Episode 246: Istio-washing, 20 domain names, .docx

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. I’m mad about The Edit by Default. I can’t find my tongs, they’ve gone somewhere. I wouldn’t say that I’d recommend it, I’m just saying I enjoy it. The Rundown Commons cause: IBM, Oracle, CNCF protest over Google's handling of Istio governance SUSE corrals Rancher Labs SUSE to Acquire Rancher Labs SUSE acquires Kubernetes management platform Rancher Labs Linux company SUSE outbids competitors for fast-growing start-up Rancher Labs Slack The Slack Social Network swyx Writing | Slack is Fumbling Developers Slack acquires SaaS start-up Rimeto State of Developer Relations 2020 Report Redis The end of the Redis adventure New Governance for Redis | Redis Labs Relevant to your interests Tim Bray Blogs Anti monopoly Amazon profit from AWS A Cloud PR FAQ Break up Google Why Buybacks & Boeing are Public Enemy Number One (w/ Dr. William Lazonick) iOS 14 Snitches on LinkedIn and Reddit's Snooping Practices Quibbi Gossip Third Base | No Mercy / No Malice Uber Buys Postmates for $2.65 Billion Digital Contact Tracing's Mixed Record Abroad Spells Trouble for US Efforts to Rein in COVID-19 FBI Opens a New China-Related Counterintelligence Investigation Every 10 Hours, Director Says Oracle: Low Revenue Growth And Excessive Buybacks Have Pushed Oracle Out Of Competition The collaborative browser based IDE How to add a README to your GitHub profile Nonsense How to make incredible juicy burgers from extra lean ground beef The Blue Label Burger Blend Recipe Sponsor strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at: strongdm.com/SDT Conferences Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Virtual Conference on August 17th-20th SDT news & hype Listen to the Adam Jacob Interview on Open Source Join us in Slack. Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn Listen to the Software Defined Interviews Podcast. Check out the back catalog. Brandon built the Quick Concall iPhone App and he wants you to buy it for $0.99. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Recommendations Brandon: The Missing Matt Ray: Watchmen Coté: Oatly Milk.