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How important is domain knowledge for a new CEO? What is the key to building a successful Open Source Business? What is Kelsey Hightower really asking? We answer all these questions and more. Plus, Matt explains why a bus pass is better than a driver’s license in Australia. Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally reved back up his newsletter (https://buttondown.email/cote). People love it! Subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote) and tell all your friends to subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote). Latest issues: Relevant to your interests Executive Shuffles Google just hired a former Microsoft exec to spearhead G Suite (https://www.businessinsider.com/google-hired-former-microsoft-exec-javier-soltero-vp-g-suite-2019-10) and Javier Soltero’s Bio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Soltero) Microsoft’s Q1 earnings boosted by cloud and Office as Surface and Xbox stall (https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/23/20928856/microsoft-q1-2020-earnings-revenue-cloud-services-surface-gaming-xbox) ServiceNow Announces Bi

"This week there has been a lot of confusion on social media” around MeetUp charging more, along with the launch of a rival service at LinkedIn. Yeah, we get deep into LinkedIn talk! Then we discuss into what exactly a GitLab is. Mood board: Hard to come down on a definitive opinion on carrots. We can educate Coté. Learning from each other, the more you know! There’s a lot of kube shit. Non-subjugating windows. Anyone can do a hyphen, you have to go out of your way to do an em-dash. What’s a ‘fixie’? HOT LINKEDIN ETHICS DEBATE. You’re probably using the Twitter webpage and following the “Suggested Follows.” There have been reports in social media. It’s the chaos monkey for business models. We can Armchair Product Management this thing. I've been asked if crocodiles are considered "pescatarian-friendly." It’s kind of like the yaml version of the Rational dream. The whole rest of the world was putting together best of breed tools. If you say so, Grammerly. “Monty-python simulation” Stay out of the room Mr. AI!

The mystery of the 2,000 Two thrilling topics this week: moderating panels and the mystery of Oracle cloud. Also, some Austin talk. Mood board: The East India Company and Kodak I just want your best 5 hours. Executives can only pay attention for 20 minutes. I’m in for a panel. I’m more interested in hearing from the artist, not the people looking at the painting. Ten year journey with billions of burn. We’re talking about trillion dollar companies. You can’t have enough storage for your podcasts. Fired 2,000 people…and now hiring 2,000 people. First-gen cloud building people are often a handful. Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally reved back up his newsletter (https://buttondown.email/cote). People love it! Subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote) and tell all your friends to subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote). See the archives (https://buttondown.email/cote/archive/how-to-moderate-a-panel/) for more. Relevant to your interests How to moderate a panel (https://buttondown.email/cote/archive/how-to-

Smokin’ hot webinar tips in this one, tips on things to put on your mouth in Austin, and then scandal in the open source world is getting fun again! Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally revved back up his newsletter (https://buttondown.email/cote). People love it! Subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote) and tell all your friends to subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote)! Go to buttondown.email/cote (https://buttondown.email/cote) or cote.io/newsletter (https://cote.io/newsletter/) and do it! Mood board: It’s probably more of a figurative figurative phrase, not a literal figurative phrase. I should probably start the recording again. Don’t be so precise. Kids these days. There’s lots of issues with the Salt Lick. Here’s a napkin. You’re better off getting a Porche from Germany. Let me translate that from Dutch to American. 15 meters of cereal. Tradeless Commissions Some basis points. Well, I don’t know that, but I’m gonna look it up later. Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally reved back up his newslett

Matt explains the GitLab vs. CloudBees kerfuffle, Coté offers advice when attending a DevOps Day, we also recommend never buying a corporate jet. Plus, there is some discussion of AXE Body Spray. Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally reved back up his newsletter (https://buttondown.email/cote). People love it! Subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote) and tell all your friends to subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote)! Relevant to your interests GitLab opens: Jenkins: One year later (https://about.gitlab.com/2019/09/20/jenkins-one-year-later/) CloudBees responds: GitLab's Confusion (https://www.cloudbees.com/blog/gitlabs-confusion) What’s Going on with GKE and Anthos? (https://bravenewgeek.com/whats-going-on-with-gke-and-anthos/) Apple’s new Mac Pro to be made in Texas (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/09/apples-new-mac-pro-to-be-made-in-texas/) Briefing: Facebook Buys Mind-Reading Startup For Close to $1 Billion (https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/89ce70) Containership sinks after being blown of

