RIA Weekly

This week we discuss “Radical Transparency,” State of Crypto, IBM’s Cloud Efforts and Zoom’s Earnings. Plus, paying at the pump abroad. Runner-up Titles I’m here for the sandwich talk I want to get back to the garbage chairs Paying for Petrol Paying at the Pump Anonymize your trash I don’t want to improve Making life hard for HR Radical transparency for you, not me Where’d this public cloud come from? Don’t ever fall into the trap of sucking That’s a Circle Rundown Coinbase Tests App for Employees to Grade Each Other During Meetings (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/coinbase-tests-app-for-employees-to-grade-each-other-during-meetings) Bridgewater Principles & Culture (https://www.bridgewater.com/principles-and-culture?utm_campaign=BPI-Bridgewater-Capitalism-RR&utm_content=bridgewater%20culture&utm_source=paid-gs) You need meeting knobs like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGsHq-mZI8U) Seth Green's Stolen NFT Puts His New Animated Bored Ape Series in Jeopardy (https://www.themarysue.com/seth-green

This week we discuss the "sum of the parts" of Rackspace, Rocky Linux recreates CentOS and thoughts on the economy. Plus, a debate: rental car vs. Uber. Rundown Rackspace Technology Reports First Quarter 2022 Results; Company Evaluating Strategic Alternatives (https://ir.rackspace.com/news-releases/news-release-details/rackspace-technology-reports-first-quarter-2022-results-company) Cloudflare gets serious about infrastructure services (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/11/with-new-serverless-database-cloudflare-gets-serious-about-infrastructure-services/) Rocky Linux developer CIQ raises $26M to recreate CentOS for enterprises (https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/11/rocky-linux-developer-ciq-raises-26m-to-recreate-centos-for-enterprises/) Snowflake Stock: Finally, This Software Titan Is Worth A Nibble (NYSE:SNOW) (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4511737-snowflake-worth-nibble) Job vacancies outpace unemployment for first time (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61475720) Relevant to your Interests Observability Enginee

Brandon interviews Philip Griffiths, the VP of Global Business Development at NetFoundry. They discuss how OpenZiti enables zero trust networking and how to build certificate-based security into your applications. Plus, some thoughts on creating an open source mascot. Episode Links NetFoundry (https://netfoundry.io/) replace with live netfoundry.io/sdt OpenZiti (https://openziti.github.io/) Zitification (https://ziti.dev/blog/zitification/) Bootstrapping Trust (https://ziti.dev/blog/bootstrapping-trust-part-1-encryption-everywhere/) Contact Philip LinkedIn: philipleonardgriffiths (https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipleonardgriffiths/) Twitter: @OpenZiggy (https://twitter.com/OpenZiggy) Twitter: @ThePGriffiths (https://twitter.com/ThePGriffiths) Special Guest: Philip Griffiths.

This week we discuss DevOpsDays Austin, the impending (?) economic downturn and advice on migrating your iCloud account when moving abroad. Plus, some thoughts on driving… Rundown DevOpsDays Austin (https://devopsdays.org/events/2022-austin/welcome/) Uber CEO vows to be ‘hardcore about costs,’ slow down hiring in memo to employees (https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/9/23063499/uber-ceo-slash-costs-hiring-slowdown-ride-hailing-profit) A cheat sheet for the next tech downturn (https://www.axios.com/2022/05/09/next-tech-downturn-cheat-sheet-recession) Relevant to your Interests Square Enix Says Embracer Acquisitions Allow It to Invest More in the Blockchain, AI, and the Cloud (https://www.ign.com/articles/square-enix-says-embracer-acquisitions-allow-it-to-invest-more-in-the-blockchain-ai-and-the-cloud) Google is raising pay, revamping employee reviews, documents show (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/06/google-says-its-raising-employee-pay-in-performance-review-revamp.html) What you may not know about the Dell-Snowflak

This week we discuss palace intrigue at Apple. the death of passwords and Twilio’s valuation. Plus, Matt explains how to resurrect a dead MacBook Pro… Rundown How Technocrats Triumphed at Apple (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/01/technology/jony-ive-apple-design.html) Passwords Apple, Google, and Microsoft team up on passwordless logins (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/05/apple-google-microsoft-passwordless-logins/) Teleport nabs $110M to provide identity-based infrastructure access (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/03/2309618/) Listen to Brandon interview Teleport CEO (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/346) How FIDO Works (https://fidoalliance.org/how-fido-works/) 1Password 8 for Mac Released With New Design and Features (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/03/1password-8-for-mac-released/) Twilio - A Future Essential, Or Overhyped & Just Unprofitable? (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4505528-twilio-a-future-essential-or-overhyped-and-just-unprofitable) Twilio Announces First Quarter 2022 Results (https://fin

