This week, we explore the reasons behind the slowdown in DevOps adoption, compare open-source and proprietary foundation models, and discuss how AI might simplify CI/CD implementation. Additionally, Matt takes on an Australian history quiz.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmarzk5aw8) 474 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xmarzk5aw8)
Runner-up Titles
No silver bullets
If you aspire for nothing, you’re done.
We can hang out with the boulder at the bottom
Who owns the black box
You have to want to put in the effort
Anyone on the bleeding edge is going to bleed
Rundown
A Eulogy for DevOps (https://matduggan.com/a-eulogy-for-devops/)
DevOps Isn't Dead, but It's Not in Great Health Either (https://thenewstack.io/devops-isnt-dead-but-its-not-in-great-health-either/)
The InfraRed Report from Redpoint (https://www.redpoint.com/infrared/report/)
Dan Davies Explains Why Accountability Sinks Are Everywhere Now (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-01/dan-davies-explains-why-accountability-sinks-are-everywhere-now)
Relevant to your Interests
Indonesia won't pay an $8 million ransom after a cyberattack compromised its national data center (https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-ransomware-attack-national-data-center-213c14c6cc69d7b66815e58478f64cee)
Odaseva raises $54M to secure Salesforce users (https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/27/odasevas-founder-once-solved-a-security-gap-for-saleforces-biggest-customer-now-hes-raised-54m-to-secure-all-of-its-users/)
More YouTube Premium plans are coming (https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/27/24187590/youtube-premium-subscription-more-plans)
Alibaba Cloud closing Australian and Indian datacenters (https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/01/alibaba_cloud_closes_india_australia/)
Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-02/apple-to-get-openai-board-observer-role-as-part-of-ai-agreement)
How Big Tech is swallowing the AI industry (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/1/24190060/amazon-adept-ai-acquisition-playbook-microsoft-inflection)
Apple Poised to Get OpenAI Board Observer Role as Part of AI Pact (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-02/apple-to-get-openai-board-observer-role-as-part-of-ai-agreement)
Infrastructure as Code Landscape Overview 2024 (https://medium.com/@bgrant0607/infrastructure-as-code-landscape-overview-2024-a066124e5989)
Infrastructure as Code reminds me of “make run-all” (https://medium.com/@bgrant0607/infrastructure-as-code-reminds-me-of-make-run-all-15eb6628f306)
Is NVIDIA like Sun from the Dot Com Bubble? / Oxide (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/1973013)
“Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/everythings-frozen-ransomware-locks-credit-union-users-out-of-bank-accounts/)
Exclusive-Vista Equity in talks to hand over Pluralsight to creditors, sources s (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-vista-equity-talks-hand-183356419.html)
Nonsense
Faces made of living skin make robots smile (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedd3208veyo)
Mandatory Texas vehicle safety inspections end in six months (https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/mandatory-texas-vehicle-safety-inspections-end-in-six-months/)
Costco's bold new plan for the California housing crisis (https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/costco-housing-apartments-south-la-19541521.php?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
Conferences
DevOpsDays Birmingham (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/), August 19–21, 2024
DevOpsDays Antwerp (https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-antwerp/welcome/), 15th anniversary, Sep 4th-5th.
SpringOne (https://springone.io/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming)/VMware Explore US (https://blogs.vmware.com/explore/2024/04/23/want-to-attend-vmware-explore-convince-your-manager-with-these/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming), August 26–29, 2024
SREday London 2024 (https://sreday.com/2024-london/), September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY (https://sreday.com/2024-london/#tickets)
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Recommendations
Brandon:
House of Dragons Season 2 (https://www.hbo.com/house-of-the-dragon)
Cloud News of the Month - June 2024 (https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/07/cloud-news-of-month-june-2024.html)
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