RIA Weekly

This week we discuss Open Source Model Business Models, Cloud Migrations and the prospect of cloud providers becoming “dumb pipes.” Plus, some thoughts on the rise of Professor Galloway. Rundown There is such a thing as an open source business model (https://tracymiranda.com/2022/01/18/there-is-such-a-thing-as-an-open-source-business-model/) Web3 | No Mercy / No Malice (https://www.profgalloway.com/web3/) AWS is Not a Dumb Pipe (https://matt-rickard.com/aws-is-not-a-dumb-pipe/) Clouded Judgement 1.14.22 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-11422?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cta) Remote work and cloud adoption lands 1Password with $620M Series C, now valued at $6.8B (https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/19/1password-series-c-funding/) Relevant to your Interests Kubernetes needs a developer platform (https://odedia.org/kubernetes-needs-a-developer-platform) Observable raises $35.6M to bring better visibility to enterprise data (https://venturebeat.com/2022/01/13/observable-raises-35-6m-to-bring

This week we discuss NPM corruption, why Web3 may not be different and the future focus of Hyperscalers. Plus, some thoughts on Dutch Doctors. Rundown NPM corruption Open source developer corrupts widely-used libraries, affecting tons of projects (https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/9/22874949/developer-corrupts-open-source-libraries-projects-affected) Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker' breaking thousands of apps (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dev-corrupts-npm-libs-colors-and-faker-breaking-thousands-of-apps/) Web 3 is exciting because incumbents like solving known problems Computing and data infrastructure in '22 (https://www.kleinerperkins.com/perspectives/computing-and-data-infrastructure-in-22/) Aneel Lakhan take on Web3 and the need for a currency but not necessarily bitcoin via The Cloud Cast. (https://overcast.fm/+RrQyCAW4/33:45) Reasons why Web3 may not be all that different Matt Mullenweg on Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0 (https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1479998907123863554?s=21) My f

This week we discuss why cloud numbers don’t add up, Oracle buys Cerner and the demise of BlackBerry. Plus, Matt gives advice for keeping up with Web3. Rundown Cloud numbers don’t add up (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3645135/cloud-numbers-dont-add-up.html) A Look Back at Q3 '21 Public Cloud Software Earnings (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/a-look-back-at-q3-21-public-cloud) Oracle to buy medical records company Cerner in its biggest acquisition ever (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/20/oracle-to-buy-medical-records-company-cerner.html) Apple hits $3 trillion market cap, becoming first company to hit the mark (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-hits-3-trillion-market-cap-184825195.html) If you're clinging to an old BlackBerry, it will officially stop working on Jan. 4 (https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/1069938727/blackberry-phones-will-stop-working-january-4) Relevant to your Interests AWS Amazon Cloud Unit Draws Antitrust Scrutiny From Khan’s FTC (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-22/am

This week we discuss the stories of the year, make a few predications and answer listener questions. Plus, some thoughts on grammar… Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt (https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt) Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas January 17-20, 2022 (https://that.us/events/tx/2022/) Software Defined Talk Live Recording - THAT (https://that.us/activities/onqzzIqfp9NOeyLm67SY) Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers (https://sessionize.com/devopsdays-chicago-2022/), May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers (https://www.papercall.io/devopsdays-2022-birmingham-al

This week Brandon interviews Michael Wilde. They discuss Wilde's career progression from Sales Engineer to Account Executive and Honeycomb's approach to Observability. Plus, some thoughts on yoga... Show Links Honeycomb.io (https://www.honeycomb.io) BubbleUp (https://docs.honeycomb.io/working-with-your-data/bubbleup/) Contact Wilde LinkedIn: michael wilde (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwilde/) Twitter: @michaelwilde (https://twitter.com/michaelwilde) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT (http://strongdm.com/SDT) CBT Nuggets — Training available for IT Pros anytime, anywhere. Start your 7-day Free Trial today at cbtnuggets.com/sdt (https://cbtnuggets.com/sdt) Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/s/photos/honeycomb) Special Guest: Michael Wilde.

