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Published: Jan. 19, 2024, 6:30 a.m.

This week, we discuss the role of DevRel, Remote Work and Layoffs. Plus, Matt reveals his latest keyboard recommendation.

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Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 450

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• Life is a series of (shitty) cliffhangers
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• Sales is crazy
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• Donut over-eating avoidance
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• Fundamentals don\u2019t change
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• Do you have good recipes for golden geese?
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• We need better Dungeons and Dragons
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• The AI has been prompted beyond its level of competence.
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• Peter Pan as DevRel
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• Hard stop goes soft
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• HR in volume feels dehumanizing
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• Mad Libs for layoffs
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• Workers of the world, don\u2019t let HR hide in darkness.
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• We\u2019ve had a great time, that other keyboard and I, but we\u2019ve made a decision\u2026
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• Status quo wins again
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• The Strangler Pattern for password management
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• Schwag cannot be stolen.
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\n\nRundown\n\n

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• 2024 Look Ahead - Surviving the Q1 Kickoff (Podcast)
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• DevRel\n\n
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  • The trouble with DevRel
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  • Amazon\u2019s silent sacking (Podcast)
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• Work, RTO and Layoffs\n\n
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  • WebMD\u2019s RTO Video
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  • Brittany Pietsch on LinkedIn: TikTok
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  • Brittany Peach cloudflare layoff TikTok
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  • Cloudflare CEO responds to viral layoff video
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  • Signs that it\u2019s time to leave a company\u2026
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  • A tool to algorithmically estimate fair compensation
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  • Remote Workers Are Losing Out on Promotions, New Data Shows
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  • Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees
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  • Citi layoffs hit 20,000 -- as the bank spends big on tech
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  • Infosys co-founder repeats call for 70-hour working weeks
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• Passwords and Keyboards\n\n
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  • Microsoft Copilot keyboard keys are coming to Windows 11 PCs at CES 2024
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  • Microsoft\u2019s keyboards and mice will live on under a unique new partnership
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  • Migrating from 1Password to Apple Keychain
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  • Now in beta: Create and unlock a 1Password account with a passkey
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\n\nRelevant to your Interests\n\n

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• Authy is shutting down its desktop app
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• OpenTofu is going GA
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• Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open
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• Google Cloud removes data transfer fees when clients switch to rivals
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• Feds charge eBay over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple; company to pay $3M
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• Nearly a Thousand People Were Convicted of Stealing Over Decades. It Was a Computer Glitch.
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• How a $300 Million Flop Turned Into an Improbable Hit
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• Slack Executives are all gone
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• WhatsApp is Finally Starting to Dominate in the United States. Here\u2019s Why.
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• World's R&D spending
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• Apple Relocating Siri Evaluation Team in San Diego to Austin
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• The Worst Devices of CES 2024!
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• App Store to Be 'Split in Two' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline
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• Red Hat Developer Hub Now Generally Available
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• Google Ends Cloud Switching Fees, Pressuring Amazon and Microsoft
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• Gartner Says 50% of Critical Enterprise Applications Will Reside Outside of Centralized Public Cloud Locations Through 2027
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• Slashing Data Transfer Costs in AWS by 99%
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Costco $COST opened its 6th store in China
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• These Are the World\u2019s Most Powerful Passports in 2024
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• The Official Passport Index Ranking
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• why stanley is on its way out #stanleycup #stanleytumbler #genztrends #greenscreen
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• These smart binoculars can identify birds and animals for you
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\n\nListener Feedback\n\n

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• Sent stickers to Dan in Indiana
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• Shara recommends the Owala FreeSip.
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• Craig shared a Hacker News link about the Google Dev experience that is called google3
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• That Conference Texas, Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1
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• CfgMgmtCamp, Feb 5-7th - Cot\xe9 speaking.
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• The Uk's Open Technology Conference Open Source Software, Open Hardware Feb 6-7
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• SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th to 17th, 2024 - Cot\xe9 speaking, and there\u2019s still sponsorship slots.
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• KubeCon EU Paris, March 19-22 - Cot\xe9 on the wait list for the platform side conference.
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• DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17-18, 2024
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\n\nSDT news & hype\n\n

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• Join us in Slack.
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• Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers!
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• Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.
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• Use the code SDT to get $20 off Cot\xe9\u2019s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
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• Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: Carrot Weather App (the Netherlands weather app Cot\xe9 mentioned is Buienradar).
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• Matt: Murderbot Diaries Book 7: System Collapse\n\n
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  • Aliens Fireteam Elite on sale for <$10
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• Cot\xe9: The Lost Kingdom, book.
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