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On this episode Brandon interviews Brian Gracely from Red Hat. They discuss Brian's early career at Cisco, his experience with OpenStack, why he joined Red Hat and what's happening with OpenShift. Plus, Brian tells us what it's like to be a VP of Product at a startup and recommends some College Football Podcasts to get us through the off season. Mentioned on the Show Solid Verbal (https://www.solidverbal.com/) The Andy Staples Show (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-andy-staples-show-a-show-about-college-football/id1477536795) The POPCAST with Dan POP (https://overcast.fm/itunes1503966242/the-popcast-with-dan-pop) OpenShift learn.openshift.com (https://learn.openshift.com/) demo.openshift.com (https://demo.openshift.com/en/latest/) try.openshfit.com (https://www.openshift.com/try) Brian on the web Podcast: The Cloudcast (https://www.thecloudcast.net/) Twitter: @bgracely (https://twitter.com/bgracely) LinkedIn: briangracely (https://www.linkedin.com/in/briangracely/) Special Guest: Brian Gracely.

Can email ever be fixed, or is GMail good enough? We discuss. Plus, Coté complains about how he should probably start asking more questions instead of answering them at length. Also, we don’t know what a “digestive” is and do not recommend the Mexican bakery pastries. Mood board: I’m perfectly willing to burn my own time on boondoggles. I introduced my kids to King of the Hill yesterday - they did not like it. Or Beavis and Butthead, or South Park. How many instructions are in the ARM chip? Are we gonna start the show? That looks boring. What is a biscuit in Australia? A hazy space between crackers and cookies. More sugar than a Ritz It’s a medical grade cookie. The Mexican Bakery Trap. Just get the tacos. Hey! I’ve got 500 email addresses, how am I supposed to disappear? I think there’s like, 12, 13 calendars on my Mac. We got to the bottom of HEY! Marketing Oblique Strategies. The Seth Godin problem. The Purple Moo. Welcome to the Halo Effect. For your 6 to 50 page strategy memo, email me at cote@hey.com. Y

Brandon interviews Todd Gardner from TrackJS (https://trackjs.com/). They discuss Todd's career and how his consulting projects led him to start TrackJS. Plus, Todd offers advice on how to build web apps using JavaScript and how to decide which JS Framework is right for your next project. His answer may surprise you... Show Links Lemon (https://ahoylemon.xyz/) OVHCloud (https://us.ovhcloud.com/) Contact Todd Twitter: @toddhgardner (https://twitter.com/toddhgardner) Company: TrackJS (https://trackjs.com/) Latest Project: Request Metrics (https://requestmetrics.com/) Email: todd@trackjs.com (mailto:todd@trackjs.com) Personal Website: todd.mn (https://todd.mn/) Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/imlD5dbcLM4) Special Guest: Todd Gardner.

We dream of video conferencing in Zoom, ask whatever happened to Big Data, discuss how little agile practices are followed despite their proven success, and contemplate the meaninglessness of Apple moving to ARM. Also, how to prioritize those early morning calls with Singapore. Mood board: Is that guacamole talk Amazon approved? Why don’t you listen to a few episodes? “What generation did they have in the Black Plague?” I have a lot of thoughts on OmniFocus and Evernote. Note gonna talk about it. The Timezone Tax. We win video conferencing bingo! Video conferencing Magic Quadrant. Remember Blue Jeans! They’re gonna go to The Big Data. Hadoop: not as big as we once thought it would be. Grocery store magazine agile. The only thing that’s shocking, is that we’re still shocked. The Rundown Coté got up at 2am. Slack and Amazon Amazon licenses Slack for all employees, while Slack adopts AWS video-calling tech (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/04/amazon-licenses-slack-for-workers-as-slack-adopts-aws-video-call-tech.html

Brandon interviews Shannon Williams from Rancher Labs (https://rancher.com/). They discuss Shannon's journey from journalism to startup founder and how Rancher delivers Kubernetes-as-a-Service. Plus, Shannon recommends his top ski resort in North America and reveals who really decided to buy the cloud.com domain. Contact Shannon: Twitter: smw355 (https://twitter.com/smw355) LinkedIn: smw355 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/smw355/) Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/BG534RSsuKk) Special Guest: Shannon Williams.

