RIA Weekly

Matt interviews Amanda K. Silver, Corporate Vice President in the Developer Division at Microsoft. They discuss the latest developments with Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot, and why developers only want to see live demos. Plus, some thoughts on tiny houses and Murphy beds vs. hammocks. Show Links visualstudio.com (https://t.co/QHl5wYlaUn) Contact Amanda LinkedIn: Amanda K. Silver (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandaksilver/) Twitter: @amandaksilver (https://twitter.com/amandaksilver?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), BlueSky (https://bs

This week, we discuss Tanzu’s latest releases, Microsoft Build announcements, and the Raspberry Pi going public. Plus, thoughts on expense reporting systems and tablet kickstands. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJjAKS4umk) 468 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odJjAKS4umk) Runner-up Titles Coté's calendar style: quick to decline, slow to accept. Enterprise Software — Give it time and you’ll love it Thanks Clayton Williams Multi-size Monkey Phase There’s people I know “Yes, and” is now fully ironic Pop sockets are the future All out of tokens, going home You said Squawkbox Cote’ Rundown New at Tanzu: the Tanzu Platform (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/introducing-vmware-tanzu-platform) and Tanzu Data Services (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/vmware-tanzu-data-services-for-modern-apps) A PaaS on-top of Cloud Foundry (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/introducing-vmware-tanzu-platform) and (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/introducing-vmware-tanz

This week, we discuss ChatGPT-4o, Google I/O Announcements, the impact of AI on smartphones, and executive shuffling at OpenAI and Amazon. Plus, we share some thoughts on how to plan your wedding. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBzblajcAUY) 467 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBzblajcAUY) Runner-up Titles Do what works Blame the children I had an alphanumeric pager in 1993 I like carrots Rundown A.I. Announcements Introducing GPT-4o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQacCB9tDaw) ‎Gemini Apps’ release updates & improvements (https://gemini.google.com/updates) Google I/O 2024 (https://io.google/2024/) Palace Intrigue Andy Jassy makes AWS leadership announcement (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/leadership-update-aws-adam-selipsky-matt-garman?ck_subscriber_id=512840665) Ilya and OpenAI are going to part ways. (https://twitter.com/sama/status/1790518031640347056?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A) Sam Altman gracefully thanked his OpenAI cofounder who quit. T

This week, we discuss 451’s Generative A.I. Market Forecast, OpenAI launching a search engine and Apple’s new iPads. Plus, a look back at Microsoft’s acquiring Nokia. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENsBkKFvDSU) 466 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENsBkKFvDSU) Runner-up Titles Coté is in a Dungeon Everything’s going to be different What would Stringer Bell say? Displacing Google Great Grammarly A room full of barking dogs A little bit of hustle porn. Over value activity A whole room with barking dogs Rundown Clouded Judgement 5.3.24 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-5324-hyperscalers?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=144188884&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) OpenAI To Launch Search Engine (https://www.seroundtable.com/openai-to-launch-search-engine-37319.html) Perplexity.AI raises $250 million with $3B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/23/perplexity-is-

This week, we discuss IBM's intent to acquire HashiCorp, the state of Open Source Businesses, and the (slow) adoption of Continuous Integration. Plus, some thoughts on the end of non-compete agreements. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXl62_VMX0) 465 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXl62_VMX0) Runner-up Titles Extra Innings Later Innings Customer is always right, except for pricing Leave the party crying Put a price on it Rundown Hashi Introducing The Infrastructure Cloud (https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/introducing-the-infrastructure-cloud) HashiCorp unveils The Infrastructure Cloud, a unified platform for cloud Infrastructure and Security Lifecycle Management (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/22/2866901/0/en/HashiCorp-unveils-The-Infrastructure-Cloud-a-unified-platform-for-cloud-Infrastructure-and-Security-Lifecycle-Management.html) IBM to Acquire HashiCorp, Inc. Creating a Comprehensive End-to-End Hybrid Cloud Platform (https://www.prnewswire

