This week we discuss Dagger’s Launch, Employee Tacking and Executive Compensation. Plus, some thoughts on beans and broccoli…
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Dagger
Introducing Dagger: a new way to create CI/CD pipelines (https://dagger.io/blog/public-launch-announcement)
Docker founder Solomon Hykes launches Dagger, a new DevOps startup (https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/30/docker-founder-launches-dagger-a-new-devops-platform/)
CUE (https://cuelang.org/)
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger earned $178.6M in 2021 (https://twitter.com/Techmeme/status/1509472069804716034)
Goldman Sachs is tracking ID swipes so it can crack down on employees who are breaking its return-to-office rules. Here's what happens to those who don't show up enough. (https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-is-tracking-swipes-to-get-people-back-rto-2022-3)
Relevant to your Interests
On Postgres Container Apps. Behold Smooshing: database meet app platform, app platform meet database. (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2022/03/31/on-postgres-container-apps-behold-smooshing-database-meet-app-platform-app-platform-meet-database/)
Update on “reader” app distribution (https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=grjqafts)
Why Apple Is Preparing to Let You Subscribe to Your iPhone (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-04-03/will-i-be-able-to-subscribe-to-my-apple-aapl-iphone-and-pay-monthly-l1jc5o3e)
Tinybird adds $37 million to run realtime analytics APIs for you (https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/05/tinybird-adds-37-million-to-run-realtime-analytics-apis-for-you/?tpcc=tcplustwitter&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAM6DbR0JNAhQ2Rv4GtlcllLuggWg2oYNbvCCwzAQ8XySmAM6W8JsJB5QZFYKELlABHfhkjv-SXS4YetXpmgIp0y1MfitJPfDZEwy3yW172Lvu51o_ReSpNixBd1ugWwg-mdixhwkw4i1WM1j8axSwYiOVI4XQrjGNhcjV4xjRcUS)
Skillsoft and Codecademy: Equipping today’s workforce with the skills for tomorrow (https://www.skillsoft.com/blog/skillsoft-and-codecademy-equipping-todays-workforce-with-the-skills-for-tomorrow)
A guide to pronouncing names of global tech companies (https://restofworld.org/2022/global-tech-company-pronunciation-guide/)
Google now requires two staff to sign off each Go change (https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/05/google_go_double_sign_off/)
Scaling Kubernetes to Over 4k Nodes and 200k Pods (https://medium.com/paypal-tech/scaling-kubernetes-to-over-4k-nodes-and-200k-pods-29988fad6ed)
Grafana Labs announces $240 million Series D round led by GIC and welcomes new investor (https://grafana.com/blog/2022/04/06/grafana-labs-series-d/?mdm=social)
Microsoft is integrating its Windows 365 Cloud PCs into Windows 11 (https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/5/23011183/microsoft-windows-365-11-integration-cloud-pcs-features?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4&stream=top)
$120M to build a "checkout" button (https://twitter.com/carnage4life/status/1511420421937065984?s=21&t=RAHpnj-JXcBF2yfYUbjNaA)
Google Cloud cross-platform data storage engine, BigLake (https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/05/google-cloud-launches-biglake-a-new-cross-platform-data-storage-engine/)
Announcing the next generation of Amazon Honeycode (https://honeycodecommunity.aws/t/announcing-the-next-generation-of-amazon-honeycode/16941)
Boeing taps Amazon, Microsoft, Google for cloud mega-deal (https://seekingalpha.com/news/3821095-boeing-taps-amazon-microsoft-google-for-cloud-mega-deal-bloomberg)
Facebook owner Meta targets virtual currency market with ‘Zuck Bucks’ (https://www.ft.com/content/50fbe9ba-32c8-4caf-a34e-234031019371)
The first RISC-V portable computer is now available (https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-first-risc-v-portable-computer)
Stanford engineers invent a solar panel that generates electricity at night (https://interestingengineering.com/stanford-solar-panel-night)
Global Unicorn Club (https://twitter.com/Brice2B/status/1511593493206077440)
IBM 'misclassified' mainframe sales to enrich executives (https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/07/ibm_securities_lawsuit/?td=rt-3a)
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed late on Wednesday that it had purchased a stake in computer and printer maker HP Inc worth $4.2bn (https://on.ft.com/3r7tuPQ)
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Ready With Mesa 22.0, Early Intel Arc Graphics Enabled & Amber Added (https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-22.04-Mesa-22.0)
PaaS is back: Why enterprises keep trying to resurrect self-service developer platforms (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/paas-is-back-enterprises-self-service-dev-platforms/)
We Don't Talk about PaaS - Coté's Commonplace Book - Issue #59 (https://www.getrevue.co/profile/cote/issues/we-don-t-talk-about-paas-cote-s-commonplace-book-issue-59-970679?via=twitter-card&client=DesktopWeb&element=issue-card)
Elon Musk is the new Product Manger of Twitter. (http://Elon> Musk just took a 9.2% stake in Twitter — what may happen next)
Twitter plans edit button, says Elon Musk’s poll had nothing to do with it (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/04/twitter-plans-edit-button-says-elon-musks-poll-had-nothing-to-do-with-it/)
Announcing AWS Lambda Function URLs: Built-in HTTPS Endpoints for Single-Function Microservices (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-aws-lambda-function-urls-built-in-https-endpoints-for-single-function-microservices/)
Why AMD Spent $1.9B for Pensando's DPU Biz (https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/why-amd-spent-1-9b-for-pensandos-dpu-biz/2022/04/)
Microsoft Azure vaults into the Arm server era with chips from Ampere (https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/microsoft-azure-arm-chips-ampere)
Nonsense
I Gave My Goldfish $50,000 to Trade Stocks (https://youtu.be/USKD3vPD6ZA)
300 Drones Formed a QR Code That Rick Rolled Dallas on April Fools' Day (https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-got-rick-rolled-with-a-giant-qr-code-on-april-fools-day-13716928)
Comic Helvetic, an Unholy Combo of Comic Sans and Helvetica (https://kottke.org/22/04/comic-helvetic-comic-sans-and-helvetica)
Footage of Jay Leno Hosting Windows 95 Launch Event Surfaces Online (https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7d87a/footage-of-jay-leno-hosting-windows-95-launch-event-surfaces-online)
American Airlines Restarts Philadelphia Regional Routes With Landline Buses (https://airlineweekly.com/2022/04/american-airlines-restarts-philadelphia-regional-routes-with-landline-buses/)
Listener Feedback
Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command (https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck)
Unity hiring: Senior Strategic Business Development @ Austin, TX, USA (https://careers.unity.com/position/senior-strategic-business-development/3969930)
Brain Gracely wants you to join Solo.io in Tech Marketing. (https://twitter.com/bgracely/status/1511357915411750916?s=20&t=Ahsx4cjGziDZ4JQPYWQI2g)
Happy Birthday Day to Matt Ray (https://twitter.com/nikiacosta/status/1508084723859533831?s=21&t=sMrz86c8vkj7Ja3mY_tOcQ).
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Recommendations
Coté: Cojonudos Espárragos (https://epulumfood.com/conservas/736-esparragos-cojonudos-de-navarra-1316-gruesos-denominacion-de-origen-protegida-el-navarrico-100-natural-8413239002585.html).
Matt: Look at Them Beans - Johnny Cash
Murder on the Orient Express (https://amzn.to/3JihaT9) (book, not the movie)
Brandon: ****Yasso Bars (https://yasso.com/collections/greek-yogurt-bars)
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