This week, we discuss open source forks, what’s going on at OpenAI and checkin on the IRS Direct File initiative. Plus, plenty of thoughts on taking your annual Code of Conduct Training.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwXvnb53iY) 455 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAwXvnb53iY)
Runner-up Titles
I live my life one iCal screen at a time
We always have sparklers
Meta-parenting
Everyone is always tired
Cheaper version of Red Hat
This week in “Do we need to be angry?”
All we get is wingdings.
I’m in a Socialist mood this week
Pies shot out of my eyes and stuff
Those dingalings bought my boat
Dingalings of the mind
Rundown
CIQ Offers Long-Term Support for Rocky Linux 8.6, 8.8 and 9.2 Images Through AWS Marketplace (https://ciq.com/press-release/ciq-offers-long-term-support-for-rocky-linux-8-6-8-8-and-9-2-images-through-aws-marketplace/)
Will CIQ’s new support program alienate the community (https://medium.com/@gordon.messmer/will-ciqs-new-support-program-alienate-the-community-it-built-on-an-objection-to-subscriber-only-fb58ea6a810e)
NGINX fork (https://narrativ.es/@janl/111935559549855751)? freenginx.org (http://freenginx.org/en/)
Struggling database company MariaDB could be taken private in $37M deal (https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/19/struggling-database-company-mariadb-could-be-taken-private-in-a-37m-deal/)
Tofu (https://opentofu.org)
So Where’s That New OpenAI Board? (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/so-wheres-that-new-openai-board?utm_source=ti_app&rc=giqjaz)
The IRS has all our tax data. Why doesn’t its new website use it? (https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/04/direct-file-irs-taxes/)
Relevant to your Interests
Apple on course to break all Web Apps in EU within 20 days - Open Web Advocacy (https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-on-course-to-break-all-web-apps-in-eu-within-20-days/)
Bringing Competition to Walled Gardens - Open Web Advocacy (https://open-web-advocacy.org/walled-gardens-report/#apple-has-effectively-banned-all-third-party-browsers)
Introducing the Column Explorer: a bird’s-eye view of your data (https://motherduck.com/blog/introducing-column-explorer/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=294232392&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8vobC3nom9chsGc_Y8KM9pO75KKvrGTtL7uS-sfcNQ1sNd8ThaMnP5KsfbSUWCWW2KOjlPpa3AwC4ToYbaCmYOAMva0rvKIZ2jkB461YKJX2TLQtg&utm_content=294233055&utm_source=hs_email)
Apple TV+ Became HBO Before HBO Could Become Netflix (https://spyglass.org/its-not-tv-its-apple-tv-plus/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
Sora: Creating video from text (https://openai.com/sora)
Sustainability, a surprisingly successful KPI: GreenOps survey results - ClimateAction.Tech (https://climateaction.tech/blog/sustainability-kpi-greenops-survey-results/)
Slack AI has arrived (https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/blog/news/slack-ai-has-arrived)
What's new and cool? - Adam Jacob (https://youtu.be/gAYMg6LNEMs?si=9PRiK1BBHaBGSypy)
Apple is reportedly working on AI updates to Spotlight and Xcode (https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/15/24074455/apple-generative-ai-xcode-spotlight-testing)
Apple Readies AI Tool to Rival Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-15/apple-s-ai-plans-github-copilot-rival-for-developers-tool-for-testing-apps)
VMs on Kubernetes with Kubevirt session at Kubecon (https://kccnceu2024.sched.com/event/1YhIE/sponsored-keynote-a-cloud-native-overture-to-enterprise-end-user-adoption-fabian-deutsch-senior-engineering-manager-red-hat-michael-hanulec-vice-president-and-technology-fellow-goldman-sachs)
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/air-canada-must-honor-refund-policy-invented-by-airlines-chatbot/?comments=1&comments-page=1)
Microsoft 'retires' Azure IoT Central in platform rethink (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/15/microsoft_retires_azure_iot_central/)
The big design freak-out: A generation of design leaders grapple with their future (https://www.fastcompany.com/91027996/the-big-design-freak-out-a-generation-of-design-leaders-grapple-with-their-future)
Most of the contents of the Xerox PARC team's work were tossed into a dumpster (https://x.com/DynamicWebPaige/status/1759071289401368635?s=20)
1Password expands its endpoint security offerings with Kolide acquisition (https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/20/1password-expands-its-endpoint-security-offerings-with-kolide-acquisition/)
Microsoft Will Use Intel to Manufacture Home-Grown Processor (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-21/microsoft-will-use-intel-to-manufacture-home-grown-processor)
In a First, Apple Captures Top 7 Spots in Global List of Top 10 Best-selling Smartphones - Counterpoint (https://www.counterpointresearch.com/insights/apple-captures-top-7-spots-in-global-top-10-best-selling-smartphones/)
Google Is Giving Away Some of the A.I. That Powers Chatbots (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/technology/google-open-source-ai.html)
Apple Shuffles Leadership of Team Responsible for Audio Products (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-20/apple-shuffles-leadership-of-team-responsible-for-audio-products?srnd=premium)
Signal now lets you keep your phone number private with the launch of usernames (https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/20/signal-now-lets-you-keep-your-phone-number-private-with-the-launch-of-usernames/)
How Google is killing independent sites like ours (https://housefresh.com/david-vs-digital-goliaths/)
VMware takes a swing at Nutanix, Red Hat with VM converter (https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/21/vmware_kvm_converter/)
(https://narrativ.es/@janl/111935559549855751)## Nonsense
An ordinary squirt of canned air achieves supersonic speeds - engineer spots telltale shock diamonds (https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/an-ordinary-squirt-of-canned-air-achieves-supersonic-speeds-engineer-spots-telltale-shock-diamonds)
Conferences
SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)– (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x)17th, 2024 (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x) — Coté speaking (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/we-fear-change), sponsorship slots available.
KubeCon EU Paris, March 19 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)– (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)22 (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/) — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. Get 20% off with the discount code KCEU24VMWBC20.
DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 (https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-birmingham-al-2024/cfp)
Exe (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)cutive dinner in Dallas that Coté’s hosting on March 13st, 2024 (https://ismg.events/roundtable-event/dallas-robust-security-java-applications/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming).
If you’re an “executive” who might want to buy stuff from Tanzu to get better at your apps, than register. There is also a Tanzu exec event coming up in the next few months, email Coté (mailto:cote@broadcom.com) if you want to hear more about it.
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Recommendations
Brandon: Fair Play (https://www.netflix.com/title/81674326) on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/81674326)
Matt: Julia Evans: Popular Git Config Options (https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/02/16/popular-git-config-options/)
Coté: Anker USB C Charger (Nano II 65W) Pod 3-Port PPS Fast Charger (https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09LLRNGSD?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details).
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