This week we discuss Matt’s new job at Kubecost, Istio joins the CNCF, the latest cloud earnings and Twitter gets bought. Plus, the first ever Cloud Startup Fantasy Draft… Rundown Kubecost (https://www.kubecost.com) Istio Istio have applied to become Cloud Native Project (https://twitter.com/IstioMesh/status/1518616150258733058) Istio moves to the CNCF - Service Mesh's Past, Present and Future - Solo (https://www.solo.io/blog/istio-past-present-future/) Earnings AWS CEO: We're not spinning out, likely to seek acquisitions (https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/21/aws_not_for_sale/) Amazon's cloud business grows almost 37%, but slows from last quarter (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/28/aws-earnings-q1-2022.html) Microsoft earnings beat across the board (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/26/microsoft-msft-earnings-q3-2022.html) Alphabet reports weak earnings and revenue on big YouTube miss (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/26/alphabet-to-report-q1-earnings-after-the-bell-tuesday.html) Cloud CAPEX: Google and Microsoft (htt

This week we discuss the disruption happening to Netflix, Corporate Metrics and a few thoughts on Heroku. Plus, some summer travel tips. Rundown Netflix Netflix shares crater 25% after company reports it lost subscribers for the first time in more than 10 years (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/19/netflix-nflx-earnings-q1-2022.html) Netflix Estimates More Than 100 Million Non-Paying Households Use Shared Passwords (https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/netflix-sharing-password-100-million-1235236051/) Netflix slowdown leaves streaming biz reeling (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-487b37f1-d49f-4ccc-b267-794c850a834c.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0) Reporting is hard Revenue, Revenue Everywhere. Not a Dollar to Count by @ttunguz (https://www.tomtunguz.com/metricflow/) Heroku Heroku is practically down for 4 days (https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz/status/1516756294983733255?s=21&t=005wWLAylkwjFOf1qWQmjw) Heroku is like a fallen civilization of elves. Beautiful, immortal, beloved by all who encount

This week we discuss the legacy of Puppet, Private Equity acquisitions and a few thoughts on Cloud Migrations. Plus, the five types of All Hands meetings… Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit) Rundown Perforce to acquire infrastructure as code pioneer Puppet (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3656734/perforce-to-acquire-infrastructure-as-code-pioneer-puppet.html) The PE Yo-Yo Thoma Bravo to take cybersecurity firm SailPoint private for $6.1 billion (https://www.reuters.com/business/thoma-bravo-buy-cybersecurity-firm-sailpoint-69-bln-ft-2022-04-11/) Private equity giant KKR buys security firm Barracuda Networks (https://siliconangle.com/2022/04/12/private-equity-giant-kkr-buys-security-firm-barracuda-networks/) How big could the cloud get? Part 1 (https://01core.substack.com/p/how-big-could-the-cloud-get-part?s=w) Relevant to your Interests Introducing global endpoints for Amazon EventBridge (https://aw

This week we discuss Dagger’s Launch, Employee Tacking and Executive Compensation. Plus, some thoughts on beans and broccoli… Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit) Rundown Dagger Introducing Dagger: a new way to create CI/CD pipelines (https://dagger.io/blog/public-launch-announcement) Docker founder Solomon Hykes launches Dagger, a new DevOps startup (https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/30/docker-founder-launches-dagger-a-new-devops-platform/) CUE (https://cuelang.org/) Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger earned $178.6M in 2021 (https://twitter.com/Techmeme/status/1509472069804716034) Goldman Sachs is tracking ID swipes so it can crack down on employees who are breaking its return-to-office rules. Here's what happens to those who don't show up enough. (https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-is-tracking-swipes-to-get-people-back-rto-2022-3) Relevant to your Interests On Postgres Container Apps. Behold Smooshing:

This week we discuss the potential consequences of the EU’s Digital Markets Act, Gaming M&A and Docker’s latest funding. Plus, Coté offers advice about snakes…. Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit). Rundown Security experts say new EU rules will damage WhatsApp encryption (https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/28/23000148/eu-dma-damage-whatsapp-encryption-privacy) Europe says yes to messaging interoperability (https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/24/dma-political-agreement/) Amazon Game Studio Head Steps Down Amid Declining New World Active Players (https://www.mmorpg.com/news/amazon-game-studio-head-steps-down-amid-declining-new-world-active-players-2000124647) Netflix buys Boss Fight in latest gaming acquisition (https://www.axios.com/pro/media-deals/2022/03/25/netflix-buys-boss-fight-in-latest-gaming-acquisition) As Docker gains momentum, it hauls in $105M Series C on $2B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2022

