This week, we discuss IBM acquiring Kubecost, AWS moving OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation, and Amazon employees heading back to the office. Plus, some thoughts on what it means to be in "employee mode."
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWj5n7LWCdk) 485 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWj5n7LWCdk)
Runner-up Titles
That’s a good looking setup there
Feels like sweatpants
London’s busy, Amsterdam's laid back
AIFinOps
Mission Bankruptcy
The settings page is more than 1 page
Don’t get turned into hamburger, that’s the goal
Feature checkbox acquisition.
Employee Mode
Using people as a whiteboard.
Work on smarter things, not dumber things.
Rundown
Announcing Kubecost’s Acquisition by IBM! (https://blog.kubecost.com/blog/ibm-acquisition-announcement/)
AWS hands OpenSearch to the Linux Foundation (https://www.infoworld.com/article/3520875/aws-hands-opensearch-to-the-linux-foundation.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=content&utm_campaign=organic&utm_source=twitter)
Update from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on return-to-office plans and manager team ratio (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/ceo-andy-jassy-latest-update-on-amazon-return-to-office-manager-team-ratio)
JPMorgan creates new role overseeing junior bankers as Wall Street wrestles with workload concerns (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/18/jpmorgan-investment-bank-creates-new-role-overseeing-junior-bankers.html)
Relevant to your Interests
OpenAI Fundraising Set to Vault Startup’s Value to $150 Billion (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-11/openai-fundraising-set-to-vault-startup-s-value-to-150-billion)
Lyft CEO keeps it real on his stock price compared to Uber (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lyft-ceo-keeps-it-real-on-his-stock-price-compared-to-uber-230146967.html)
We Spent $20 To Achieve RCE And Accidentally Became The Admins Of .MOBI (https://labs.watchtowr.com/we-spent-20-to-achieve-rce-and-accidentally-became-the-admins-of-mobi/)
How China has ‘throttled’ its private sector (https://www.ft.com/content/1e9e7544-974c-4662-a901-d30c4ab56eb7)
Wall Street Curbs Young Bankers’ Hours After Overwork Outcry (https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/bank-america-jpmorgan-overtime-work-hours-f9f204a7)
Unity is Canceling the Runtime Fee (https://unity.com/blog/unity-is-canceling-the-runtime-fee)
Intel Awarded up to $3B by the Biden-Harris Administration (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/2024-intel-news.html)
Free 'JavaScript' from Legal Clutches of Oracle, Devs Petition (https://thenewstack.io/free-javascript-from-legal-clutches-of-oracle-devs-petition/)
Instagram makes teen accounts private by default (https://www.platformer.news/instagram-teen-accounts-private-default-daily-limit/?ref=platformer-newsletter)
Cisco's second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/ciscos-second-layoff-of-2024-affect-thousands-of-employees/)
Call For Proposals (CFP) | LF Events (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/cfp/)
Londoners will soon see drones ferrying blood between hospitals (https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/londoners-will-soon-see-drones-ferrying-blood-between-hospitals/)
Nonsense
Polishing Cloth (https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MW693AM/A/polishing-cloth)
United Airlines is adding free Starlink Wi-Fi to all of its planes (https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/13/24243594/united-airlines-free-starlink-wi-fi-connectivity)
Founder mode, baby #tech #founder #foundermode (https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFFRvSv1/)
Chipotle’s New Guac Robots Can Peel Your Avocados in 26 Seconds (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-16/chipotle-cmg-robots-for-guac-and-bowls-are-ready-for-brisket-season)
LinkedIn Roaster - Brutal honesty for your profile (https://liroast.web.app/)
SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract after United megadeal, director says (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/17/spacexs-starlink-has-2500-aircraft-under-contract.html)
Passport renewals go digital to ease wait times for American travelers (https://www.axios.com/2024/09/18/online-passport-renewal-us-travelers?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter)
Conferences
Cloud Foundry Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Karlsruhe, GER, Oct 9, 2024, 20% off with code CFEU24VMW.
VMware Explore Barcelona (https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu), Nov 4-7, 2024. Coté speaking.
SREday Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/), Nov 21, 2024. Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2024-amsterdam/Michael_Cote_VMwarePivotal_We_Fear_Change), 20% off with code SRE20DAY.
DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
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