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Published: Jan. 26, 2024, 6 a.m.

This week, we discuss what \u201censhittification\u201d is, what causes it, and whether it can be prevented. Plus, stay tuned until the end to hear the Software Defined Talk origin story.

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Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 451

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• Enshittification
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• The Fahrenheit 451 Reorganization
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• Wait for Wifi
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• Taxes by beef rib
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• It\u2019s actually not fine
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• Smoking crack in Disneyland
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• AI is accelerating the crappiness.
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• Why don\u2019t you just sell more cloud?
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• Generated Garbage
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• I can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s a coffee mug or a ballistic missile.
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• Accidentally upgraded
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• Jury duty\u2026\u201dpretty cool.\u201d
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\n\nRundown\n\n

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• Airalo for mobile cell phones plans when traveling.
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• How Google perfected the web
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• AdNauseam - Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To
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• Subprime Attention Crisis
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• 2023 Word of the Year Is \u201cEnshittification\u201d
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• Instagram\u2019s co-founders are shutting down their Artifact news app
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• Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find
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\n\nRelevant to your Interests\n\n

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• Tens of thousands of GPUs go under-utilized in the cloud
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• Creating a Sales Commission Plan
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• The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams - Waxy.org
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• Nutanix set to benefit most from Broadcom's VMware upheaval
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• VMware is killing off 56 products amid "tectonic" infrastructure shift
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• Taming the dragon - Chinese and US Semiconductor competition
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• \u2018I dreamed of blocky pixels\u2019: the strange, sweaty, sociable early days of gaming \u2013 in pictures
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• Lofree Flow \u2014 Keyboard Review via Tim Bray
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• Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares to leave N.J. home
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• IBM Consulting orders a return to office - and means it
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• Apple Dials Back Car\u2019s Self-Driving Features and Delays Launch to 2028
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• Introducing Docker Build Cloud
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• It's time to build
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• "And we call it... the Vision Pro holster. We think you're going to love it."
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• For a moment there, Lotus Notes appeared to do everything
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• Campfire is ONCE #1
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• Lessons learned: 1,000 days of distributed at Atlassian - Work Life by Atlassian
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• Bosses want to work from home more than employees do, says new survey\u2014but they're still pushing RTO requirements
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• Nvidia, a $1 trillion AI powerhouse, is fine with remote work
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• Why constant job cuts could be the new normal for Big Tech
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• Culture Change at Google
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• Frustrated Googlers are speaking out on the corporate dysfunction
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• Bell Labs & Google: bookends of the same sad story?
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• Mourning Google
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• We lost some real stars this past year
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• Startups Are Shutting Down!
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• It\u2019s Just a Water Bottle
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\n\nListener Feedback\n\n

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• Robert recomends the Zojirushi SM-SR48E Stainless Mug
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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\u20137th \u2014 Cot\xe9 speaking.
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• The Uk's Open Technology Conference Open Source Software, Open Hardware Feb 6\u20137
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• SCaLE 21x/DevOpsDays LA, March 14th\u201317th, 2024 \u2014 Cot\xe9 speaking, sponsorship slots available.
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• KubeCon EU Paris, March 19\u201322 \u2014 Cot\xe9 on the wait list for the platform side conference.
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• DevOpsDays Birmingham, April 17\u201318, 2024
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\n\nSDT news & hype\n\n

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• Join us in Slack.
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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: Travis County Jury Duty
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• Matt: Perplexity.AI
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• Cot\xe9: Kantjil & De Tijger or Kartika \u2014 which is also good and less fancy in a good way.
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Photo Credits

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• Header
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• Artwork
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