RIA Weekly

This week we try to make sense of Snowflake’s stance on open source and review the State of Serverless. Plus, some advice on parking cars in Amsterdam. Rundown Striking a balance with ‘open’ at Snowflake (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3617938/striking-a-balance-with-open-at-snowflake.html) Matt Asay’s Take on Snowflake (https://twitter.com/mjasay/status/1395809597806366720?s=21) Data Warehouse Wars: Snowflake Vs. Google BigQuery (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4429909-data-warehouse-wars-snowflake-vs-google-bigquery) The State of Serverless (https://www.datadoghq.com/state-of-serverless/) Relevant to your interests Tracking the San Francisco Tech Exodus (https://sfciti.org/sf-tech-exodus/) SolarWinds CEO reveals much earlier hack timeline, regrets company blaming intern (https://www.cyberscoop.com/solarwinds-ceo-reveals-much-earlier-hack-timeline-regrets-company-blaming-intern/) U.S. Treasury calls for stricter cryptocurrency compliance with IRS, says they pose tax evasion risk (https://www.cnbc.com/2

Brandon interviews Justin McCarthy the CTO and Co-founder of strongDM and they discuss Zero Trust, securing hybrid clouds and keeping auditors happy. Plus, a few tips on gardening during a pandemic. Links strongDM Free Trial (https://www.strongdm.com/sdt) What is Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) (https://www.strongdm.com/blog/what-is-zero-trust) Contact Justin Email: justin@strongdm.com (mailto:justin@strongdm.com) LinkedIn: justinmccarthy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinmccarthy/)

This week we discuss cloud migration strategies, the rise of Serverless and the future of PaaS. Plus, advice on how to start your day. Rundown AWS introduces new Application Migration Service (https://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-introduces-new-application-migration-service/) AWS App Runner – Fully managed container application service (https://aws.amazon.com/apprunner/) Develop production-scale modern web apps quickly with Azure Static Web Apps (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/develop-production-scale-modern-web-apps-quickly-with-azure-static-web-apps/) Relevant to your interests Only 4% of iOS users in US are opting in to ad tracking, report says (https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/05/07/only-4-of-ios-users-in-us-are-opting-in-to-ad-tracking-report-says) Lightstep is joining ServiceNow (https://lightstep.com/blog/lightstep-joins-servicenow/) Pentagon Weighs Ending JEDI Cloud Project Amid Amazon Court Fight (https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-weighs-ending-jedi-cloud-project-amid-amazon-court-fight-

This week we take a deep look inside life at Amazon by discussing the book Working Backwards (https://www.workingbackwards.com) written by two former Amazon Executives. Rundown Working Backwards (https://www.workingbackwards.com) Amazon Leadership Principles (https://aws.amazon.com/careers/culture/) Stevey's Google Platforms Rant (https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611) AWS Compensation Explained (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-compensation-explained/) The Everything Store (https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Store-Jeff-Bezos-Amazon-ebook/dp/B00BWQW73E) Nonsense 17 Remarkable Facts About Outdoor Amsterdam Urinals (https://www.nicerightnow.com/destinations/europe/netherlands/amsterdam-urinals/) Sponsors CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt (https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt) strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) Listener

This week we discuss Red Hat’s open source strategy, public cloud adoption and Signal’s Instagram ads. Plus, advice on setting your thermostat. Rundown Red Hat Red Hat open-sources StackRox Kubernetes security product (https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/04/red_hat_stackrox_kubernetes/) Red Hat Delivers Full GitOps CI/CD Built on Tekton and Argo (https://thenewstack.io/red-hat-delivers-full-gitops-ci-cd-built-on-tekton-and-argo/) RHEL, RHEL, RHEL, fancy that: Rocky Linux would-be CentOS replacement hits RC1 milestone (https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/04/rocky_linux_wouldbe_centos_replacement/) AWS Earnings Amazon (and AWS) results blow it out of the water while Twitter sinks; IBM buying into the cloud with Turbonomic acquisition for $1.5 billion (https://johnfurrier.substack.com/p/earnings-amazon-and-aws-results-blow?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cta) AWS on track to be bigger than IBM by Christmas, once Kyndryl is spun out (https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/30/amazon_q1_2021/) The CloudCast Episode: Is

Brandon interviews Grant Miller the CEO of Replicated (https://www.replicated.com). They discuss Grant's background, building enterprise software and how to deliver Kubernetes apps anywhere. Plus, Grant tell us what it's really like to be an intern at an investment bank. Show Links The Submarine by Paul Graham (http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html) EnterpriseReady.io (https://www.enterpriseready.io) EnterpriseReady Podcast (https://www.enterpriseready.io/podcast/) kURL (https://kurl.sh) Kots (https://kots.io) Contact Grant Twitter: @GrantM (https://twitter.com/GrantM) LinkedIn: grantlmiller (https://www.linkedin.com/in/grantlmiller/) Replicated Demo (https://www.replicated.com/contact) Special Guest: Grant Miller.

