Technology
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 (https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-r2-object-storage/) How Cloudflare thinks it can become ‘the fourth major public cloud’ (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/cloudflare-r2-storage-aws) @Cloudflare R2 this way rounds up to 13¢. With @awscloud S3 it’s $59,247.52. (https://twitter.com/quinnypig/status/1443076111651401731?s=21) DevRel 2021 DevRel Salary Survey results (https://dev.to/bffjossy/2021-devrel-salary-survey-results-table-of-contents-43fe) Big tech and promotion processes that lead to unnecessary complexity and waste. (https://twitter.com/gergelyorosz/status/1442162670753431559) Relevant to your interests iPhone Carrier Deal Spreadsheet (https://twitter.com/backlon/status/1441509334324707329?s=21) We asked celebrities what they think Tanzu and Kubernetes means (https://twitter.com/VMworld/status/1441095517438550018) Dev Ops Solutions | Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com/devops/state-of-devops/) Google is slashing the amount it keeps from sales on its cloud marketplace as pressure mounts on app stores (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/26/google-lowers-its-cloud-marketplace-revenue-share-to-3percent-from-20percent.html) Online Learning Company Udemy Plans October IPO (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/online-learning-company-udemy-plans-october-ipo) 1Password can now randomly generate email addresses for logins (https://www.engadget.com/fastmail-1password-masked-email-110028257.html) AWS US East region wobbles for eight hours (https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/28/aws_east_brownout/) Vista bets on software robotics with $1.5 billion Blue Prism takeover (https://www.reuters.com/article/blue-prism-grup-m-a-vista-equity/vista-bets-on-software-robotics-with-1-5-billion-blue-prism-takeover-idUSKBN2GO0GO) Amazon announces Astro home robot that roams around your house (https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/28/amazon-event-2021-live-updates-amazons-set-to-announce-new-products.html) Akamai to acquire cloud security firm Guardicore for about $600 million (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-guardicore-m-a-akamai-tech/akamai-to-acquire-cloud-security-firm-guardicore-for-about-600-million-idUSKBN2GP119) Facebook Reels exits beta in the US with offers to pay creators for well-performing videos (https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/29/facebook-reels-exits-beta-in-the-u-s-with-offers-to-pay-creators-for-well-performing-videos/) The cloud is NOT just someone else’s computer (https://cloudpundit.com/2021/09/22/the-cloud-is-not-just-someone-elses-computer/) Netflix Has Acquired Its First Video Game Studio (https://gizmodo.com/netflix-has-acquired-its-first-video-game-studio-1847767078) How IBM lost the cloud (https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/ibm-lost-public-cloud) Apple Pay flaw risks letting hackers drain money from iPhones (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2021/09/30/apple-pay-flaw-risks-letting-hackers-drain-money-iphones/) Announcing Cloudflare TV as a Service (https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-tv-as-a-service/) First cryptocurrency fund approved in Switzerland (https://cointelegraph.com/news/first-cryptocurrency-fund-approved-in-switzerland) OS/2’s Last Stand: IBM OS/2 Warp 4 Turns 25 (https://www.howtogeek.com/755650/os2s-last-stand-ibm-os2-warp-4-turns-25/) Nonsense Costco placing purchase limits on toilet paper, other products due to COVID-related demand (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/shopping/2021/09/24/costco-limiting-purchases-toilet-paper-other-items/5841158001/) Release Notes (https://twitter.com/gruber/status/1441423424337764362?s=21) William Shatner's Going to Space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Ship (https://www.tmz.com/2021/09/24/william-shatner-going-space-jeff-bezos-blue-origin/) 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 (https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/hamster-trading-cryptocurrencies-rigged-cage-goxx-bitcoin-price-ether-doge-2021-9) Heatbit - electric heater that earns you money (https://heatbit.com/) Sponsors strongDM — Manage and audit remote access to infrastructure. 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(https://twitter.com/sebgoa/status/1437722696536797185) Recommendations Brandon: https://claimittexas.org Matt: Emacs M-x zone (https://twitter.com/mickeynp/status/1443513130831728647) Cloud Native AF: Jacques Chester (https://www.cloudnativeaf.com/3) Coté: Sandman Act 2 (https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Sandman-Act-II-Audiobook/B098TWVZVD?ipRedirectOverride=true&overrideBaseCountry=true&pf_rd_p=27448286-da3b-4d18-b236-d4299a63a797&pf_rd_r=80RBYZH1WGDFKCCAZK82), in Audible. Photo Credit (https://unsplash.com/photos/fZ7-IAReeSo)