This week we discuss Infrastructure as Code, GCP's new API policy and The State of Developer Ecosystem Survey. Plus, some thoughts on Olympic Swimming.
Rundown
Evolving Infrastructure-as-Code to Integration-as-Code (https://containerjournal.com/features/evolving-infrastructure-as-code-to-integration-as-code/)
Google sets all-time records as search and YouTube profits soar (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596592/google-q2-2021-record-revenue-profit-youtube-ad-cloud-search)
Saved by Google? New API policy promises stability and availability. (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/google-cloud-enterprise-apis)
The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2021 Infographic (https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2021/)
Relevant to your interests
Cloud Native Runtimes for VMware Tanzu Is Now GA, Plus an Integration with TriggerMesh (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/cloud-native-runtimes-for-vmware-tanzu-advanced-ga)
Big-name San Antonio tech company axing 10 percent of workforce (https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/technology/article/San-Antonio-based-Rackspace-10-percent-layoffs-16332426.php)
Facebook’s cloud gaming service hits iOS devices as a web app | Engadget (https://www.engadget.com/facebook-gaming-ios-pwa-163440977.html)
Clubhouse Breach (https://twitter.com/mruef/status/1418693478574346242?s=20)
Serverless COBOL: Rejuvenating legacy code with open source software — Part 1 | Amazon Web Services (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/serverless-cobol-rejuvenating-legacy-code-with-open-source-software/)
Ably blog claims company doesn't need Kubernetes to scale, surge in traffic takes down entire website (https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/22/ably_doesnt_need_kubernetes/)
No, we don’t use Kubernetes | Ably Blog: Data in Motion (https://ably.com/blog/no-we-dont-use-kubernetes)
Replicated $50M Series C To Advance Multi-Prem Software Adoption - Replicated (https://www.replicated.com/blog/series-c-announcement/)
a16z Infra #6: The Cost of Cloud vs. Repatriation | a16z Live (https://a16z-live.simplecast.com/episodes/a16z-infra-6-the-cost-of-cloud-vs-repatriation-IU1rwMMk)
Amazon pulls the plug on 3-year effort to migrate from PeopleSoft to Workday. (https://twitter.com/TonyBaer/status/1420035381383385092)
Discord is adding Slack-like threads to keep conversations better organized (https://www.xda-developers.com/discord-slack-threads/)
AWS’s Egregious Egress (https://blog.cloudflare.com/aws-egregious-egress/?s=09)
Mitchell's New Role at HashiCorp (https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/mitchell-s-new-role-at-hashicorp)
Report: Vista Equity Partners could sell Tibco for $7.5B+ (https://siliconangle.com/2021/07/23/report-vista-equity-partners-sell-tibco-7-5b/)
Accel doubles down on 1Password, which just raised $100M more at a $2B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/27/1password-raises-100m-at-a-2b-valuation/)
The iPhone 12’s strong momentum helps Apple to another huge quarter (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/27/22596120/apple-q3-2021-earnings-iphone-ipad-mac)
Microsoft posts big earnings beat and gives optimistic revenue forecast (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/27/microsoft-msft-earnings-q4-2021.html)
Microsoft bests earnings estimates as Azure posts 51% growth; shares fall (https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/27/microsoft-bests-earnings-estimates-as-azure-posts-51-growth-shares-fall/)
Nonsense
United States Sells Unique Wu-Tang Clan Album (https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/united-states-sells-unique-wu-tang-clan-album-forfeited-convicted-hedge-fund-manager)
Meet the typical Costco shopper (https://www.businessinsider.com/typical-costco-shopper-demographic-asian-american-woman-earning-high-income-2021-7)
Kangaroo vs Human population across Australia. (https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1420111843058720770)
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Listener Feedback
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Conferences
SpringOne (https://springone.io), Sep 1-2
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