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The Ala Carte Internet is Coming Feb 26, 2023

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The economics of the Internet are changing as the foundational ad-driven model is being disrupted. How will this impact the cost of things we’ve long enjoyed for free on the Internet?

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THE EVOLUTION OF HOW THE INTERNET WAS PAID FOR

Original Internet - Funded by the US Gov’t (ARPANET)
Walled Gardens - AOL, Compuserve
The Rise of Web Browsers, Search Engines and the Open Internet
The Rise of Consumer Broadband and Over-the-Top Services
Advertising as the dominant business model, and building moats

THE DISRUPTION OF THE AD-CENTRIC INTERNET AND ITS IMPACTS

Google moats for ads/search - Maps, Gmail, Android, Weather, Flights, Stocks, etc.
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple have build huge ad businesses
Apple is disrupting mobile advertising with ATT
Microsoft is disrupting search with ChatGPT (and OpenAI)

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Cloud-Native Security & Usage Feb 22, 2023

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Michael Isbitski (@michaelisbitski, Director Cybersecurity Strategy @sysdig) talks about about Sysdig's 2023 Cloud Native Security and Usage Report. The latest trends, interesting findings and the latest on Cloud Native Security

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Sysdig (homepage)
Sysdig 2023 Cloud-Native Security and Usage Report

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit of your background, and where you focus your efforts at Sysdig?

Topic 2 - Let’s talk about the 2023 report. This is something that Sysdig has run for many years. What are some of the major Container Security and Usage trends you’re seeing this year (2022 to 2023)?

Report is unique as it looks at real-world data or more than a billion containers
6th report, each year we build on the data collected previously
Beyond the speed of containers and usage data, we also looked at things people care about right now
- Where are there cost savings
- How are we doing with implementing zero trust
- Where can we save time and reduce risk

Topic 3 - It seems like preparedness for attacks, via vulnerabilities, is on the rise? Why do you think we’re seeing things getting worse, rather than better?

Topic 4 - Talk to us about some of the best practices for managing all the vulnerabilities, and how to think about prioritization - such as Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Topic 5 - It appears that Zero Trust is a big buzzword, but maybe companies have zero trust in zero trust. Did this surprise you? What do you think is causing this?

Topic 6 - What are some of the operational best practices that you’re seeing companies doing to help mitigate these ever growing security threats?

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Here Comes the anti-Cloud Crowd Feb 19, 2023

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Public cloud usage. Cloud-native application development. Developer relations. In a down economy, everything gets questioned. Expect a lot of naysayers and doubters.

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Did you know that 87% of container images in production include a high or critical vulnerability? No wonder prioritization is difficult. Download the Sysdig 2023 Cloud-Native Security and Usage report to dig into the state of cloud and container usage.

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THE CURVE IS BENDING DOWN, SO QUESTION EVERYTHING

The public cloud is no longer economically viable
Distributed systems are not practical
Kubernetes is now too difficult to use
Developer relations (DevRel) is no longer needed by vendors

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EARLY ADOPTERS AND MAINSTREAM

Early adopters typically have a specific problem they are trying to solve
Near-term and long-term goals don’t always align
The ROI of technology doesn’t always happen immediately
Resume-driven-development is a real thing in good times
Economic downturns shine a light on practicality and profitability
Greed is a factor in good times and bad times

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Data Lakehouses and Apache Hudi Feb 15, 2023

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Kyle Weller (@KyleJWeller, Head of Product @onehousehq) talks about the latest trends in OSS Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and the evolution to “Data Lakehouses” with Apache Hudi

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Onehouse (homepage)
Onehouse raises $25M Series A funding
Apache Hudi (homepage)
Delta Lake (homepage)
Apache Iceberg (homepage)
Apache Hudi vs Delta Lake vs Apache Iceberg - Lakehouse Feature Comparison

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit of your background, and where you focus your efforts at Onehouse?

