Episode 397: Mark as Unread

This week we discuss DHH’s quest to cut HEY’s cloud costs, Chick-fil-A’s use of Kubernetes and some hot takes on Unlimited PTO. Plus, thoughts on champagne….

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Runner-up Titles

• I want to vest


• Call the middle


• I just didn’t have money


• XLT, that’s not a thing


• Yeah, I’m down for whatever


• Coté’s Culture Corner.


• Brandon’s Halo Hatrack.


• Unlimited unpaid time off - let’s just call it “untracked PTO.”


• If you have unlimited PTO, you can’t have quiet quitting.


• YOLO workers’ rights

Rundown

• DHH from 37signals shows the numbers
  
  
  • Our cloud spend in 2022 - highlighted from Coté’s newsletter
  
  
  • They're rebuilding the Death Star of complexity
  
  


• Work Life
  
  
  • Microsoft employees are getting unlimited time off (those that are left)
  
  
  • Corey’s Take
  
  

Relevant to your Interests

• CNCF Accepts Kubescape as Inaugural Open Source Security Scanner


• SailPoint acquires identity solutions startup SecZetta


• Apple Is Working on Adding Touch Screens to Macs in Major Turnabout


• Google Cloud’s Top U.S. Sales Execs Depart in Shakeup as Profits Remain Elusive


• Twitter rival 'T2' raises its first outside funding, $1.1M from a group of high-profile angels


• Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I.


• State of the Twitterverse • The Breakroom


• The Great Podcasting Market Correction


• Stripe clawed back pension contributions after staff cuts


• Every Chick-fil-A restaurant is running Kubernetes


• National Instruments Rises as Much as 19% on Plan to Explore Sale


• FAA says computer failure that grounded thousands of flights was caused by 2 contractors who introduced data errors into NOTAM system


• The Airline Industry Meltdown Proves The Business Case For Digital Employee Experience


• Forrester study finds 228 percent ROI when modernizing applications on Azure PaaS


• Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023, but not for long


• U.S. embraces Ukraine's e-governance app with Ukraine.ua


• Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs


• The Shit Show • furbo.org


• Extremely Hardcore

Nonsense

• Ring is releasing a new flying home cam to patrol your house


• Every Cloud Architecture


• Museum of Obsolete Media

Conferences

• SpringOne, Jan 24–26. Watch party in Amsterdam (Jan 25th, 4:30pm), elsewhere.


• CloudNativeSecurityCon North America, Seattle, Feb 1 – 2, 2023


• Coté speaking at cfgmgmtcamp, Feb 6th to 8th, Ghent


• State of Open Con 2023, London, UK, February 7th-8th 2023


• Southern California Linux Expo, Los Angeles, March 9-12, 2023 Matt & Cote!
  
  
  • Use Discount Code: DEVOP
  
  


• DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023, April 20 - 21, 2023

SDT news & hype

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Recommendations

• Brandon: Atomic Habits with Atomic Habits Resources
  
  
  • Also mentioned: What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health
  
  


• Matt: State of the World 2023


• Coté: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida.

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