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This week we discuss the rise of WASM, Cloudflare’s Post Mortem, Oracle Cloud news and the future of CAPTCHAs. Plus, some thoughts on buzzwords, sprinklers and dogs.


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Chrome fixes everything
Plateau of Productivity
When the curve nopes.
When the parabola yeets.
First class SaaS
Thanks for the legwork fool
The cash cow has run out of milk
Sign-a-tar
Tumbler is now HIPAA compliant
Working has its privileges
Let go of this dog now


Rundown


Fermyon Launches With First Cloud-Native WebAssembly PaaS
Cloudflare


Cloudflare Post Mortem
Massive Cloudflare outage caused by network configuration error
The Hardest Working Office Design In America Encrypts Your Data–With Lava Lamps

Oracle


Oracle Versus Amazon: Oracle Will Rip and Replace AWS at Cerner
Exclusive: TikTok moves U.S. user data to Oracle servers

DocuSign CEO Dan Springer steps down
Removing people from security


Password policies of 120 websites
iOS 16 Will Let iPhone Users Bypass CAPTCHAs in Supported Apps and Websites



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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s First Year on the Job: Undoing Bezos-Led Overexpansion
Senate considers ban on data brokers selling health and location info
Full List of Data Broker Opt-Out Guides: How to opt-out of the internet
Anna Sorokin plans to launch an NFT collection
Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites – The Markup
Median software multiple is now 5.7x.
The 3-Day Return to Office Is, So Far, a Dud
The Big Winners and Losers From the Remote Work Revolution
I Should Be Able to Mute America
Capital One fraudster got in via 'misconfigured' AWS storage
Better.com loses three more senior executives, including SVP and VP of sales
Veza Raises $110M in Funding - FinSMEs
The 4th S of Software Supply Chain Security


Nonsense


The Worst Programming Language Ever - Mark Rendle - NDC Oslo 2021
Jira gets fired by ClickUp - Exit Interview commercial advertisement
Amazon demos Alexa reading a bedtime story in the voice of a boy's deceased grandma
Could You Really Not Just Put This In An Email?


Listener Feedback / Jobs


Mantalus hiring Client Account Executive in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Conferences


THAT Conference Wisconsin, July 25, 2022


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DevOpsDayLA is happening at SCALE19x, July, 29th, 2022


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VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022
SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022
THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors Jan 16-19, 2023,


SDT news & hype


Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
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Coté: Elgato 4k Cam Link.


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This week we discuss Oracle buying Corner, drama at Coinbase and the Gartner MQ for Observability. Plus, some thoughts on European Design Style…


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Secular Winds.
Internet Hygiene
Don’t Bang the Table
Do you own a motorcycle?
The Hilda World-building Executive Retreat for Toxic Crytpo Execs.
That’s some flavor
Client/server Bias.
Power of Privilege


Rundown


Everyone tries to fix verticals like healthcare but can an outsider really do it?


Oracle thinks it can fix healthcare’s biggest tech issue
Oracle stock jumps 9% on strong cloud revenue

CEO Bias


Silicon Valley’s Horrible Bosses
Coinbase CEO Twitter Thread
An Open letter to Elon…

Productivity


Google’s changing its calendar invites to be clearer and more modern
Who the **** Enjoys Using Outlook?

Honeycomb Cements Its Position as a Leader in 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ - Honeycomb


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Introducing Achievements: recognizing the many stages of a developer’s coding journey | The GitHub Blog
Microsoft’s new Xbox TV app streams games without a console later this month
MIT researchers uncover ‘unpatchable’ flaw in Apple M1 chips – TechCrunch
Spotify comes for audiobooks
[Joe Beda retires, sort of.](http://: https://twitter.com/jbeda/status/1535319525851205633)
Microsoft will soon post salary ranges for ALL job openings
Amazon Prime Air prepares for drone deliveries
Apple CEO Tim Cook heaps praise on ‘cutting-edge’ Chinese software developers
The Origin of Git
Snowflake switches gears, from data warehouse to application cloud
The Washington Post is not selling its software business, despite offers


Nonsense


The SDT THREAD is now over 7k messages.


