Episode 206: The Sanka of hot sauces

We discuss Kubecon and Slack vs. Microsoft Teams. Pretty frothy stuff!

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Mood board:

• One.


• “I am not upgrading.”


• “Nothing ever good comes out of upgrades.”


• “I need someone with 35 years experience to run the internal blog.”


• “Shut the doors on your way out.”


• Planning makes us professional


• Tech news sucks nowadays, where’s the good news?


• Put that gravy on your shorts.


• It’s the Sanka of hot sauces.


• The problem is, there’s only one size of tortilla: giant.


• ah tortillas.


• They have really good lighting.


• Prove me wrong, Kubecon 2020.


• “Their negotiation with the underlying platform.”


• I’m not a technical person, I’m a toga person.


• The Oxnard Comma.


• Stop not giving your money to Kafka, give it to us.


• Is that still the future, or is it finally the present?


• When the money tree starts shaking, might as well catch some money.


• Giant monsters fighting in Japan. Call in Idris Elba.


• The video conferencing circle of life.


• The Schwag Cycle.


• 1am city council meetings for the parking app product manager.


• Cocky sci-fi Europeans.

Relevant to your interests

• Cloud Native Computing Foundation Reaches Over 100 Certified Kubernetes Vendors
  
  
  • A certified vendor is an organization that provides a Kubernetes distribution, hosted platform, or installer.
  
  


• Cloud Native Computing Foundation Continues Tremendous Growth, Surpassing 500 Members
  
  
  • In the third quarter of 2019, 56 members joined CNCF. The rapid growth underscores increasing momentum around cloud native technologies just as a record-breaking 12,000 attendees gather for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America.
  
  


• HPE launches container platform, aims to be 100% open source Kubernetes
  
  
  • "With BlueData, customers won't be managing five different clusters," he said. "We will have one central point and 100% open-source Kubernetes that is curated and at the top of the trunk."
  
  


• HPE doesn’t want Xerox’s valuation: HP Just Rejected Xerox. Here Are the Moves It Could Make Next.


• Curiously good press release: Announcing Oracle API Gateway, Oracle Logging and Kafka Compatibility for Oracle Streaming.


• Slack vs. Teams, etc.


• Slack stock drops as Microsoft claims big lead with 20 million Teams users.


• Slack touts users growth as it faces growing competition from Microsoft.


• Amazon’s packaging: Why thousands of Amazon packages converge on a tiny Montana town.


• Google some company, CloudSimple…?


• Snowflake Data Warehouse Partner


• Google acquires CloudSimple to bolster cloud workload migration - CloudSimple® provides a secure, high performance, dedicated environment in Public Clouds to run VMware workloads.


• What’s the point: Puppet wash, HPE Container Platform, JenkinsX, K3s, and Gremlins in the cloud


• IBM driving open source advancements to help developers be more productive with Kubernetes - Kui is designed to be a single tool to help developers navigate between the different CLIs relevant to each part of the solution.


• Nvidia and Microsoft launch Azure supercomputing instance


• SoftBank to create $30 billion tech giant via Yahoo Japan, Line Corp deal - SoftBank Corp plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group, as it strives to compete more effectively with local rival Rakuten and U.S. tech powerhouses.


• Google’s rollout of RCS chat for all Android users in the US begins today.


• Apple plans a Prime-like subscription bundle, but that has News+ publishers worried.


• Nike Pulling Its Products From Amazon in E-Commerce Pivot.


• The 20 Best DevOps Podcasts.

Nonsense

• WeWork at Kubecon?


• Stadia Countdown

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Suggested Jobs

• CNCF Job Board

Listener Feedback

• Sent stickers to Chris in Pittsburgh. He says. “Thanks much for the show, look forward to every week and the great mix of strategy, Kubernetes, parenting, meat, and travel.’


• Ashish from Charlotte and he say he “Loves the show.”

Conferences, et. al.

• December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.


• December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney


• NO-SSH-JJ wants you go to DeliveryConf in Seattle on Jan 21st & 22nd, Use promo code: SDT10 to get 10% off. JJ wants you to read about Delivery Conf Format too.


• June 1-4: ChefConf 2020


• Jordi wants you to go to GitLab Commit Jan. 14th

SDT news & hype

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• Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!


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• 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

• Matt: Brandon’s picks are eventually good - Sicario - 30 for 30: Pony Exce$$. Australian fires.


• Brandon: Park in Austin App. AWS GameDay.


• Coté: casino bread. Ezra Klein Dave Eggers episode. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and Sourdough.

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