Episode 206: The Sanka of hot sauces

We discuss Kubecon and Slack vs. Microsoft Teams. Pretty frothy stuff!

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Mood board:

• One.
• “I am not upgrading.”
• “Nothing ever good comes out of upgrades.”
• “I need someone with 35 years experience to run the internal blog.”
• “Shut the doors on your way out.”
• Planning makes us professional
• Tech news sucks nowadays, where’s the good news?
• Put that gravy on your shorts.
• It’s the Sanka of hot sauces.
• The problem is, there’s only one size of tortilla: giant.
• ah tortillas.
• They have really good lighting.
• Prove me wrong, Kubecon 2020.
• “Their negotiation with the underlying platform.”
• I’m not a technical person, I’m a toga person.
• The Oxnard Comma.
• Stop not giving your money to Kafka, give it to us.
• Is that still the future, or is it finally the present?
• When the money tree starts shaking, might as well catch some money.
• Giant monsters fighting in Japan. Call in Idris Elba.
• The video conferencing circle of life.
• The Schwag Cycle.
• 1am city council meetings for the parking app product manager.
• Cocky sci-fi Europeans.

Relevant to your interests

• Cloud Native Computing Foundation Reaches Over 100 Certified Kubernetes Vendors
  • A certified vendor is an organization that provides a Kubernetes distribution, hosted platform, or installer.
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation Continues Tremendous Growth, Surpassing 500 Members
  • In the third quarter of 2019, 56 members joined CNCF. The rapid growth underscores increasing momentum around cloud native technologies just as a record-breaking 12,000 attendees gather for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America.
• HPE launches container platform, aims to be 100% open source Kubernetes
  • "With BlueData, customers won't be managing five different clusters," he said. "We will have one central point and 100% open-source Kubernetes that is curated and at the top of the trunk."
• HPE doesn’t want Xerox’s valuation: HP Just Rejected Xerox. Here Are the Moves It Could Make Next.
• Curiously good press release: Announcing Oracle API Gateway, Oracle Logging and Kafka Compatibility for Oracle Streaming.
• Slack vs. Teams, etc.
• Slack stock drops as Microsoft claims big lead with 20 million Teams users.
• Slack touts users growth as it faces growing competition from Microsoft.
• Amazon’s packaging: Why thousands of Amazon packages converge on a tiny Montana town.
• Google some company, CloudSimple…?
• Snowflake Data Warehouse Partner
• Google acquires CloudSimple to bolster cloud workload migration - CloudSimple® provides a secure, high performance, dedicated environment in Public Clouds to run VMware workloads.
• What’s the point: Puppet wash, HPE Container Platform, JenkinsX, K3s, and Gremlins in the cloud
• IBM driving open source advancements to help developers be more productive with Kubernetes - Kui is designed to be a single tool to help developers navigate between the different CLIs relevant to each part of the solution.
• Nvidia and Microsoft launch Azure supercomputing instance
• SoftBank to create $30 billion tech giant via Yahoo Japan, Line Corp deal - SoftBank Corp plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group, as it strives to compete more effectively with local rival Rakuten and U.S. tech powerhouses.
• Google’s rollout of RCS chat for all Android users in the US begins today.
• Apple plans a Prime-like subscription bundle, but that has News+ publishers worried.
• Nike Pulling Its Products From Amazon in E-Commerce Pivot.
• The 20 Best DevOps Podcasts.

Nonsense

• WeWork at Kubecon?
• Stadia Countdown

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Conferences, et. al.

• December - 2019, a city near you: The 2019 SpringOne Tours are posted: Toronto Dec 2nd.
• December 12-13 2019 - Kubernetes Forum Sydney
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Recommendations

• Matt: Brandon’s picks are eventually good - Sicario - 30 for 30: Pony Exce$$. Australian fires.
• Brandon: Park in Austin App. AWS GameDay.
• Coté: casino bread. Ezra Klein Dave Eggers episode. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and Sourdough.

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