This week, we discuss IBM's intent to acquire HashiCorp, the state of Open Source Businesses, and the (slow) adoption of Continuous Integration. Plus, some thoughts on the end of non-compete agreements.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXl62_VMX0) 465 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYXl62_VMX0)
Runner-up Titles
Extra Innings
Later Innings
Customer is always right, except for pricing
Leave the party crying
Put a price on it
Rundown
Hashi
Introducing The Infrastructure Cloud (https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/introducing-the-infrastructure-cloud)
HashiCorp unveils The Infrastructure Cloud, a unified platform for cloud Infrastructure and Security Lifecycle Management (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/04/22/2866901/0/en/HashiCorp-unveils-The-Infrastructure-Cloud-a-unified-platform-for-cloud-Infrastructure-and-Security-Lifecycle-Management.html)
IBM to Acquire HashiCorp, Inc. Creating a Comprehensive End-to-End Hybrid Cloud Platform (https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-to-acquire-hashicorp-inc-creating-a-comprehensive-end-to-end-hybrid-cloud-platform-302126646.html)
IBM to acquire Hashi for $6.4 billion, seeks software boost (https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/25/ibm_q1_2024/)
IBM falls as enterprise-spending constraints choke consulting demand (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-falls-enterprise-spending-constraints-115210911.html)
IBM Is Buying HashiCorp. What Comes Next? (https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinwarren/2024/04/26/ibm-is-buying-hashicorp-what-comes-next/)
The threat to open source comes from within (https://newsletter.goodtechthings.com/p/the-threat-to-open-source-comes-from)
You should automate your builds and tests - 71% of people do not “use continuous integration to automatically build and test my code changes.” (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/you-should-automate-your-builds-and)
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes (https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes)
Relevant to your Interests
AlmaLinux 9.4 beta: RHEL compatible, but a little different (https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/17/almalinux_94_ciq_lts_kernels/)
Building for our AI future (https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/building-ai-future-april-2024/)
Lacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $300M, say sources (https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/18/wiz-is-in-talks-to-buy-lacework-for-150-200m-security-firm-was-last-valued-at-8-3b/)
Amazon recently bought a $650 million nuclear-powered data center (https://x.com/finmoorhouse/status/1781022862482059444)
Lacework, last valued at $8.3B, is in talks to sell for just $150M to $300M, say sources (https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/18/wiz-is-in-talks-to-buy-lacework-for-150-200m-security-firm-was-last-valued-at-8-3b/)
Netflix Dealt With the Freeloaders. Its Next Act Will Be Tougher. (https://www.wsj.com/business/media/netflix-earnings-analysis-23b12db8)
Tesla recalls the Cybertruck for faulty accelerator pedals that can get stuck (https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/tesla-cybertruck-throttle-accelerator-pedal-stuck/)
Do software companies actually have good margins? (https://benn.substack.com/p/do-software-companies-actually-have)
Women Who Code: Influential tech network shuts down unexpectedly (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw0769446nyo)
The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat (https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships)
Tesla’s Q&A with investors rips open Musk anguish: ‘Will you please at least appear to make Tesla your top priority?’ (https://fortune.com/2024/04/19/teslas-investors-musk-anguish-conduct-x-erratic/)
The SignalFire State of Talent Report: 2023 tech employee trends (https://www.signalfire.com/blog/state-of-talent-tech-trends)
Appeals court rules that cops can physically make you unlock your phone (https://reason.com/2024/04/19/appeals-court-rules-that-cops-can-physically-make-you-unlock-your-phone/)
Improve cost visibility of Amazon EKS with AWS Split Cost Allocation Data | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cloud-financial-management/improve-cost-visibility-of-amazon-eks-with-aws-split-cost-allocation-data/)
Introducing Our Open Mixed Reality Ecosystem | Meta (https://about.fb.com/news/2024/04/introducing-our-open-mixed-reality-ecosystem/)
US is reviewing risks of China's use of RISC-V chip technology (https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-is-reviewing-risks-chinas-use-risc-v-chip-technology-2024-04-23/)
Google's First Tensor Processing Unit : Origins (https://open.substack.com/pub/thechipletter/p/googles-first-tensor-processing-unit?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)
UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on 'substantial proportion of people in America' | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/22/unitedhealth-change-healthcare-hackers-substantial-proportion-americans/)
Broadcom Tells Partner Negotiating For Charity ‘VMware Is Not For Everybody’ (https://www.crn.com/news/virtualization/2024/broadcom-tells-partner-negotiating-for-charity-vmware-is-not-for-everybody)
Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/23/oracle-is-moving-its-world-hq-to-nashville.html)
Congress Passed a Bill That Could Ban TikTok. Now Comes the Hard Part. (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/technology/tiktok-ban-bill-congress.html)
The Coca-Cola Company and Microsoft announce five-year strategic partnership to accelerate cloud and generative AI initiatives - Stories (https://news.microsoft.com/2024/04/23/the-coca-cola-company-and-microsoft-announce-five-year-strategic-partnership-to-accelerate-cloud-and-generative-ai-initiatives/)
Atlassian Co-CEO Scott Farquhar Resigns, Leaving Mike Cannon-Brookes as Sole Chief (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/atlassian-team-co-ceo-farquhar-resigns-leaving-cannon-brookes-as-sole-chief)
Thoma Bravo to buy UK-listed Darktrace for £4.3bn (https://www.ft.com/content/44b9884b-0b7b-4cb7-b372-0b390ed96947)
All we have to fear is FUD itself — Oxide and Friends (https://overcast.fm/+4jBHj8QDI)
The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down (https://www.theverge.com/24141929/apple-iphone-imessage-antitrust-dma-lock-in)
We're moving continuous integration back to developer machines (https://world.hey.com/dhh/we-re-moving-continuous-integration-back-to-developer-machines-3ac6c611)
Enterprise Browser Island Receives Capital at $3 Billion Value (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-30/enterprise-browser-island-receives-capital-at-3-billion-value)
Kubernetes Market Sizing Windmills (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/kubernetes-market-sizing-windmills?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=50&post_id=144035534&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes (https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes)
Amazon cloud unit kills Snowmobile data transfer truck eight years after driving 18-wheeler onstage (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/17/aws-stops-selling-snowmobile-truck-for-cloud-migrations.html)
The Port State of Platform Engineering in two surveys (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/the-port-state-of-platform-engineering?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=50&post_id=143633003&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)
Cloud native platforms: To build or to buy? (https://www.cio.com/article/2091709/cloud-native-platforms-to-build-or-to-buy.html)
State of DevSecOps | Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/state-of-devsecops/)
Letter from Edward Norton, Founder of Zeck (https://www.zeck.app/letter-from-edward-norton-founder-of-zeck), Why Zeck (https://www.zeck.app/why-zeck)
The Man Who Killed Google Search (https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/)
Alphabet earnings are out — here are the numbers (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/25/alphabet-set-to-report-first-quarter-results-after-market-close.html)
Alphabet stock surges on earnings beat, dividend announcement (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphabet-stock-surges-on-earnings-beat-dividend-announcement-142011040.html)
Amazon earnings are out — here are the numbers (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/30/amazon-amzn-q1-earnings-report-2024.html)
Microsoft earnings are out – here are the numbers (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/25/microsoft-msft-q3-earnings-2024.html)
Nonsense
Adam Neumann moves to buy back WeWork as it seeks funds to exit bankruptcy (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/adam-neumann-moves-buy-back-045708441.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top)
A Mansion, Two Dogs and a Wall: Inside The Conflict Between a Utah Billionaire And His Neighbors (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-17/cloudflare-billionaire-matthew-prince-fights-utah-locals-over-house-dogs-wall)
Red Lobster Is Reportedly Heading For Bankruptcy After Losing Millions On Endless Shrimp (https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/red-lobster-is-reportedly-heading-for-bankruptcy-after-losing-millions-on-endless-shrimp/ar-AA1nnPt7)
Conferences
Executive Dinner in Atlanta, May 22nd (https://sincusa.com/events/tanzu-atlanta-ga-dinner/)
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 19-21, 2024, Coté speaking.
DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/).
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Recommendations
Brandon:
MarkdownDown (https://markdowndown.vercel.app/)
BBEdit's Extract and new feature blindness (https://leancrew.com/all-this/2016/05/bbedits-extract-and-new-feature-blindness/)
Coté: Adam Savage Q&A (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJtitKU0CAeg88RBY08TZkB7dcVmJLJLJ)
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