This week, we examine the balancing act CEOs face between maintaining operations and pursuing growth, the IRS's attempt to automate tax filing, and defining success in thought leadership. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 452 Runner-up Titles Know the rules Until you reach infinity When you’re washing your full ass, don’t half-ass your shower door. All-in on Minecraft Eminent domain for digital transformation. There’s usually a stray banana in the Hilton Garden Buffet. Rundown Alphabet Shares Fall After Search Revenue Misses Estimates Microsoft beats Q2 earnings on AI, cloud strength, shares flat The CEO and the Three Envelopes - Kevin Kruse Direct File | Internal Revenue Service DX: Developer Experience Insights Platform Relevant to your Interests Google to Team Up With Startup Hugging Face to Host AI Software Chrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” mode IBM shares soar to more than 10-year high on rosy AI outlook Apple is finally allowing full versions of Chrome and Firefox to run on the iPhone Michael Leonard on LinkedIn: r/vmware A massive tech company exodus is occurring in Texas, reports show Red Hat Enterprise Linux scalable pricing to cloud partners announcement Info-stealers can steal cookies for permanent access to your Google account A brief history of Dell UNIX OpenNebula Systems welcomes the EU decision to approve the €1.2B IPCEI-CIS Apple Home Devices, Car Veteran Exits for Top Rivian Product Role Canon aims to ship low-cost ‘stamp’ machine this year to disrupt chipmaking #446: Python in Excel — Talk Python To Me Truly shocks me how many people use Apple Mail Amazon’s $1.4B iRobot deal is dead. Now what? Arc Search combines browser, search engine, and AI into something new and different Startup Funding Simulator Streaming media company Plex raises $40M as it nears profitability Porsche Hands Infotainment Keys To Apple, iPhone Can Now Rule The Cockpit Kids spent 60% more time on TikTok than YouTube last year, 20% tried OpenAI's ChatGPT ChatGPT is leaking passwords from private conversations of its users, Ars reader says Musk Risks Losing World’s Richest Title After Pay Package Voided Inside the Numbers: The KubeCon + CloudNativeCon selection process for Europe 2024 Delaware Tells Musk ‘No’; Alphabet and Microsoft’s AI-Driven Earnings But they got back online quickly -- because their trading system used a Novell Netware server that the ransomware didn't understand. Nonsense Fifty Years Ago Today (D&D) I built my own 16-Bit CPU in Excel More things that blow my American mind about living in Australia Make it Taylors Version Conferences CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5–7th — Coté speaking. The Uk's Open Technology Conference Open Source Software, Open Hardware Feb 6–7 SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th–17th, 2024 — Coté speaking, sponsorship slots available. KubeCon EU Paris, March 19–22 — Coté on the wait list for the platform side conference. DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17–18, 2024 Executive dinner in Dallas that Coté’s hosting on March 31st, 2024 If you’re an “executive” who might want to buy stuff from Tanzu to get better at your apps, than register. There is also a Tanzu exec event coming up in the next few months, email Coté if you want to hear more about it. 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: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads 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: Stanley Cups Are Just Water Bottles. How Did They Get So Popular? Coté: Mythic Game Master Emulator, version 2 (I don’t think the version matters, really). Photo Credits Header Artwork