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.
Rundown
Blameless Post Mortem Redux
John Allspaw says we got it wrong (https://twitter.com/allspaw/status/1365310289781137411)
How to run a blameless postmortem (https://www.atlassian.com/incident-management/postmortem/blameless)
Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for 'solarwinds123' password leak (https://cnn.it/3pWdZqx)
The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2021 (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2021/03/01/language-rankings-1-21/)
Okta Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Auth0 to Provide Customer Identity for the Internet (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210303005911/en/Okta-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-Auth0-to-Provide-Customer-Identity-for-the-Internet)
Zoom fatigue causes: 1 easy solution according to a Stanford professor (https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/four-causes-of-zoom-fatigue-study)
Relevant to your interests
Google admits Kubernetes container tech is so complex, it's had to roll out an Autopilot feature to do it all for you (https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/25/google_kubernetes_autopilot/)
Twitter pulls a Patreon (https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-pulls-a-patreon)
Enriching Excel with higher-order functional programming (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/lambda-the-ultimatae-excel-worksheet-function/)
SolarWinds
SolarWinds To Pay Ex-CEO $312K To Assist With Investigations (https://www.crn.com/news/security/solarwinds-to-pay-ex-ceo-312k-to-assist-with-investigations)
Rep. Katie Porter ask SolarWinds CEO about password (https://twitter.com/repkatieporter/status/1365435633422856192?s=21)
LinkedIn’s Alternate Universe (https://every.to/divinations/linkedins-alternate-universe-21780381?utm_source=labnotes.org)
AWS reorganizes DeepRacer League to encourage more newbies – TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/01/aws-reorganizes-deepracer-league-to-encourage-more-newbies/)
Flash is back? Sort of in Rus (https://twitter.com/cra/status/1366971514789253126?s=21)t
Update Your Browser ASAP! (https://thehackernews.com/2021/03/new-chrome-0-day-bug-under-active.html)
Announcing Our Series C: What's Next for Hopin (https://hopin.com/blog/announcing-our-series-c-whats-next-for-hopin)
Microsoft’s Azure Arc multi-cloud platform now supports machine learning workloads (https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/02/microsofts-azure-arc-multi-cloud-platform-now-supports-machine-learning-workloads/)
Cloud’s trillion-dollar prize is up for grabs (https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/clouds-trillion-dollar-prize-is-up-for-grabs)
People are spending millions on NFTs. What? Why? (https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq)
Jack Dorsey's Square buys Jay-Z's Tidal music streaming service (https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/square-buys-tidal-1.5936232)
Nonsense
Sheep She (https://twitter.com/GoodNewsCorres1/status/1365697950211596292)a (https://twitter.com/GoodNewsCorres1/status/1365697950211596292)ring (https://twitter.com/GoodNewsCorres1/status/1365697950211596292)
CEO of Texas power grid operator "terminated" in aftermath of winter storm (https://feeds.texastribune.org/link/16799/14329704/ercot-texas-bill-magness)
Building an External 9.7” Monitor from an iPad (https://mattray.github.io/2021/03/02/building-an-external-monitor-from-an-ipad.html)
(https://twitter.com/GoodNewsCorres1/status/1365697950211596292)
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Recommendations
Matt History vs. Hollywood (https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/the-dig/)
The Eggnoggin Toboggan feat. Briggs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJYUJpSxGJs)
Brandon: Defending Jacob on Apple TV+ (https://tv.apple.com/us/show/defending-jacob/umc.cmc.5h5mr0shyyqqahqdv55ywyilr?itscg=MC_20000&itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=a_google_adwords&mttnagencyid=1625&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019841_1-438245971120-c&mttnsubkw=98966426145_kwd-299906108774_hXtCDwFt_&mttnsubplmnt=) with Chris Evans
Coté: Nat that's what i reckon (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nat+that%27s+what+i+reckon)
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