Episode Details

Microsoft nails the Linux desktop and it’s cloud MoM’s for everyone. Plus, Coté goes over the thrilling world of Outlook email rules.

Mood board:

• “The triumphant return to the home office. “
• Net Ninety.
• Software Stockholm Syndrome.
• Office Mail 360 Whatever.
• I had a lot of time, when I wasn’t fucking going crazy.
• I never read those emails.
• I hear Trump is shutting down Twitter.
• Neck-deep in archaic 2FA.
• Aggressively defensive.
• Microsoft wins the Linux desktop vision.
• MoMs are important.
• Cloud Candyland.
• I don’t know how to pronounce the Ø in RØDE. I was never into heavy metal.
• Feed the baby.
• New sign-off catch-phrease: that’s a bunch of information for you.

The Rundown

• Microsoft Build
  • Azure Arc and Kubernetes: a Developer Story
  • Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10
  • The new Windows command-line: Windows Terminal and WSL 2
    • New Terminal with all the bells and whistles customized via JSON
    • Linux in Windows Explorer with Faster File Access
    • Lightweight VM that supports 100% system calls
    • Linux GUI Apps on Windows
• Remote Work
  • Remote working from Sid Sijbrandij
  • Working from home works fine now because we've built up lots of social capital
• Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2020
  • Loved: Rust, Dreaded: VBA, Wanted: Python
  • GitHub and Slack: 1,2, Teams toward the bottom
  • 50/50 DevOps vs. No DevOps
  • Primary OS: Windows at ~45%, macOS and Linux split ~25% and who is using BSD

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