Sunday, July 2, 2023

Kudos to Kelsey Hightower

Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower) announced his retirement from Google this week. What comes next is unknown, but let’s take a few moments to appreciate the lessons he passed along to everyone.

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THE WORLD IS FULL OF SMART PEOPLE - BUT NOT ALL SMART IDEAS GET COMMUNICATED

  • Lots of people in the DevRel world want(ed) to be like Kelsey Hightower
  • He was a little bit like Keiser Sozer; he left a small footprint behind.

HOW DID KELSEY HIGHTOWER MAKE AN IMPACT ON YOUR TECH CAREER?

  • He spoke from a position of authority, that he created and demonstrated
  • He believed that community was bigger (and more important) than company
  • He seemed to believe in the rule of “2 vs 1” - listen more than talk
  • He didn’t take himself too seriously
  • He connected with crowds of people, and individual people
  • He highlighted the good more often than he criticized the bad
  • He was always demonstrating the art of the possible


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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Understanding the Snowflake Data Cloud

Jeff Hollan (@jeffhollan, Director of Product @SnowflakeDB) talks about bringing apps to data, how orgs manage AI/ML, and the “enterprise” needs of Generative AI. 

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background, and what you focus on at Snowflake.

Topic 2 - For those not familiar, give us a high-level overview of the breadth of services that the Snowflake Data Cloud provides?

Topic 3 - Challenges and patterns for orgs making data science / ML “real” in their company

Topic 4 - Evolution of data cloud platforms and emerging pattern of “bringing apps to the data” - the why and the how

Topic 5 - Generative AI / LLMs for enterprise - peeling back the hype, enterprise considerations, tech opportunities.

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Sunday, June 25, 2023

Passions, Emotions, Friendships and Teams

For most people, you're not always associated with a winning team.  But for those moments when you are, it's so important to embrace it, enjoy it, and share it, because it often doesn't last long. 

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SOME PASSIONS GET INSIDE YOU AT A YOUNG AGE

  • When I was a young kid, I loved the College World Series. 

SOMETIMES YOU WIN, SOMETIMES YOU LOSE, SOMETIMES YOU EXPERIENCE SOMETHING NEW

  • My team has historically been slightly better than average, but it was my team. 
  • This year, they were incredible. Record-setting. The best in the country.
  • And the players all seemed to be good people. And the coaches are good people. 
  • And the coach made sure to bring all of us along on the ride. 
  • Most people are associated with teams that are generally above average.
  • We need to savor the great moments, no matter how long they last, because sometimes they end quickly. 
  • Bring others along for the ride when things are good. 

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Second Wave DevOps

Adam Jacob (@adamhjk, Founder/CEO of @thesysteminit)  talks about the potential for DevOps 2.0. What’s new, what needs to be started from scratch, and the formation of new ecosystems.

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Give everyone a quick background.

Topic 2 - Before we dive into the announcements from today, let’s go back in time a little bit. What worked well at Chef, what worked well with DevOps 1.0, and what was broken?

Topic 3 - Let’s talk about your philosophy with DevOps 2.0. What’s new, what needs to be started from scratch, and how do you see the ecosystem potentially forming around this new model?

Topic 4 - Walk us through the new system. Obviously demos and visuals will be available, but paint us a picture or a day (or week/month) with this new model?

Topic 5 - You’ve been working on this for a few years, and we suspect you’re getting feedback from people you trust and potential users. What sort of feedback are you hearing? What didn’t you expect to hear?

Topic 6 - What’s the best way for people to get started?

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Sunday, June 18, 2023

Nobody wants to own Security

Developers don’t want to be told “NO” by the Security team. They also don’t want to be responsible for security. Is Shift Left the right or wrong answer?

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THANK YOU TO ALL THE DADS OUT THERE ON FATHER’S DAY

  • Happy Father’s Day!

WHAT’S THE RIGHT ANSWER TO DEVELOPERS AND SECURITY?

  • Every IT survey places Security in the Top 3 priorities, year after year
  • Who is actually able to measure the value of good vs bad security?
  • The independent IT group called Security is frequently disliked
  • DevSecOps, Shift-Left and Secure Supply Chain has been invented to fix this
  • Developers generally don’t want to think about security, because it impacts their productivity and measured KPIs
  • Is this a platform problem, or CI/CD problem, or compliance/standards problem?
  • Will the challenge of security force more groups/companies to move away from microservices in the future? 

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Developer Security

Randall Degges (@rdegges, Head DevRel & Community @snyksec) talks about best practices of how to integrate security into application development environments.  

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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Give everyone a quick background.

Topic 2 - The intersection of development and security has become a hot topic in recent years. How did the issues start and what are the most common vulnerabilities or issues you run into?

Topic 3 - Security can really exist anywhere and we constantly hear about shifting left. When we are talking about developers and security, where in the process and pipelines should people, process and tools get involved?

Topic 4 - I know API security has become quite well known and is a common area, what are other areas developers need to consider? With the rise of AI, how does this impact?

Topic 5 - There is a big difference between discovery and remediation. How should developers address this?

Topic 6 - What is the difference between Snyk Open Source and the company?

Topic 7 - How do you convince both security and development teams to adopt a common platform? Is this a challenge and how do you overcome issues? 

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Sunday, June 11, 2023

The Hollowing Out of the Software Middle

'Software companies taste like chicken,' says private-equity mogul. 'They’re selling different products, but 80% of what they do is pretty much the same'

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THE MARKET USUALLY ONLY SUPPORTS THREE OPTIONS

  • Walking around KubeCon,nearly every segment had 6-10 companies offering solutions
  • Markets can’t sustain more 3 in any category (Market Leader, Market Follower, Cheaper Option)
  • The Market can’t understand the differentiation of the 6-10 company market; 80% of the functionality is the same.
  • We’re coming out of Unicornpalozza (2019-2022)

OPEN SOURCE AND SAAS HAVE HOLLOWED OUT THE MIDDLE OF SOFTWARE

  • Open source typically highlights the creator, largest contributor to a project
  • Beyond that, open source is “integration” companies, or “lifecycle” companies
  • Large companies (or platforms) can buy up the “feature” companies to fill in their gaps
  • Companies in the middle have to build sales and marketing around mostly undifferentiated messaging or products.
  • SaaS allows companies to leverage product-led-growth, and micro-target to specific use-cases. 
  • The successful middle (mid-sized, decent growth) will get picked off by PE
  • The unsuccessful middle (great tech, bad execution) may get picked off by large vendors
  • The unsuccessful middle (average tech, bad execution) will go under


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