Episode Details

This week, we discuss Googler’s ideas for making open source more secure, obsessing over top of funnel influencer lifestyle management, and a bit of surfing. The power at Brandon’s house went out just as we were starting, so it’s mostly just Matt and Coté.

Mood board:

I have three screens. I have enough screen space.
I don’t need my shit moved, I moved my own shit.
This direct shit.
Thank goodness for holidays in Singapore and Japan.
I think about this every day “Work is punishment.”
We’ll skip the Brandon things and get to the Cote’ things.
It’s ready to be PowerPointed.
Members Only Security Discussion.
Hackin’ the mainframe.
They love themselves the McGlauglin group.
Back on the Funnel.
“Work is Punishment.”
Label maker go brrrr.

Rundown

• Open source: Google wants new rules for developers working on 'critical' projects
  1. No unilateral changes to code. Changes would require code review and approval by two independent parties
  2. Authenticate participants. This means owners and maintainers cannot be anonymous; contributors are required to use strong authentication (eg 2FA)
  3. There need to be notifications for changes in risk to the software
  4. Enabling transparency for software artifacts
  5. Create ways to trust the build process
• Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies
  • Researcher hacks over 35 tech firms in novel supply chain attack
• Steve(n) Sinofsky is serialising a book about h is time at Microsoft
• a16z pushing product - “DIRECT”
  • The Unauthorized Story of Andreessen Horowitz
  • Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on the world's buzziest social network to talk about the future
  • CartaX - Andreessen Horowitz
• Security
  • SolarWinds CEO Confirms Office 365 Email ‘Compromise’ Played Role In Broad-Based Attack
  • Cyberpunk 2077 developer hit with ransomware attack
  • Apple Patches 10-Year-Old macOS SUDO Root Privilege Escalation Bug
• Monitoring and Observability
  • Announcing Change Intelligence
  • Anchor it around what’s changed.
• Go Serverless!
• Bitcoin HODL Chart

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