Episode 413 – Lies, Damned Lies, and Benchmarks

Platform Engineering is another one of those hype words, the "thing" that solves all your problems, according to the marketing at least... But what is is actually, and what can it be? Massdriver Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Listen to our guest Cory O'Daniel, CEO of Massdriver and one of the outspoken people behind Open Tofu explain why OpenTofu became inevitable after the Terraform license change by Hashicorps. OpenTofu Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

The age of contributors to Open Source seems to be getting ever higher. let's look at some reasons why and maybe, just maybe find a solution? Inspiration for this episode was found at https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/15/opinion_open_source_attract_devs/ Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

DataOps, the promising future that nobody seems to be able to make reality. But not for lack of trying: meet Chris Bergh, "Head Chef" at DataKitchen, joining us again to tell us how te filed evolved over the last few years. To get in touch with Chris, pay a visit to DataKitchen.io! And find all the Open Source Tools we discussed on the DataKitchen GitHub pages. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

DataOps, the promising future that nobody seems to be able to make reality. But not for lack of trying: meet Chris Bergh, "Head Chef" at DataKitchen, joining us again to tell us how te filed evolved over the last few years. To get in touch with Chris, make a visit to DataKitchen.io! Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Benchmarks, you love 'em, you hate 'em, or you really, really hate them, with a vengeance! But they can also actually be useful.... Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

CrowdStrike did "a thing" last week... We've waited until the dust settles (as we are known to do) and now that more information is available, we're doing a deepdive on the day the earth stood still.... almost... Here are the links we mention in the episode: https://www.engadget.com/crowdstrike-blames-bug-that-caused-worldwide-outage-on-faulty-testing-software-120057494.html?src=rss https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/falcon-content-update-preliminary-post-incident-report/ https://www.crowdstrike.com/falcon-content-update-remediation-and-guidance-hub/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/21/crowdstrike_linux_crashes_restoration_tools/ https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/technical-details-on-todays-outage/ Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

Public cloud provider marketshare numbers are often published and discusses, but what is hard to find is a long term trend and comparison between the major players. We were intrigued, so we did the research and are able to present to you seven years of history, with some rather surprising statistics! As promised, our research and conclusions: Cloud-Provider-Market-ShareDownload Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

After looking at Tech Acquisitions last week, we're now investigating the other side of the coin: going for an IPO. Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.

For the last few months, we've seen a number of high profile acquisitions in the tech world. What's going on there? Please use the Contact Form on this blog or our twitter feed to send us your questions, or to suggest future episode topics you would like us to cover.