Episode 342: Paradox of Advice

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 Microsoft Azure exceeded $40 billion in annualized revenue Alphabet crushes earnings, announces 20-for-1 stock split Docker makes comeback with over $50M in ARR two years into restructuring OSS Security Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) OpenSSF Announces The Alpha-Omega Project to Improve Software Supply Chain Security for 10,000 OSS Projects Citrix goes private Tim Bray’s take on Cloud Relevant to your Interests Confluent and AWS just announced a "Strategic Collaboration Agreement." Internal messages show Amazon is telling employees to warn customers away from using Microsoft's or Google's clouds as a hedge against AWS outages Google Cloud is hiring a legion of blockchain experts to expand its business Google cloud unit shuffles partnerships and sales groups as CEO Kurian chases market share Science says ‘Zoom fatigue’ is real — and worse when you don’t like your face Power tool companies have discovered USB-C Life360 Says It Will Stop Selling Precise Location Data – The Markup Germany will break the Internet A guide to Web3 for Web2 frontend devs Meta doubles down on Oculus Quest name change and everyone hates it Streaming Service Retention Rates Okta Chart for Cloud Adoption Commentary: How homeowners defeated Zillow’s AI, which led to Zillow Offers’ demise Following his fiery Twitter tirades, Bolt founder Ryan Breslow is no longer CEO — and he says it’s his choice The numbers behind Spotify's Rogan How “Engineering-Driven” Leads to “Engineering-Supremacy” Universal Control was worth the wait – here's how it's changing the way I work Craob X: World's First Portless Laptop on The Way (Exclusive Leak) - My Laptop Guide .NET Beyond Bolt founder Ryan Breslow announces new CEO after Silicon Valley Twitter rant SpaceX’s new Starlink Premium tier promises up to 500Mbps for $500 a month MariaDB Corporation Ab to Become a Publicly Traded Company via Combination with Angel Pond Holdings Corporation Sony buying Bungie for $3.6 billion Serverless less trendy? Nonsense Tesla launches 'TeslaMic,' a microphone for in-car karaoke Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. Start your free 14-day trial today at strongdm.com/SDT Listener Feedback Brian recommends you read Amp It Up Conferences THAT Conference comes to Texas, May 23-26, 2022 Discount Codes: Everything Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriends75 3 Day Camper Ticket ($50 off): SDTFriends50 Virtual Ticket ($75 off): SDTFriendsON75 THAT Conference Wisconsin Call for Speakers is open, July 25, 2022 DevOpsDays Chicago 2022: Call for Speakers/Papers, May 10 & 11th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, DevOps Days Birmingham AL, 2022 Call for Speakers, April 18 & 19th, 2022 CFP closes on Jan 31, 2022, SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: DDOG Dashboard for ERCOT Power in Texas Wordle and some news The New York Times Buys Wordle Coté: The Important Thing podcast. Matt: TriggerMesh Office Hours Living With Yourself Photo Credits Banner Art Cover Art