Coté interviews Jana Werner, Enterprise Transformation Lead EMEA, from Amazon Web Services (AWS). How can you start small changes to make big changes? That's the premise of Jana Werner's organization transformation card game. Sure, it's not really a "game," but each question is meant to help nudge management and executives a little closer to changing how they operate. Many of the ideas come from Amazon thinking, but many of the are also just the type of common sense that's too often uncommonly practiced. Coté interviews her about some of the cards, but, more importantly, the thinking, management philosophy, the life-style behind the cards. Show Links Coté mentioned a case study Jana did with Barry O'Reilly about Tesco Bank, here it is (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VejBzjF2R7JV1TEvvbTtIN2cTynwxY9q/view). Appoint and empower a single threaded leader (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/janawerner1_in-phil-le-brun-my-post-last-week-we-shared-activity-7019653493850284033-6Iqv) Two way door decisions (https://ww

This week, we discuss OpenTofu’s response to Hashicorp, Salesforce potentially acquiring Informatica and the latest Kubernetes Market Size from IDC. Plus, when will Enterprise A.I. improve the DMV experience? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Yvt-NtjVc) 463 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Yvt-NtjVc) Runner-up Titles The fun run was fun. You don’t have to pay for this, just glue it together with a couple of bash scripts. The Phish are biting Everything’s cool zone Words that rhyme with “acquisation” Maybe AI can find it The market for products that start with “K” I like hotdogs Don’t do the values, just the fun facts Rundown An Interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian About Google’s Enterprise AI Strategy (https://stratechery.com/2024/an-interview-with-google-cloud-ceo-thomas-kurian-about-googles-enterprise-ai-strategy/) OpenTofu responds to Hashicorp Our Response to Hashicorp's Cease and Desist Letter | OpenTofu (https://opentofu.org/blog/our-response-to-h

This week, we discuss Matt Asay accusing OpenTufu of "lifting code" and recap the Google Next '24. announcements. Plus, we share some thoughts on camera placement and offer listeners a chance to get free coffee beans. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VBJU8UdLOA) 462 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VBJU8UdLOA) Runner-up Titles Hey, I’m VP of Cables, not VP of Hubs. Well, I still have meetings. The Cote’ Experience ClosedTofu Our Cloud is Huge(tm) Rundown Matt Asay vs. OpenTofu OpenTofu may be showing us the wrong way to fork (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3714980/opentofu-may-be-showing-us-the-wrong-way-to-fork.html) OpenTofu vehemently disagrees with any suggestion that it misappropriated (https://twitter.com/opentofuorg/status/1776398008558493991?s=46&t=kiCCT8LlOOqj0WYcmUddTg) Matt Asay (https://x.com/mjasay/status/1776635226124632423?s=46&t=EoCoteGkQEahPpAJ_HYRpg) Follow up Tweet Bryan Cantrill (https://x.com/bcantrill/status/1775962870762844212) calls it

This week, we discuss Redis Relicensing, Progress acquiring MariaDB and Microsoft unbundling Teams. Plus, Coté shares his Top 10 Tech and Productivity Wish List for regulators. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvLlXxJWlOE) 461 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvLlXxJWlOE) Runner-up Titles The Fork is a feature not a bug Relicensing: The path to Private Equity Is this Progress? Hot Antitrust Action Give it to Switzerland, they can hold our calendars Won’t someone think of the children? Cote’s airing of (Apple) grievances The deepest of pockets Fine-adjacent. Not complicated enough What’s it called when they plateau going down? Frankenstein Grand Theory of Open Source Business Models a large, wide portfolio of things that you’re vaguely aware of Mostly contrast Rundown Zuck Just Entered the Fediverse: Here’s What That Means (https://gizmodo.com/zuck-entered-fediverse-threads-heres-what-that-means-1851356849) Redis RIP Redis: How Garantia Data pulled off the biggest he

Matt Ray interviews Tom Wilkie, Grafana Labs CTO. They discuss the latest trends in Observability, Grafana’s recent announcements and the state of OSS businesses . Plus, some ideas for your next 3D printing project. Show Links The Brewintosh (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N9oz4Ylzm4) Prusa Mini v6 Hotend Adapter (https://www.printables.com/model/31006-prusa-mini-v6-hotend-adapter) Cortex (https://cortexmetrics.io) Prometheus (https://prometheus.io) Grafana Labs (https://grafana.com) OpenCost (https://www.opencost.io/blog/carbon-costs) GrafanaCON 2024 April 9-10 (https://grafana.com/about/events/grafanacon/2024/) Contact Tom Wilkie LinkedIn: tomwilkie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomwilkie/?originalSubdomain=uk) Twitter: @tom_wilkie (https://twitter.com/tom_wilkie?lang=en) GitHub: tomwilkie (https://github.com/tomwilkie) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefi

This week, we discuss Kubecon EU, Nvidia’s hyper growth, having 55 direct reports and the Worldwide Container Infrastructure Forecast. Plus, is “hello” a proper slack message? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-SnxTaHhL4) 459 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-SnxTaHhL4) Runner-up Titles "Hey. Got a sec? Want to run something by you.” You don’t want to scare you coworkers Eating bugs off your coworkers “Hi” has become a trigger word Rehabilitate the “Hi” 55 Direct Reports Everyone worked at one company, and that one company didn’t want to do the work for everyone. The YAML hand off market Rundown Is Hello a proper Slack message? (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1770411476022354075) Please Don't Say Just Hello In Chat (https://www.nohello.com/2013/01/please-dont-say-just-hello-in-chat.html) Kubecon “Designing for Success: UX Principles for Internal Developer Platforms,” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rqe5Yc13-A) "Boosting Developer Platform Teams with Product T

This week, we discuss Coté's O'Reilly video series where he offers up some tips on how to survive and thrive in the workplace. Plus, some ideas on how to reinvent the virtual town hall. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWr-jUM0FQ) 458 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWr-jUM0FQ) Runner-up Titles Surviving Corporate America Hopes and Dreams Second half of your career Soul Crushing I stole this from TikTok Living too much Just be happy Review life imbalance Rundown 10 part course at O’Reilly about working in a large organization, a BigCo (https://learning.oreilly.com/course/how-to-survive/0790145433268/) Conferences KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20. DevOpsDays Bir

This week, we discuss whether or not Kubernetes is boring, Winglang’s attempt to simply cloud deployments and Linkerd status as a graduated CNCF project. Plus, a few thoughts on frogs… Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXssLonmkEw) 457 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXssLonmkEw) Runner-up Titles Blame the seagulls Speaking of lizards in our houses Burying people under B-trees Compiler for the Cloud I’m tired of speaking French We need a big pie If we stop shooting each other we can sit down and eat some pie. The Jacob Principle Has there every been a config file format love affair? Rundown Kubernetes Predictions Were Wrong (https://thenewstack.io/kubernetes-predictions-were-wrong/) Wing Programming Language for the Cloud (https://www.winglang.io/) #1262 Health of Linkerd project (https://github.com/cncf/toc/issues/1262) Craig Box X Thread (https://twitter.com/craigbox/status/1760370351828320539) Adam Jacob’s X Thread (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/17610519002

This week, we second guess recent decisions made by Google and Apple. Plus, what social media sites is everyone actually using these days? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPcTxTejYM) 456 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKPcTxTejYM) Runner-up Titles Is it Russian hackers? Bad upgrade is the 1B to DNS They’re all bad product launches Vikings are 98% more Nordic Can I pay for features? They’ve defeated vaporware Interoperability is for underdogs Rundown Google Google pauses Gemini AI image generator after it created inaccurate historical pictures (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/22/google-pauses-gemini-ai-image-generator-after-inaccuracies.html) Google Pay app is shutting down in the US after being replaced by Google Wallet (https://mashable.com/article/google-pay-shutting-down-replaced-by-google-wallet?ref=cardsftw.com) AT&T outage caused by software update, not malicious intent: Sources (https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/att-outage-impacting-us-customers-company/story?

This week, we discuss open source forks, what’s going on at OpenAI and checkin on the IRS Direct File initiative. Plus, plenty of thoughts on taking your annual Code of Conduct Training. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwXvnb53iY) 455 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwXvnb53iY) Runner-up Titles I live my life one iCal screen at a time We always have sparklers Meta-parenting Everyone is always tired Cheaper version of Red Hat This week in “Do we need to be angry?” All we get is wingdings. I’m in a Socialist mood this week Pies shot out of my eyes and stuff Those dingalings bought my boat Dingalings of the mind Rundown CIQ Offers Long-Term Support for Rocky Linux 8.6, 8.8 and 9.2 Images Through AWS Marketplace (https://ciq.com/press-release/ciq-offers-long-term-support-for-rocky-linux-8-6-8-8-and-9-2-images-through-aws-marketplace/) Will CIQ’s new support program alienate the community (https://medium.com/@gordon.messmer/will-ciqs-new-support-program-alienate-the-

