This week, we discuss Kubecon EU, Nvidia’s hyper growth, having 55 direct reports and the Worldwide Container Infrastructure Forecast. Plus, is “hello” a proper slack message?
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-SnxTaHhL4) 459 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-SnxTaHhL4)
Runner-up Titles
"Hey. Got a sec? Want to run something by you.”
You don’t want to scare you coworkers
Eating bugs off your coworkers
“Hi” has become a trigger word
Rehabilitate the “Hi”
55 Direct Reports
Everyone worked at one company, and that one company didn’t want to do the work for everyone.
The YAML hand off market
Rundown
Is Hello a proper Slack message? (https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1770411476022354075)
Please Don't Say Just Hello In Chat (https://www.nohello.com/2013/01/please-dont-say-just-hello-in-chat.html)
Kubecon
“Designing for Success: UX Principles for Internal Developer Platforms,” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rqe5Yc13-A) "Boosting Developer Platform Teams with Product Thinking," (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_KCOcoliLI) “Sometimes, Lipstick Is Exactly What a Pig Needs!” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhloarnpxVo)
OpenCost Introduces Carbon Costs (https://www.opencost.io/blog/carbon-costs)
What if the CNCF was private equity? (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/03/what-if-cncf-was-private-equity.html)
Nvidia
Nvidia shares pop on Q4 earnings, generative AI "hits tipping point" (https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/nvidia-nvda-earnings-q4-stock-price?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang - has 55 direct reports (https://www.threads.net/@1393985902/post/C4dsKakP97W)
Video that tracks the trajectories of Intel and NVIDIA (https://www.threads.net/@briansolis/post/C4lZBcKsdtC/?xmt=AQGzp25jpaWtHUqgBJaBCIJrv22Ag5Q0bPRX3Q6xRh_S4Q)
Nvidia's latest AI chip will cost more than $30,000, CEO says (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/19/nvidias-blackwell-ai-chip-will-cost-more-than-30000-ceo-says.html)
Worldwide Container Infrastructure Software Forecast, 2023–2027 (https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US49244823&pageType=PRINTFRIENDLY)
Relevant to your Interests
Leadership Is A Hell Of A Drug (https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/leadership-is-a-hell-of-a-drug/)
Key OpenAI Executive Played a Pivotal Role in Sam Altman’s Ouster (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/technology/openai-executives-role-in-sam-altman-ouster.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)
Who Still Works From Home? (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/08/business/economy/remote-work-home.html)
A new TikTok ban gains steam (https://www.platformer.news/tik-tok-ban-bill-2024-bytedance-biden/?ref=platformer-newsletter)
Sam Altman reinstated to OpenAI board after investigation clears him of wrongdoing (https://venturebeat.com/security/sam-altman-reinstated-to-openai-board-after-investigation-clears-him-of-wrongdoing/)
More companies getting rid of free tiers: (https://x.com/planetscale/status/1765438197981708684?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A)
49% of founders say they’re considering quitting their startup this year (https://sifted.eu/articles/founder-mental-health-2024)
The WiFi at Google's new Bay View office hasn't been working properly for months: report (https://www.businessinsider.com/googles-swanky-new-bay-view-office-suffers-bad-wifi-2024-3)
Moon Mission Could Redefine Computing in Deep Space (https://www.eetimes.com/data-centers-could-soon-break-lunar-ground/)
Doctors Are Using the Apple Vision Pro During Surgery (https://gizmodo.com/doctors-are-using-the-apple-vision-pro-during-surgery-1851329884)
Apple Buys Canadian AI Startup as It Races to Add Features (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-14/apple-aapl-buys-canadian-ai-startup-darwinai-as-part-of-race-to-add-features?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=240314&utm_campaign=author_19842959&sref=9hGJlFio)
Python with braces. Because python is awesome, but whitespace is awful. (https://github.com/mathialo/bython)
Europe’s AI Act demands extensive "logs" of users (https://www.thestack.technology/bias-biometrics-and-black-boxes-europes-ai-act-what-you-need-to-know/)
How The Cloud Is A Trap (https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP1144808)
Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky says more than 10,000 organizations are using Bedrock (https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/aws-ceo-ai-bedrock-amazon-anthropic)
Measuring Developer Productivity via Humans (https://martinfowler.com/articles/measuring-developer-productivity-humans.html)
Snowflake Stock: Melting Faster Than An Ice Cube (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4678674-snowflake-melting-faster-than-an-ice-cube-snow-stock)