Sponsors


Teleport — The easiest, most secure way to access infrastructure.


Listener Feedback / Jobs


Jesus has written the perfect SDT comment. See here.


Conferences


FinOps X, June 20-21, 2022, Matt’s there!
DevOps Loop, June 22nd. Free! Coté put the agenda together.
Open Source Summit North America, June 21-24, 2022, Matt’s there!
DevOpsDayLA is happening at SCALE19x, July, 29th, 2022


Discount code: DEVOP

THAT Conference Wisconsin, July 25, 2022


Discount code: SDTFriendsWI50 for ****$50 off 4-Day everything ticket
Discount code:: SDTFriendsWI25 for ****$25 off 3-Day Camper ticket

VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022
SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022
THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors Jan 16-19, 2023,


SDT news & hype


Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!


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Coté: D&D Adventure Begins.


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This week we discuss work life balance, the State of Continuous Delivery Survey and recap WWDC. Plus, some thoughts on Buddha and parenting…


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The Buddha had no kids
The Air Fryer is a PaaS.


Rundown


Work vs. Life


Office workers get little reward for returning to the office – an idle factory is taboo
CEOs had a phenomenal year. Workers, less so
Tesla monitored its employees on Facebook with help of PR firm during 2017 union push
Elon Musk asks all Tesla employees to come back to the office or quit
Ford factory workers get 40-hour week

Survey Says


State of Continuous Delivery
Chainguard raises $50M Series A for supply chain security

WWDC


Apple WWDC 2022: the 16 biggest announcements
Create macOS or Linux virtual machines - WWDC22 - Videos
Apple will allow Linux VMs to run Intel apps with Rosetta in macOS Ventura
All the New Features Coming to Your Mac This Fall
EU reaches deal to make USB-C a common charger for most electronic devices



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Earnings


HashiCorp quarter
MongoDB quarter
GitLab quarter
Salesforce stock jumps as it raises profit forecast
Tech Valuations Tumble, but Business Software Stocks Are Cushioned by the Cloud
A Framework for Navigating Down Markets

VMware


Good thread (VMware history)
Broadcom buying VMware makes sense for IoT infrastructure
Broadcom plans 'rapid subscription transition' for VMware
Broadcom buying VMware makes sense for IoT infrastructure
Brian Madden’s brutal and unfiltered thoughts on the Broadcom / VMware deal
Broadcom will tame the VMware beast
VMware Blockchain

Bolt, the payments start-up, has begun laying off employees.
Layoffs.fyi - Tech Layoff Tracker and Startup Layoff Lists
Proton Is Trying to Become Google—Without Your Data
OpenStack, except it's outer space,
Microsoft confirms it's taking a 'new approach' with its game streaming device | Engadget
How to do fun and interesting executive dinners, round tables, etc. – online and in-person
Over 380 000 open Kubernetes API servers | The Shadowserver Foundation
Twitter fined $150M for misusing 2FA data
First she documented the alt-right. Now she’s coming for crypto.
Exclusive: Microsoft continues to iterate on an Xbox cloud streaming device codenamed 'Keystone'
Microsoft won't lower software costs on AWS, Google clouds
A researcher's avatar was sexually assaulted on a metaverse platform owned by Meta, making her the latest victim of sexual abuse on Meta's platforms, watchdog says
Forget LinkedIn—Your Next Job Offer Could Come via Slack
Sheryl Sandberg will leave Meta after 14 years this fall
This crypto startup believes 'sex-to-earn' is the future of web3
ExpressVPN rejects CERT-In directives, removes its India servers
MongoDB CTO on (no)SQL, Superapps, and Southeast Asia
Google is combining Meet and Duo into a single app for voice and video calls
This VR headset will measure a user's brain activity
Tesla has to respond to increase in phantom braking complaints
Amazon’s retail CEO is resigning after 23 years
Zoom Hires Greg Tomb as President
Peloton hires Amazon Web Services executive Liz Coddington as new CFO in latest shakeup
Musk accuses Twitter of 'resisting and thwarting' his right to information on fake accounts
‘A new IBM’: How the tech giant simplified its marketing
Coinbase extends hiring pause for 'foreseeable future' and plans to rescind some offers
Evading the Big Blue Name Police
IBM CEO explains why company offloaded Watson Health
MongoDB fires up new cloud, on-premises releases
In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk’s demands for data
OpenCost: Open Source Collaboration on Kubernetes Cost Standards
Kubecost launches open-source OpenCost project
Datadog’s 2022 State of Serverless report
The IRS needs digital transformation
Oracle quietly closes $28B deal to buy electronic health records company Cerner


