Matt Ray
Co-Host of Software Defined Talk
Matt Ray is the Sydney, Australia-based Community Manager for the CNCF open source OpenCost project working for Kubecost. He is an active open source contributor, blogs at MattRay.dev and is @mattray on Mastodon, BlueSky, Twitter, Slack, and GitHub. He has presented at OSCON, Velocity, DevOpsDays, OpenStack Summits, ChefConf, LinuxCon, SCALE and many other conferences and meetups.
Matt Ray has hosted 317 Episodes.
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Episode 306: The Lotus Dream
June 18th, 2021 | 1 hr 14 secs
This week we discuss Salesforce becoming Slack-first and a16z launching a media site. Plus, some thoughts on how to use Twitter.
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Episode 305: No PTO from picking up your kids
June 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
This week we breakdown the upcoming Confluent IPO and rank the announcements from Apple’s WWDC. Plus, some thoughts on picking up kids from school.
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Episode 303: Bring your spreadsheet
June 4th, 2021 | 59 mins 36 secs
This week we discuss Matt’s new job at TriggerMesh, the cost of Public Cloud and more M&A. Plus, Coté published a new book that everyone must read.
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Episode 300: No more architecture talk
May 21st, 2021 | 54 mins 32 secs
This week we discuss cloud migration strategies, the rise of Serverless and the future of PaaS. Plus, advice on how to start your day.
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Episode 299: Working Backwards
May 14th, 2021 | 1 hr 19 mins
This week we take a deep look inside life at Amazon by discussing the book Working Backwards written by two former Amazon Executives.
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Episode 298: Come on Gophers
May 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins
This week we discuss Red Hat’s open source strategy, public cloud adoption and Signal’s Instagram ads. Plus, advice on setting your thermostat.
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Episode 296: Fungated into my mind
April 30th, 2021 | 59 mins 13 secs
This week we discuss the Rackspace-Platform9 partnership, Microsoft buying Kinvolk and the commodification of DevOps. Plus, some hot takes on Zoom’s new immersive view.
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Episode 295: Status Quo Fork
April 23rd, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
This week we discuss Grafana moving to the AGPL, Signal goes on offense and Grad Students infecting the Linux Kernel. Plus, how many door locks do you need?
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Episode 294: I already have a job
April 16th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
This week we discuss IBM’s Kyndryl, AWS launches OpenSearch and what makes a good strategy. Plus, how much do you really need to know about wine?
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Episode 292: Wrap Around Analysis
April 2nd, 2021 | 59 mins 30 secs
This week we discuss a potential Box/Dropbox merger, Discord rumors and the meaning of work. Plus, what happens when you spill water on your laptop?
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Episode 290: Make your own slides
March 19th, 2021 | 50 mins 15 secs
This week we discuss tech’s rich valuations, Airtable vs. Excel and the Goldman Analysts’ Presentation. Plus, some advice on when to buy a house.
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Episode 289: The sabbatical is not going well
March 12th, 2021 | 1 hr 21 mins
This week we discuss how corporate life changes in a post-pandemic world, security startups raising VC and the adoption of Zero Trust. Plus, we test Coté’s geography skills.
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Episode 288: The EULA of Life
March 5th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
This week we discuss Redmonk’s Language Rankings, Okta buys Auth0 and Zoom Fatigue. Plus, Matt gets a puppy and explains why he needs a longer sabbatical.
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Episode 287: The Bureaucracy Episode
February 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 25 mins
This week we discuss LinkedIn’s new marketplace, Platform9, TriggerMesh and Event-based Architectures. Plus, are meetings always bad?
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Episode 286: Press the turbo button on that one
February 19th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
This week we discuss the demise of the blameless post mortem, a $500 Million mistake and some forgiveness for Red Hat. Plus, a live update on the Texas Winter Apocalypse.
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Episode 285: "Work is Punishment"
February 12th, 2021 | 48 mins 32 secs
This week, we discuss Googler’s ideas for making open source more secure, obsessing over top of funnel influencer lifestyle management, and a bit of surfing. The power at Brandon’s house went out just as we were starting, so it’s mostly just Matt and Coté.