This week we take a critical look at DHH’s plan to move HEY! out of the cloud and the 5 values driving the decision. Plus, some thoughts on residential fiber…
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 402 (https://youtube.com/live/C1KDU0QdrMY?feature=share)
Runner-up Titles
Cycled the Power
The Principles are Amazing
The neighbors prefer a MRI machine to my dog
Does this mean the public cloud is over?
Where was the Oracle rep?
We fear change
SaaS for me, not for you
The author of this text does not like Amazon
Adventure-driven development
You’ve got great a manifesto
Intolerable!
Cory Doctorow amped up
Rundown
We stand to save $7m over five years from our cloud exit (https://world.hey.com/dhh/we-stand-to-save-7m-over-five-years-from-our-cloud-exit-53996caa)
Five values guiding our cloud exit (https://world.hey.com/dhh/five-values-guiding-our-cloud-exit-638add47)
Basecamp CTO: $600k of servers will save $7 million (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/22/cloud_repatration_savings_calculated_basecamp/)
Two racks. My friends, a thread from Adam Jacob (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1628062851314356225?s=46&t=wXfsbi72zZrNHy0q1UbAGg)
Relevant to your Interests
Microsoft Limits Bing AI Chats to 5 Replies to Keep Conversations Normal (https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/microsoft-limits-bing-ai-chats-to-5-replies-to-keep-conversations-normal/)
Update from Andy Jassy on Amazon's return to office plans (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/andy-jassy-update-on-amazon-return-to-office)
Amazon employees push CEO Andy Jassy to drop return-to-office mandate (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/21/amazon-employees-push-ceo-andy-jassy-to-drop-return-to-office-mandate.html)
An update on two-factor authentication using SMS on Twitter (https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2023/an-update-on-two-factor-authentication-using-sms-on-twitter)
The SSO Wall of Shame (https://sso.tax/)
Twitter spent $60 M on SMS? (https://twitter.com/rhinosoros/status/1627154896884584454?s=46&t=BJ_-KFnX7Zwm7CPZgRSmNg)
Predicting Resource Cost Before Deployment (https://blog.kubecost.com/blog/resource-cost-prediction/)
Oakland Declares State of Emergency Due to Ransomware Attack (https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/oakland-state-of-emergency-ransomware-attack/3158122/)
US Border Patrol Is Finally Able to Check E-Passport Data (https://www.wired.com/story/us-border-patrol-epassport-verification/)
GitHub Copilot update stops AI model from revealing secrets (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-copilot-update-stops-ai-model-from-revealing-secrets/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
Twilio Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230215005742/en/Twilio-Announces-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2022-Results)
Big 1Password update for iOS and Mac brings over 100 improvements and changes (https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/15/big-1password-update-for-ios-and-mac/)
Is the 'exodus' over? Here's how Twitter alternatives have fared since Elon Musk's acquisition (https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/15/is-the-exodus-over-heres-how-twitter-alternatives-have-fared-since-elon-musks-acquisition/)
Most Londoners would quit before they give up WFH (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/15/wfh_pulled_quit_survey/?td=rt-3a)
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says she's stepping down (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/16/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-says-shes-stepping-down.html)
Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You – The Markup (https://themarkup.org/privacy/2023/02/16/forget-milk-and-eggs-supermarkets-are-having-a-fire-sale-on-data-about-you)
Microsoft to support Windows 11 on Apple M1 and M2 Macs through Parallels partnership (https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/16/23602718/microsoft-windows-11-apple-mac-m1-m2-support-parallels-virtual-machines)
Digital Ocean Earnings (https://twitter.com/masonegger/status/1626231150091046912?s=12&t=4iXXneoFFARPscTY7xbH2w)
Karan B. on LinkedIn: Uber Selects Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7030923903950618624-4lHt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios)
Salesforce yields to activist pressure with harsh new policies for engineers, salespeople (https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/14/salesforce-yields-to-activist-pressure-with-harsh-new-policies-for-engineers-sales-people/)
ByteDance's Slack-like tool generated $100M in 2022 (https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/16/bytedance-slack-feishu-arr-milestone/)
Burton Snowboards cancels online orders after 'cyber incident' (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/burton-snowboards-cancels-online-orders-after-cyber-incident/)
Open-source is broken: the sad story of Denis Pushkarev (core-js) (https://www.izoukhai.com/blog/the-sad-story-of-denis-pushkarev-zloirock-the-creator-of-core-js)
Pixelfed - Decentralized social media (https://pixelfed.org/)
VMware, Broadcom extend deadline for acquisition (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/20/vmware_broadcom_deal_deadline_extended/)
How websites can still easily track you in incognito mode (https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-incognito-is-incognito-mode-on-your-internet-browser/)
Meta Verified (https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10114993498750111?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top)
YouTube As Infinite File Storage (https://hackaday.com/2023/02/21/youtube-as-infinite-file-storage/)
Biden won’t save the Apple Watch from potential ban (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/biden-wont-save-the-apple-watch-from-potential-ban/)
Apple TV+ growth has 'flat-lined' as users say service lacks value: UBS (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-tv-growth-has-flat-lined-as-users-say-service-lacks-value-ubs-133042717.html)
Gartner: Oracle targets users on Java compliance (https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/20/gartner_java_licensing/)
Software is a hell of a drug (https://twitter.com/gregisenberg/status/1628016701991182336?s=20)
KKR-Backed BMC Plans IPO Valuing It at Up to $15 Billion (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-17/kkr-backed-bmc-worth-up-to-15-billion-is-said-to-file-for-ipo?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top&leadSource=uverify%20wall)
Nonsense
We Tested Tiny11 for Arm on a Raspberry Pi (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/we-tested-tiny11-for-arm-on-a-raspberry-pi)
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver unveils streaming experience of the future via the NBA App! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv0qBbJq4qQ)
United Airlines Eases Family Seating After Call to Cut Fees (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/business/united-airlines-family-seat-fees.html)
Listener Feedback
Thanks to Christopher for sending the article on Mastodon:
We tried to run a social media site and it was awful (https://www.ft.com/content/8d995a24-d77c-4208-a3a6-603d8788ebcd)
Sponsor
The New Stack — Subscribe to The New Stack Makers Podcast (https://thenewstack.io/podcasts/).
Conferences
Southern California Linux Expo, (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x) Los Angeles, March 9-12, 2023 Matt (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/kubernetes-cloud-cost-monitoring-opencost-optimization-strategies) & Cote (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/lessons-learned-7-years-running-developer-platforms)!
Use Discount Code: DEVOP or SPEAK (50% off)
Coté and Matt arranging a live recording.
PyTexas 2023, Austin, TX April 1 - 2, 2023 (https://www.pytexas.org)
KubeCon EU Amsterdam, April 18-21 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)
DevOpsDays Birmingham, AL 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-birmingham-al/welcome/), April 20 - 21, 2023
DevOpsDays Austin 2023 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-austin/welcome/), May 4-5
SDT news & hype
Join us in Slack (http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack).
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured).
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt), so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads)!
Recommendations
Brandon: (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-5-Tier-Industrial-Duty-Steel-Freestanding-Garage-Storage-Shelving-Unit-in-Black-90-in-W-x-90-in-H-x-24-in-D-N2W902490W5B/319132842) Demon Copperhead (https://www.audible.com/pd/Demon-Copperhead-Audiobook/B09QH6P7X4)
Matt: Fabulous Secret Powers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7wOGyAzpw)
Peep Show (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387764/)
Coté: Vermeer exhibit at the Rijksmuseum (https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/vermeer).
Photo Credits
CoverArt (https://labs.openai.com/history)
