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It’s be a shame if something were to happen to that nice API implementation of yours This week, Matt and Coté talk about possible implications of the Google vs. Oracle fight over API stuff. YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. Mood-board A clean approach to streaming Then we can synchronize it with a GitHub Chyron: Could have big repercussions Light on details, like us Your New Zealand bug out sheep farm You’re not helping. Getting out of your head. When it comes to law stuff, it’s hard for us to be experts Back to back victories. You should buy it, yarr! There’ll be a lot of shakedowns The Era of API Troll Companies Those guys, those guys are getting their own company! The Rundown Oracle vs. Google (not the DoD one) (https://cote.io/2020/10/08/how-the-oracle-vs-google-fight-over-java-use-by-inspiration-on-android-could-effect-how-software-is-done/) - scenarios and implications! If Oracle wins: more charging for using “ideas”/APIs (even data formats?!) in code? If Google wins: less legal control over people

Brandon interviews Arnav Hiray from Stony Point High School. Arnav is an accomplished High School Senior who has a passion for learning and technology. They discuss what it's like to go to High School during a pandemic, Arnav's tech projects and Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Plus, Arnav tells us why he joined the IB Diploma Programme. Show Links Stock Talk (https://www.stock-talk.net/) Techsavvygen (http://www.techsavvygen.org/) Global Hack (https://theglobalhack.com/education) Contact Arnav LinkedIn: Arnav Hiray (https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnav-hiray-924aa5199/) Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/4zIJSD9Xn8M) Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/9zTAPCyjxZ4) Special Guest: Arnav Hiray .

This week we recap the latest announcements at VMworld, discuss App Modernization and rate the best software features of all time. Plus, lots of talk on what makes for a great EBC experience. The Rundown VMware Announces Intent to Acquire SaltStack (https://www.vmware.com/company/news/updates/2020/intent-to-acquire-saltstack.html) VMworld 2020 Media Kit (https://www.vmware.com/company/news/media-resources/vmworld-2020-media-kit.html) VMware's conversion into a cloud-agnostic management and development platform (https://diginomica.com/vmwares-conversion-cloud-agnostic-management-and-development-platform) A little bit of the Dormain presentation (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dormain_vmworld2020-ugcPost-6716819141812088832-dk9z) we mention. Coté’s thoughts on EBCs from earlier today (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBAsF6wWWPY&list=PLAdzTan_eSPRNuA52_34wh5VTBC-0Rz7U&index=1). Relevant to your Interests When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's passport number (https://ma

Brandon interviews Michael Levan from Octopus Deploy. (https://octopus.com/) They discuss developer relations, Go Programming and Code Quality. Plus, Michael offers some tips for lighting your home office. Show Links From Desktop to Developer in under Seven years (https://medium.com/@michael.levan/from-desktop-to-developer-in-under-seven-years-207bcd39dc18) Quality Code with Go on Gumroad (https://gumroad.com/l/ASyXy) Michael on the Web Blog: clouddev.engineering (https://www.clouddev.engineering/) LinkedIn: michaellevan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaellevan/) Twitter: @TheNJDevOpsGuy (https://twitter.com/thenjdevopsguy?lang=en) Special Guest: Michael Levan.

Cote and Brandon discuss PagerDuty's acquisition of Rundeck, the current state of AIOps and why is Reed Hastings writing a book about Netflix’s Culture. Plus, some advice on haircuts. The Rundown PagerDuty PagerDuty to Acquire Rundeck to Expand DevOps Automation Capabilities Across Digital Operations | PagerDuty (https://www.pagerduty.com/newsroom/pagerduty-to-aquire-rundeck/) PagerDuty Acquires DevOps Automator Rundeck (https://www.enterpriseai.news/2020/09/21/pagerduty-acquires-devops-automator-rundeck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pagerduty-acquires-devops-automator-rundeck) Exclusive: Netflix, Google, GitHub top employer survey (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-e09b1c2a-94a2-4b80-ab8f-619eb195df0b.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3) Survey (https://hired.com/state-of-software-engineers#intro). Relevant to your Interests Apple surprised iPhone users with a next-day iOS 14 release. App developers are pissed. (https://mashable.com/article/apple-iphone-ios-14-app-developers-relea

