RIA Weekly

This week we discuss tech’s rich valuations, Airtable vs. Excel and the Goldman Analysts’ Presentation. Plus, some advice on when to buy a house. Rundown VC Stripe is now valued at $95 billion (https://www.axios.com/stripe-is-now-valued-at-95-billion-e04c5d89-ea62-4d75-8526-131735c28722.html) Airtable Tops $5.7 Billion Valuation On Growing Enterprise Sales And A Soaring Cloud Market (https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2021/03/15/airtable-tops-57-billion-valuation-on-growing-enterprise-sales-and-a-soaring-cloud-market/) Airtable is now valued at $5.77B with a fresh $270 million in Series E funding – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/15/airtable-is-now-valued-at-5-77b-with-a-fresh-270-million-in-series-e-funding/) Docker Series B: More Fuel To Help Dev Teams Get Ship Done (https://www.docker.com/blog/helping-dev-teams-get-ship-done/) Coinbase Backers Register 114.9 Million Shares for Listing (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-17/coinbase-backers-register-up-to-114-9-million-shares

This week we discuss how corporate life changes in a post-pandemic world, security startups raising VC and the adoption of Zero Trust. Plus, we test Coté’s geography skills. Rundown Post-pandemic Predications? Late-Stage Pandemic Is Messing With Your Brain (https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/what-pandemic-doing-our-brains/618221/) VC Aqua Security reaches ‘unicorn’ status with $135M late-stage funding round (https://siliconangle.com/2021/03/10/aqua-security-reaches-unicorn-status-135m-series-e-funding-round/) Snyk raises $300 million at a $4.7 billion valuation as employees cash in and the security company beefs up (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/10/snyk-raises-300-million-at-a-4-7-billion-valuation-as-employees-cash-in-and-the-security-company-beefs-up/) How to pronounce Snyk (https://support.snyk.io/hc/en-us/articles/360000890358-How-do-you-pronounce-Snyk-) Sign of the primes: Linux Foundation serves up free code-signing service (https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/09/sign_of_the_primes_lin

This week we discuss Redmonk’s Language Rankings, Okta buys Auth0 and Zoom Fatigue. Plus, Matt gets a puppy and explains why he needs a longer sabbatical. Rundown Blameless Post Mortem Redux John Allspaw says we got it wrong (https://twitter.com/allspaw/status/1365310289781137411) How to run a blameless postmortem (https://www.atlassian.com/incident-management/postmortem/blameless) Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak (https://cnn.it/3pWdZqx) The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2021 (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/03/01/language-rankings-1-21/) Okta Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Auth0 to Provide Customer Identity for the Internet (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210303005911/en/Okta-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-Auth0-to-Provide-Customer-Identity-for-the-Internet) Zoom fatigue causes: 1 easy solution according to a Stanford professor (https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/four-causes-of-zoom-fatigue-study) Relevant to your interests Google

This week we discuss LinkedIn’s new marketplace, Platform9, TriggerMesh and Event-based Architectures. Plus, are meetings always bad? Rundown LinkedIn is building a gig marketplace. What you need to know. (https://thehustle.co/02222021-linkedin-gig-marketplace/?amp=1) Microsoft’s New Gig: A LinkedIn Freelancer Market Rivaling Upwork, Fiverr (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsofts-new-gig-a-linkedin-freelancer-market-rivaling-upwork-fiverr) Platform9 Raises Additional Series-D Funding (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/platform9-raises-additional-series-d-140000245.html) HEY World experiment (https://twitter.com/jasonfried/status/1363956784600281088?s=20) Relevant to your interests Clouds The Google Cloud Surge: 5 Slides from Thomas Kurian Tell the Story (https://cloudwars.co/google-cloud/google-cloud-at-goldman-sachs-5-slides-explain-surge/) HPE Acquires Cloud Assessment ‘Crown Jewel’ CloudPhysics (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/hpe-acquires-cloud-assessment-crown-jewel-cloudphysics) Watson IBM Explo

This week we discuss the demise of the blameless post mortem, a $500 Million mistake and some forgiveness for Red Hat. Plus, a live update on the Texas Winter Apocalypse. Rundown Citi Can’t Have Its $900 Million Back (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-02-17/citi-can-t-have-its-900-million-back) Brian Armstrong on the Crypto Economy (Ep. 115) (https://conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/brian-armstrong/) Operating Systems CentOS Stream: Why it’s awesome (https://jaymzh.medium.com/centos-stream-why-its-awesome-5c45d944fb22) The world’s second-most popular desktop operating system isn’t macOS anymore (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/the-worlds-second-most-popular-desktop-operating-system-isnt-macos-anymore/) Relevant to your interests ‘Millions’ of Ford cars to be powered by Android in major Google deal (https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/ford-google-connected-cars-cloud) Miami Pushes Crypto With Proposal to Pay Workers in Bitcoin (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-11/mi