Topic 2 - Your focus is on an emerging open source project, Apache Hudi. Before we dive into the project and technologies, we’re always interested in the background of what drove the creation of new projects. What problems existed before Hudi?

Topic 3 - Let’s dive into Hudi. Data lakes, Delta Lakes, Lake houses, Icebergs. What is going on with all these water metaphors?

Topic 4 - Hudi is focused on streaming data lakes. What are some of the things (types of applications) that need a streaming data lake? Where do transactions come into play? Where do data warehouse capabilities come into play?

Topic 5 - Stitching together open source projects and platforms can be complicated. How does the Onehouse platform simplify all of this for either data scientists or platform teams?

Topic 6 - What are some examples of how companies are using Onehouse and Hudi today?

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Takeaways from the Latest Cloud Earnings Feb 12, 2023

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Now that AWS, Azure, GCP earnings are slowing down across the board, let’s look at what this could mean in the near-term and long-term.

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AWS earnings - $21.4B, up 20% (down from 27% QoQ)
Microsoft Azure earnings - $21.5B, up 31% (down from 35% QoQ)
Google Cloud earnings - $7.32B, up 32% (down from 38% QoQ)
Google claims that Azure is losing money
Cloud leaders AWS, Azure, Google show the market is cooling down
2022 CAPEX spend by the cloud providers
Cloud players being cautious in 2023

THE GROWTH OF CLOUD PROVIDERS IS BEGINNING TO SLOW DOWN

The cloud providers are still growing at a high rate
But the rate of grow, and CAPEX investment is slowing down
Is this the new normal?

WHAT’S CAUSING THE SLOW DOWN?

Increased interest rates, so slower overall spending across tech
Cloud cost optimization tools and company-wide programs
Enterprise companies managing to post-COVID “new normals”
SaaS companies cutting back, especially VC-funded companies
Lots of tech layoffs
Concern about Google (and Azure?) being profitable?
Will the new AI wars disrupt the focus of the cloud companies?
Will we see services cut back by the cloud providers?
Companies now have an opportunity to renegotiate costs?

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Composable Data Analytics Feb 08, 2023

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Josh Patterson (@datametrician, Co-Founder & CEO @VoltronData) talks about the concept of composable data analytics and how it benefits our industry. What is it, why should be using it, and how to get started.

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Topic 1 - Hello Josh and welcome to the show. You have a very diverse and interesting background. Can you give everyone a quick introduction? As a follow up, tell everyone a little bit about your experience as Presidential Innovation Fellow.

Topic 2 - Before we dig into Voltron Data, we need to tell everyone about Apache Arrow. Business and organizations tend to be overwhelmed by big data. Everything from the volume, to the tools, to the lack of data scientists and practitioners. Can you give everyone an overview of Arrow, how it came to be, what problem does it solve?

Topic 3 - Arrow has companies like Snowflake, NetFlix, Meta, Databricks, Google and Microsoft all adopting it. Our listeners will be more familiar with Snowflake & Databricks and their business models, what makes Voltron Data different? How are you building a company on top of OSS?

Topic 4 - Let’s talk about communities and standards. I’ve seen various numbers on Arrow and monthly downloads, always in the tens of millions per month. Your focus appears to be providing services for Arrow and other Apache projects to simplify open source for those that don’t have the skills or time, while also working towards the goal of community standards. Is that correct?

Topic 5 - How will open source standards for data help the data analytics industry move faster? Is this a process problem? A data set problem? A tools problem?

Topic 6 - Data Analytics has a reputation for a high barrier to entry. If our listeners are interested, how can they get started?

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Everybody Gets Fired, Eventually Feb 05, 2023

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The tech industry is going through an employment level downturn at the moment, so what should you do? What shouldn’t you do?

