Software Defined Talk

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

410 episodes of Software Defined Talk since the first episode, which aired on April 29th, 2016.

  • Episode 383: My bag did not make the flight

    October 28th, 2022  |  1 hr 12 secs

    This week we discuss Twitter’s Workforce, DHH leaves the cloud and Tech Earnings. Plus, some thoughts on International Travel.

  • Episode 382: The Ultimate Dogfooding

    October 21st, 2022  |  1 hr 1 min

    This week we discuss Aboard.io, cutting cloud costs, commute hours and final thoughts on Google Next. Plus, Matt Ray goes car shopping.

  • Episode 381: Aspiration Fatigue

    October 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 3 mins

    This week we discuss Platform Engineering and compare the Microsoft Ignite and Google Cloud Next Keynotes. Plus, some thoughts on legs in the Metaverse.

  • Episode 380: No Free Lunches or Haircuts

    October 7th, 2022  |  53 mins 54 secs

    This week we discuss why Google abandons products, the 2022 State of DevOps Report and Elon’s texts. Plus, some thoughts on glasses…

  • Episode 379: TAMs are a Trap

    September 30th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins

    This week we discuss the rate of Public Cloud adoption, Google’s Simplicity Sprint and OKR’s. Plus, some thoughts on slippers.

  • Episode 378: Email is not broken

    September 23rd, 2022  |  1 hr 14 mins

    This week we discuss Amazon’s “Builder Experience” Unit, Adobe buying Figma. Slack Emojis and Zoom gets into email. Plus, Coté embraces the defaults Notes lifestyle.

  • Episode 377: Coffee is for closers

    September 16th, 2022  |  46 mins 49 secs

    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…

  • Episode 376: Businesses that use computers

    September 9th, 2022  |  1 hr 7 mins

    This week we discuss Japan’s “war” on floppy disks, Twitter adds an edit button and Apple going all-in on eSIM. Plus, will the U.S. finally get instant bank transfers?

  • Episode 375: For the Birds

    September 2nd, 2022  |  1 hr 11 mins

    This week we discuss VMware Explore, Snap’s move to multi-cloud and the Galaxy Brain take on thought leadership. Plus, Matt Ray’s latest Raspberry Pi project is for the birds…?

  • Episode 374: Is there no Dev in DevOps?

    August 26th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins

    This week we discuss DevOpsDays Dallas, devs not wanting to do ops, Twitter Security issues and Apple playing the long game. Plus, some thoughts on Dr. Pepper and Burger King.

  • Episode 373: Everything is a nail, find your hammers

    August 19th, 2022  |  56 mins 24 secs

    This week we discuss Acorn’s attempt to simplify Kubernetes, the top 25 DevOps Tools and analyzing data in CSVs. Plus, Matt explains what Maccas means.

  • Episode 372: Don’t do any editing

    August 12th, 2022  |  1 hr 2 mins

    This week we discuss build vs. buy decisions, sustaining corporate strategies and Malcolm Gladwell’s WFH comments. Plus, we announce the location of the Austin Meetup on August 27th.

  • Episode 371: What’s your TAM

    August 5th, 2022  |  47 mins 33 secs

    This week we do a deep dive into the Total Addressable Market of Cloud and discuss the rise of Cloudflare. Plus, details about the SDT Meetup in Austin on August 27th.

  • Episode 370: In the long run…

    July 29th, 2022  |  1 hr 14 mins

    This week we discuss developer toil, local vs. remote development and Facebook’s management woes. Plus, some thoughts on business books…

  • Episode 369: DJ .pptx FINAL_0707-V2

    July 22nd, 2022  |  56 mins 4 secs

    If capitalism is so great, why aren’t we working less? We discuss the potential for the GDP to finally do something for us, plus simplifying “sovereign cloud” and the potential of containers with their own jurisdiction. Also, thoughts on PowerPoint filenames.

  • Episode 368: Managing Cloud Costs

    July 19th, 2022  |  21 mins 18 secs

    Barton George interviews Matt Ray about how to manage costs in the cloud.