Matt Ray
Co-Host of Software Defined Talk
Matt Ray is a Sydney, Australia-based Technical Account Manager for Wiz. He is an active open source contributor, blogs at MattRay.dev and is @mattray on Mastodon, BlueSky, 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 339 Episodes.
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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.
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Episode 284: That’s Mr. Jeff to you
February 5th, 2021 | 57 mins 38 secs
This week we discuss Amazon’s new CEO, AWS & GCP Earnings and Facebook vs. Apple. Plus, should you sign up for Clubhouse…?
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Episode 283: There are no chicken tenders in calendaring
January 29th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
This week we give our hot takes on GameStop, Clubhouse and Calendly. Plus, is Austin really a bad place to move?
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Episode 282: The Engine Should Not Be the Differentiator
January 22nd, 2021 | 1 hr 6 mins
This week we discuss Elasticsearch changing their license and the merits of Bitcoin. Plus, what is the prefect age for reincarnation.
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Episode 281: That’s a thing, I don’t need to read about it
January 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 1 min
This week we discuss VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger jumping to Intel and what is going on with DevSecOps. Plus, lots advice on picking movies both you and your partner will enjoy.
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Episode 280: It would be nice if calendaring were fixed
January 8th, 2021 | 49 mins 51 secs
This week we offer advice to Zoom on why they should build a calendar and what companies they should acquire. Plus, Matt explains why you want to mount your browser tabs as files.
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Episode 277: This episode was way better than I expected
December 23rd, 2020 | 1 hr 8 mins
This week we answer listener questions, recap the year’s top stories and make a few predictions. Plus, we select the slides of the year!
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Episode 276: I don’t understand how that works but I want to learn more
December 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins
This week we discuss the state of virtual events, recent AWS re:Invent Announcements and the SolarWinds Hack. Plus, is YouTube Premium worth it…?
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Episode 275: Your competition should not be your community
December 11th, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins
This week we discuss CentOS going upstream, Kubernetes removes Docker support and who’s buying the AirPods Max. Plus, Coté critiques Apple’s Notes App.
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Episode 274: Can we start a Slack Channel to discuss this?
December 4th, 2020 | 1 hr 13 mins
This week we discuss Salesforce acquiring Slack and recap all the important announcements from AWS re:Invent. Plus, some advice on chopping onions and robot vacuums.
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Episode 273: Look at my iPad
November 27th, 2020 | 56 mins 19 secs
The week we preview AWS re:Invent, breakdown the latest CNCF Survey and discuss container adoption. Plus, a review of banking apps, Google Pay and an update on Coté’s quest to achieve the iPad Lifestyle.