This week we discuss Cloud Earnings, ChatGPT Prompts and the OpenTelemetry controversy. Plus, thoughts on refrigerating eggs…
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Runner-up Titles
You don’t want to toy with food poisoning
Do you put all your eggs in one basket?
The answer to this and every question is ChatGPT
This is just Bing
Bullshit as a Service
It doesn’t matter if it’s right, it’s fine
Bad dog
The answer to every question is ChatGPT
Linux under the desktop
Rundown
Why Does the U.S. Refrigerate Eggs When Much of the World Doesn’t? (https://www.organicvalley.coop/blog/why-does-us-refrigerate-eggs/)
Earnings and Outlook
Cloud Giants Update (https://twitter.com/jaminball/status/1621260249016434691?s=46&t=E1TVgOcjzgZuJPndlhI9NA)
Red Hat OpenShift making money (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1618795275665162247?s=56&t=lB7BRczZa4_zVz6n4aAjIg)
Gartner: Overall IT Spend Has Slowed. But Software? That’s Still Growing. (https://www.saastr.com/gartner-overall-it-spend-has-slowed-but-software-still-growing/)
Cloud Earnings (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/amazon-aws-earnings-q4-2022.html)
The Big Tech Rebound Is Underway (https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/the-big-tech-rebound-is-underway)
Cloud leaders Amazon, Google and Microsoft show the once-booming market is cooling down (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/04/amazon-google-microsoft-show-slowing-growth-in-cloud-infrastructure.html)
The Four Horsemen of the Tech Recession (https://stratechery.com/2023/the-four-horsemen-of-the-tech-recession/)
Microsoft offers lackluster guidance, says new business growth slowed in December (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/24/microsoft-msft-earnings-q2-2023.html)
FY23 Q2 - Press Releases - Investor Relations - Microsoft (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor/earnings/fy-2023-q2/press-release-webcast)
The On-Premises Empire Strikes Back At AWS (https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/02/06/the-on-premises-empire-strikes-back-at-aws/)
A.I.
OpenAI has hired an army of contractors to make basic coding obsolete (https://www.semafor.com/article/01/27/2023/openai-has-hired-an-army-of-contractors-to-make-basic-coding-obsolete)
Google has developed a music-making AI bot (https://mashable.com/article/google-ai-bot-music)
Why does ChatGPT constantly lie? (https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/why-does-chatgpt-constantly-lie)
Who will compete with ChatGPT? Meet the contenders (https://venturebeat.com/ai/who-will-compete-with-chatgpt-meet-the-contenders-the-ai-beat/)
OpenAI API (https://platform.openai.com/ai-text-classifier)
Infrastructure-as-Code Generator (https://github.com/gofireflyio/aiac)
Code-generating platform Magic challenges GitHub's Copilot with $23M in VC backing (https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/magic-dev-code-generating-startup-raises-23m/)
Microsoft to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI, the Creator of ChatGPT (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/business/microsoft-chatgpt-artificial-intelligence.html)
Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/technology/google-chatgpt-artificial-intelligence.html)
Claims Datadog asked developer to kill open source data tool (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/02/datadog_opentelemetry_tool_dorman/)
Everybody Gets Fired Eventually (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2023/02/everybody-gets-fired-eventually.html) (The Cloudcast Podcast)
This FTX Slide has been nominated as Slide of the Year (https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iD_V.CWTliQc/v0/-1x-1.png)
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Twitter Manager: Daily Revenue Has Dropped 40%, 500 Top Advertisers Have Left (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/twitter-manager-daily-revenue-has-dropped-40-500-top-advertisers-have-left?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
$NOW CEO Bill McDermott on 2023 IT Spend (https://twitter.com/upholdings/status/1616103812372267008?s=46&t=WKIJg71CxhnkC9pPlPnHPg)
Amazon to Wind Down Charity-Donation Program AmazonSmile (https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-wind-down-charity-donation-program-amazonsmile-11674144274)
HPE and Oracle Solaris suit ends with hushed settlement (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/19/hpe_and_oracle_lawsuit_ends/)
Cloud growth slowing as customers get a dose of cost reality (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/19/cloud_growth_slowdown_as_customers/)
How We Learned to Be Lonely (https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/01/loneliness-solitude-pandemic-habit/672631/)
Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism (https://www.warpnews.org/premium-content/kevin-kelly-the-case-for-optimism/)
Activist investor Elliott sets its sights on Salesforce (https://www.axios.com/2023/01/23/activist-elliott-salesforce-benioff)
AWS expanding site of infamously flaky US-EAST-1 region (https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/23/aws_expanding_infamous_useast1_region/)
Amazon-Stripe partnership accelerates ecommerce and streamlines online payments (https://stripe.com/en-es/newsroom/news/amazon-and-stripe)
Undo — Chartr: Data Storytelling (https://read.chartr.co/newsletters/2023/1/23/undo)
VMware 2023 Predictions: Platform Engineering Improves Developer Experience, Tech Layoffs Solve Enterprise Talent Gaps (https://vmblog.com/archive/2023/01/24/vmware-2023-predictions-platform-engineering-improves-developer-experience-tech-layoffs-solve-enterprise-talent-gaps.aspx)
LastPass owner GoTo says hackers stole customers' backups (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/24/goto-customer-backups-stolen-lastpass/)
Subject: Focusing on our short- and long-term opportunity - The Official Microsoft Blog (https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/01/18/subject-focusing-on-our-short-and-long-term-opportunity/)
Slack's second chance (https://open.substack.com/pub/mostlycloudy/p/slacks-second-chance?r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post)