This week we discuss how the software supply chain impacts business continuity and analyze the latest attempt to disrupt Microsoft Excel. Plus, some thoughts on bread heels…. Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit). Rundown On the weaponisation of open source (https://beny23.github.io/posts/on_weaponisation_of_open_source/) Hacker Group Claims Access to User Authentication Firm Okta (https://gizmodo.com/hacker-group-claims-extraordinary-access-to-user-authen-1848684491) The tyranny of Microsoft Excel may finally be over (https://www.techradar.com/news/the-tyranny-of-microsoft-excel-may-finally-be-over) Relevant to your Interests Website Builder Webflow Hits $4 Billion Valuation As It Nears $100 Million Revenue (https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrickcai/2022/03/16/webflow-series-c-4-billion-valuation-100-million-revenue/) Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Acquisition of MGM (https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/amazon

This week, Coté and Matt define three sales model for doing developer-led sales. Also, we know that clown fish are optional, but do rocks need to exist? Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit). Mood Board: How many of you watch streaming? hotdogheadexplosion37 - “I’m your host, exploding hotdog.” hotdogheadexplosion37 solves agile financing problems. I’m your host, ExplodingHotDogMan What if rocks didn’t exist? I didn’t take “Philosophy of Rocks 101 in college, but I did take hydrobiology 379.” This is what happens when Brandon’s not here Legal week B to D sales The Janitorial Sales Model - vendor creates mess, drives uncontrolled/ungoverned/decentralized viral spread. The Mary Poppins Model Graffiti Proof Paint Model Rundown Rocks. The End of Daylight Saving Time? (https://twitter.com/senatecloakroom/status/1503797632745025542) Dell Striving To ‘Embrace Developers In A Big Way’: Michael Dell (https://ww

This week we discuss the potential digital transformation of the Dollar and Snowflake’s Strategy. Plus, what exactly is Heavy Metal… Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit) Rundown Digital Transformation of the Dollar The U.S. is considering a radical rethinking of the dollar for today's digital world (https://www.npr.org/2022/02/06/1072406109/digital-dollar-federal-reserve-apple-pay-venmo-cbdc) Biden takes big step toward government-backed digital currency (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/us-government-digital-currency-rcna19248) Let’s check in on SNOW Snowflake CFO Defends Strategy, Attacks Google Amid Stock Rout (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-07/snowflake-cfo-defends-strategy-attacks-google-amid-stock-rout) Clouded Judgement 3.4.22 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-3422) SNOW Investor Deck (https://s26.q4cdn.com/463892824/files/doc_financials/2022/q4/Q4-F

This week we discuss how to measure DevRel, the legacy of Sun and a few thoughts on Markdown. Plus, we determine the TAM for trackballs… Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit) Rundown Measuring Developer Relations (https://www.swyx.io/measuring-devrel) What if Sun called it Cloud? (https://twitter.com/furrier/status/1498804338751275011?s=21) Relevant to your Interests A Visa exec's email to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy set off an internal scramble that's becoming increasingly common at the tech giant (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/visa-execs-email-amazon-ceo-212121273.html) Clouded Judgement 2.25.22 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-22522?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email) Report: 76% of IT pros say that cloud has hit a wall (https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/24/report-76-of-it-pros-say-that-cloud-has-hit-a-wall/) Out Of Scope - #0 (https://emilykager.substack.com/p/out-of-scope-0) Me

Brandon interviews Ev Kontsevoy the CEO and Cofounder of Teleport. They discuss Ev’s early career, his experience at Mailgun and Teleport’s opinionated approach to providing secure access. Episode Links: YouTube Clip of the question to Jeff Bezos that inspired Mailgun (https://youtu.be/6nKfFHuouzA?t=1441) Teleport (https://goteleport.com/) Teleport Slack (https://goteleport.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-midnn9bn-AQKcq5NNDs9ojELKlgwJUA#/shared-invite/email) 5 Best Practices for Securing SSH (https://goteleport.com/blog/5-ssh-best-practices/) Contact Ev: LinkedIn: kontsevoy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kontsevoy/) Twitter: @kontsevoy (https://twitter.com/kontsevoy) Special Guest: Ev Kontsevoy.

