Description

This week we discuss Redmonk’s Language Rankings, Okta buys Auth0 and Zoom Fatigue. Plus, Matt gets a puppy and explains why he needs a longer sabbatical.

Rundown

• Blameless Post Mortem Redux
  • John Allspaw says we got it wrong
  • How to run a blameless postmortem
  • Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak
• The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2021
• Okta Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Auth0 to Provide Customer Identity for the Internet
• Zoom fatigue causes: 1 easy solution according to a Stanford professor

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• SolarWinds
  • SolarWinds To Pay Ex-CEO $312K To Assist With Investigations
  • Rep. Katie Porter ask SolarWinds CEO about password
• LinkedIn’s Alternate Universe
• AWS reorganizes DeepRacer League to encourage more newbies – TechCrunch
• Flash is back? Sort of in Rust
• Update Your Browser ASAP!
• Announcing Our Series C: What's Next for Hopin
• Microsoft’s Azure Arc multi-cloud platform now supports machine learning workloads
• Cloud’s trillion-dollar prize is up for grabs
• People are spending millions on NFTs. What? Why?
• Jack Dorsey's Square buys Jay-Z's Tidal music streaming service

Nonsense

• Sheep Shearing
• CEO of Texas power grid operator "terminated" in aftermath of winter storm
• Building an External 9.7” Monitor from an iPad

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Conferences

• SpringOne.io, Sep 1st to 2nd - CFP is open until April 9th.
• Two SpringOne Tours: (1.) developer-bonanza in for NA, March 10th and 11th, and, (2.) EMEA dev-fest on April 28th.

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Recommendations

• Matt History vs. Hollywood
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• Brandon: Defending Jacob on Apple TV+ with Chris Evans
• Coté: Nat that's what i reckon

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