This week we discuss how the industry reacted to the Log4j vulnerability and the merits of going Multicloud. Plus, some thoughts on printer paper. Rundown Log4j and OSS Security warning: New zero-day in the Log4j Java library is already being exploited (https://www.zdnet.com/article/security-warning-new-zero-day-in-the-log4j-java-library-is-already-being-exploited/) ‘Extremely bad’ vulnerability found in widely used logging system (https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/10/22828303/log4j-library-vulnerability-log4shell-zero-day-exploit) What you need to know about the Log4J vulnerability rocking the internet (https://blog.f-secure.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-log4j-vulnerability-rocking-the-internet/) Zero-Day Exploit Targeting Popular Java Library Log4j (https://www.govcert.ch/blog/zero-day-exploit-targeting-popular-java-library-log4j/) Paying people to work on OSS (https://twitter.com/grhmc/status/1470074108327215118?s=21) Don’t pay people to work on OSS? (https://twitter.com/littleidea/status/147039323025

Brandon interviews Jordan Tigani, Chief Product Officer at SingleStore. They discuss Jordan's experience at Google building BigQuery and how to use SingleStore to build data intensive applications. Plus, some good stories on caviar and marathon running. Links Google Big Query (https://cloud.google.com/bigquery) A Return to the General Purpose Database (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/10/26/general-purpose-database/) SingleStore (https://www.singlestore.com) SingleStore Free Trial (https://www.singlestore.com/managed-service-trial/) Work at SingleStore (https://www.singlestore.com/careers/) SingleStore Recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant (https://www.singlestore.com/blog/recognized-in-the-gartner-magic-quadrant/) Contact Jordan @jrdntgn (https://twitter.com/jrdntgn) LinkedIn: jordantigani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordantigani/) Banner Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/11KDtiUWRq4) Special Guest: Jordan Tigani.

This week we discuss the State of Developer Relations and Cloud Adoption Trends. Plus, some thoughts on taking out the trash. Rundown State of devrel 2021 (https://www.stateofdeveloperrelations.com/_files/ugd/383279_55d4ef5b6f3847c188639d20f3f31b01.pdf) The Cloud in 2021: Adoption Continues (https://www.oreilly.com/radar/the-cloud-in-2021-adoption-continues/) Relevant to your interests AWS Primitives (https://twitter.com/sogrady/status/1466464691312594955?s=21) An Engineer's Hype-Free Observations on Web3 (and its Possibilities) (https://www.psl.com/feed-posts/web3-engineer-take) Meta Selects AWS as Key, Long-Term Strategic Cloud Provider (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211201005108/en/Meta-Selects-AWS-as-Key-Long-Term-Strategic-Cloud-Provider) @Werner vs @QuinnyPig (https://twitter.com/werner/status/1466803730934734849?s=21) Unleash the Booch on No Code (https://twitter.com/grady_booch/status/1467278429221384193?s=21) A Top SoftBank Executive Wants $2 Billion in Pay. His Boss Disagrees. (https://ww

This week we recap the news from AWS re:Invent and Knative joins the CNCF. Plus, some discussion on trademarks… Rundown AWS re:Invent Recap Top Announcements of AWS re:Invent 2021 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2021/) AWS Free Tier Data Transfer Expansion – 100 GB From Regions and 1 TB From Amazon CloudFront Per Month (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-free-tier-data-transfer-expansion-100-gb-from-regions-and-1-tb-from-amazon-cloudfront-per-month/) Where new AWS CEO Adam Selipsky plans to take cloud computing next (https://siliconangle.com/2021/11/28/new-aws-ceo-adam-selipsky-plans-take-cloud-computing-next/) Announcing Pull Through Cache Repositories for Amazon Elastic Container Registry | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-pull-through-cache-repositories-for-amazon-elastic-container-registry/) AWS launches its Graviton 3 processor (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/30/aws-launches-its-graviton-3-processor/) Amazon launc

This week we discuss the rise of Web3 and make a few AWS re:invent predications. Plus, what if Billy Joel and Huey Lewis formed a band… Rundown It's a Web3 World Now — How the Hype Compares to Web 2.0 (https://thenewstack.io/its-a-web3-world-now-how-the-hype-compares-to-web-2-0/) Crypto group tries to claw back fees after failed Constitution bid (https://www.axios.com/crypto-constitution-bid-high-cost-6ab84b3b-79c0-40d0-be6b-232172a3ed7a.html) $10B is the new $1B, and we need a new framework for startup valuations (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/23/10b-is-the-new-1b-and-we-need-a-new-framework-for-startup-valuations/) AWS Re:Invent Predictions 5 Things To Know About New AWS Channel Chief Ruba Borno (https://www.crn.com/slide-shows/cloud/5-things-to-know-about-new-aws-channel-chief-ruba-borno) Andy Jassy was reportedly surprised when Jeff Bezos asked him to take on the job of Amazon CEO: 'I wasn't clamoring for it' (https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-choosing-andy-jassy-surprised-amazon-ceo-2021-11)