The season of IPOs, bullshit HR tells you about salary, and feeding ravenous 9 year olds. Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally reved back up his newsletter (https://buttondown.email/cote). People love it! Subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote) and tell all your friends to subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote)! Mood board: The Christmas Greenwich Meantime. The Salary Vortex. Podcast Google Alert. Overnight he is growing 7 inches. Throwing fish at a growing seal. I want to be 63. We’re way too top heavy. Hot in the sun, cold in the shade. Is this because of the Federal Reserve? The chaos monkey of IPOs. What happened to SVNLab? College phrases from random places. War Birds and Red Tides. Relevant to your interests VMware CEO: IBM Paid Too Much for Red Hat (https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/vmware-ceo-ibm-paid-too-much-for-red-hat/2019/09/) Oracle announces Oracle Autonomous Linux (https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-announces-oracle-autonomous-linux/) CentOS release (https://twitter.com/CentOSPr

Developers don’t buy anything, but they make other people buy things. We try to, once again, build a theory of how developers drive IT spend. Also: hotel shampoo bottles, Scottish vikings, and Kiwi slang. Hey, Coté got off his ass and finally reved back up his newsletter (https://buttondown.email/cote). People love it! Subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote) and tell all your friends to subscribe (https://buttondown.email/cote)! Mood board: Buying something different to try something new. Australian bagels. “Let’s start the QBR: we’re gonna have hide my ass.” “Obviously if we don’t sell ads we can do whatever the fuck we want.” More fools giving their software away for free I have a lot of thoughts on How to Train Your Dragon Hanging out with the Scots at The Hague I do have a follow-up question, but not on the soap. Some baroque, bespoke, monster piece of infrastructure. Matt’s little bit of glue. How much simpler can you get than straight code? General Container’s army of yamlites. Developer tools = vomi

Searched Guard stole some code, lots of “elites” in the State of DevOps Report and should we really cry for Docker? Plus, we talk Australia Punters invading American Football and why Yahoo! will always be a necessity to football fans. Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! And check out his other book that this guy likes (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559881947412340736/). Relevant to your interests State of DevOps Report (https://cloud.google.com/devops/state-of-devops/#gated-form) with Coté’s notes (https://cote.io/2019/08/26/devops-report-2019/) “The proportion of our elite performers has almost tripled, showing that excellence is possible—it just requires execution.” OSS Dear Searched Guard Users (https://www.elastic.co/blog/dear-search-guard-users) Why doesn't anyone weep for Docker? (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-doesnt-anyone-weep-for-docker/) Troubles with the Open Source Gig Economy and Sustainability Tip Jar (https://www.aniszczyk.org/2

This week, the title says it all. Mood board: Jandels and togs That’s why they call it The Lucky Country. Decoding “Fly-Wheel.” 1 part synergy and 10 parts how business is done. Unlocking value. It’s always fun to see value created. I bet they got RBAC. The Funny Name Startup Strategy to Success. Brandon looks at The Business End. The Platform of the Future. Brisket for the last Fortune 500. It’s too complicated. You could put a million containers on this one box. I bet the Oracle field has some really cool spreadsheets. Bespoke nachos. Knowing stuff is dangerous. He’s going to Roko’s Basilisk me for his inheritance. Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! And check out his other book that this guy likes (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559881947412340736/). Relevant to your interests State of DevOps Report (https://cloud.google.com/devops/state-of-devops/#gated-form) - Coté’s notes (https://cote.io/2019/08/26/devops-report-2019/). VMware VMware acquires applic

“WE” need a forensic accountant for the show. SignalFX gets bought for a billion, Microsoft buys jClarity and VMWare is buying Pivotal…again? We discuss all this and “WE” try to make sense of all this fancy “trademark accounting.” Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! And check out his other book that this guy likes (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559881947412340736/). Relevant to your interests Splunk to Acquire Cloud Monitoring Leader SignalFx (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/splunk-acquire-cloud-monitoring-leader-200100373.html) VMware says it’s looking to acquire Pivotal (https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/14/vmware-says-its-looking-to-acquire-pivotal/) Microsoft Screws Customers and its Own Advocates Alike - Last Week in AWS (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/microsoft-screws-customers-and-its-own-advocates-alike/) Microsoft takes big gulp of Java with jClarity acquisition, further boosting Azure’s open-source cred (https://www.geekwire.com/2019/microsoft-

