This week, we discuss the CrowdStrike outage, FinOps data exports, and the state of open-source forks. Plus, Matt shares some exciting exclusive news about his future!
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Runner-up Titles
Matt Ray Explains
Channel File 291
Documenting CYA
An intern did it
Default lifestyle strikes again
All the Nelson GIFs
Rundown
CrowdStrike
Huge Microsoft Outage Linked to CrowdStrike Takes Down Computers Around the World (https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-windows-outage-crowdstrike-global-it-probems/)
12-hour timelapse of airline traffic after what was likely the biggest IT outage in history (https://x.com/US_Stormwatch/status/1814268813879206397)
Flights grounded and offices hit as internet users face disruptions (https://apnews.com/live/internet-global-outage-crowdstrike-microsoft-downtime)
TODAY (@TODAYshow) on X (https://x.com/TODAYshow/status/1814266372882391523?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet)
George Kurtz (@George_Kurtz) on X (https://x.com/George_Kurtz/status/1814316045185822981)
CrowdStrike’s Global Outage Doesn’t Have to Be a Recurring Nightmare (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-07-19/crowdstrike-s-nightmare-it-microsoft-outage-shouldn-t-be-normal?srnd=homepage-americas)
Heard on the Street: CrowdStrike May Get More Than a Slap (https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-live-07-19-2024/card/heard-on-the-street-crowdstrike-may-get-more-than-a-slap-CbyAd5zi7ELT4miAZHNV)
What Happened to Digital Resilience? (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/us/politics/crowdstrike-outage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k0._ZDj.e5unf_bqIJNo&smid=url-share)
SolarWinds Defeats Part of SEC’s Fraud Case Over Hack (https://www.wsj.com/articles/solarwinds-defeats-part-of-secs-fraud-case-over-hack-ec69169a)
Technical Details: Falcon Update for Windows Hosts (https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-update-for-windows-hosts-technical-details/)
Microsoft tried to get AV vendors to use APIs (https://www.threads.net/@sbisson/post/C9pIIYmo19q?xmt=AQGzVYTNKy9-De3zRXlIsl7QNqarqWsTWlmD_4Wc-7MM2A)
House committee calls on CrowdStrike CEO to testify on global outage (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/22/house-committee-calls-crowdstrike-ceo-testify-global-outage/)
Crashes and Competition (https://stratechery.com/2024/crashes-and-competition/)
The CrowdStrike Failure Was a Warning (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/crowdstrike-failure-warning-solutions/679174/)
Defective McAfee update causes worldwide meltdown of XP PCs (https://www.zdnet.com/article/defective-mcafee-update-causes-worldwide-meltdown-of-xp-pcs/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioscodebook&stream=top)
CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed (https://www.neowin.net/news/crowdstrike-broke-debian-and-rocky-linux-months-ago-but-no-one-noticed/#google_vignette)
CrowdStrike Update: Latest News, Lessons Learned from a Retired Microsoft Engineer (https://youtu.be/ZHrayP-Y71Q?si=AmavOuoU_IjGMTFi)
CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage (https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/24/crowdstrike-offers-a-10-apology-gift-card-to-say-sorry-for-outage/)
Announcing Data Exports for FOCUS 1.0 (Preview) in AWS Billing and Cost Management (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cloud-financial-management/announcing-data-exports-for-focus-1-0-preview-in-aws-billing-and-cost-management/)
Wiz walks away from $23 billion deal with Google, will pursue IPO (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/23/google-wiz-deal-dead.html)
Import and export Markdown in Google Docs (http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/import-and-export-markdown-in-google-docs.html)
Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available (https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/)
The Post-Valkey World (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2024/07/16/post-valkey-world/)
A tale of two forks - comparing Valkey/Redis and OpenTofu/Terraform! (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danlorenc_oss-opensource-community-activity-7221488717704609792-U2SR/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop)
Datadog rumoured to be sniffing round GitLab as tech M&A market heats up (https://www.thestack.technology/datadog-rumoured-to-be-sniffing-round-gitlab-as-tech-m-a-market-heats-up/)
Google-Backed Software Developer GitLab Eyes Sale, Reuters Says (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-17/google-backed-software-developer-gitlab-eyes-sale-reuters-says)
Relevant to your Interests
Google Open Sources 27B Parameter Gemma 2 Language Model (https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/07/google-gemma-2/)
What It Really Takes to Build an AI Datacenter (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-21/what-it-really-takes-to-build-an-ai-datacenter)
State of Developer Experience 2024 (https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/state-of-developer-experience-2024?r=2d4o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)
The Return-to-Office Productivity Argument Is Over (https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/the-return-to-office-productivity-argument-is-over.html)
A new path for Privacy Sandbox on the web (https://privacysandbox.com/news/privacy-sandbox-update)
The search for the random numbers that run our lives (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240704-the-search-for-the-random-numbers-that-run-our-lives)
OpenAI is releasing a cheaper, smarter model (https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/18/24200714/openai-new-cheaper-smarter-model-gpt-4o-mini)
Microsoft unveils a large language model that excels at encoding spreadsheets (https://www.thestack.technology/microsoft-llm-spreadsheet-llm/)
Maestro: Netflix’s Workflow Orchestrator (https://netflixtechblog.com/maestro-netflixs-workflow-orchestrator-ee13a06f9c78)
IBM shares jump on earnings and revenue beat (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/24/ibm-q2-earnings-report-2024.html)
US banks to begin reporting Russian assets for eventual forfeiture under new law (https://apnews.com/article/repo-act-banks-russia-ukraine-russian-assets-9ecda7e3e799cdbfb564844ae89a144b)
Nonsense
Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI) agreed to buy Tex-Mex chain Chuy's (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-0bb0be2c-41d0-4181-bf39-ba3e827303da.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1)
Leadership within a costco warehouse (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNaLxKJg/)
If The Office took place at a car dealership (https://x.com/milkkarten/status/1813968113526067449?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A)
Type in Morse code by repeatedly slamming your laptop shut (https://github.com/veggiedefender/open-and-shut)
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