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It’s hard to be a medium sized systems management (“monitoring”) company: you either have to niche it out and exit early, or go big. With some recent funding and PE activity in that area, Brandon and Coté discuss that. Also, a detailed HOWTO on eating Texas BBQ.

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Housekeeping

• Listen to Brandon and Satish talk about product management on Software Defined Interviews.
• Make sure to subscribe to the CashedOut.coffee podcast if you like Coté shit.

Week’s wunderkammer

New MacBook Pro:

• The touchbar is pretty cool. I do keep hitting “back” because I’m used to resting my fingers on that part of the keyboard. Whatever.
• The speakers are very nice too, like the iPad Pro.
• Migrate Utility is either easy to screw up or not fully baked.
• Dropbox gets a little confused with how long something will take.
• USB-C: I’m just here so I don’t get fined.

How to eat (Hill Country) BBQ

• Order a plate - two meats (always brisket if it's your first time, then lady's choice), beans, Cole slaw. I’d skip the bread, but load up on onions, and pickles if they’re you’re thing
• Eat all the BBQ.
• