Episode 459: Is Hello A Proper Slack Message?

This week, we discuss Kubecon EU, Nvidia’s hyper growth, having 55 direct reports and the Worldwide Container Infrastructure Forecast. Plus, is “hello” a proper slack message?

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Runner-up Titles

• "Hey. Got a sec? Want to run something by you.”


• You don’t want to scare you coworkers


• Eating bugs off your coworkers


• “Hi” has become a trigger word


• Rehabilitate the “Hi”


• 55 Direct Reports


• Everyone worked at one company, and that one company didn’t want to do the work for everyone.


• The YAML hand off market

Rundown

• Is Hello a proper Slack message?


• Please Don't Say Just Hello In Chat


• Kubecon
  
  
  • “Designing for Success: UX Principles for Internal Developer Platforms,” "Boosting Developer Platform Teams with Product Thinking," “Sometimes, Lipstick Is Exactly What a Pig Needs!”
  
  
  • OpenCost Introduces Carbon Costs
  
  
  • What if the CNCF was private equity?
  
  


• Nvidia
  
  
  • Nvidia shares pop on Q4 earnings, generative AI "hits tipping point"
  
  
  • NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang - has 55 direct reports
  
  
  • Video that tracks the trajectories of Intel and NVIDIA
  
  
  • Nvidia's latest AI chip will cost more than $30,000, CEO says
  
  


• Worldwide Container Infrastructure Software Forecast, 2023–2027

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Nonsense

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Listener Feedback

• Chris tell us the Owala Water Bottle is on sale.

Conferences

• Tanzu (Re)defined online, April 3rd, Coté Speaking.


• Tanzu (Re)defined, April 11th, Coté speaking, Palo Alto.


• TEQNation, May 22nd, 2024, Utrecht, Coté speaking.


• NDC Oslo, Coté speaking, June 12th.


• DevOpsDays Amsterdam, June 19 to 21, 2024, Coté speaking.


• DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024.


• Open Source Summit North America, Seattle April 16-18. Matt’s speaking

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