Games Are Coming to LinkedIn (https://www.pcmag.com/news/games-are-coming-to-linkedin)
Dell Says Remote Employees Won't Be Eligible for Promotions: Report (https://gizmodo.com/dell-remote-employees-eligible-promotions-1851347699)
European Cloud Group Calls for Regulatory Scrutiny Over Broadcom’s VMware Overhaul (https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-cloud-group-calls-for-regulatory-scrutiny-over-broadcoms-vmware-overhaul-28b7c6ed?st=6n4vd93zeqr9d0o&reflink=article_email_share)
Analogpunk, or, Tools, Shoes and Misery (https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP1145788)
Platform Engineering Day Europe 2024 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2Me-TpMQFvCphDu_xm71ed_)
Redis Adopts Dual Source-Available Licensing (https://redis.com/blog/redis-adopts-dual-source-available-licensing/)
Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/apple-in-talks-to-license-google-gemini-for-iphone-ios-18-generative-ai-tools)
The MacBook Air gets an M3 upgrade (https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/4/24089999/apple-macbook-air-m3-announced-13-15-inch)
Walmart sells a Mac (https://www.threads.net/@parkerortolani/post/C4iaGaFuKS8/?xmt=AQGzjqrbQ8qCsg4UUGYIc8LbOh2c9MoMdzn7sXSwOehXkA)
Apple Plans AirPods Overhaul With New Low- and High-End Models, USB-C Headphones (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-25/apple-airpods-plans-4th-generation-low-end-3rd-generation-pro-and-usb-c-max)
AWS follows Google in announcing unrestricted free data transfers to other cloud providers (https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/05/amazon-follows-google-in-announcing-free-data-transfers-out-of-aws/)
Free data transfer out to internet when moving out of AWS | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/free-data-transfer-out-to-internet-when-moving-out-of-aws/)
Buyout Firm Vista Equity Explores Options Including Sale for LogicMonitor (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-13/buyout-firm-vista-equity-explores-options-including-sale-for-logicmonitor)
Nonsense
Airlines Are Coming for Your Carry-Ons (https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/flights-carry-on-bags-personal-items-3bcd3c2c?st=nx8npa3s7g8tm7f&reflink=article_copyURL_share)
Clocks Change (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo)
Costco CFO ‘voice’ looks back on 40 years, $1.50 hot dogs and leadership (https://www.cfodive.com/news/costco-cfo-voice-40-years-150-hot-dogs-Richard-Galanti/709622/)
Star Wars: Millennium Falcon 50p coin unveiled by Royal Mint (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68594916)
Delta’s CEO says controversial Sky Lounge changes reflect the airline’s status as premium brand (https://www.fastcompany.com/91060105/deltas-ceo-controversial-sky-lounge-changes-airlines-status-premium-brand)
3D Printed Full-Size Macintosh - The Brewintosh (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N9oz4Ylzm4)
Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts (https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/formula-1-chief-appalled-to-find-team-using-excel-to-manage-20000-car-parts/)
Listener Feedback
Chris tell us the Owala Water Bottle is on sale. (https://a.co/d/30B4wA1)
Conferences
Tanzu (Re)defined online (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDvWDyd98hA), April 3rd, Coté Speaking.
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, Coté speaking, Palo Alto.
TEQNation (https://conference.teqnation.com), May 22nd, 2024, Utrecht, Coté speaking.
NDC Oslo (https://substack.com/redirect/8de3819c-db2b-47c8-bd7a-f0a40103de9e?j=eyJ1IjoiMmQ0byJ9.QKaKsDzwnXK5ipYhX0mLOvRP3vpk_3o2b5dd3FXmAkw), Coté speaking (https://substack.com/redirect/41e821af-36ba-4dbb-993c-20755d5f040a?j=eyJ1IjoiMmQ0byJ9.QKaKsDzwnXK5ipYhX0mLOvRP3vpk_3o2b5dd3FXmAkw), June 12th.
DevOpsDays Amsterdam (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-amsterdam/welcome/), June 19 to 21, 2024, Coté speaking.
DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/).
Open Source Summit North America (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/), Seattle April 16-18. Matt’s speaking
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The E-Gates Modality Will Now Be Implemented at Cancun Airport - Cancun Airport (https://www.cancuniairport.com/the-e-gates-modality-will-now-be-implemented-at-cancun-airport/)
Global Entry better then ever (https://globalfinder-usonline.com/glofinderus/?utm_term=global%20entry&utm_campaign=5C1B-2023-04-07&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwte-vBhBFEiwAQSv_xZTL8mD-XjuwoT_Kqr6-YHaCUiyCITM5HugRhsRNLqm_50l3sSIJZxoC-jsQAvD_BwE)
Mobile Passport Control (MPC) (https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/mobile-passport-control) available in Austin Airport
Matt: Duck Duck Go (https://duckduckgo.com)
Coté: MacBook Pro (https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/14-inch-m3-max)
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