This week we discuss Splunk’s CEO Transition, Crypto.com renames the Staples Center and Netlify’s attempt to realize Git Push Nirvana. Plus, when do house shoes become just shoes. Rundown Splunk stock plunges as CEO Doug Merritt steps down (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/15/splunk-stock-plunges-as-ceo-doug-merritt-steps-down.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top) Git Push Nirvana Heroku itself isn’t what people want. What we actually want is (https://twitter.com/bryanl/status/1460286401199718401?s=21) git push heroku main (https://twitter.com/bryanl/status/1460286401199718401?s=21) Netlify Raises $105 Million to Transform Development for the Modern Web (https://www.netlify.com/press/netlify-raises-usd105-million-to-transform-development-for-the-modern-web) Goodbye, Staples Center. Hello, Crypto.com Arena (https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-16/crypto-staples) Relevant to your interests ManualsLib - Makes it easy to find manuals online! (https://www

This week we discuss the state of severless, the agility equation and Twitter goes blue. Plus, what exactly happens in an Internet Minute…? Rundown The Unfulfilled Promise of Serverless (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/the-unfulfilled-promise-of-serverless) Twitter will now let you pay to undo tweets and read ad-free news in the US (https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/9/22766286/twitter-blue-subscription-service-scroll-nuzzel-undo-tweets-ad-free-articles-us?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4) From Amazon to Zoom: What Happens in an Internet Minute In 2021? (https://www.visualcapitalist.com/from-amazon-to-zoom-what-happens-in-an-internet-minute-in-2021/) Clubhouse rolls out Replay to let users record live rooms and share them later (https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/08/clubhouse-record-room-replay/) Relevant to your interests HashiCorp: Benchmarking the S-1 Data (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/hashicorp-benchmarking-the-s-1-data) Cloudflare Announces Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results (https://finance.ya

This week we discuss HashiCorp’s S1, AWS Earnings and highlights from Microsoft Ignite. Plus, Coté teaches us a new Dutch phrase. Rundown Cloud software vendor HashiCorp files for IPO as investors pour money into high-growth tech stocks (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/cloud-software-vendor-hashicorp-files-for-ipo.htmlCot) Coté’s highlights (https://twitter.com/cote/status/1456344043433177091). Understanding the 2021 State of Open Source Report (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/state-of-open-source-report-highlights) Amazon Amazon badly misses on earnings and revenue, gives disappointing fourth-quarter guidance (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/amazon-amzn-earnings-q3-2021.html) Amazon Web Services tops analysts' estimates on profit and revenue (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/28/aws-earnings-q3-2021.html) Amazon Is The Flywheel, AWS Is The Cash Register (https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/10/29/amazon-is-the-flywheel-aws-is-the-cash-register/) A fully functional local AWS cloud stack. Develop and test your c

Brandon interviews Jack Naglieri, Founder & CEO at Panther Labs. They discuss the challenges of security at scale and the current state of security tools. Plus, we learn how Jack transitioned from Security Analyst to Security Engineer and now CEO. Links: StreamAlert (https://www.streamalert.io) Website: https://runpanther.io (https://runpanther.io/) Request a Demo (https://runpanther.io/request-a-demo/) Jack’s Podcast: Detection at Scale (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/detection-at-scale/id1582584270) Contact Jack: LinkedIn: jacknaglieri (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacknaglieri/) Twitter: @jack_naglieri (https://twitter.com/jack_naglieri) Github: jacknagz (https://github.com/jacknagz/) Special Guest: Jack Naglieri.

This week we recap Datadog’s announcements, discuss Sequoia’s investment pivot and hot takes on Facebook’s intent to rebrand. Plus, some thoughts on heated pools… Rundown Dash 2021: Guide to Datadog’s newest announcements (https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/dash-2021-new-feature-roundup/) The Sequoia Fund: Patient Capital for Building Enduring Companies (https://sequoia.medium.com/the-sequoia-fund-patient-capital-for-building-enduring-companies-9ed7bcd6c7da) Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22735612/facebook-change-company-name-metaverse) Relevant to your interests Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/sam-altmans-worldcoin-wants-to-scan-every-humans-eyeball-and-give-them-crypto-in-exchange/) Sphere has joined Twitter! (https://blog.sphere.me/sphere-has-joined-twitter-e7127cfe0467) Red Hat continues to grow, but IBM’s struggles continue (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/red-hat-conti