Nonsense


The Cast of HBO's 'Silicon Valley' Cast Explains What Real Startups Do (NSFW)
WSJ News Exclusive | Justin Timberlake

This week Brandon is joined by special guest host JJ Ashgiar and they record a live episode at the THAT Conference. Brandon and JJ interview Clark Sell and Brett Slaski about the origins and purpose of the THAT Conference and then the group discusses Broadcom acquiring VMware.


Relevant to your Interests


THAT Conference
Broadcom to Acquire VMware for Approximately $61 Billion in Cash and Stock


Guests


Clark Sell
Brett Slaski


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Brandon — The Bond King
JJ — Between


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Special Guests: Brett Slaski, Clark Sell, and JJ Asghar.

This week we discuss “Radical Transparency,” State of Crypto, IBM’s Cloud Efforts and Zoom’s Earnings. Plus, paying at the pump abroad.


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I’m here for the sandwich talk
I want to get back to the garbage chairs
Paying for Petrol
Paying at the Pump
Anonymize your trash
I don’t want to improve
Making life hard for HR
Radical transparency for you, not me
Where’d this public cloud come from?
Don’t ever fall into the trap of sucking
That’s a Circle


Rundown


Coinbase Tests App for Employees to Grade Each Other During Meetings


Bridgewater Principles & Culture
You need meeting knobs like this

Seth Green's Stolen NFT Puts His New Animated Bored Ape Series in Jeopardy
Adam Neumann’s Web3 Startup Raises $70 Million From VCs, ‘Goddess Nature Token’
How Committed Is Big Blue To The IBM Cloud?
Zoom’s QTR


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Layoffs.fyi - Tech Layoff Tracker and Startup Layoff Lists
Cloud Foundry Launches Korifi to Ease Kubernetes Development
Get The Report: State of Observability 2022
Lonestar plans to put datacenters in the Moon's lava tubes
Alex Ellis, OpenFaaS | Kubecon + Cloudnativecon Europe 2022
Broadcom in talks to acquire VMware
Broadcom in Talks to Acquire Cloud Company VMware
Dell Becomes Billionaire Kingmaker in Broadcom, VMware Deal
Broadcom Discussing Paying Around $140 a Share for VMware, People Say
DevOps inspiration from Toyota Production System and Lean considered harmful
Artifice and Intelligence
Klarna fires 10% of its team amid valuation crunch
New – Amazon EC2 C7g Instances, Powered by AWS Graviton3 Processors
Planview Acquiring Long-Time Partner Tasktop - Mike West
Stepping Onto the AWS Commerce Platform with James Greenfield
K8s (⁦@kubernetesio⁩) startups raised $500M ~ in funding over the last 30 months alone.
The results are in, and the longlist of management books for 2022 is being revealed!
Joining Docker
LogDNA Unveils New Brand Identity Reflecting Vision for Observability Data
SlashData: Cloud native continues to grow with more than 7 million developers worldwide
We Sign Tomorrow? Inside A Tech Acquisition | Paddle Documentary


Nonsense


Resolution in Rackspace slide lawsuit
Central Texas man takes on Elon Musk's Boring Company, unkept promises
Spreadsheet The Game
A message from the staff of Reply All:
It’s the end of Superman.
National bank hit by ransomware trolls hackers


Conferences


cdCon, June 7 – 8, 2022 Austin, Texas + Virtual


40% Discount Code: CdCon22SDPod

MongoDB World 2022, June 7-9th, 2022
Splunk’s ,conf, June 13-16, 2022
FinOps X, June 20-21, 2022, Matt’s there!
DevOps Loop, June 22nd. Free! Coté put the agenda together.
Open Source Summit North America, June 21-24, 2022, Matt’s there!
THAT Conference Wisconsin, July 25, 2022
VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022
SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022.