This week we discuss Snowflake’s IPO, Forrester’s Multicloud Container Wave and Nvidia buying ARM. Plus, an extensive discussion of what constitutes a breakfast taco. The Rundown IPOs Snowflake shares more than double. It's the biggest software IPO ever (https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/investing/snowflake-ipo/index.html) Worth more than VMware (https://twitter.com/cloud_opinion/status/1306301196659953665). Sumo Logic's IPO prices above the expected range (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sumo-logics-ipo-prices-above-the-expected-range-2020-09-17) Tech investors await IPO bonanza next week, highlighted by Snowflake and Unity, even as market looks shaky (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/11/ipo-bonanza-is-coming-next-week-highlighted-by-snowflake-and-unity.html) Multicloud Red Hat Named a Leader in Forrester Multicloud Container Development Platforms Wave (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-named-leader-independent-research-firm-multicloud-container-development-platforms-evaluation) VMware Bets

Cote and Brandon discuss Chef being acquired, the Private Equity Operating Model and Gartner’s Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (CIPS) Magic Quadrant. Plus, Cote offers advice on peanut better and jelly sandwiches. The Rundown Chef Progress Announces Acquisition of Chef | Progress Software Corporation (https://investors.progress.com/news-releases/news-release-details/progress-announces-acquisition-chef) Adam Jacob on Chef’s acquisition (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1303405859557355520) Progress snags software automation platform Chef for $220M – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/08/progress-snags-software-automation-platform-chef-for-220m/?guccounter=1) The Fourth Chapter of Chef Has Arrived: Progress to Purchase Chef - Chef Blog (https://blog.chef.io/the-fourth-chapter-of-chef-has-arrived-progress-to-purchase-chef/) Chef launched careers (https://twitter.com/lusis/status/1303439819843022858?s=21) Gartner MQ Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services (CIPS) (https://www.gartner.com/d

Matt and Brandon discuss VMware’s flex, recap Kubecon and aww at the sight of Zoom’s latest earnings. Plus, we are enlisting all listeners to come help stress test Slack Threads. The Rundown VMware’s app modernization chief: ‘We’ve put to bed the debate about containers versus virtual machines’ (https://siliconangle.com/2020/09/01/vmwares-app-modernization-chief-weve-put-bed-debate-containers-versus-virtual-machines/) Zoom — Fad or new dominant over lord Zoom crushes Q2 analyst expectations amid pandemic (https://www.axios.com/zoom-crushes-q2-analyst-expectations-amid-pandemic-8d2efec7-0aa4-4a8d-9fba-b278709c6a4f.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) I have never seen such numbers in my life. $ZM. (https://twitter.com/_ram_/status/1300538139971260416?s=21) What happened at Kubecon: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020 Keynote Summary (https://www.infoq.com/news/2020/08/kubecon-cloudnativecon-summary/) BPF Performance Tools (http://www.brendangregg.com/bpf-p

Brandon interviews Alexandra Martinez (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-n-martinez/) and they discuss the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, API Design and ProstDev. Plus, Alexandra recommends the best tacos in Monterrey, Mexico. Show links ProstDev (https://www.prostdev.com/) MuleSoft Anypoint Platform (https://www.mulesoft.com/platform/enterprise-integration-c?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=g-brands-na-search-anypoint-platform&utm_term=%2Bmulesoft%20%2Banypoint&utm_content=g-b-c&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1qL6BRCmARIsADV9Jtai-IvZwkHzjPub5fqPMYbhvo_CBmYs7E8tIq4uFXB4XSTcfeV_NkoaAne7EALw_wcB) Contact Alexandra (https://www.prostdev.com/alexandramartinez) Image Credit (https://unsplash.com/s/photos/monterrey-mexico) Special Guest: Alexandra N. Martinez.

This week we give our “expert analysis” of all the impending enterprise IPO’s, discuss Multi-Cloud and try to make sense of Roblox and TikTok. Plus, are salary bands good or bad…? The Rundown IPOs the Palantir IPO mission statement is an amazing artifact (https://twitter.com/MikeIsaac/status/1298370679033573376). Software Developer Tools Company JFrog Adds to Tech IPO Rush (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-24/software-developer-tools-company-jfrog-adds-to-tech-ipo-rush). Asana files to go public via direct listing (https://www.axios.com/asana-files-to-go-public-via-direct-listing-679fe73c-e249-44b3-b501-dc6e287ab587.html). Snowflake files for IPO, taking on Amazon and Microsoft cloud database businesses (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/24/snowflake-files-s-1-for-ipo.html). Unity’s IPO filing shows how big a threat it poses to Epic and the Unreal Engine (https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/24/21399611/unity-ipo-game-engine-unreal-competitor-epic-app-store-revenue-profit). Redis Labs, Maker Of Database