This week, we discuss Googler’s ideas for making open source more secure, obsessing over top of funnel influencer lifestyle management, and a bit of surfing. The power at Brandon’s house went out just as we were starting, so it’s mostly just Matt and Coté. Mood board: I have three screens. I have enough screen space. I don’t need my shit moved, I moved my own shit. This direct shit. Thank goodness for holidays in Singapore and Japan. I think about this every day “Work is punishment.” We’ll skip the Brandon things and get to the Cote’ things. It’s ready to be PowerPointed. Members Only Security Discussion. Hackin’ the mainframe. They love themselves the McGlauglin group. Back on the Funnel. “Work is Punishment.” Label maker go brrrr. Rundown Open source: Google wants new rules for developers working on 'critical' projects (https://www.zdnet.com/article/open-source-google-wants-new-rules-for-developers-working-on-critical-projects/) No unilateral changes to code. Changes would require code review and approval

This week we discuss Amazon’s new CEO, AWS & GCP Earnings and Facebook vs. Apple. Plus, should you sign up for Clubhouse…? Rundown Bezos out, Jassy In, AWS Earnings Email from Jeff Bezos to employees (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/email-from-jeff-bezos-to-employees) Amazon's cloud division reports 28% revenue growth; AWS head Andy Jassy to succeed Bezos as Amazon CEO (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/02/aws-earnings-q4-2020.html) Amazon earnings: Q4 sales topped $100 billion for the first time, Bezos to step down as CEO (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-reports-4q-2020-earnings-results-152012181.html) Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy to take over in Q3 (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/02/jeff-bezos-to-step-down-as-amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-to-take-over-in-q3.html) Amazon.com Announces Financial Results and CEO Transition (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210202006100/en/Amazon.com-Announces-Financial-Results-and-CEO-Transition) GCP Earnings Google’s cloud business lost more

This week we give our hot takes on GameStop, Clubhouse and Calendly. Plus, is Austin really a bad place to move? Rundown Matt Ray finds a snake…? (https://twitter.com/mattray/status/1353461981248806912?s=21) The Battle of GameStop (https://paranoidenough.com/2021/01/25/The-Battle-of-Gamestop.html) VC Clubhouse Gets Investment Interest at $1 Billion Valuation (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/clubhouse-gets-investment-interest-at-1-billion-valuation) How Atlanta’s Calendly turned a scheduling nightmare into a $3B startup (https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/26/how-atlantas-calendly-turned-a-scheduling-nightmare-into-a-3b-startup/) Bitcoin Follow up Graham says we were close to getting Crypto but missed it. (https://twitter.com/GrahamJenson/status/1353120527183794177) Nathan from Slack says: “The problem with Bitcoin is that people treat it as an investment rather than a currency. “ Central bank digital currency (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_bank_digital_currency) Bitcoin | Acquired Podcast (https:

This week we discuss Elasticsearch changing their license and the merits of Bitcoin. Plus, what is the prefect age for reincarnation. Rundown Elasticsearch and SSPL The SSPL is Not an Open Source License (https://opensource.org/node/1099) Give 'em SSPL, says Elastic. No thanks, say critics: 'Doubling down on open' not open at all (https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/18/elastics_doubling_down_on_open/) Truly Doubling Down on Open Source | Logz.io (https://logz.io/blog/open-source-elasticsearch-doubling-down/) Bitcoin and Blockchain Is blockchain coming to your bank? (https://thehustle.co/01082021-blockchain-banks/) 85% of Italian Banks Are Exchanging Interbank Transfer Data on Corda - CoinDesk (https://www.coindesk.com/85-of-italian-banks-are-exchanging-interbank-transfer-data-on-corda) Lost Passwords Lock Millionaires Out of Their Bitcoin Fortunes (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.html) Don’t Forget Your Bitcoins (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-

This week we discuss VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger jumping to Intel and what is going on with DevSecOps. Plus, lots advice on picking movies both you and your partner will enjoy. Rundown VMware CEO → Intel What’s the latest Solarwinds hack news? Coté is figuring out “DevSecOps” - or is it “DevOpsSec”? Relevant to your interests M&A Red Hat to Acquire Kubernetes-Native Security Leader StackRox (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-acquire-kubernetes-native-security-leader-stackrox) F5 to acquire @Volterra_ (https://twitter.com/f5/status/1347291942363811841?s=21) VMware/Intel VMware has the strategy and culture to thrive after CEO Pat Gelsinger's exit to Intel (https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/14/pat_gelsinger_vmware_legacy/) VMware Names Zane Rowe As Interim CEO (https://www.crn.com/news/virtualization/vmware-names-zane-rowe-as-interim-ceo) Prodigal Son Gelsinger Returns As Intel CEO (https://go.forrester.com/blogs/prodigal-son-gelsinger-returns-as-intel-ceo/) Bitcoin and Blockchain Is blockcha