What is a ThousandEyes, Cisco’s acquired businesses and oddly named BUs, nailing your bi-annual performance review. Plus, a review of ChefCon online. Mood board: Sounds normal for now. It was kinda cool, kinda sad. Covered in yoke. We just had to speed test it out. Katamari Damacy M&A. I hate network monitoring, shut it all down! The ProductTK. 7G. What’s the plural of Kubernetes? Managers are really into career development, what’s the deal with that? Chernobyl as a metaphor for corporate life. Return the Jewels. The Rundown Cisco acquires ThousandEyes for around $1 billion to make deeper push into software (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/28/cisco-acquires-thousandeyes-to-make-deeper-push-into-software.html) Chef Turns Its Focus to Security with Compliance, Desktop Additions (https://thenewstack.io/chef-turns-its-focus-to-security-with-compliance-desktop-additions/) DevOps from above! US Air Force says upcoming B-21 stealth bomber will run Kubernetes (https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/03/kubernetes_b_21_bombe

Brandon interviews Margaret Staples from Twilio (https://www.twilio.com/) and they discuss building games, Dev Evangelism, working at Twilio and her latest project TwilioQuest. Margaret on the Web: @dead_lugosi (https://twitter.com/dead_lugosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Github: mstaples (https://github.com/mstaples) LinkedIn: Margaret Staples (https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaretstaples/) TwilioQuest TwilioQuest (https://www.twilio.com/quest) @TwilioQuest (https://twitter.com/TwilioQuest) Photo by Richard Lee on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/iobEsH91mbk) Special Guest: Margaret Staples.

Microsoft nails the Linux desktop and it’s cloud MoM’s for everyone. Plus, Coté goes over the thrilling world of Outlook email rules. Mood board: “The triumphant return to the home office. “ Net Ninety. Software Stockholm Syndrome. Office Mail 360 Whatever. I had a lot of time, when I wasn’t fucking going crazy. I never read those emails. I hear Trump is shutting down Twitter. Neck-deep in archaic 2FA. Aggressively defensive. Microsoft wins the Linux desktop vision. MoMs are important. Cloud Candyland. I don’t know how to pronounce the Ø in RØDE. I was never into heavy metal. Feed the baby. New sign-off catch-phrease: that’s a bunch of information for you. The Rundown Microsoft Build Azure Arc and Kubernetes: a Developer Story (https://mybuild.microsoft.com/sessions/42d3ed24-6773-45c8-82bd-6dec4a583c89?source=sessions) Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10 (https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/19/21263377/microsoft-windows-10-linux-gui-apps-gpu-acceleration-wsl-features) The new Windows command-line:

We discuss Facebook’s remote work policy, predictions of 8% less IT spending, the good Slack has done for humanity, and the mystery of a beloved blog that had no RSS feed. Also: Coté is back! Moodboard: 3rd kids and pandemics Severe consequences - just another way for companies to fuck you. (The exact wording was “severe ramifications.”) It’s all just a spatula. Downwardness. You should talk less. “Show Less” not working as expected. All the complaints flow through my hammer. Bruce Markup Language. It is what it is, Matt Ray. So much trash. I was already kind of full of webinars. Shit content is shit content. Even Screenflow doesn’t do ripple delete by default. A webinar Renaissance. I wanna be a software vegan. The Rundown This whole never return to the office thing. Facebook says you can work from wherever you want if they can pay you less (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/21/zuckerberg-50percent-of-facebook-employees-could-be-working-remotely.html). Gartner: IT spending will drop 8% as COVID-19 hits enterprise

On this episode we discuss Tik Tok, OpenShift vs. VMware, Amazon simplifying YAML, Eclipse moving to Europe, Unreal Engine 5 and Datadog wins big. The Rundown Sanjay Poonen On VMware Vs. Red Hat OpenShift: ‘May The Best Product Win’ (https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/sanjay-poonen-on-vmware-vs-red-hat-openshift-may-the-best-product-win-) Red Hat and AWS extend collaboration: Introducing Amazon Red Hat OpenShift (https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-and-aws-extend-collaboration-introducing-amazon-red-hat-openshift) AWS pulls its Red Hat on with managed OpenShift collab (https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/14/red_hat_openshift_aws/) More Amazon AWS open sources cloud development kit to make Kubernetes easier to use (https://siliconangle.com/2020/05/13/aws-open-sources-cdk8s-make-kubernetes-easier-use/) Amazon Web Services announces the Alpha release of Cloud Development Kit (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/05/introducing-the-cdk-for-kubernetes-a-new-software-development-framework-and-op

