<p>This week, we discuss Kubecon EU, Nvidia’s hyper growth, having 55 direct reports and the Worldwide Container Infrastructure Forecast. Plus, is “hello” a proper slack message?</p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-SnxTaHhL4" rel="nofollow">Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-SnxTaHhL4" rel="nofollow">459</a></p>

<h2>Runner-up Titles</h2>

<ul>
<li>&quot;Hey. Got a sec? Want to run something by you.”</li>
<li>You don’t want to scare you coworkers</li>
<li>Eating bugs off your coworkers</li>
<li>“Hi” has become a trigger word</li>
<li>Rehabilitate the “Hi”</li>
<li>55 Direct Reports</li>
<li>Everyone worked at one company, and that one company didn’t want to do the work for everyone.</li>
<li>The YAML hand off market</li>
</ul>

<h2>Rundown</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/adamhjk/status/1770411476022354075" rel="nofollow">Is Hello a proper Slack message?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nohello.com/2013/01/please-dont-say-just-hello-in-chat.html" rel="nofollow">Please Don&#39;t Say Just Hello In Chat</a></li>
<li>Kubecon

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rqe5Yc13-A" rel="nofollow">“Designing for Success: UX Principles for Internal Developer Platforms,”</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_KCOcoliLI" rel="nofollow">&quot;Boosting Developer Platform Teams with Product Thinking,&quot;</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhloarnpxVo" rel="nofollow">“Sometimes, Lipstick Is Exactly What a Pig Needs!”</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.opencost.io/blog/carbon-costs" rel="nofollow">OpenCost Introduces Carbon Costs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thecloudcast.net/2024/03/what-if-cncf-was-private-equity.html" rel="nofollow">What if the CNCF was private equity?</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Nvidia