This week we offer advice to Zoom on why they should build a calendar and what companies they should acquire. Plus, Matt explains why you want to mount your browser tabs as files. Rundown Zoom to build a calendar Buoyed by Video Success, Zoom Explores Email, Calendar Services (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/buoyed-by-video-success-zoom-explores-email-calendar-services) Zoom may launch an email service and calendar app to compete with Google and Microsoft (https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/23/22197057/zoom-email-service-calendar-app-microsoft-google-competition) Mount your browser tabs as a filesystem (https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1344837715976572929) Relevant to your interests A round-up of our favourite charts of 2020 (https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/12/24/a-round-up-of-our-favourite-charts-of-2020) Google, Alphabet employees unionize (https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/04/google-alphabet-employees-union/) How Google workers secretly built a union (https://www.protocol.com/google-unio

Brandon interviews Squire Earle (https://www.linkedin.com/in/squire-earle-3620b64/) who offers practical advice on how to secure your Enterprise. Plus, Squire shares some personal finance tips and explains how and why he takes mini-retirements. Show Links The 20 CIS Controls & Resources (https://www.cisecurity.org/controls/cis-controls-list/) Dave Ramsey's 7 Baby Steps (https://www.daveramsey.com/dave-ramsey-7-baby-steps) Mr Money Mustache (https://www.mrmoneymustache.com) Dan Balcauski interview on sabbaticals (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/266) Contact Squire @squireearle (https://twitter.com/squireearle) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/squire-earle-3620b64/) Cloudentity (https://cloudentity.com) Sponsor strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT Image Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/-rF4kuvgHhU) Special Guest: Squire Earle.

Brandon interviews Sebastien Goasguen from TriggerMesh (https://www.triggermesh.com/). They discuss his time in academia, how he got into cloud computing and why he started TriggerMesh. Plus, Sebastien tells us why South Carolina is the OpenStack capital of the world! Show Links Register for the TriggerMesh Webinar Jan 12, 2021 11:30 AM EST (https://triggermesh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2CuBwQfbRLqlDZUou4D4AQ) Kubecon Presentaton: Serverless or Servicefull (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1A5bTRmuPI) Contact Sebastien LinkedIn: sebastiengoasguen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastiengoasguen/) Twitter: @sebgoa (https://twitter.com/sebgoa) Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/OKOOGO578eo) Special Guest: Sebastien Goasguen.

This week we answer listener questions, recap the year’s top stories and make a few predictions. Plus, we select the slides of the year! Slides of the Year SoftBank Unicorn (https://www.businessinsider.com/softbank-earnings-slides-presentation-features-flying-unicorns-valley-of-coronavirus-2020-5) Forrester Survey (https://explore.digital.ai/state-of-agile/14th-annual-state-of-agile-report) The State of Kubernetes 2020 from VMware (https://k8s.vmware.com/state-of-kubernetes-2020/?utm_source=cote&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=sdtama2020) Cloud Native Survey 2020 (https://www.cncf.io/cncf-cloud-native-survey-2020) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) Twilio is the platform developers trust to build communications experiences with phone calls, text messages, video calls, and more. Visit twilio.com (https://www.twilio.com/) to learn more. Listener Feedback Justin Garrison from AWS recommends Cont

This week we discuss the state of virtual events, recent AWS re:Invent Announcements and the SolarWinds Hack. Plus, is YouTube Premium worth it…? The Rundown AWS re:Invent AWS CloudShell (https://aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/?nc2=h_ql_re_cs) AWS Fault Injection Simulator – Fully managed chaos engineering service (https://aws.amazon.com/fis/?nc2=h_ql_re_fis) Amazon Managed Service for Grafana | Fully Managed Grafana Data Visualization (https://aws.amazon.com/grafana/?nc2=h_ql_re_gf) Our new partnership with AWS gives Grafana users more options (https://grafana.com/blog/2020/12/15/announcing-amazon-managed-service-for-grafana/) AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry – Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/otel/) AWS and Zoom Extend Strategic Relationship (https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aws-and-zoom-extend-strategic-relationship) State of Cloud 2018 Report (https://respond.apptio.com/ebook-state-of-cloud-2018.html) Solarwinds Russian government spies are behind a broad hacking campaig

