Software Defined Talk

Episode 171: Tradies, plus, your Quarterly Linux Update

March 22nd, 2019  |  59 mins 51 secs

SUSE is independent again, so we discuss what’s up with it and its uses. Open source, when mixed with business, is back once again: Coté craves some intellectual closer. Also, Google announced some big game platform thing. So. Chips?

Episode 170: Look what you made me do Elasticsearch

March 15th, 2019  |  1 hr 1 min

NGINX gets bought, AWS and Elasticsearch are fighting, and why are there so many tech foundations? All this and more on this week’s episode. Plus, Matt Ray tells us how he survived the Facebook outage.

Episode 169: No one gets promoted for giving free wifi to visitors

March 9th, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

Security. mostly.

Also:
The 4 Horsemen of Configuration Management
They need Java in Cincinnati.
The Mongols have no wine.
Coté’s going to filibuster ChefConf.

Episode 168: What executives actually want to hear

March 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 9 mins

There’s a lot of notions about what IT executives actually want to hear in a presentation. It turns out that, like all of us, they just want to hear what they want to hear. Also, is kubernetes really a platform for building platforms, or just a platform?

Episode 167: "Write this on your hand: July 9, 2019.”

February 22nd, 2019  |  1 hr 25 secs

Google goes enterprise, Time to upgrade Win 2008, Redis changes licenses again. All this and more in this episode. Plus, Matt explains good parenting to Brandon.

Episode 166: "Not yet public cloud"

February 15th, 2019  |  49 mins 55 secs

Matt makes his return! What do vendors mean by “multi-cloud” and “digital transformation.” Could Ben Thompson’s aggregation theory apply to the public cloud? We discuss all of this and offer more advice on tacos.

Episode 165: Lock-in is a lie, or, paying for Java support

February 7th, 2019  |  59 mins 43 secs

Should you pay for Java support? Now you get to decide! It’s more kindle for the lock-in fire. Also, some uninformed commentary on “surveillance capitalism.”

Episode 164: “Sorting out Feuds”

February 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 15 mins

This week we discuss why Facebook, Google and Apple are fighting., what makes Enterprise Sales so hard and Coté explains why he misses American Food,

Episode 163: 5 things Obama doesn’t want you to know about scorecards

January 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 15 mins

Coté has a late night, mental breakdown about scorecards. Can Brandon save him? Also, kafka, Travis CI, and snow.

Episode 162: The diapers.com effect, also, LTS and the mysteries of software pricing

January 18th, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

Are we still on that open source licensing thing? Yes. “The most boring topic of all time.” Also, Slack's logo and long term support software monetization models: how do they work?

Episode 161: “Dad Mode Wins”

January 10th, 2019  |  55 mins 52 secs

Matt and Brandon discuss the“Non-Compete Software” movement, management changes at Chef and how Github just made everyone’s life a little easier. Plus, we offer tips for Dad’s traveling with kids.

New Year's Bonus -- Jake Moilanen Interview

January 3rd, 2019  |  1 hr 11 mins

interview

Jake Moilanen started and sold two companies and is now joining the ranks of Venture Capital. We discuss his career, his approach to investing and he explains what it is like to bringup the Linux Kernel on a supercomputer for the first time.

Holiday Bonus -- Don't call me an "evangelist"

December 27th, 2018  |  1 hr 21 mins

Brandon interviews Coté about what it's like to be a tech evangelist. Call it "developer advocacy," "developer relations," being a "thought leader," or just a straight up hustler - it's a job that most companies in the computer industry have at least one of. Most of the successful software and projects out there get a big boost from key evangalists.

Episode 160: “Open Source, still not a business model”

December 21st, 2018  |  55 mins 8 secs

Should cloud providers be able to host open source software? Exactly, what does the Australia Assistance Act mean for employees? What is Melbourne Cup Day? We answer these questions and more. Enjoy!

Episode 159: "Cloud native is pretty simple. You just need to know Kubernetes, Prometheus, Fluentd, Jaeger, Envoy, Core DNS, Linkerd, Rook, Vitess, Etcd and Raft."

December 15th, 2018  |  58 mins 56 secs

This week we recap all the news and announcements from the KubeCon Keynotes and discuss the repercussions of Australia’s new encryption-busting law. Plus, Brandon offers his review of “The Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes“ and Phippy.

Episode 158: Istio is only a check box away

December 8th, 2018  |  59 mins 4 secs

Istio comes to GKE, Kubernetes needs to be patched, Microsoft & Docker announce a standard and what is going on at Faceback. We talk about all this and give you some tips for your next QBR.