This week we discuss Kubernetes adoption, the State of Open Source Survey and the search for a better Developer Experience. Plus, some thoughts on taking out the trash and conflict resolution. Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit) Rundown Ten takeaways from the 2022 State of Open Source survey (https://opensource.org/node/1183) What is Developer Experience? a roundup of links and goodness (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2022/02/21/what-is-developer-experience-a-roundup-of-links-and-goodness/) Developer Experience Is Security (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2022/02/17/devex-is-security/?ck_subscriber_id=512840665) Relevant to your Interests California Will Stick Solar Panels Over Canals to Fight Two Disasters at Once (https://gizmodo.com/california-will-stick-solar-panels-over-canals-to-fight-1848550514) Salesforce teams with AWS on direct-to-consumer streaming media solution – TechCrunch (https://techcru

The week we review Kubernetes: The Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE77h7dmoQU) and Matt explains why there is no Diet Coke in Australia. Register here to be invited to future Software Defined Meetups (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HabWg2nxKf2-qAavMSihlHbACjpr-qVDJFeBTKAJZJQ/edit) Rundown Movie Review: Kubernetes: The Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE77h7dmoQU) The improbable rise of Kubernetes to become the operating system of the cloud (https://siliconangle.com/2022/02/12/improbable-rise-kubernetes-become-operating-system-cloud/) CNCF Sees Record Kubernetes and Container Adoption in 2021 Cloud Native Survey (https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2022/02/10/cncf-sees-record-kubernetes-and-container-adoption-in-2021-cloud-native-survey/) Mirantis on run rate over $100M two years after buying Docker Enterprise assets (https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/09/mirantis-on-run-rate-over-100m-two-years-after-buying-docker-enterprise-assets) Relevant to your Interests Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy's

This week we discuss what to expect in cloud in 2020 and the prospect of building a better Kubernetes Developer Experience. Plus, Coté explains the Dutch concept of Gezellig. Rundown What to expect in cloud computing in 2022 and beyond (https://siliconangle.com/2022/02/07/expect-cloud-computing-2022-beyond/) A Better Kubernetes Experience for Developers is Key in 2022 (https://containerjournal.com/features/a-better-kubernetes-experience-for-developers-is-key-in-2022/) Relevant to your Interests AWS Earnings (https://twitter.com/jordannovet/status/1489349176014036992) TriggerMesh, Case Study in Open Sourcing Enterprise Software (https://thenewstack.io/triggermesh-case-study-in-open-sourcing-enterprise-software/) Strange Computer Languages: A Hacker’s Field Guide (https://hackaday.com/2022/01/26/strange-computer-languages-a-hackers-field-guide/) Real-time code sharing for your lectures and presentations (https://brunosimon.github.io/keppler/) Demostack - Spin up a demo, tailor the story, win more deals faster

This week we discuss Cloud Earnings, OpenSSF’s new project and Tim Bray’s take on Cloud. Plus, some thoughts on data gravity… Rundown Earnings Apple tops earnings expectations on strong iPhone sales (https://www.axios.com/apple-earnings-top-estimates-strong-iphone-4a850376-e1f2-445f-90b4-2d3216a1e36f.html) Microsoft Azure exceeded $40 billion in annualized revenue (https://twitter.com/jordannovet/status/1486876801314000903?s=21) Alphabet crushes earnings, announces 20-for-1 stock split (https://finance.yahoo.com/video/alphabet-crushes-earnings-announces-20-212516853.html) Docker makes comeback with over $50M in ARR two years into restructuring (https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/01/docker-makes-comeback-reaching-over-50m-in-arr/) OSS Security Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) (https://openssf.org/) OpenSSF Announces The Alpha-Omega Project to Improve Software Supply Chain Security for 10,000 OSS Projects (https://openssf.org/press-release/2022/02/01/openssf-announces-the-alpha-omega-project-to-improve-sof

This week we discuss the SAT going online, the Pyramid of Open Source and dealing with tech debt. Plus, some thoughts on expense reports… Rundown Starting in 2024, U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online (https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075315337/new-digital-sat-college-admissions-test-requirement-2024-us) Enforcing the Pyramid of Open Source (https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/01/17/enforcing-the-pyramid-of-open-source/) Microsoft cloud revenues power Microsoft's $51.7 billion second FY'22 quarter | ZDNet (https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-cloud-revenues-power-microsofts-51-7-billion-second-fy22-quarter/) Relevant to your Interests Twitter brings NFTs to profile photos, but only for Twitter Blue subscribers | Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/twitter-blue-nft-profile-photos-193912407.html) Peloton hires McKinsey to review cost structure; cycle maker may cut jobs, close stores (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/18/peloton-hires-mckinsey-to-review-cost-structure-as-equipment-sales-slow-.html) Michael D