SDT news & hype


Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!


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Brandon: After Steve
Matt: REI Anniversary Sales


Screaming in the Cloud: AWS Commerce Platform
Reply All: Flying the Coop

Coté: The Baby on the Fire Escape: Creativity, Motherhood, and the Mind-Baby Problem.


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Banner
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This week we discuss the "sum of the parts" of Rackspace, Rocky Linux recreates CentOS and thoughts on the economy. Plus, a debate: rental car vs. Uber.


Rundown


Rackspace Technology Reports First Quarter 2022 Results; Company Evaluating Strategic Alternatives
Cloudflare gets serious about infrastructure services
Rocky Linux developer CIQ raises $26M to recreate CentOS for enterprises
Snowflake Stock: Finally, This Software Titan Is Worth A Nibble (NYSE:SNOW)
Job vacancies outpace unemployment for first time


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Observability Engineering - O'Reilly Book 2022 Download
Observe raises $70M to grow its data-fueled observability platform
Apple discontinues its last iPod
Ploopy. Open-source hardware.
[DigitalBridge to Buy Switch for $11 Billion as Data Center M&A Binge Continues](http://)
Aiven Raises $210M to Invest in Sustainable Open Source Cloud
Workforce management startup Rippling raises $250M at $11.25B valuation
Google finally announces the Pixel Watch
IBM's massive 'Kookaburra' quantum processor might land in 2025
Google Cloud launches AlloyDB, a new fully managed PostgreSQL database service
Komodor provides a Kubernetes troubleshooting platform
Nvidia Does the Unexpected: Open Sources GPU Drivers for Linux
Hands-Free Voice Control | Sonos
Appeals court unleashes Texas's anti-content-moderation law
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment acquires Redbox
Hasura raises $100M to create GraphQL APIs for databases
Jeffrey Snover claims Microsoft demoted him for PowerShell
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's $214 million pay package is 'excessive' and should be vetoed by shareholders, say advisory firms
Netflix tells employees they can quit if they don't want to work on content they disagree with, according to new company culture guidelines
Not all open-source leaders are jerks
Intel Poaches Open Source Execs from Netflix, Apple to Boost Linux Efforts
Jeff Bezos turns up heat on Joe Biden over US inflation
Satya Nadella details Microsoft plan for ‘significant additional investment’ in employee compensation
Musk: Twitter deal at lower price "not out of the question"
Google Lets Personal Users Stay On 'No-Cost Legacy G Suite' With Custom Gmail Domain
Apple slows return to office, will let employees stay remote and require masks in common spaces
For Tech Startups, the Party Is Over
The State of Kubernetes Security in 2022
Facebook’s hiring crisis: Engineers are turning down offers
Twitter bleeds more top talent in the midst of Musk acquisition
Sisters doing it for themselves: this nun built her own power plant
Google Cloud launches new software supply chain and zero trust security services
Orbit + Hoopy: Writing the Future of DevRel - Orbit
A beef over NFTs is shaking the sneaker industry - The Hustle
Introducing the 2022 State of Crypto Report
Apple has shown its mixed reality headset to its board of directors: report (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Why Did Heroku Fail?
Docker Launches Docker Extensions and Docker Desktop for Linux


Nonsense


Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast
Dad's take on Peloton from 2019
A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035.
Elon discovers Lawyers
More Cables
Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months
Southwest introduces transferable credits


Listener Feedback


Relyance AI is looking for a VP of Product


Conferences


THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022


Discount Codes:
Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75
3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50
Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75

cdCon, June 7 – 8, 2022 Austin, Texas + Virtual


Get a 40% disocunt with this code: CdCon22SDPod

MongoDB World 2022, June 7-9th, 2022
Splunk’s ,conf, June 13-16, 2022
FinOps X, June 20-21, 2022, Matt’s there!
DevOps Loop, June 22nd. Free! Coté helps put the agenda together.
Open Source Summit North America, June 21-24, 2022, Matt’s there!
THAT Conference Wisconsin, July 25, 2022
VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – Septemb