Episode 377: Coffee is for closers

This week we discuss Oracle’s Cloud Growth(?), Starbuck’s blockchain-based loyalty program and André Staltz’s “Time Till Open Source Alternative” article. Plus, some thoughts on free coffee…

Runner-up Titles

It’s about me
Workshop it
I stand with the workers of Goldman Sachs
This is their Popeye moment
Pulitzers and free coffee
Financial shenanigans
Hide the gift shop in the data center

Rundown

No more free coffee as bankers return to Goldman Sachs
Oracle on Verge of Becoming World’s Hottest Cloud Vendor
Starbucks details its blockchain-based loyalty platform and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey
André Staltz - Time Till Open Source Alternative
Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it

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Coffee is for closers

Episode 377

September 16th, 2022

46 mins 49 secs

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About this Episode

This week we discuss Oracle’s Cloud Growth(?), Starbuck’s blockchain-based loyalty program and André Staltz’s “Time Till Open Source Alternative” article. Plus, some thoughts on free coffee…

Runner-up Titles

• It’s about me

• Workshop it

• I stand with the workers of Goldman Sachs

• This is their Popeye moment

• Pulitzers and free coffee

• Financial shenanigans

• Hide the gift shop in the data center

Rundown

• No more free coffee as bankers return to Goldman Sachs

• Oracle on Verge of Becoming World’s Hottest Cloud Vendor

• Starbucks details its blockchain-based loyalty platform and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey

• André Staltz - Time Till Open Source Alternative

• Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it

Relevant to your Interests

• What if those green bubbles aren’t Android’s fault? - The Hustle

• Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles

• Uber Eats goes driverless with Nuro partnership

• GM is betting on its electric Equinox, starting at $30,000, to kick-start 'massive adoption' of EVs

• Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life

• Cheating Allegations Shake the Chess World After Champion Suffers Stunning Defeat

• The Book of Reed Hastings, Revisited

• Explainer: Understanding Ethereum's major 'Merge' upgrade

• Patreon security team layoffs cause backlash in creator community

• Bolt's $1.5 billion deal to buy Wyre dies

• Citrix Plans to Explore Sale of Wrike Unit After Buyout Closes

• Meta moves PyTorch to Linux Foundation

• At Google, 'Rest and Vest' for Sr. Employees is Over, Says CEO

• Large railroad labor unions say they will strike if quality of life is not addressed in new contract

• Heat wave knocks Twitter data center offline

• Linux Foundation Announces an Intent to Form the OpenWallet Foundation - Linux Foundation

• What Silicon Valley "Gets" about Software Engineers that Traditional Companies Do Not

• Twitter shareholders approve $44 billion Elon Musk buyout

• Tech stack

• Productionizing Envoy Mobile at Lyft

• Squishable computer runs calculations depending on how you squish it

• iOS 16 - New Features

Nonsense

• IKEA Responds To Balenciaga’s $2,145 Bag That Looks Exactly Like IKEA’s 99-Cent Tote Bag, And It’s Hilarious

• We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business

Sponsors

• Teleport — The easiest, most secure way to access infrastructure.

Conferences

• Sydney Cloud FinOps Meetup, online, Oct 13, 2022 Matt’s presenting

• KubeCon North America, Detroit, Oct 24 – 28, 2022

• SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022

• THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors Jan 16-19, 2023

Listener Feedback

• Jordi recommend Dirty Tricks

SDT news & hype

• Join us in Slack.

• Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!

• Follow us on Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.

• Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.

• Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!

Recommendations

• Brandon: Rotowire

• Matt: Control

• The Other Two

Photo Credits

• Coffee Banner

• CoverArt Banner

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