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)
2023: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise - Menlo Ventures
Threat Spotlight: Reported ransomware attacks double as AI tactics take hold
YouTube, Ad Blockers & the Advertising "Tax"
Google sues scammers that allegedly released a malware-filled Bard knockoff
Apple gets 36% of Google search revenue from Safari, Alphabet witness says
RHEL and Alma Linux 9.3 released
Amazon will officially merge Comixology with Kindle in December


Nonsense


AWS staffer shows off former-prison offices on social media
Buc-ee’s and Mercedes-Benz are partnering to add high-speed chargers
In the Office Auto-Reply Emails for a Hybrid Work Schedule


Listener Feedback


Facets | Helping you adopt Platform Engineering
8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests


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This week, we recap Matt's experience at KubeCon Chicago, provide some hot takes on OpenAI's impending App Store, and delve into Apple's claim that 8 GB is all you need.


Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 440


Runner-up Titles


Keep on keeping on
They’re not sandbox projects they’re litterbox projects
It was USB thing
If you spent all week in the OpenCost kiosk, this is the report
The platter days
Wait a second, I’m a pro
Microsoft Benchmark Home Edition
Vanity Metrics are for Vanity
Rub some A.I. on it
Rubbing A.I. on all of it
Of course this is the way you’re going to do it


Rundown


Apple insists 8GB unified memory equals 16GB regular RAM
CNCF


October 2023: where we are with velocity of CNCF, LF, and top 30 open source projects | Cloud Native Computing Foundation
AKS Cost Analysis: an Azure-native cost visibility experience built on the OpenCost project
Buoyant and SUSE Expand Partnership to Provide Secure Edge Computing Deployments

OpenAI


OpenAI is letting anyone create their own version of ChatGPT
All the news from OpenAI’s first developer conference
ChatCSV
How OpenAI is building a path toward AI agents
OpenAI debuts GPT-4 Turbo and fine-tuning program for GPT-4 | TechCrunch

CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE unite behind OpenELA to take on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Matt Ray’s Keyboard Quest


Andrew says gets switch tester



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Verdict reached in Sam Bankman-Fried fraud trial
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud
The GPU Math", AI's impact on Cloud Rev and Capex
Developer Productivity Engineering at Netflix
Europe is in Decline: A Concerning Future Ahead
Data observability platform Kloudfuse launches out of stealth with $23M
Elon Musk debuts 'Grok' AI bot to rival ChatGPT, others
Post Mortem on Cloudflare Control Plane and Analytics Outage
Datadog stock surges 30% after cloud company beats estimates, revises guidance up
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Nonsense


Mint is shutting down, and it’s pushing users toward Credit Karma
Jeff Bezos Says He Is Leaving Seattle for Miami


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This week, we discuss Cloud Earnings, OpenCost, the Free Software Product License, paying for Social Media, and Apple's latest announcements. Plus, Matt begins the search for a new keyboard.


Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 439


Runner-up Titles


Costservability
Just a second
439 episodes of podcasting nirvana
We’ve never made a mistake
A million Amazon users of Copilot
Chrome exists to serve RAM sales
Two Turntables and a Microphone
Default Search Engines


Rundown


Cloud Earnings Review


Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Q3 2023 Earnings Analysis
Amazon's Jassy: We're 'surprised' at growth of our generative AI business
Clouded Judgement 10.27.23 - Cloud Giants Report Q3 '23

OpenCost Expands Its Horizon: Introducing Multi-Cloud Cost Monitoring
Free Software Product


Open Source in Numbers: The Terraform License Change Impact on Contribution
Open Source and Capitalism with Ashley Williams and Adam Jacob / Oxide
Business Models

Default Search Engine


Google reportedly pays $18 billion a year to be Apple’s default search engine
Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere
“Chrome exists to serve Google search.” - The Verge

Paid Social


Elon Musk will charge you more to avoid ads than Disney and Netflix
Facebook and Instagram launch a paid ad-free subscription
YouTube tries to kill ad blockers in push for ad dollars, Premium subs

SolarWinds


SEC sues SolarWinds for misleading investors before 2020 hack
Observability provider SolarWinds reportedly exploring a sale
Bad Passwords Are Securities Fraud

Apple


Apple unveils new MacBook Pro featuring M3 chips
Behind the scenes at Scary Fast: Apple’s keynote event shot on iPhone



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The Cloud Computer
Linux Foundation Adopting Terraform Fork Provokes Ire of HashiCorp CEO
12-inch MacBook could return as a budget model, suggests leaker
X usage plummets in Musk's first year as owner
Zuckerberg says Threads has almost 100 million monthly users
Google Fiber is getting outrageously fast 20Gbps service
Alphabet sees $165 billion in market cap wiped after cloud business growth disappoints Wall Street
VMware closes its home for experimental software
Samsung adds DisplayPort and more Multi View options to second massive Ark monitor
Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA
What's new in Red Hat OpenShift
Announcing the Platform Engineering Maturity Model
Welcoming Clearbit to the HubSpot Team
Broadcom and VMWare Say $61 Billion Deal Will Close 'Soon'
Chainguard Raises $61 Million Series B Round as Enterprises Move to Fortify Open Source Software


Nonsense


Toyota’s Chairman Is Having His ‘I Told You So Moment’ About EVs
Why Is Apple's USB-C Cable $130?
The restaurant nearest Google
Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide with ChatGPT
Unilever is selling Dollar Shave Club to private equity
WeWork Plans to File for Bankruptcy as Early as Next Week WSJ


Listener Feedback


Sudesh from Akami is hosting a happy hour at KubeCon


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This week, we discuss Microsoft and Google Cloud earnings, the future of passwords, the validity of DORA Metrics, and share some thoughts on esoteric Excel bug fixes.


Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 438


Runner-up Titles


Spicy takes and f-bombs
Not pants
Real scientists don’t use Excel
We fixed it
Private equity is coming for you
Jerks on the phone… go!
They’re going to steal our eyes and thumbs


Rundown


Microsoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific data
Control data conversions in Excel for Windows and Mac
Cloud News and Earnings


Clouded Judgement 10.20.23
Microsoft blows past earnings estimates as cloud growth comes in hot
Microsoft has over a million paying GitHub Copilot users: CEO Nadella
Jamin Ball on LinkedIn: On the Microsoft earnings call
Google-parent Alphabet's cloud division misses revenue estimates, as Microsoft’s cloud booms
How AI-driven software creation tools speed up your development
Amazon launches European 'sovereign' cloud as EU data debate rages

Passwords


Hackers Stole Access Tokens from Okta’s Support Unit
1Password is the latest victim of Okta’s compromise
Passkeys (Passkey Authentication)

Apple may be planning a surprise October iMac announcement
Despite the Hype, Engineers Not Impressed with DORA Metrics
Amazon Could Reportedly Sign Billion Dollar Microsoft 365 Deal


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Announcing Neptyne for Google Sheets
Discord expands online marketplace as it tries to justify $15 billion valuation
Top Apple analyst says MacBook demand has fallen 'significantly'
Amazon managers can now sack employees who won’t work from the office 3 days a week
Amazon’s Andy Jassy Plans to Crash the AI Party
US v Google Antitrust Trial Transcripts I The Capitol Forum
Crane Venture Partners Flight 2023
How Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops (and why it's called 'Project Sputnik')
What’s inside Apple’s $129 Thunderbolt cable?
Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?
Amazon Could Reportedly Sign Billion Dollar Microsoft 365 Deal
Stay in EU, comply with EU law: EU’s digital chief warns X’s Musk
Meta sued by 42 attorneys general for addictive features targeting kids
Apple Silicon M1 Power Consumption Deep Dive Part 1: Safari vs Chrome
Automattic is acquiring Texts and betting big on the future of messaging
The founder of startup Bonobos hid a bipolar diagnosis for decades. Now he’s on a mission to destigmatize mental health at work
Sam Bankman-Fried Set to Testify at His Fraud Trial
Fed wants to lower 'swipe fees,' a potential blow to banks and credit card giants


Nonsense


Costco CEO Craig Jelinek to step down Jan. 1. COO Ron Vachris will take over
McKinsey: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)


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This week, we discuss Amazon embracing Microsoft Office 365, offer some SBF hot takes, and review the lessons Docker learned when building an open-source business. Plus, we share thoughts on the new Apple Pencil, USB-C, and some Tim Cook fan fiction.


Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 437


Runner-up Titles


My enemy’s Word Processor is my friend.
You know what we should do, we should just meet about it.
A downgrade would be an upgrade.
Megadeal’s a great word.
It worked for Shingy
Use my template.


Rundown


Amazon moves to the cloud


Microsoft is preparing to bring on Amazon as a customer of its 365 cloud tools in a $1 billion megadeal, according to an internal document
Report: Amazon will use Microsoft 365 cloud productivity tools in $1B ‘megadeal’

SBF


Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal peril deepens as his defense comes up short
Number Goes Up
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

OSS


Business Success with Open Source
HashiCorp CEO predicts OSS-free Silicon Valley unless...
Docker at 10 — 3 Things We Got Right, 3 Things We Got Wrong

How open source foundations protect the licensing integrity of open source projects
VMware: What China Might Ask Of Broadcom Is Concerning Markets (NYSE:VMW)


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IRS says Microsoft owes an additional $29 billion in back taxes
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Google turns up the heat on AWS, claims Cloud Spanner is half the cost of DynamoDB
Apple reaches settlement with Caltech in $1 billion patent lawsuit - 9to5Mac
We tried that, didn’t work
Engage a Wider Audience With ActivityPub on WordPress.com
Apple wants to update iPhones in-store without opening the packaging
Atlassian content cloud migration will work. Users, less so
Opinion | The Five-Day Office Week Is Dead
Minecraft becomes first video game to hit 300m sales
Marc Andreessen -- e/acc on X
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn lays off nearly 700 employees — read the memo here
Apple introduces new Apple Pencil, bringing more value and choice to the lineup
SiFive Rolls Out RISC-V Cores Aimed at Generative AI and ML
Apple introduces new Apple Pencil, bringing more value and choice to the lineup
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Microsoft launches Radius, an open-source application platform for the cloud-native era
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IRS to offer a new option to file your tax return
Welcoming Loom to the Atlassian team


Nonsense


Costco sold $9B of clothing in 2022
United's new boarding system prioritizes window seats


Listener Feedback


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