This week we discuss the Rackspace-Platform9 partnership, Microsoft buying Kinvolk and the commodification of DevOps. Plus, some hot takes on Zoom’s new immersive view. Rundown Zoom launches Immersive View to unify participants in the same virtual room (https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/26/zoom-launches-immersive-view-to-unify-participants-in-the-same-virtual-room/) M&A Rackspace Technology Announces Strategic Investment in Platform9 and Launches Rackspace Managed Platform for Kubernetes (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/04/29/2219796/0/en/Rackspace-Technology-Announces-Strategic-Investment-in-Platform9-and-Launches-Rackspace-Managed-Platform-for-Kubernetes.html) Kinvolk: Microsoft acquires Kinvolk (https://kinvolk.io/blog/2021/04/microsoft-acquires-kinvolk/) IBM Acquires Turbonomic to Power the Future of AI-Driven Hybrid Cloud (https://blog.turbonomic.com/ibm-acquires-turbonomic-to-power-the-future-of-ai-driven-hybrid-cloud?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=124211037&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8bgvAwh22J1XyhQ904BZseJT

This week we discuss Grafana moving to the AGPL, Signal goes on offense and Grad Students infecting the Linux Kernel. Plus, how many door locks do you need? Rundown AGPL Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3 (https://grafana.com/blog/2021/04/20/grafana-loki-tempo-relicensing-to-agplv3/) Chris Aniszczyk’s take (https://twitter.com/cra/status/1384671780715913219?s=21) Another Thread Twitter Thread (https://twitter.com/juliusvolz/status/1384565189249572866?s=21) Hacking Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective (https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/) A Twitter Thread on Signal and Celebrate (https://twitter.com/erratarob/status/1385020198697291777?s=21) Linux kernel developers do not like being experimented on (http://ttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/YH%2FfM%2FTsbmcZzwnX@kroah.com/) University of Minnesota hacks the Linux Kernel? (https://twitter.com/umncomputersci/status/1384948683821694976?s=21) Discord took our advice Discord En

This week we discuss IBM’s Kyndryl, AWS launches OpenSearch and what makes a good strategy. Plus, how much do you really need to know about wine? Rundown Kyndryl (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-name-infrastructure-services-business-134441587.html) IBM to name infrastructure services business 'Kyndryl' after spinoff (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-name-infrastructure-services-business-134441587.html) IBM spinoff joins a long list of questionable corporate names (https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/business/kyndryl-ibm-corporate-names/index.html) Introducing OpenSearch (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/introducing-opensearch/) Relevant to your interests Social Media Use in 2021 (https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/04/07/social-media-use-in-2021/) Next Chapter for Gitpod (https://www.gitpod.io/blog/next-chapter-for-gitpod) Reddit is secretly exploring a Clubhouse-like voice chat feature (https://mashable.com/article/reddit-clubhouse-voice-chat/) JetBrains 2020/21 Annual Highlights (https://www.j

This week we discuss the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Google vs. Oracle and the future of open source business models. Plus, do you really need a yard? Rundown API’s for Everyone Supreme Court sides with Google in Oracle’s API copyright case (https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/5/22367851/google-oracle-supreme-court-ruling-java-android-api) SCOTUS Decision Oracle vs. Google (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-956_d18f.pdf) Xinuos—owners of what used to be SCO—file suit against Red Hat and IBM (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/04/xinuos-finishes-picking-up-scos-mantle-by-suing-red-hat-and-ibm/) OSS Business Models The Identity Crisis Facing Open Source Companies in the Cloud (https://www.tomtunguz.com/open-source-cloud-identity-crisis/) GitHub Sponsors (https://github.com/sponsors/community) Everyone uses OpenSSL, but nobody's willing to fix it — except the Linux Foundation (https://venturebeat.com/2014/05/29/everyone-uses-openssl-but-nobodys-willing-to-fix-it-except-the-linux-foundation/) Troubles wi

This week we discuss a potential Box/Dropbox merger, Discord rumors and the meaning of work. Plus, what happens when you spill water on your laptop? Rundown Could Box and Dropbox Merge? @themotleyfool #stocks $BOX $DBX $MSFT (https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/03/28/could-box-and-dropbox-merge/) Prof. Galloway likes MSFT buying Discord (https://twitter.com/pivotpod/status/1375824932785909760?s=21) Amazon Twitter War (https://twitter.com/delrey/status/1376278015680843779?s=21) Work / Life Tech Support: How can I cope with my meaningless job, and maddening manager? (https://techworker.com/2021/03/29/tech-support-how-can-i-cope-with-my-meaningless-job-and-maddening-manager/) Solomon Hykes is back (https://twitter.com/solomonstre/status/1376725608747593731) McKinsey’s advice to European banks (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1377487540102569984): don’t bring an entourage to meetings. Relevant to your interests IBM doubles down on OpenShift (https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/protocol-enterprise/ibm-red-hat-ope

This week we discuss Discord rumors, Slack Connect, the new AWS CEO and what would make Tableau and Salesforce better. Plus, why did Google Reader really get canceled…? Rundown Messaging Discord exploring sale that could be worth more than $10 billion (https://venturebeat.com/2021/03/22/discord-exploring-sale-that-could-be-worth-more-than-10-billion/) Box shares rise on report company is exploring sale (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/22/box-shares-rise-on-report-company-is-exploring-sale/) Slack Is About to Become a Nightmare (https://gizmodo.com/slack-is-about-to-become-a-nightmare-1846542909) The next Jassy Amazon hires former executive Adam Selipsky to run AWS (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/23/amazon-taps-former-executive-adam-selipsky-to-run-aws.html) Nine things you need to know about the new AWS CEO (https://www.protocol.com/aws-ceo-adam-selipsky-tableau) Why Google Killed Reader (https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/1374512142192275461?s=21) Relevant to your interests COVID Accelerated the Future: Now S

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: