Episode 377: Coffee is for closers

This week we discuss Oracle’s Cloud Growth(?), Starbuck’s blockchain-based loyalty program and André Staltz’s “Time Till Open Source Alternative” article. Plus, some thoughts on free coffee… Runner-up Titles It’s about me Workshop it I stand with the workers of Goldman Sachs This is their Popeye moment Pulitzers and free coffee Financial shenanigans Hide the gift shop in the data center Rundown No more free coffee as bankers return to Goldman Sachs (https://fortune.com/2022/09/12/goldman-sachs-eliminates-free-coffee-business-powerhouses-trimming-perk-employees-return-office/) Oracle on Verge of Becoming World’s Hottest Cloud Vendor (https://accelerationeconomy.com/cloud-wars/oracle-on-verge-of-becoming-worlds-hottest-cloud-vendor/) Starbucks details its blockchain-based loyalty platform and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey (https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/12/starbucks-unveils-its-blockchain-based-loyalty-platform-and-nft-community-starbucks-odyssey/) André Staltz - Time Till Open Source Alternative (https://staltz.com/time-till-open-source-alternative.html) Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it (https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/12/23348999/google-pixelbook-canceled-team-shut-down) Relevant to your Interests What if those green bubbles aren’t Android’s fault? - The Hustle (https://thehustle.co/08122022-messaging/) Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles (https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/7/23342243/tim-cook-apple-rcs-imessage-android-iphone-compatibility) Uber Eats goes driverless with Nuro partnership (https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-eats-goes-driverless-with-nuro-partnership) GM is betting on its electric Equinox, starting at $30,000, to kick-start 'massive adoption' of EVs (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/08/gm-bets-on-electric-equinox-to-kick-start-massive-adoption-of-evs.html) Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life (https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/09/career-ambition-advice-data/671374/) Cheating Allegations Shake the Chess World After Champion Suffers Stunning Defeat (https://www.thedailybeast.com/cheating-allegations-shake-the-chess-world-after-champion-magnus-carlsen-suffers-stunning-defeat) The Book of Reed Hastings, Revisited (https://puck.news/the-book-of-reed-hastings-revisited/?_cio_id=f6c606078958dac00d&utm_campaign=The+Daily+Courant+-+LEADS+%289%2F9%2F22%29&utm_content=The+Daily+Courant+-+LEADS+%289%2F9%2F22%29&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io) Explainer: Understanding Ethereum's major 'Merge' upgrade (https://www.reuters.com/technology/understanding-ethereums-major-merge-upgrade-2022-09-09/) Patreon security team layoffs cause backlash in creator community (https://www.cyberscoop.com/patreon-security-team-layoffs/) Bolt's $1.5 billion deal to buy Wyre dies (https://www.axios.com/2022/09/09/bolt-and-wyre-15billion-dead-acquisition) Citrix Plans to Explore Sale of Wrike Unit After Buyout Closes (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-09/citrix-plans-to-explore-sale-of-wrike-unit-after-buyout-closes?srnd=deals) Meta moves PyTorch to Linux Foundation (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-b64088ed-a8e5-4ebe-a2e2-29a536ebcd1d.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2) At Google, 'Rest and Vest' for Sr. Employees is Over, Says CEO (https://www.inc.com/nick-hobson/googles-rest-vest-days-for-sr-employees-are-over-says-ceo-its-a-brilliant-idea.html) Large railroad labor unions say they will strike if quality of life is not addressed in new contract (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/12/large-rail-labor-unions-move-closer-to-a-strike.html) Heat wave knocks Twitter data center offline (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-login-99e77574-3a79-40b5-855e-326c18850349.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3) Linux Foundation Announces an Intent to Form the OpenWallet Foundation - Linux Foundation (https://linuxfoundation.org/press-release/linux-foundation-announces-intent-to-form-openwallet-foundation/) What Silicon Valley "Gets" about Software Engineers that Traditional Companies Do Not (https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/what-silicon-valley-gets-right-on-software-engineers/) Twitter shareholders approve $44 billion Elon Musk buyout (https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/13/23349687/twitter-musk-acquisition-shareholder-vote-approval) Tech stack (https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/xcjfua/tech_stack/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) Productionizing Envoy Mobile at Lyft (https://eng.lyft.com/productionizing-envoy-mobile-at-lyft-88d49c9c8d14) Squishable computer runs calculations depending on how you squish it (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2334975-squishable-computer-runs-calculations-depending-on-how-you-squish-it/) iOS 16 - New Features (https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-16/features/) Nonsense IKEA Responds To Balenciaga’s $2,145 Bag That Looks Exactly Like IKEA’s 99-Cent Tote Bag, And It’s Hilarious (https://www.boredpanda.com/ikea-responds-balenciaga-original-frakta-bag/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic) We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business (https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/we-spoke-with-the-last-person-standing-in-the-floppy-disk-business/) Sponsors Teleport — The easiest, most secure way to access infrastructure. 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