Why would Oracle buy TikTok? Why would Amazon invest in Rackspace? We answer these questions and discuss the state of cloud migrations. Plus, Matt and Coté offers advice on hot dogs. The Rundown Oracle and Tik Tok? Oracle interested in buying TikTok: report (https://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-interested-in-buying-tiktok-report-2020-08-17) Oracle enters race to buy TikTok’s US operations (https://www.ft.com/content/272cfc69-b268-45ac-88d6-d55821f27e78) Amazon invests in Rackspace? Amazon reportedly eyes Rackspace minority stake (https://seekingalpha.com/news/3606270-amazon-reportedly-eyes-rackspace-minority-stake-reuters) Exclusive: Amazon in talks to invest in cloud services company Rackspace (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-rackspace-tech-exclusive/exclusive-amazon-in-talks-to-invest-in-cloud-services-company-rackspace-say-sources-idUSKCN25D1Q6) Relevant to your Interests Monitoring Why Grafana: Part II (https://medium.com/lightspeed-venture-partners/why-grafana-part-ii-2e7e42e0f7bb) Than

We discuss all the latest M&A rumors including: MSFT buying TikTok, Nvidia buying ARM and Salesforce.com buying Datadog. We also weigh in on the latest fight between Fortnite and Apple over the App Store. Plus, we offer advice on air conditioning and cars. The Rundown Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store (https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/13/21366438/apple-fortnite-ios-app-store-violations-epic-payments) TikTok Microsoft faces complex technical challenges in TikTok carveoutRelevant to your interests (https://isp.netscape.com/tech/story/0002/20200810/KCN256100_4?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvL3I3TkJVVXY1NnY_YW1wPTE&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAL2nsHYXGEi21zKAvxi9DgfKi3ciW_4TUfuWCXkfxkgloSjolJ7hJE2QV_hK1U6fg60M9rPcdMVsxmGjQzZMMcbjH4nh-8SD2fvklxGnEfc7fWOLKxfGetWMzTNptWFcYjDBoztN6COQzTU9LE05yCiC-wKpEhehH_ZIZf2t-Sdk&_guc_consent_skip=1597066473) We Tested Instagram Reels, the TikTok Clone. What a Dud. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/technology/personaltech/tested-facebook-reels-tiktok-clone-dud.html) Datadog W

Slide decks, paper proposals and steering group sessions all take a significant investment to prepare, avoiding “difficult” conversations by socializing and re-socializing in advance of exec meetings, deferring decisions, requesting a raft of meeting minutes to document, correcting, amending and signing them off—the majority of which few people read.... The speed of these cycles determines the heartbeat of the organization. This week, Coté talks with Jana Werner about a recent paper she co-authored about changing how a large financial institution does software. Check out the paper (https://twitter.com/JanaWernerSays/status/1278414903209050112) and Jana in LinkedIn. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/janawerner1/) Also, check out the talk she has coming up at SpringOne Platform (https://springone.io/2020/sessions/how-not-to-develop-a-modern-product-management-practice-at-speed). Special Guest: Jana Werner.

The week we discuss New Relic’s open source plans, why monitoring is so complicated and try to unravel the mystery of enterprise pricing. Plus, Coté finds out that you can indeed use too much soap. The Rundown Friend us and follow SDT on Twitch: sdtpodcat (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast) New Relic Changes Business Model, Open Sources Agents and Instrumentation (https://thenewstack.io/new-relic-changes-business-model-open-sources-agents-and-instrumentation/) Analysts Estimate New Relic (NEWR) to Report a Decline in Earnings: (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysts-estimate-relic-newr-report-163304199.html) Relevant to your interests How Kubernetes adds agility in challenging times (https://cote.io/2020/07/29/how-kubernetes-adds-agility-in-challenging-times/) The Impact of AI on Organizations (https://m-cacm.acm.org/news/246457-the-impact-of-ai-on-organizations/fulltext) The Opportunity in App Modernization (https://www.infoq.com/articles/app-modernization-opportunity/) Cloudflare Wants to Eat AWS’s Serverl

