Episode 322: I didn’t make these rules

This week we discuss the launch of Cloudflare R2 Storage and the DevRel Salary Survey. Plus, some thoughts on nuts…

Rundown

• Cloudflare
  • Announcing Cloudflare R2 Storage: Rapid and Reliable Object Storage, minus the egress fees
  • How Cloudflare thinks it can become ‘the fourth major public cloud’
  • @Cloudflare R2 this way rounds up to 13¢. With @awscloud S3 it’s $59,247.52.
• DevRel
  • 2021 DevRel Salary Survey results
  • Big tech and promotion processes that lead to unnecessary complexity and waste.

Relevant to your interests

• iPhone Carrier Deal Spreadsheet
• We asked celebrities what they think Tanzu and Kubernetes means
• Dev Ops Solutions | Google Cloud
• Google is slashing the amount it keeps from sales on its cloud marketplace as pressure mounts on app stores
• Online Learning Company Udemy Plans October IPO
• 1Password can now randomly generate email addresses for logins
• AWS US East region wobbles for eight hours
• Vista bets on software robotics with $1.5 billion Blue Prism takeover
• Amazon announces Astro home robot that roams around your house
• Akamai to acquire cloud security firm Guardicore for about $600 million
• Facebook Reels exits beta in the US with offers to pay creators for well-performing videos
• The cloud is NOT just someone else’s computer
• Netflix Has Acquired Its First Video Game Studio
• How IBM lost the cloud
• Apple Pay flaw risks letting hackers drain money from iPhones
• Announcing Cloudflare TV as a Service
• First cryptocurrency fund approved in Switzerland
• OS/2’s Last Stand: IBM OS/2 Warp 4 Turns 25

Nonsense

• Costco placing purchase limits on toilet paper, other products due to COVID-related demand
• Release Notes
• William Shatner's Going to Space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Ship
• A hamster has been trading cryptocurrencies in a cage rigged to automatically buy and sell tokens since June - and it's currently outperforming the S&P 500
• Heatbit - electric heater that earns you money

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Conferences

• DevOps Loop | October 4, 2021 - see Coté’s promo video.
• KubeCon October 11-15 Virtual and In Person
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Recommendations

• Brandon: https://claimittexas.org
• Matt: Emacs M-x zone
  • Cloud Native AF: Jacques Chester
• Coté: Sandman Act 2, in Audible.

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