This week we discuss TriggerMesh going open source, the new Enterprise Mac and Honeycomb raising VC . Plus, will Matt become a TikTok influencer…? Rundown Introducing TriggerMesh Open Source (https://www.triggermesh.com/blog/introducing-triggermesh-open-source) Cockroach Labs Announces CockroachDB Serverless (https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/10/cockroachdb-serverless/) The Enterprise of the MacBook Pro macOS Monterey Release Candidate Undoes Safari Changes, Reintroduces Old Tab Design (https://www.macrumors.com/2021/10/18/macos-monterey-reverts-safari-changes/) HDMI Port Limitations (https://twitter.com/tapbot_paul/status/1450166030446235650) Apple innovators do it again with $19 'Polishing Cloth' (https://mashable.com/article/apple-polishing-cloth) Apple’s new 140W charger can fast charge a lot more than just your MacBook Pro (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22734233/apple-140w-macbook-charging-brick-gan-usb-c-pd-3-1-third-party-chargers) Funny Tweet Storm of Apple Event (https://twitter.com/Pinboard/st

This week we discuss the real-world use of containers, recap the Google Cloud Next announcements and make some Apple predications. Plus, how often do you wash jeans…? Rundown Containers in the Real World 10 trends in real world container use (https://www.datadoghq.com/container-report/) What Workloads Do Businesses Run on Kubernetes? (https://thenewstack.io/what-workloads-do-businesses-run-on-kubernetes/) Google Cloud Next `21 What’s New at Google Cloud Next ‘21 (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/whats-new-at-next) Introducing Google Distributed Cloud—in your data center, at the edge, and in the cloud (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/hybrid-cloud/announcing-google-distributed-cloud-edge-and-hosted) Introducing Anthos for VMs and tools to simplify the developer experience (https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/hybrid-cloud/introducing-anthos-for-vms-and-other-app-modernization-tools) Build a more secure future with Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/

This week we discuss AWS Step Functions, VMware Tanzu Community Edition and Zoom’s M&A Strategy. Plus, some thoughts on car batteries… Rundown AWS Step Functions Supports 200 AWS Services To Enable Easier Workflow Automation (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-aws-step-functions-supports-200-aws-services-to-enable-easier-workflow-automation/) Introducing VMware Tanzu Community Edition (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/vmware-tanzu-community-edition-announcement) Tanzu Community Edition (https://tanzucommunityedition.io/) Zoom M&A And that’s that, as the Zoom deal to buy Five9 is called off – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/30/and-thats-that-as-the-zoom-deal-to-buy-five9-is-called-off/) Zoom loses Five9 - leaves the cloud contact center business open to innovative alternatives (https://diginomica.com/zoom-loses-five9-leaves-cloud-contact-center-business-open-innovative-alternatives) Telegram added 70M new users amid six-hour WhatsApp outage (https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/05/telegram-added-70m-n

This week we discuss the launch of Cloudflare R2 Storage and the DevRel Salary Survey. Plus, some thoughts on nuts… Rundown Cloudflare Announcing Cloudflare R2 Storage: Rapid and Reliable Object Storage, minus the egress fees (https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-r2-object-storage/) How Cloudflare thinks it can become ‘the fourth major public cloud’ (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/cloudflare-r2-storage-aws) @Cloudflare R2 this way rounds up to 13¢. With @awscloud S3 it’s $59,247.52. (https://twitter.com/quinnypig/status/1443076111651401731?s=21) DevRel 2021 DevRel Salary Survey results (https://dev.to/bffjossy/2021-devrel-salary-survey-results-table-of-contents-43fe) Big tech and promotion processes that lead to unnecessary complexity and waste. (https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz/status/1442162670753431559) Relevant to your interests iPhone Carrier Deal Spreadsheet (https://twitter.com/backlon/status/1441509334324707329?s=21) We asked celebrities what they think Tanzu and Kubernetes means (https://twit

This week we discuss GitLab going public, review iOS 15 and a few more thoughts on remote work. Plus, should the EU impose a universal phone charger? Rundown GitLab Microsoft GitHub rival GitLab files to go public after annualized revenue tops $200 million (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/17/github-rival-gitlab-files-to-go-public-on-revenue-over-200-million.html) GitLab: Benchmarking the S-1 Data (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/gitlab-benchmarking-the-s-1-data) GitLab S-1 Analysis: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up by @ttunguz (https://www.tomtunguz.com/gitlab-s-1/) Apple iOS 15 Review Buy a 'free' iPhone 13 with trade-in at Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T: All you need to know (https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/buy-a-free-iphone-13-with-trade-in-at-verizon-t-mobile-and-at-t-all-you-need-to-know/) Apple iPhone 13 Review: The Most Incremental Upgrade Ever (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/technology/personaltech/apple-iphone13-review.html) EU to impose universal phone charger, in blow to Apple (https://punchng.com/