AWS and Azure announce earnings, Backblaze takes on Amazon, Cloud Native Survey Results and Fortnite takes our suggestions. Plus, Matt updates us on his quest to turn a smartphone into a webcam. The Rundown Tech Giant Earnings AWS tops $10 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/30/aws-earnings-q1-2020.html) Microsoft Azure update (https://twitter.com/chetanp/status/1256259448462405632?s=21) The Immunity of the Tech Giant (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/tech-companies-coronavirus.html) The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/bridge-post-pandemic-world-already-collapsing/611089/) Backblaze challenges AWS by making its cloud storage S3 compatible (https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/04/backblaze-challenges-aws-by-making-its-cloud-storage-s3-compatible/) The State of Cloud Native Development: A new survey report! - Cloud Native Computing Foundation (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2020/05/04/the-state-of-cloud-native-developmen

Google (maybe) acquiring D2IQ, Zoom picks Oracle, Chef’s latest release and more Fortnite discussion. Plus, Matt Ray updates us on his quest to turn an old camera into a Webcam. The Rundown Google Negotiating to Buy Enterprise Cloud Software Company D2iQ (https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/google-d2iq-acquisition-talks-cloud) Ubuntu Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu popularity and Canonical profitability (https://www.zdnet.com/article/mark-shuttleworth-on-ubuntu-popularity-and-canonical-profitability/) Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa Released | ServeTheHome (https://www.servethehome.com/ubuntu-20-04-lts-focal-fossa-released/) Chef Updates Tool for Managing IT Infrastructure as Code (https://devops.com/chef-updates-tool-for-managing-it-infrastructure-as-code/) Zoom Zoom CFO explains how the company is grappling with increased demand (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/zoom-cfo-explains-how-the-company-is-grappling-with-increased-demand.html) Zoom taps Oracle for cloud deal, passing over Amazon, Microsoft (https:/

On this week’s episode: Andreessen says it’s time build, Verizon buys Bluejeans, Splunk maybe watching and Google is giving Istio to a foundation. Plus, we offer informed opinions on Travis Scott and Fortnite. The Rundown Hot Take — IT'S TIME TO BUILD - Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/) Conferencing Verizon will buy video conferencing company BlueJeans (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/16/verizon-will-buy-video-conferencing-company-blue-jeans.html) The Zoom fatigue is real (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-fd52acf6-65aa-4dab-9a2e-528aa392852d.html?chunk=0&utm_term=twsocialshare#story0 9:46 https://www.protocol.com/google-cloud-kurian-istio-foundation) Google Meet launches improved Zoom-like tiled layout, low-light mode and more (https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/22/google-meet-launches-improved-zoom-like-tiled-layout-low-light-mode-and-noise-cancellation/) Introducing Splunk Remote Work Insights: Our Solution for the New Work-from-Home Reality (https://www.splunk.com

On this episode: Apple and Google team up, AWS Fargate has a new release, Github gives stuff away, Coder gets funding and Matt offers his advice to college students. Plus, the definitive iPhone SE review. The Rundown Contact Tracing Apple, Google Will Require Case Verification for Coronavirus Contact Tracing Tech (https://gizmodo.com/apple-google-will-require-case-verification-for-corona-1842859127) How Google Plans to Push Its Coronavirus Tracing Feature to Android Phones (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dygbmj/how-google-coronavirus-contact-tracing-feature-update) Apple and Google launch a joint contact-tracing system for iOS and Android (https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/10/21216484/google-apple-coronavirus-contract-tracing-bluetooth-location-tracking-data-app) Answering the 12 biggest questions about Apple and Google’s new coronavirus tracking project (https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/11/21216803/apple-google-coronavirus-tracking-app-covid-bluetooth-secure) Fargate AWS revamps Fargate serverless contain

Brandon interviews Professor Jeremy Hajek from Illinois Tech (https://www.iit.edu/) about what it's like to teach Information Technology in today's rapidy changing IT landscape. Plus, we offer advice to new grads on how to get a job and what cloud certifications are most valuable. Jermey's Links: Twitter: @JeremyHajek (https://twitter.com/JeremyHajek) Illinois Tech Contact (https://www.iit.edu/directory/people/jeremy-hajek) Illinois Tech Admissions Information (https://www.iit.edu/admissions-aid) Photo by Vasily Koloda on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/8CqDvPuo_kI) Special Guest: Jeremy Hajek.

