This week, we discuss the relationship between DevOps and Platform Engineering, Gartner’s take on Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure, and Nvidia’s search for new use cases. Plus, a listener chimes in to clear up some Podman misconceptions.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyjB-jmL0QQ) 495 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyjB-jmL0QQ)
Runner-up Titles
Prove me wrong AWS, prove me wrong
Please turn off the lights
Who’s googling for “shift left”?
I realized what they were talking about, it’s computers
They’re talking but you’re not listening
Piling on the dead horse
We gave this guy $5 billion dollars, check him out
Podman is Pepsi
Nobody’s paying for that
Niche Player
Rundown
Platform Engineering Is The New DevOps (https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinwarren/2024/11/21/platform-engineering-is-the-new-devops/)
SRE Books (https://sre.google/books/)
Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure (https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-2J0PN9ZJ&ct=241007&st=sb&trk=0da8abef-e59d-40d4-b66b-ba96c755768b&sc_channel=el)
AWS named as a leader again in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-named-as-a-leader-again-in-the-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-distributed-hybrid-infrastructure/)
Nvidia
AI Easts the World — Benedict Evans (https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations)
Nvidia revenue almost doubles on the year even as growth slows from previous quarter (https://on.ft.com/3Vpw2Z1)
Nvidia’s Huang Spreads the Gospel of AI in Search of More Customers (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-21/nvidia-s-huang-spreads-the-gospel-of-ai-in-search-of-more-customers?srnd=undefined)
Amazon Updates Homegrown Chips, Even as It Grows Nvidia Ties (https://links.message.bloomberg.com/a/click?_t=f574328d4d0c4c359b90d8e49b10e21d&_m=e253c47d1776426cada2b989eb51ef3d&_e=BISdgjckKJ39RYZ5axUkOu4DkhEzj_0CzmZEdaLS3niAwih7Lch-yccqByy-SKSB_PawXlFTeOpypVo4aikKnrEHKgvZ1v2TyAeErFN65ZsdRhzpsl63CY7Ia4-4Y_AmaM8n0A6iEaAPInfkiRKNT3xf8OE6NLeC4L7EavGfLanwRXXmv773517sL7d2HT-Rcewoj4Ilv2S4WBW0l3E797KSeKHwZmNv3h9g8B7rUMFKXg8gnlDDRuYjGkBMn8m9-4yP3laYhYAwEeaW3arWkc1bzZFYO_N0fzB31aRoEEvMjvCyXvrv-fg1yhLbDHFZFK5xDr2cgqT8uxPoHajG8qPT7nzRt_56WNcg30HnKZ2OwDxnLJkIDzw47BuHXtk-BMsx5WG7Gn51NdUiPqUTAV5YHattNV9B5gmGwXtVZubp-eOJfFuCVKrLgVwrMLLqGMLEFhgI00D0RHwpXFbHDg%3D%3D)
Nvidia Earnings, Strawberry and Video, The Networking Question (https://stratechery.com/2024/nvidia-earnings-strawberry-and-video-the-networking-question/)
Podman:
Podman in Action | Red Hat Developer (https://developers.redhat.com/e-books/podman-action)
Kubernetes Podcast from Google: Episode 164 - Podman, with Daniel Walsh and Brent Baude (https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/164-podman/)
DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling | Podman In Action: Desktop, Machine, and more (https://podcast.bretfisher.com/episodes/podman-in-action-desktop-machine-and-more)
Relevant to your Interests
Microsoft Ignite 2024: Everything Revealed in 15 Minutes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4qsQ6OWZsM)
Microsoft Ignite 2024: all the news from Microsoft’s IT pro event (https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/19/24300001/microsoft-ignite-2024-news-ai-announcements-copilot-windows-azure-office)
AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-lambda-turns-ten-the-first-decade-of-serverless-innovation/)
Kyndryl insiders claim new business is scarce (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/20/kyndryl_little_new_business/)
Snowflake snaps up data management company Datavolo (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/20/snowflake-snaps-up-data-management-company-datavolo/)
Northflank raises $22M to make Kubernetes work for your developers (https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-raises-22m-to-make-kubernetes-work-for-your-developers-ship-workloads-not-infrastructure)
Overcast adds new listening stats and 48-hour undo features (https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/20/overcast-listening-history-undo-features/)
Reddit was down — latest updates on major outage (https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/reddit-down-live-updates-on-outage)
Wiz acquires Dazz for $450M to expand its cybersecurity platform (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/wiz-acquires-dazz-for-450m-to-expand-its-cybersecurity-platform/)
Comcast is spinning off its cable TV business (https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/20/24301310/comcast-spinning-off-nbcuniversal-cable-tv-business)
Snowflake’s shares surge higher on blowout earnings, (https://t.co/alQ7p57V3y)
Clouded Judgement 11.22.24 - Is Software Back? (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-112224-is-software?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=151992794&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)
WordPress.com owner Automattic snaps up grammar checker Harper (https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/21/wordpress-com-owner-automattic-snaps-up-grammar-checker-harper/)
DHH Wants To Make Web Dev Easy Again, With Ruby on Rails (https://thenewstack.io/dhh-wants-to-make-web-dev-easy-again-with-ruby-on-rails/)
Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes (https://www.macchaffee.com/blog/2024/you-have-built-a-kubernetes/)
Kamal 2.0 Released (https://dev.37signals.com/kamal-2/)
'I have no money': Thousands of Americans see their savings vanish in Synapse fintech crisis (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/22/synapse-bankruptcy-thousands-of-americans-see-their-savings-vanish.html)
Pentagon audit highlights woeful ERP systems (https://www.thestack.technology/pentagon-audit-it-systems-erp/)
Delivering 4K Video with Cloudflare R2 for $2.18 (https://screencasting.com/cheap-video-hosting)
First Google Axion Processor Now Available: Claims Best Performance in Cloud Market (https://www.infoq.com/news/2024/11/google-axion-c4a/)
Glassdoor Worklife Trends 2025 - Glassdoor US (https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/worklife-trends-2025/)
Nonsense
It looks like Backstage is working out. (https://www.threads.net/@derickevolved/post/DCmyJeYyWF3?xmt=AQGzEuuVG27rxo-L0IWbIfrdALmECac-SYLR2VaYkspHDw)
European Showers (https://www.threads.net/@_yes_but/post/DCmOuqpyX-l?xmt=AQGzhm-KIrpChsW3eMGrDrVwzbijNEoRkz01Iin63gnOoQ)
KFC’s latest partnership is with Build-A-Bear Workshop (https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/kfc-s-latest-partnership-build-bear-workshop)
Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone | SSOReady (https://ssoready.com/blog/engineering/truths-programmers-timezones/)
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