We discuss WeWork vs. Regus, Cloudera, and tumblr. Plus, some clarifications on trans-dimensional bomb defusing. Mood board: You talk about the Pacific Northwest, but have you thought about Florida? I could be like the 35 year old Andy Rooney. Hey Google, where are my keys? We’re driving off hosts at this point Herbalife. Funny logs. Was it real money? It’s probably cheaper than severance. I am not following any of it. Where’s Tim Wu when you need him? This is Tumblr all over again. Nothing but insects please. Oh Andy Rooney, save me! Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! And check out his other book that this guy likes (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559881947412340736/). Relevant to your interests Apple Card Review: The Credit Card of the Future Is No Card At All (https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-card-review-the-credit-card-of-the-future-is-no-card-at-all-11565528401) - Banking. Matt Asay goes to AWS (https://twitter.com/mjasay/status/1161008574589308928

Renaming to align with kunernetes and JEDI master Trump. Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! And check out his other book that this guy likes (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559881947412340736/). Mood board: Have either of you ever eaten dog meat? He easily slides into meataterian. Skype would be terrible if it weren’t so great! Follow the foot-stones Going up the well I like dogs, what I don’t like is additional responsibility. My life is mostly avoiding more responsibility Sorry about your dog… Oyster and Opals. Dogs and trains Once you get to Atlanta, trains be like, fuck that shit. I’m going to write that down and look at it when I’m depressed. Who put kubernetes in my Mesosphere? Not investment advice. 2 to 3 yards of J2EE books. If you put it into a container, you’ll probably be OK. Relevant to your interests Mesosphere changes name to D2IQ, shifts focus to Kubernetes, cloud native (https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/05/mesosphere-changes-name-to-d2iq-s

Speaking of nachos, more earnings this week. Plus, identity theft. There’s a clutch of data breaches this week and Coté finally learns why this is bad. Also, monitoring company IPOs, nachos, and the eating management and the terrors of European fry condiment management. Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! And check out his other book that this guy likes (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559881947412340736/). Moodboard: I’m making my way to the microphone. The only way I know how. We need to start a YouTube channel where we do webinar reactions. We got some cool stuff to talk about with this latest breach. I just wanted a meal and now I have a problem to solve. I think I have some swamp stuff in Europe for the geographic oddity section. That’s my problem, I don’t like fun. Back to nachos The nacho of nachos Speaking of nachos, more earnings this week. The nonsense was the logs, not the log reader. Unnonsense your nonsense. Cause lawyers get paid. No time for

It’s cloud magic time! We go over the evolution of the IaaS Gartner Magic Quadrant, or whatever it’s called now. Plus, is it so hard to do do enterprise sales? (Yes.) And too much commentary on umlauts, ASCII, and Munich bike bells. Mood board: CI/CD is this podcast’s VDI. “Dude, I’ll read.” It’s hot here. Did those clothing-optional vegan hippies invite themselves over to your room a lot? Ruled by actuarial tables I need to look up what constitutes a swamp Google cloud is people. You can’t put the math back in the box. Cee-star-o. Bad things are bad. You can be a low-value target and I’ll still draw a funny picture in your book. Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! And check out his other book that this guy likes (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559881947412340736/). Relevant to your interests Google Cloud gains in Gartner's 2019 cloud infrastructure Magic Quadrant (https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cloud-gains-in-gartners-2019-cloud-infrastructure-magic

There’s a couple kubernetes announcements this week: we mostly talk about Pivotal’s, and a tad on IBM. Plus, maybe scooters are actually good for cities and compiling source code for your infrastructure software is probably a bad idea. Don’t @ us. Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! Mood Board: Evil Hodor is cancelled. Must be this short to ride free. The full mullet of monitoring. There is no nuance to this statement. Just keep using VMware. If you’re compiling the source code, you’re gonna have problems. LAMP stack. Tell me how to do what I want, not why I can’t do it. Relevant to your interests Pivotal kubernetes stuff (https://content.pivotal.io/home-page/pivotal-build-service-now-alpha-assembles-and-updates-containers-in-kubernetes), alpha of running all the stuff on Kubernetes (PKS), Pivotal’s JRE/Tomcat product now GA. “PAS on Kubernetes is packaged as a tile for Ops Manager, and uses BOSH to deploy its system components. It requires vSphere, NSX-T, and Enterprise PKS. “