We recap the recent announcements from Google Next and discuss Rackspace's upcoming IPO. Plus, Coté reviews the ambient noise videos on YouTube. The Rundown Google Next Google Cloud details Confidential Computing 'breakthrough' (https://9to5google.com/2020/07/14/google-cloud-confidential-computing/) BigQuery Omni for multi-cloud data analytics (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/introducing-bigquery-omni) Assured Workloads for Government: Compliance without compromise (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/assured-workloads-for-government-compliance-without-compromise) Rackspace Rackspace IPO S1 (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810019/000119312520190902/d915709ds1.htm) Rackspace IPO Plan: How Multi-Cloud MSP Pivoted Under Private Equity Ownership (https://www.channele2e.com/business/finance/rackspace-ipo-business-evolution/) Long Term Stock Exchange (https://longtermstockexchange.com) Relevant to your interests VC Puppet announces $40 million debt round from Blac

On this episode Brandon interviews Richard Seroter from Google. They discuss Richard's career, Product Management & Marketing, Google Anthos and what App Modernization really means. Plus, Richard tells us how a doctor removes a wedding ring when you have a fractured finger. Mentioned on the Show Richard joins Google (https://seroter.com/2020/05/26/im-joining-google-cloud-for-the-same-reasons-you-should-be-a-customer/) Richard on the web Blog: Richard Seroter's Architecture Musings (https://seroter.com/) Twitter: @rseroter (https://twitter.com/rseroter) LinkedIn: seroter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/seroter/) Phote Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/__Hw50q04FI) Special Guest: Richard Seroter.

We discuss: the trademark moves of Google; open source skullduggery; why Slack has the upper-hand on Teams…or not?; and Coté’s growing love of .docx files. Mood board: I read a lot of Wikipedia when I should be working After all this, time people probably think that whatever you’re doing is “working.” Did you respond with an emoji thumbs-up? I read the email. Thought about it for a few hours. Then thought “I’m just going to archive that email.” He’s big in the Angular community - works all the angels. Little components that talk with each other over the network. Gotta do a whole bunch of shit for that. You don’t sue people who are using it if you want them to use it. Service mesh is Greek for “service mesh.” Lady Cathemhouse’s Rules. Chekhov’s Trademark. Couple thousand stores. …and maybe integrate with their Active Directory. “Federated Slacks.” I think I like the Word file. No one can poop all over your stuff in a way that you forgot what it looked like when it was clean. De-headwind yourself from the COVID

Come with us as we solve life’s greatest mystery: lead-genless webinars. Coté also gives his 10 day in review of Hey email. Also, theories on grilling hamburgers. Mood board: They got money, kicking out the Nazis Have you tried saying it louder? It came out fine. The burger meat here is like a bunch of little worms. Long form commercials. Webinar as conference. Sitting in a Zoom. People don’t want to show up and consensually watch a YouTube video. The Wine Bottle Leads. The Minecraft Yellers. The pink slurry of enterprise software content. There’s nothing at the bottom of their funnel. I know all those things, I just don’t like them. HigherGradeWebinars.biz The conclusion of the plutes. Today was the last day of school for the kids. Tomorrow, the nightmare begins. The Rundown The New Conference Apple’s virtual WWDC wasn’t just okay—it could be the future of keynotes (https://www.fastcompany.com/90519618/apples-virtual-wwdc-wasnt-just-okay-it-could-be-the-future-of-keynotes) Google Next over 9 Weeks (https://c

Brandon interviews Kylie Grenier from DXC Technology (https://www.dxc.technology/). They discuss Kylie's experience in leading digital transformation in the public sector, her time as a Cloud Futurist at Cisco and how she helps clients build digital transformation strategies today. Plus, Kylie offers some tips on how to get a new job. Kylie on the web Twitter: @CurrentKylie (https://twitter.com/CurrentKylie) LinkedIn: kyliegrenier (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyliegrenier/) Image credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/yhFdxUYkgA8) Special Guest: Kylie Grenier.

Extracting configs with awk, Apple announces stuff, and salad dressing. That’s the topics. Mostly. Mood board: One How come Slack doesn’t have a DropBox yet? I got the Call Recorder! Brand Police. You’d get to do a lot of writing, but you’d get a lot of editing. Dunning Keurig Yeet your email. I don’t know where it comes from, but my kids got me saying it. People just throwing tickets into the wind. Awk yeah You should sanitize your inputs every day, Matt Ray. I’ve been treating Apple news like Star Wars news. The Builders. We got piles of clip art. Elfin robot children on a sea of green binary. MacOS 11.1, “Green Goddess” There’s only one MC who talks about space and cross-country truck driving. Watch the get to school on time tapes. John Irving Parenting. Until then, I’ll just ground him from his iPad. The Rundown Kool Keith interview (https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/rapper-and-producer-kool-keith-on-creating-your-own-worlds/): “I’m dis-attached from reality on my own terms.” Luxury Email Cote rev