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/nvidia-nvda-earnings-q4-stock-price?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top" rel="nofollow">Nvidia shares pop on Q4 earnings, generative AI &quot;hits tipping point&quot;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.threads.net/@1393985902/post/C4dsKakP97W" rel="nofollow">NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang - has 55 direct reports</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.threads.net/@briansolis/post/C4lZBcKsdtC/?xmt=AQGzp25jpaWtHUqgBJaBCIJrv22Ag5Q0bPRX3Q6xRh_S4Q" rel="nofollow">Video that tracks the trajectories of Intel and NVIDIA</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/19/nvidias-blackwell-ai-chip-will-cost-more-than-30000-ceo-says.html" rel="nofollow">Nvidia&#39;s latest AI chip will cost more than $30,000, CEO says</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=US49244823&pageType=PRINTFRIENDLY" rel="nofollow">Worldwide Container Infrastructure Software Forecast,  2023–2027</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Relevant to your Interests</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/leadership-is-a-hell-of-a-drug/" rel="nofollow">Leadership Is A Hell Of A Drug</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/technology/openai-executives-role-in-sam-altman-ouster.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow">Key OpenAI Executive Played a Pivotal Role in Sam Altman’s Ouster</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/08/business/economy/remote-work-home.html" rel="nofollow">Who Still Works From Home?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.platformer.news/tik-tok-ban-bill-2024-bytedance-biden/?ref=platformer-newsletter" rel="nofollow">A new TikTok ban gains steam</a></li>
<li><a href="https://venturebeat.com/security/sam-altman-reinstated-to-openai-board-after-investigation-clears-him-of-wrongdoing/" rel="nofollow">Sam Altman reinstated to OpenAI board after investigation clears him of wrongdoing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/planetscale/status/1765438197981708684?s=46&t=zgzybiDdIcGuQ_7WuoOX0A" rel="nofollow">More companies getting rid of free tiers:</a></li>
<li><a href="https://sifted.eu/articles/founder-mental-health-2024" rel="nofollow">49% of founders say they’re considering quitting their startup this year</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/googles-swanky-new-bay-view-office-suffers-bad-wifi-2024-3" rel="nofollow">The WiFi at Google&#39;s new Bay View office hasn&#39;t been working properly for months: report</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eetimes.com/data-centers-could-soon-break-lunar-ground/" rel="nofollow">Moon Mission Could Redefine Computing in Deep Space</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/doctors-are-using-the-apple-vision-pro-during-surgery-1851329884" rel="nofollow">Doctors Are Using the Apple Vision Pro During Surgery</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-14/apple-aapl-buys-canadian-ai-startup-darwinai-as-part-of-race-to-add-features?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=240314&utm_campaign=author_19842959&sref=9hGJlFio" rel="nofollow">Apple Buys Canadian AI Startup as It Races to Add Features</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mathialo/bython" rel="nofollow">Python with braces. Because python is awesome, but whitespace is awful.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thestack.technology/bias-biometrics-and-black-boxes-europes-ai-act-what-you-need-to-know/" rel="nofollow">Europe’s AI Act demands extensive &quot;logs&quot; of users</a></li>
<li><a href="https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP1144808" rel="nofollow">How The Cloud Is A Trap</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/aws-ceo-ai-bedrock-amazon-anthropic" rel="nofollow">Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky says more than 10,000 organizations are using Bedrock</a></li>
<li><a href="https://martinfowler.com/articles/measuring-developer-productivity-humans.html" rel="nofollow">Measuring Developer Productivity via Humans</a></li>
<li><a href="https://seekingalpha.com/article/4678674-snowflake-melting-faster-than-an-ice-cube-snow-stock" rel="nofollow">Snowflake Stock: Melting Faster Than An Ice Cube</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/games-are-coming-to-linkedin" rel="nofollow">Games Are Coming to LinkedIn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/dell-remote-employees-eligible-promotions-1851347699" rel="nofollow">Dell Says Remote Employees Won&#39;t Be Eligible for Promotions: Report</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-cloud-group-calls-for-regulatory-scrutiny-over-broadcoms-vmware-overhaul-28b7c6ed?st=6n4vd93zeqr9d0o&reflink=article_email_share" rel="nofollow">European Cloud Group Calls for Regulatory Scrutiny Over Broadcom’s VMware Overhaul</a></li>
<li><a href="https://schedule.sxsw.com/2024/events/PP1145788" rel="nofollow">Analogpunk, or, Tools, Shoes and Misery</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2Me-TpMQFvCphDu_xm71ed_" rel="nofollow">Platform Engineering Day Europe 2024</a></li>
<li><a href="https://redis.com/blog/redis-adopts-dual-source-available-licensing/" rel="nofollow">Redis Adopts Dual Source-Available Licensing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-18/apple-in-talks-to-license-google-gemini-for-iphone-ios-18-generative-ai-tools" rel="nofollow">Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/4/24089999/apple-macbook-air-m3-announced-13-15-inch" rel="nofollow">The MacBook Air gets an M3 upgrade</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.threads.net/@parkerortolani/post/C4iaGaFuKS8/?xmt=AQGzjqrbQ8qCsg4UUGYIc8LbOh2c9MoMdzn7sXSwOehXkA" rel="nofollow">Walmart sells a Mac</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-25/apple-airpods-plans-4th-generation-low-end-3rd-generation-pro-and-usb-c-max" rel="nofollow">Apple Plans AirPods Overhaul With New Low- and High-End Models, USB-C Headphones</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/05/amazon-follows-google-in-announcing-free-data-transfers-out-of-aws/" rel="nofollow">AWS follows Google in announcing unrestricted free data transfers to other cloud providers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/free-data-transfer-out-to-internet-when-moving-out-of-aws/" rel="nofollow">Free data transfer out to internet when moving out of AWS | Amazon Web Services</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-13/buyout-firm-vista-equity-explores-options-including-sale-for-logicmonitor" rel="nofollow">Buyout Firm Vista Equity Explores Options Including Sale for LogicMonitor</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Nonsense</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/flights-carry-on-bags-personal-items-3bcd3c2c?st=nx8npa3s7g8tm7f&reflink=article_copyURL_share" rel="nofollow">Airlines Are Coming for Your Carry-Ons</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EUTMPuvHo" rel="nofollow">Clocks Change</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cfodive.com/news/costco-cfo-voice-40-years-150-hot-dogs-Richard-Galanti/709622/" rel="nofollow">Costco CFO ‘voice’ looks back on 40 years, $1.50 hot dogs and leadership</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68594916" rel="nofollow">Star Wars: Millennium Falcon 50p coin unveiled by Royal Mint</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91060105/deltas-ceo-controversial-sky-lounge-changes-airlines-status-premium-brand" rel="nofollow">Delta’s CEO says controversial Sky Lounge changes reflect the airline’s status as premium brand</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N9oz4Ylzm4" rel="nofollow">3D Printed Full-Size Macintosh - The Brewintosh</a></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/formula-1-chief-appalled-to-find-team-using-excel-to-manage-20000-car-parts/" rel="nofollow">Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Listener Feedback</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://a.co/d/30B4wA1" rel="nofollow">Chris tell us the Owala Water Bottle is on sale.</a></li>
</ul>

<h2>Conferences</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDvWDyd98hA" rel="nofollow">Tanzu (Re)defined online</a>, April 3rd, Coté Speaking.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fig-street.com/041124-tanzu-redefined/?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=newsletterUpcoming" rel="nofollow">Tanzu (Re)defined</a>, April 11th, Coté speaking, Palo Alto.</li>
<li><a href="https://conference.teqnation.com" rel="nofollow">TEQNation</a>, May 22nd, 2024, Utrecht, Coté speaking.</li>
<li><a href="https://substack.com/redirect/8de3819c-db2b-47c8-bd7a-f0a40103de9e?j=eyJ1IjoiMmQ0byJ9.QKaKsDzwnXK5ipYhX0mLOvRP3vpk_3o2b5dd3FXmAkw" rel="nofollow">NDC Oslo</a>, Coté <a href="https://substack.com/redirect/41e821af-36ba-4dbb-993c-20755d5f040a?j=eyJ1IjoiMmQ0byJ9.QKaKsDzwnXK5ipYhX0mLOvRP3vpk_3o2b5dd3FXmAkw" rel="nofollow">speaking</a>, June 12th.</li>
<li><a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-amsterdam/welcome/" rel="nofollow">DevOpsDays Amsterdam</a>, June 19 to 21, 2024, Coté speaking.</li>
<li><a href="https://devopsdays.org/events/2024-birmingham-al/welcome/" rel="nofollow">DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/" rel="nofollow">Open Source Summit North America</a>, Seattle April 16-18. Matt’s speaking</li>
</ul>

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<li>Join us <a href="http://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/slack" rel="nofollow">in Slack</a>.</li>
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<li>Use the code SDT to get <a href="https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt" rel="nofollow">$20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF</a>, so $5 total.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads" rel="nofollow">Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk</a>!</li>
</ul>

<h2>Recommendations</h2>

<ul>
<li>Brandon:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cancuniairport.com/the-e-gates-modality-will-now-be-implemented-at-cancun-airport/" rel="nofollow">The E-Gates Modality Will Now Be Implemented at Cancun Airport - Cancun Airport</a></li>
<li><a href="https://globalfinder-usonline.com/glofinderus/?utm_term=global%20entry&utm_campaign=5C1B-2023-04-07&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwte-vBhBFEiwAQSv_xZTL8mD-XjuwoT_Kqr6-YHaCUiyCITM5HugRhsRNLqm_50l3sSIJZxoC-jsQAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow">Global Entry better then ever</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/mobile-passport-control" rel="nofollow">Mobile Passport Control (MPC)</a> available in Austin Airport</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Matt: <a href="https://duckduckgo.com" rel="nofollow">Duck Duck Go</a></li>
<li>Coté: <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/14-inch-m3-max" rel="nofollow">MacBook Pro</a></li>
</ul>

<p>Photo Credits</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/Hello" rel="nofollow">Header</a></li>
<li><a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/Matrix-math" rel="nofollow">Artwork</a></li>
</ul>

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Episode 459: Is Hello A Proper Slack Message?

MAR 22, 202467 MIN
Software Defined Talk

Episode 459: Is Hello A Proper Slack Message?

MAR 22, 202467 MIN

Description

This week, we discuss Kubecon EU, Nvidia’s hyper growth, having 55 direct reports and the Worldwide Container Infrastructure Forecast. Plus, is “hello” a proper slack message?

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 459

Runner-up Titles

  • "Hey. Got a sec? Want to run something by you.”
  • You don’t want to scare you coworkers
  • Eating bugs off your coworkers
  • “Hi” has become a trigger word
  • Rehabilitate the “Hi”
  • 55 Direct Reports
  • Everyone worked at one company, and that one company didn’t want to do the work for everyone.
  • The YAML hand off market

Rundown

Relevant to your Interests

Nonsense

Listener Feedback

Conferences

SDT news & hype

Recommendations

Photo Credits