This week, we discuss the ever expanding CNCF Landscape, bundling and unbundling, and the latest cloud earnings. Plus, some thoughts on soap dispensers in Europe vs. U.S. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pg_rXxn1YQ) 454 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pg_rXxn1YQ) Runner-up Titles Are we streaming. I have the whole earth to roam, so I’m not going to get space madness. If you watch it long enough every movie represents all of life. The sound track to walking the dog. At least it’s open source. The Magic Quadrant of Fashion. I guess everyone’s cool? What pair of pants do I need? The AirPods Pro pocket. Go down the metaphor hole. I was eating steak, and now I’m eating OpenTofu. Not good, but good enough. The Metaphor Hole Rundown CNCF Landscape (https://landscape.cncf.io) Bundling, Unbundling and Ensh*tification (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/02/bundling-unbundling-and-enshtification.html) (Cloudcast Pod) Earnings Meta Beats Sales Forecast Estimates; Announces Fi

This week, Coté interviews John Willis and they discuss how Kubernetes ultimately won, why large companies struggle with Digital Transformation, and Systems Thinking. Plus, John shares his opinions about Human Resources and Venture Capital. Show Links Kubernetes: The Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE77h7dmoQU) Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge (https://www.amazon.com/Demings-Journey-Profound-Knowledge-Industry/dp/B0CCW999G8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ABYP2L2X31GG&keywords=Willis+Deming&qid=1707157953&s=books&sprefix=willis+deming%2Cstripbooks%2C110&sr=1-1) The Problems with Money In (Open Source) Software (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCuLyv6SHo) Profound Deming (https://www.profound-deming.com) Profound Podcast (https://profound.buzzsprout.com) Contact John Willis LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwillisatlanta/) botchagalupe@gmail.com (mailto:botchagalupe@gmail.com) SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack). Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address t

This week, we examine the balancing act CEOs face between maintaining operations and pursuing growth, the IRS's attempt to automate tax filing, and defining success in thought leadership. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBlRgILBnn0) 452 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBlRgILBnn0) Runner-up Titles Know the rules Until you reach infinity When you’re washing your full ass, don’t half-ass your shower door. All-in on Minecraft Eminent domain for digital transformation. There’s usually a stray banana in the Hilton Garden Buffet. Rundown Alphabet Shares Fall After Search Revenue Misses Estimates (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-30/alphabet-search-revenue-misses-estimates-shares-fall) Microsoft beats Q2 earnings on AI, cloud strength, shares flat (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-beats-q2-earnings-on-ai-cloud-strength-shares-flat-185023451.html) The CEO and the Three Envelopes - Kevin Kruse (https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/)

This week, we discuss what “enshittification” is, what causes it, and whether it can be prevented. Plus, stay tuned until the end to hear the Software Defined Talk origin story. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 451 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4CnW_RciZ4) Runner-up Titles Enshittification The Fahrenheit 451 Reorganization Wait for Wifi Taxes by beef rib It’s actually not fine Smoking crack in Disneyland AI is accelerating the crappiness. Why don’t you just sell more cloud? Generated Garbage I can’t tell if it’s a coffee mug or a ballistic missile. Accidentally upgraded Jury duty…”pretty cool.” Rundown Airalo (https://www.airalo.com/spain-esim) for mobile cell phones plans when traveling. How Google perfected the web (https://www.theverge.com/c/23998379/google-search-seo-algorithm-webpage-optimization) AdNauseam - Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To (https://adnauseam.io/) Subprime Attention Crisis (https://www.audible.com/pd/Subprime-Attention-Crisis-Audiobook/0593454103?ref_pageloadid=Dsqv0n17F

This week, we discuss the role of DevRel, Remote Work and Layoffs. Plus, Matt reveals his latest keyboard recommendation. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzqV99Hc4U) 450 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QzqV99Hc4U) Runner-up Titles Life is a series of (shitty) cliffhangers Sales is crazy Donut over-eating avoidance Fundamentals don’t change Do you have good recipes for golden geese? We need better Dungeons and Dragons The AI has been prompted beyond its level of competence. Peter Pan as DevRel Hard stop goes soft HR in volume feels dehumanizing Mad Libs for layoffs Workers of the world, don’t let HR hide in darkness. We’ve had a great time, that other keyboard and I, but we’ve made a decision… Status quo wins again The Strangler Pattern for password management Schwag cannot be stolen. Rundown 2024 Look Ahead - Surviving the Q1 Kickoff (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/01/2024-look-ahead-surviving-q1-kickoff.html) (Podcast) DevRel The trouble with DevRel (https:/