Episode 485: It's an Ending, That's Enough

This week, we discuss IBM acquiring Kubecost, AWS moving OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation, and Amazon employees heading back to the office. Plus, some thoughts on what it means to be in "employee mode." Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 485 Runner-up Titles That’s a good looking setup there Feels like sweatpants London’s busy, Amsterdam's laid back AIFinOps Mission Bankruptcy The settings page is more than 1 page Don’t get turned into hamburger, that’s the goal Feature checkbox acquisition. Employee Mode Using people as a whiteboard. Work on smarter things, not dumber things. Rundown Announcing Kubecost’s Acquisition by IBM! AWS hands OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation Update from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on return-to-office plans and manager team ratio JPMorgan creates new role overseeing junior bankers as Wall Street wrestles with workload concerns Relevant to your Interests OpenAI Fundraising Set to Vault Startup’s Value to $150 Billion Lyft CEO keeps it real on his stock price compared to Uber We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI How China has ‘throttled’ its private sector Wall Street Curbs Young Bankers’ Hours After Overwork Outcry Unity is Canceling the Runtime Fee Intel Awarded up to $3B by the Biden-Harris Administration Free 'JavaScript' from Legal Clutches of Oracle, Devs Petition Instagram makes teen accounts private by default Cisco's second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees Call For Proposals (CFP) | LF Events Londoners will soon see drones ferrying blood between hospitals Nonsense Polishing Cloth United Airlines is adding free Starlink Wi-Fi to all of its planes Founder mode, baby #tech #founder #foundermode Chipotle’s New Guac Robots Can Peel Your Avocados in 26 Seconds LinkedIn Roaster - Brutal honesty for your profile SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract after United megadeal, director says Passport renewals go digital to ease wait times for American travelers Conferences Cloud Foundry Day EU, Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW. VMware Explore Barcelona, Nov 4-7, 2024. Coté speaking. SREday Amsterdam, Nov 21, 2024. Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: [email protected] Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected] Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: [email protected] Recommendations Brandon: iPhone Mirroring: Use your iPhone from your Mac Matt: NSW Electoral Commission Coté: Code to Production: From Cloud to DevOps to Platform Engineering, with Purnima Padmanabhan Photo Credits Header Artwork