Episode 488: Am I Here for the Mission or the Paycheck?

This week, we discuss WordPress paying employees to quit, the perils of management by fear, and Matt shutting down his datacenter. Plus, the definitive top 5 ranking of Australia’s iconic Big Things. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 488 Runner-up Titles The Spirit of Open Source Debating ‘Benevolent’ The Hero 1-Day Guy The Mullenweg Way He has Been Great for Podcasting Spider Vacuuming Rundown A Guide To 30 Of Australia's Iconic Big Things More WordPress WordPress cofounder is paying employees to leave if they disagree with him The WordPress Saga: Does Matt Mullenwegg Want a Fork or Not? Automattic demanded web host pay $32M annually for using WordPress trademark WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’ Automattic Alignment RTO or GFTO / Oxide Relevant to your Interests OpenAI's product focus raises safety concerns as key execs depart Wayback Machine integrated into Google search OpenStack Dalmatian debuts with better dashboard, security Gmail adding redesigned summary cards to your inbox with ‘Happening soon’ How I exited the cloud As data center usage heats up, Submer raises $55.5M to cool things down Palmer Luckey, American Vulcan A Look Back at Q2 '24 Public Cloud Software Earnings Google’s AI search summaries officially have ads OpenWrt One WiFi 6 router samples are now available for $89 - Liliputing Elastic CTO Shay Banon on suing AWS and returning to OSS AWS CEO Matt Garman on generative AI, open source, and closing services Bitcoin’s inventor is a mystery. An HBO filmmaker thinks he found him. HBO doc names Bitcoin creator suspect - who says ‘not me’ Apple Tweaks Screen Recording App Permissions to Decrease Popup Frequency Nonsense Autonomous Ride-Hailing in Austin, Texas - Waymo NYC Costco shoppers empty shelves in panic over port strike Conferences VMware Explore Barcelona, Nov 4-7, 2024, Coté speaking. GoTech World, Bucharest, Nov 12- 13, 2204, 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: REI Bike Maintenance AppleCare+ for iPhone JohnnyTankless Matt: This Is How You Lose the Time War Photo Credits Header Artwork