This week we discuss CentOS going upstream, Kubernetes removes Docker support and who’s buying the AirPods Max. Plus, Coté critiques Apple’s Notes App. The Rundown CentOS CentOS is dead, long live CentOS Stream (https://lwn.net/Articles/839257/) Red Hat resets CentOS Linux and users are angry (https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-resets-centos-linux-and-users-are-angry/) Meet Rocky Linux: New RHEL Fork by the Original CentOS Creator (https://news.itsfoss.com/rocky-linux-announcement/) Docker Don't Panic: Kubernetes and Docker (https://kubernetes.io/blog/2020/12/02/dont-panic-kubernetes-and-docker/) Kubernetes dropping Docker is not that big of a deal (https://www.zdnet.com/article/kubernetes-dropping-docker-is-not-that-big-of-a-deal/) Mirantis to take over support of Kubernetes dockershim (https://www.mirantis.com/blog/mirantis-to-take-over-support-of-kubernetes-dockershim-2/) Apple introduces AirPods Max, the magic of AirPods in a stunning over-ear design (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/12/apple-introd

This week we discuss Salesforce acquiring Slack and recap all the important announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some advice on chopping onions and robot vacuums. The Rundown AWS Outage Amazon Web Services outage takes a portion of the internet down with it (https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/25/amazon-web-services-outage-takes-a-portion-of-the-internet-down-with-it/) The cold reality of the Kinesis Incident (https://cloudirregular.substack.com/p/the-cold-reality-of-the-kinesis-incident) AWS re:Invent AWS re:Invent: Top Announcements for 2020 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-reinvent-announcements-2020/) Compute AWS launches EC2 computing instances that run Apple's MacOS operating system (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/aws-launches-ec2-computing-instances-running-apple-macos.html) Use Amazon EC2 Mac Instances to Build & Test macOS, iOS, ipadOS, tvOS, and watchOS Apps (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-use-mac-instances-to-build-test-macos-ios-ipados-tvos-and-watchos-apps/) EC2 C6

This week we preview AWS re:Invent, breakdown the latest CNCF Survey and discuss container adoption. Plus, a review of banking apps, Google Pay and an update on Coté’s quest to achieve the iPad Lifestyle. The Rundown AWS RE:invent (https://virtual.awsevents.com/agenda) CNCF survey (https://www.cncf.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CNCF_Survey_Report_2020.pdf) Datadog Report 11 facts about real world container use (https://www.datadoghq.com/container-report/) Relevant to your Interests Apple’s biggest App Store critics are not impressed with its new fee cut for small developers (https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/18/21573109/epic-tim-sweeney-apple-app-store-fee-cut-reduction-criticize) Cloud gaming services use iPhone's web browser door (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-765269c9-3841-4958-aa1d-839cb1e51e04.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3) Roblox IPO (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-be45e818-9f5c-4fd5-a285-5f00beef25e3.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1) 2020 State of DevOps Re

This week we discuss IBM buying Instana, highlights from Kubecon and the rise of Substack. Plus, Coté updates us on his quest to live the iPad lifestyle. The Rundown IBM To Acquire Instana For Undisclosed Terms (https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/ibm-to-acquire-instana-for-undisclosed-terms-quick-facts-2020-11-18) Instana Crunch Base Overview (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/instana) KubeCon Review Envoy Mobile Joins the CNCF (https://medium.com/@mike.schore/99aee4bdb32e) Open Source Web Engine Servo to be Hosted at Linux Foundation - The Linux Foundation (https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2020/11/open-source-web-engine-servo-to-be-hosted-at-linux-foundation/) Relevant to your Interests The Evolution of Cloud (https://greylock.com/jerry-chen-the-evolution-of-cloud/) 2020 State of DevOps Report | presented by Puppet, & CircleCi (https://puppet.com/resources/report/2020-state-of-devops-report/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldSbVpUbGtaVEZtWVRFMiIsInQiOiJhYWtBcEcxQ3Z2TitXcCtkbXJDZTBIbVcrb25qMEtTR1VvWXZNaDV2Qm

This week we breakdown Apple’s new M1 chip, the new MacBook Air and discuss why so many devs still use vi. Plus, a discussion about when to use the default Documents Folder. The Rundown Modern IDEs are magic. Why are so many coders still using Vim and Emacs? (https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/11/09/modern-ide-vs-vim-emacs/) Everything Apple Announced, From New Macs to New Chips (https://www.wired.com/story/everything-apple-announced-november-2020/) Average UX Improvements Are Shrinking (https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-gains-shrinking/) Relevant to your Interests Windows 10, iOS, Chrome, and many others fall at China's top hacking contest (https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-ios-chrome-and-many-others-fall-at-chinas-top-hacking-contest/) 375% Return on One Startup to Help SoftBank Get Past WeWork Woes (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-08/375-return-on-one-startup-to-help-softbank-get-past-wework-woes?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm