This week, we discuss whether or not Kubernetes is boring, Winglang’s attempt to simply cloud deployments and Linkerd status as a graduated CNCF project. Plus, a few thoughts on frogs…
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXssLonmkEw) 457 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXssLonmkEw)
Runner-up Titles
Blame the seagulls
Speaking of lizards in our houses
Burying people under B-trees
Compiler for the Cloud
I’m tired of speaking French
We need a big pie
If we stop shooting each other we can sit down and eat some pie.
The Jacob Principle
Has there every been a config file format love affair?
Rundown
Kubernetes Predictions Were Wrong (https://thenewstack.io/kubernetes-predictions-were-wrong/)
Wing Programming Language for the Cloud (https://www.winglang.io/)
#1262 Health of Linkerd project (https://github.com/cncf/toc/issues/1262)
Craig Box X Thread (https://twitter.com/craigbox/status/1760370351828320539)
Adam Jacob’s X Thread (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1761051900215275760)
Five Cloud News Trends for February (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/03/five-cloud-news-trends-for-february.html)
Relevant to your Interests
X adds support for passkeys on iOS after removing SMS 2FA support last year (https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/23/x-adds-support-for-passkeys-on-ios-after-removing-sms-2fa-support-last-year/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABw_QgA37nl432nhb6Gn3krzLFMb5OvmaZr6thvov5iGJ8UrvQec-jpGjenN-KUP-cSFa4MRW9DXVXJ3_u87Z0-zfC2mR708qqm34sAhBT-mAcL5pP8L04T54Mqn-xnUCDNXYBJFr2Y4oHXFjkIWgTU_iwJ4vqK52MC4hYtaAC9W)
CACM Is Now Open Access (https://cacm.acm.org/news/cacm-is-now-open-access-2/)
Now Apple says it won’t disable iPhone web apps in the EU (https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/1/24087666/apple-disable-iphone-web-apps-eu-reversal)
A Few Jelly Beans and a World of Disappointment at Willy Wonka Event (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/world/europe/willy-wonka-experience-glasgow.html)
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over 'betrayal' of nonprofit AI mission | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/01/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-court/)
Meta says it’s deleting all Oculus accounts at the end of the month (https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/1/24087855/meta-delete-oculus-accounts)
Snowflake CEO Steps Down From Post Richer Than Tim Cook or Satya Nadella (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-04/snowflake-ceo-frank-slootman-steps-aside-richer-than-tim-cook-or-satya-nadella)
RISC-V launch (https://www.scaleway.com/en/news/scaleway-launches-its-risc-v-servers-in-the-cloud-a-world-first-and-a-firm-commitment-to-technological-independence/)
Amazon goes nuclear, acquires atomic datacenter for $650M (https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/04/amazon_acquires_cumulus_nuclear_datacenter/)
Red Sea cables have been damaged, disrupting internet traffic (https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/04/business/red-sea-cables-cut-internet/index.html)
It’s Time to Give Up on Email (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/email-nightmare-just-give-up/677615/)
Nonsense
When a funeral is clickbait (https://www.theverge.com/24065145/ai-obituary-spam-generative-clickbait)
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.
Tanzu (Re)defined (https://www.fig-street.com/041124-tanzu-redefined/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), April 11th, Palo Alto.
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Recommendations
Brandon: Dune Part 2 (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dune_part_two)
Matt: Our Band Could Be Your Life (https://amzn.to/49G2Ulg)
Conan O’Brien in Australia (https://conanclassic.com/australia/conan-becomes-a-bondi-beach-lifeguard)
Coté: Bruce Sterlings new-ish blog (https://toshareproject.it/artmakerblog/), especially the color scheme.
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