Episode 326: Just Jump In

This week we recap Datadog’s announcements, discuss Sequoia’s investment pivot and hot takes on Facebook’s intent to rebrand. Plus, some thoughts on heated pools… Rundown Dash 2021: Guide to Datadog’s newest announcements (https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/dash-2021-new-feature-roundup/) The Sequoia Fund: Patient Capital for Building Enduring Companies (https://sequoia.medium.com/the-sequoia-fund-patient-capital-for-building-enduring-companies-9ed7bcd6c7da) Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/19/22735612/facebook-change-company-name-metaverse) Relevant to your interests Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/sam-altmans-worldcoin-wants-to-scan-every-humans-eyeball-and-give-them-crypto-in-exchange/) Sphere has joined Twitter! (https://blog.sphere.me/sphere-has-joined-twitter-e7127cfe0467) Red Hat continues to grow, but IBM’s struggles continue (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/red-hat-continues-to-grow-but-ibms-struggles-continue/) Apple Safari browser might become the new Internet Explorer (https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/22/safari_risks_becoming_the_new_ie/) VMware/Dell split confirmed for November 1st (https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/21/vmware_dell_split_nov_1_2021/) Microsoft reverses controversial .NET change after open source community outcry (https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/23/22742282/microsoft-dotnet-hot-reload-u-turn-response) Scaled Agile DevOps Maturity Framework 2.4 - Enterprise transformation without the risk of culture change! (https://scaledagiledevops.com/) Amazon Web Services plans to design more of its own semiconductors, CEO says (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/15/amazon-web-services-plans-to-design-more-of-its-own-semiconductors-ceo.html) Hertz Orders 100,000 Teslas, Part of Plan to Electrify Fleet (https://www.wsj.com/articles/hertz-orders-100-000-teslas-11635167670?st=cc9kqzrd339yvqr&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter) Web 2 Map (https://twitter.com/amoration/status/1452360953425633286/photo/1) Australia Buys Telecom in Expensive Push to Keep China Out of Pacific (https://gizmodo.com/australia-buys-foreign-telecom-in-expensive-push-to-kee-1847927415) Microsoft acquires Clear Software to enhance connectivity to systems of record (https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/2021/10/22/microsoft-acquires-clear-software-to-enhance-connectivity-to-systems-of-record/) NewRelic acquires CodeStream to provide chat in developer environments, inks Microsoft IDE partnership (https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/newrelic-acquires-codestream-to-provide-chat-in-developer-environments-inks-microsoft-ide-partnership/) Cisco Accelerates Innovation of AppDynamics Business Observability Platform with Intent to Acquire replex (https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-corporate-news-1021) vscode.dev Visual Studio Code for the Web (https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/10/20/vscode-dev) EBCDIC is incompatible with GDPR (https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/10/ebcdic-is-incompatible-with-gdpr/) Nonsense Open enrollment video for Facebook employees (https://vimeo.com/622520807/1e34c19767) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. 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Recommendations Brandon: Dune (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g18jFHCLXk) Dune Part 2 Official: Denis Villeneuve Can Complete the Sci-Fi Tale (https://gizmodo.com/dune-part-2-is-official-will-be-here-october-2023-1847938646) Coté: The Complete Works of Bruegel (https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/art/all/01154/facts.pieter_bruegel_the_complete_works.htm#). Photo Credits Cover Art (https://imgix.datadoghq.com/img/blog/dash-2021-new-feature-roundup/observability-pipelines.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=698)