Episode 493: Stay in the sandbox

This week, we cover OpenCost’s big incubation milestone, CNCF's graduation rules, and a flurry of tech acquisitions. Plus, some thoughts on teaching kids about passwords. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 493 Runner-up Titles Yes, No, Maybe Infinite Password Loop Bring your kids to work day: passwords. Password Talk Escaping characters Stone Cold Steve Austin Don’t hire people with pets Eats AWS stuff natively. I compete on my ASCII character set.Stay in the sandbox Enron for cloud purchasing Rundown OpenCost Advances to CNCF Incubation Episode 492: Aran Khanna on Cloud Insurance VMware Reflections from Explore Barcelona and the Challenges of Modern App Delivery New SMB subscription may not end VMware migrations M&A Apple to Acquire Pixelmator, Maker of Popular Photo-Editing Apps Red Hat acquires AI optimization startup Neural Magic IBM’s Red Hat Acquisition Will Pay For Itself By Early Next Year Snyk Acquires Developer-First DAST Provider Probely IBM’s Red Hat Acquisition Will Pay For Itself By Early Next Year VMware Reflections from Explore Barcelona and the Challenges of Modern App Delivery New SMB subscription may not end VMware migrations Coté’s take on Explore, in last week’s Cloud Foundry Weekly. RTO Amazon employees are a flight risk after the new return-to-office mandate, research reveals Remote work reduces child penalties by roughly half Read the letter sent to AWS CEO Matt Garman, signed by 500 employees, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy denies that 5-day office mandate is a 'backdoor layoff' Washington Post Employees Ordered Back to Office 5 Days a Week Everyone agrees: A shorter workweek is great! Return-to-office mandates are more than “backdoor layoffs” Relevant to your Interests Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI Threads has 275 M Monthly Users Dropbox is laying off 20% of its global workforce From IaC to Cloud Management: Pulumi's Evolution Story For Jeff Bezos and his businesses, Washington has become more important Russian court fines Google $2 decillion GitHub Next | GitHub Spark The MacBook Air gets a surprise upgrade to 16GB of RAM Meta says open sourcing Llama models will be a money-saver Google employees pressure costumed execs at all-hands meeting for clarity on cost cuts Intel’s future laptops will have memory sticks again Against Incident Severities and in Favor of Incident Types Nintendo Just Launched a Music Streaming App, and It's Surprisingly Good Why The US Military Chose Silicon-Graphene Batteries Warren Buffett’s GEICO repatriates work from the cloud Google Confirms Jarvis AI Is Real by Accidentally Leaking It Curbside charging is coming to Michigan. Nintendo says the Switch successor will be compatible with Switch games Platform vs. DevEx teams: What’s the difference? Why Strava Is a Privacy Risk for the President (and You Too) Thunderbolt 5: Only Necessary for the Most Demanding Uses Guide to Selling Your Company The mystery of Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s great disrupter IronCalc Neptyne is shutting down OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI Matt Mullenweg says Automattic is 'very short-staffed' amid WordPress vs. WP Engine drama Automattic offered employees another chance to quit — this time with nine months' severance Automattic's new site tracks how many websites left WP Engine following feud Cloudflare Blocks Automattic's WP Engine Tracker For Phishing We’re leaving Kubernetes - Blog Nonsense 'Infinite monkey theorem' challenged by Australian mathematicians Listener Feedback Anova Precision™ Oven 2.0 Conferences SREday Amsterdam, Nov 21, 2024, Coté speaking, 20% off with code SRE20DAY CfgMgmtCamp, February 2rd to 5th. 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: Overcast features: Queue and Uploads Pixelmater Pro Matt: Hardcore History: Wrath of the Khans podcast Wiz Ugly Sweaters Giveaway Coté: Political Wire Photo Credits Header Artwork