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"For now, we’re waiting to see if more unicorns make it to exit. With the tech IPO market mostly frozen at the moment, public markets likely won’t be providing returns in the near term."
news.crunchbase.com/ma/exits-uni...
Why is poor branding spreading?
5G was supposed to be better than LTE, but ~6 years in, coverage remains spotty, bandwidth remains limited, and connection quality remains intermittent. Why?
It’s pretty astoundingly awful open source community behavior
"Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community" www.cncf.io/blog/2025/04... github.com/cncf/toc/iss...
When I hear someone saying they're a vibe programmer.
OpenAI makes AWS look like branding experts.
Thinking maybe this is what vibe government looks like.
"Serena study shows Open Source beats proprietary in funding speed, valuation, and exit success" tech.eu/2025/04/10/s...
Mark Collier taking AI, open infrastructure, and joining forces with the @linuxfoundation.org on @techstronggroup.bsky.social at #kubecon.
@cra.dev thanks the #kubernetes and cloud native community of 1500 maintainers at #kubecon.
Massive crowd at #KubeCon keynotes
We’re in England. It’s an usie
@shar1z.com kicking off Ask the Devs. Join us at OpenTofu Day!
colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1uBAg/...
I know what the extended Berkeley packet filter is and why it matters.
This must be some kind of mark that will get PR folk into heaven.
Right?
Right.
Let’s go! #kubecon
Worst product face plant since Newton
Just arrived in London a few hours ago for #kubecon and I've already learned that imperialism had nothing to do with being a world-class imp.
Who knew?
#jetlag
Seems quantum computing has been five years away from a big breakthrough for the past 30 years.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/25/g...
Also, why do some security analysts recommend using a VPN, then block VPN packets when you go to their website?
Rule #16 of analyst relations:
The data you want is not included in your subscription tier.
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
I'm looking for my next thing, and I need to move fast. I have several years of experience in developer relations from startups to the enterprise, and I'm particularly skilled at distilling complex topics into something easily understood by newbies and non-technical folks alike, on stage or off. 1/3
My forthcoming book on the history of open source will be titled, "Hope, euphoria, recrimination and bitterness"
Grateful that our only impacts from the storm were torrential rain, inconvenience, and multiple flight rebookings.
