Episode 235: The Real Kube MoMs of Cloud Candy Land

Microsoft nails the Linux desktop and it’s cloud MoM’s for everyone. Plus, Coté goes over the thrilling world of Outlook email rules.

Mood board:

• “The triumphant return to the home office. “


• Net Ninety.


• Software Stockholm Syndrome.


• Office Mail 360 Whatever.


• I had a lot of time, when I wasn’t fucking going crazy.


• I never read those emails.


• I hear Trump is shutting down Twitter.


• Neck-deep in archaic 2FA.


• Aggressively defensive.


• Microsoft wins the Linux desktop vision.


• MoMs are important.


• Cloud Candyland.


• I don’t know how to pronounce the Ø in RØDE. I was never into heavy metal.


• Feed the baby.


• New sign-off catch-phrease: that’s a bunch of information for you.

The Rundown

• Microsoft Build
  
  
  • Azure Arc and Kubernetes: a Developer Story
  
  
  • Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10
  
  
  • The new Windows command-line: Windows Terminal and WSL 2
    
    
    • New Terminal with all the bells and whistles customized via JSON
    
    
    • Linux in Windows Explorer with Faster File Access
    
    
    • Lightweight VM that supports 100% system calls
    
    
    • Linux GUI Apps on Windows
    
    
  
  


• Remote Work
  
  
  • Remote working from Sid Sijbrandij
  
  
  • Working from home works fine now because we've built up lots of social capital
  
  


• Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2020
  
  
  • Loved: Rust, Dreaded: VBA, Wanted: Python
  
  
  • GitHub and Slack: 1,2, Teams toward the bottom
  
  
  • 50/50 DevOps vs. No DevOps
  
  
  • Primary OS: Windows at ~45%, macOS and Linux split ~25% and who is using BSD
  
  

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• Collaboration Tools


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Nonsense

• This 25-minute video is the most riveting sudoku puzzle you will ever watch

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Conferences

• ChefConf 2020 June 2, 2020 All Digital.


• MongoDB’s virtual event http://MongoDB.Live on June 9-10, 2020


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• Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Virtual Conference on August 17th-20th

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• Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.

Recommendations

• Brandon: ZeroZeroZero on Amazon Prime.


• Matt Ray: 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75 - Raspberry Pi.


• Coté: RØDE Wireless Go.

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