This week, we discuss OpenTofu’s response to Hashicorp, Salesforce potentially acquiring Informatica and the latest Kubernetes Market Size from IDC. Plus, when will Enterprise A.I. improve the DMV experience?

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Runner-up Titles

• The fun run was fun.
• You don’t have to pay for this, just glue it together with a couple of bash scripts.
• The Phish are biting
• Everything’s cool zone
• Words that rhyme with “acquisation”
• Maybe AI can find it
• The market for products that start with “K”
• I like hotdogs
• Don’t do the values, just the fun facts

Rundown

• An Interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian About Google’s Enterprise AI Strategy
• OpenTofu responds to Hashicorp
  • Our Response to Hashicorp's Cease and Desist Letter | OpenTofu
  • Matt Asay response Tweet
  • Adam Jacob take
• Salesforce in Advanced Talks to Buy Informatica
• 451 Research's kubernetes market-sizing ($2.85 billion in 2028)
• Exclusive: API startup Noname Security nears $500M deal to sell itself to Akamai

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• Citi slashes 110 apps: Next up... Data transformation
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• Widely-Used PuTTY SSH Client Found Vulnerable to Key Recovery Attack
• Meta's Oversight Board probes explicit AI-generated images posted on Instagram and Facebook | TechCrunch
• New UK law targets “despicable individuals” who create AI sex deepfakes
• Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in Europe
• Linux Foundation leads the fight against fauxpen source

Enterprise Nonsense

• How to setup your own Database as a Service (DBaaS) for RabbitMQ, MySQL, Postgres, Redis

Listener Feedback

• Amazon.com: Sink Soap Dispenser
• Grip Case for Nintendo Switch Lite
• Andrew Shafer owns an All American Burger?

Conferences

• Open Source Summit North America, Seattle April 16-18. Matt’s speaking.
• NDC Oslo, Coté speaking, June 12th.
• DevOpsDays Amsterdam, June 19-21, 2024, Coté speaking.
• DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024.

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• Matt:
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• Coté: Continuity Camera, kibbeling.

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