Internal Developer Portal: What It Is and Why You Need One (https://thenewstack.io/internal-developer-portal-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-one/)
Microsoft Outlook and Teams down for thousands around world (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64397643)
U.S. Accuses Google of Abusing Monopoly in Ad Technology (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/technology/google-ads-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)
Microsoft set to face EU antitrust probe over video calls (https://www.politico.eu/article/microsoft-european-union-antitrust-video-calls-software-giant/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts | Patterns (https://www.patterns.app/blog/2023/01/18/crunchbot-sql-analyst-gpt/)
Defying logic, Apple announces 2nd-gen HomePod for $299 (https://www.macworld.com/article/1476747/homepod-2nd-gen-audio-siri-feaures-sensors.html)
ADS-B Exchange Sells Up, Contributors Unhappy (https://hackaday.com/2023/01/26/ads-b-exchange-sells-up-contributors-unhappy/)
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FBI shuts down ransomware gang that targeted schools and hospitals (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/26/hive-ransomware-fbi-doj)
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The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok (https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/)
Why Corporate America Still Runs on Ancient Software That Breaks - Odd Lots (https://omny.fm/shows/odd-lots/why-corporate-america-still-runs-on-ancient-softwa)
Why are so many tech companies laying people off right now? (https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/26/23571659/tech-layoffs-facebook-google-amazon)
Salesforce Announces Appointment of Three New Independent Directors (https://investor.salesforce.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2023/Salesforce-Announces-Appointment-of-Three-New-Independent-Directors/default.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
1Password announces multiple improvements coming soon to its iOS app (https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/30/1password-announces-multiple-improvements-coming-soon-to-its-ios-app/)
Identity management platform Saviynt secures $205M in debt, appoints new CEO (https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/31/identity-management-platform-saviynt-secures-205m-in-debt-appoints-new-ceo/)
Artifact (https://artifact.news/)
GitHub says hackers cloned code-signing certificates in breached repository (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/01/github-says-hackers-cloned-code-signing-certificates-in-breached-repository/)
Introducing Hermes, An Open Source Document Management System (https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/introducing-hermes-an-open-source-document-management-system)
Introducing Helios, HashiCorp’s New Design System (https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/introducing-helios-hashicorp-s-new-design-system)
Kubernetes is great, but it’s been a 7 year distraction (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/kubernetes-is-great-but-its-been?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=50&post_id=100430955&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email)
Former Ubiquiti dev pleads guilty to trying to extort his employer (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-ubiquiti-dev-pleads-guilty-to-trying-to-extort-his-employer/)
Charted: Hardest hit in tech layoffs (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-040e9788-23b3-4353-912c-6c9750e3e82f.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2)
Silicon Valley needs to stop laying off workers and start firing CEOs (https://www.businessinsider.com/fire-blame-ceo-tech-employee-layoffs-google-facebook-salesforce-amazon-2023-2?r=US&IR=T)
Visa vs. AMEX (https://twitter.com/anshgupta64/status/1619538351127937027)
Musk’s Twitter Has Just 180,000 U.S. Subscribers, Two Months After Launch (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musks-twitter-has-just-180-000-u-s-subscribers-two-months-after-launch)
Coté ponders IBM what-if in AI (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/catatonic-leadership?utm_source=substack&publication_id=50&post_id=97661373&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true)
Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/half-of-smart-appliances-remain-disconnected-from-internet-makers-lament/)
Broadcom’s VMware battle plan is to challenge hyperscalers (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/01/broadcom_vmware_update/)
PagerDuty Layoffs Affect 7 Percent Of Workforce (https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/pagerduty-layoffs-affect-7-percent-of-workforce?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Meta Pressures Average-Rated Employees to Up Their Game (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-pressures-average-rated-employees-to-up-their-game)
Spotify to Shed 6% of Its Work Force in Latest Round of Tech Layoffs (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/23/business/spotify-layoffs.html)
The Job Market for Remote Workers Is Shrinking (https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-job-market-for-remote-workers-is-shrinking-11674526943)
Big Tech Is Really Bad at Firing People (https://www.wired.com/story/google-meta-big-tech-is-bad-at-firing/)
Zoom layoffs impact 15% of staff (https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/07/zoom-layoffs-impact-15-of-staff/)
The Newer Geography of Jobs (https://arpitrage.substack.com/p/the-newer-geography-of-jobs?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)
Nonsense
Missing radioactive capsule found in Australia (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64481317)
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King Charles will not appear on new Australia $5 note (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64493849)
Donkey Kong cheating case rocked by photos of illicit joystick modification (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/02/did-billy-mitchell-use-this-illicit-joystick-to-set-a-donkey-kong-high-score/)
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