This week we discuss the future of PaaS and working for home. Plus, some thoughts on kids and zone defense.
Rundown
What AWS Tells Us About Heroku 2.0 (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/06/23/aws-heroku/)
This is the Awful Voice Inside My Head (https://warzel.substack.com/p/this-is-the-awful-voice-inside-my)
Amazon, Microsoft lead 40% growth of IaaS public cloud services market in 2020 (https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-microsoft-lead-40-growth-of-iaas-public-cloud-services-market-in-2020-gartner/).
Relevant to your interests
CentOS replacement Rocky Linux 8.4 arrives, and proves instantly popular | ZDNet (https://www.zdnet.com/article/centos-replacement-rocky-linux-8-4-arrives-and-proves-instantly-popular/)
“I’m totally screwed.” WD My Book Live users wake up to find their data deleted (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/mass-data-wipe-in-my-book-devices-prompts-warning-from-western-digital/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social)
Ad tech stocks surge as Google delays killing third-party cookies until 2023 (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/24/google-pushes-back-deadline-to-deprecate-third-party-cookies-to-2023.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Twilio and Asana first to dual-list shares on Long-Term Stock Exchange (https://www.axios.com/twilio-asana-long-term-stock-exchange-945bad08-c5f0-4968-bd5f-ef3f1a27c71b.html)
BuzzFeed announces plans to go public via SPAC (https://www.axios.com/buzzfeed-spac-ba1d9673-b6da-4228-ab58-dd8ab2ef525a.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
Amazon buys the secure messaging platform Wickr | Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/amazon-aws-buys-wickr-152819656.html)
Behind the scenes, AWS Lambda (https://www.bschaatsbergen.com/behind-the-scenes-lambda)
Discord acquires augmented reality startup Ubiquity6 – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/28/discord-acquires-augmented-reality-startup-ubiquity6/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cDovL2F4aW9zLmxpbmsvS0VOOT91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc3Byb3JhdGEmc3RyZWFtPXRvcA&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAB0ZS5LFqMvediQoO3h5WSgI9zcWLTpuxxKuDv_KWrX85j3PEhD3iGzBSIiEaH_ci97L2TeqDP1eZ_Lal2cxnhd1XN-oJiSmUbODYyTP5psZpAPdhY4VH5QhXqHm4GuO2FKtzd4va34sMg334PDzKEJaxBRnnB5TTuloMg0fgT5u)
HashiCorp built its own online events platform and it's awesome. Tiny Wins. (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2021/06/28/hashicorp-built-its-own-online-events-platform-and-its-awesome-tiny-wins/)
Intel Delays New Chip in First Setback for CEO Gelsinger’s Turnaround Effort (https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-delays-new-chip-in-first-setback-for-ceo-gelsingers-turnaround-effort-11624988292)
Kindle Vella (https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GR2L4AHPMQ44HNQ7)
AT&T Moves 5G Mobile Network to Microsoft Cloud (https://about.att.com/story/2021/att_microsoft_azure.html)
A Clubhouse for the office? Slack unveils ‘Huddles’ audio chat rooms (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3623628/a-clubhouse-for-the-office-slack-unveils-huddles-audio-chat-rooms.html)
Meet GitHub Copilot - your AI pair programmer. (https://copilot.github.com)
L (https://jamesthom.as/2021/06/lessons-learnt-in-developer-relations/)essons Learnt in Developer Relations (https://jamesthom.as/2021/06/lessons-learnt-in-developer-relations/)
Nonsense
Owner of venomous zebra cobra previously bitten by green mamba snake (https://www.wral.com/owner-of-venomous-zebra-cobra-previously-bitten-by-green-mamba-snake/19748492/)
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Recommendations
Brandon: A Quiet Place II (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_quiet_place_part_ii)
Matt: The Pulsars Lost Transmissions (https://thepulsars.bandcamp.com/album/lost-transmissions)
Coté: Election Profit Makers Episode 100 (https://overcast.fm/+r_rsbYTNw)
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