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LAYOFFS ARE NEVER FUN, AND THEY HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS

Hiring tends to happen in waves, and layoffs happen in blasts
Sometimes layoffs happen for solid reasons, and sometimes for emotional reasons

HOW TO NAVIGATE A LAYOFF, OR BEING AROUND AFTER A LAYOFF

Eventually, everybody gets fired - whether they should or not
Try not to make it too emotional, which is initially difficult
Companies never really take ownership, but they can be compassionate
Allow yourself to go through the grieving process
Decide if you still want to stay in the tech industry
Stay active in life - get up, find a routine, stay healthy, make a plan each day
Begin looking while you have financial buffers
Find something creative - build things
Stay active with your skills - volunteer, side projects, etc.
Stay active with your networks
At some point, be realistic - family needs, sunk costs, titles, etc.

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2023 Look Ahead with the CNCF Feb 01, 2023

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Chris Aniszczyk (@cra, CTO of @CloudNativeFdn) talks about the evolution of CNCF projects, major cloud-native trends, and managing the intersection of projects, users and vendors.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit of your background, and what does a CTO of a foundation like the CNCF do?

Topic 2 - What does the CNCF do these days, and what should various stakeholders, partners and consumers of CNCF “things” (projects, events, training, etc.) expect from the CNCF?

Topic 3 - The CNCF has a number of ways to represent technologies under its governance - Landscape, Technology Radar, etc. As the CTO, how do you think about all the different ways there are to solve problems using CNCF technologies?

Topic 4 - How much do you worry about the economy slowing down, in the sense of it impacting VC funding for companies that might be at the core of projects (especially new projects). Does the CNCF need a certain amount of volume of projects to provide value, or are you mostly focused on doing good governance to the projects in front of you?

Topic 5 - As the CTO of the CNCF, do you feel like there are “core” projects that need more of your attention because of how many other projects have dependencies? Or are there key concepts that you try to infuse into projects, knowing how interconnected they become?

Topic 6 - Every technologist has their areas of interest. You recently did a post on your predictions for 2023 that everyone should check out. What are some of yours as you look out at 2023?

Topic 7 - What are some of the new things that the CNCF is working on this year?

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New Technologies are Difficult to Explain Jan 29, 2023

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While we all live in a world of constantly emerging and evolving technologies, sometimes new technologies are so different from the past that they are just difficult to explain the first time.

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SHOW NOTES:

LETS CONNECT THE DOTS BETWEEN THE EXPERIENCE OF TWO NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Introducing Cloud-native technologies to non Cloud-native people
Trying to figure out a Tesla Model 3 from the rental agency without the manual

HOW TO EXPLAIN NEW THINGS TO PEOPLE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE

What experiences do people have about the previous generation of technology?
Do you need to explain why the new technologies exist?
Do you need to explain why the new choices were made with the new technologies?
Do you frustrate people because the things they expect are different or missing?
Should you use analogies or comparisons to explain things?

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2023 Look Ahead to FinOps Jan 25, 2023

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Matt Ray (@mattray, Senior Community Manager for OpenCost) talks about the evolution of FinOps, alignment between Eng and Finance, and FinOps best practices.

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SHOW NOTES:

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and where you focus on Cloud Cost Management today.

Topic 2 - The cloud has been around for more than a decade. Why does it seem like Cloud Cost Management has suddenly become such a big topic of discussion over the last couple years - is it mostly the pandemic and economy (interest rates), or more driven by end-user behaviors….or both?

Topic 3 - What do best practices for Cost Management look like today? It is mostly about having the right monitoring tools, or is it how groups are organized, or something else?

Topic 4 - How in the world can any finance person understand the nuances of all the services that are available in the cloud, and how they might impact both architecture and ultimately the bill? Who needs to be educating them?

Topic 5 - How do most companies engage around cost management? Does it start with cost management tools and then bring in consultants (e.g. Corey Quinn) if they can’t figure things out? Or is it the CFO getting heavy-handed and setting strict policies?

Topic 6 - Let’s talk about OpenCost.

Topic 7 - Given all the variables involved, can you be useful in the cloud cost management space if they don’t have a strong background in building applications or architecture?

Topic 8 - What are some of the areas of cloud cost management that are most interesting to you today?

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