This week we offer hot takes on a whole bunch of topics including: COBOL, Unikernels, AWS Bottlerocket, Zoom, Slack, Circle CI, Marketplaces and IBM. Relevant to your interests Unikernels are unfit for production (https://www.joyent.com/blog/unikernels-are-unfit-for-production) Knative Crowds out Other Serverless Software (and Other CNCF Survey Takeaways) (https://thenewstack.io/knative-crowds-out-other-serverless-software-packages-and-other-cncf-survey-takeaways/) Bottlerocket: a special-purpose container operating system (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/bottlerocket-a-special-purpose-container-operating-system/) Slack, Teams and Conferencing Slack is working on integrating with rival Microsoft Teams for calls, says CEO Stewart Butterfield (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/slack-is-working-on-microsoft-teams-calling-integration-says-ceo.html) DHH is not happy with Zoom (https://twitter.com/dhh/status/1245097507488583681?s=21) Maybe we shouldn’t use Zoom after all (https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/31/zoo

This week Coté interviews Justin Garrison coauthor of Cloud Native Infrastructure (https://www.cnibook.info/). They discuss all things "Cloud Native" and what it's like to be a software engineer who helps make movies. Photo by David Brooke Martin on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/dxtEFmAfkOk) Special Guest: Justin Garrison .

We discuss micoVMs vs. Containers and Intel vs. ARM. Plus, Matt offers advice on when to teach your children about Github. Big congrats to Coté and his wife on their new baby!!! Relevant to your interests Containers are Not the Future (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/containers-future-ian-eyberg/) Observations on ARM64 & AWS’s Amazon EC2 M6g Instances - Honeycomb (https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/observations-on-arm64-awss-amazon-ec2-m6g-instances/) No more O’Reilly Conferences (https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/from-laura-baldwin.html) Lightspeed-backed WorkOS launches to help startup services become enterprise-ready (https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/17/lightspeed-backed-workos-launches-to-help-startup-services-become-enterprise-ready/) The Demise Of Symantec (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/richardstiennon/2020/03/16/the-demise-of-symantec/amp/) Ex-Uber engineer pleads guilty to trade secret theft from Google (https://www.axios.com/ex-uber-engineer-guilty-trade-secret-theft-google-b83051eb-0

Brandon interviews Miles Matthias from Container Heroes and they discuss how to get started with Containers, Kubernetes, Envoy, Istio and Spinnaker. Plus, Miles tells us a story about Warren Buffet. Links: * Container Hereos (https://www.containerheroes.com/) * @miles_matthias (https://twitter.com/miles_matthias) * Miles talk at Spinnaker Summit 2019 (https://www.containerheroes.com/appearances/spinnaker-summit-2019) Photo by Sebastian Herrmann on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/photos/GYQl88LcLok) Special Guest: Miles Matthias.

Coté finally learns what HashiCorp does. Also, yellow rubber gloves. Mood Board: Blur my foreground, that’s what I want. No Yodas Lot of rubber gloves in your youth? I have never really enjoyed a Steven King book. Maybe it’s for the Rip Van Winkle set You watch Netflix, you should watch more Netflix. I don’t need your recommendations, don’t tell me how to live my life. It was like a bunch of Duplo blocks in a junior high theater class. As someone said: teams is like a front-end to Sharepoint The screenshot they showed was kind of like Teams. Why can’t they make it 100% OK? You’ve got a big TV, put me on it! Relevant to your interests Microsoft Teams vs. Zoom vs. Skype Does anyone really know what the deal is with this JEDI thing? - The Pentagon says it 'wishes to reconsider' the award to Microsoft of the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract (https://www.businessinsider.com.au/pentagon-reconsider-jedi-microsoft-amazon-web-services-2020-3?r=US&IR=T) HashiCorp - Vagrant sure is valuable! HashiCorp Scores $1