With IBM closing its acquisition of Red Hat, we discuss the changing mechanics of an enterprise software business. Why do we think the big clouds will have such an indefinite hold on market leadership when every past tech leader has been disrupted and fallen? Speaking of, Broadcom is tryin’ hard to become a portfolio company. Also, security sucks, Coté finds video chats annoying, and he can’t keep all the camera lingo in his head. Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! Also: I wish I could turn other people’s videos off. Makes money, that’s a good strategy. Security through diversity, is that a thing? Breaking news, public cloud is a good thing. I’ve been replaced by software. What the fuck do I do with a histogram? Clicking auto fixed the photo fine. Flywheelin’. You can’t cut costs by cutting your employees legs off. It was something about FStop, and then I lost it. Relevant to your interests Zoom problems. Cloudera Sees Inspiration in Red Hat, Goes "All-In" on Open Source (https

SLOs, SLIs, SLAs, and SRE, or, Finding “The Business” How do SLOs really work, and how do you find "the business"? The three of us couldn't get together this week, so we have an interview this week with Google's Nathen Harvey (https://twitter.com/nathenharvey) about SRE. We also talk about European egg hygiene. Sponsors Solarwinds Loggly This episode is sponsored by SolarWinds ® and one of their APM tools: Loggly . When there is a service disruption, seconds matter. Don’t waste time looking for logs or combing through endless screens of events. Let SolarWinds Loggly aggregate, manage, and analyze all your log data so you quickly spot issues, jump to the relevant event messages, and identify the root cause. And, the Loggly in-context integration with SolarWinds AppOptics ™ adds rich performance instrumentation and distributed tracing to further accelerate identification of root cause and significantly reduce MTTR. Spend less time troubleshooting and more time innovating with context in your logs. Loggly is sca

Drink your own dog food No matter the searing product strategy insight, ops is always left holding the bag. With few exceptions (like NSX), infrastructure software has to be free and easy to check out and even use. All product management and strategy decisions flow from that. Usually. Except when they don’t. Also, developers don’t pay for anything, they trick ops into it. Maybe that’ll change in public cloud land, but who knows? Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! Also: Dark green smoothies. Immediate value. Gotta schedule a phone call to optimize phone calls. A light under a bushel. Free bread crumbs to the public cloud oven. Don't feel ashamed, everywhere else is fucked too, cf. Lean accounting. OpenShift too expensive, but no one actually checked the price. Slit your wrists with a business card. “DJ Pull Request.” (https://www.google.com/search?q=%22DJ+Pull+Request%22&oq=%22DJ+Pull+Request%22&aqs=chrome..69i57.4507j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) Brandon’s organic trash matter.

Do organizations ever just want to do a good job? Not really. Also, after looking through a new developer survey: Developers change what they use, but pretty much stay the same. Also, half of the, still don’t use build pipelines or issue trackers. When will these kids learn? And Coté explains why Nietzsche’s Eternal Return thing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return) seems unhelpful. Buy Coté’s book dirt cheap (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt)! Also: Pretty hard stop in an hour. Slack Messaging Transport Protocol and The Cold Chain Drum-circle free zone at Vondelpark (https://www.instagram.com/p/By7WXhWiN4c/?igshid=5ryhtzgbt15h)! Like us on Facebook as we hate on Facebook As people would call it… bong talk. If I’m gonna do a good job I’m gonna need a good editor. Do .ini files still exist? Or has Microsoft gone all yaml? The back 1/3 of all sci fi movies and religions. Relevant to your interests The state of Developer Ecosystem in 2019 Infographic (https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2019/)

Lowering your expectations on open source is a favorite topic of ours, so we return to it. Spoiler: people gotta make money somehow. Also, we explore inebriation in Amsterdam and other locales, Mary Meeker’s slide fest, public cloud outages vs. desktop computers, and better consumer identity management. Also: Wacky tobaccy Seattle Smell Denver’s Flaming Skull Mayor Announces Plans To Decriminalize Magic Mushrooms (https://www.theonion.com/denver-s-flaming-skull-mayor-announces-plans-to-decrimi-1834648731). Miller time is any time. Here’s how you’ll be disappointed. After the gold rush The dispassionate gang of four. Lifestyle businesses like IBM. Everyone overvalues the present. Spend $50 million here to make a billion there. The Super Mainframe. Talking points: Coté fell asleep. Ate too much French butter, had salt crystals in it, tho. Using wildcard emails for logins - pinboard guy on securing Congressional campaign (https://idlewords.com/2019/05/what_i_learned_trying_to_secure_congressional_campaigns.htm).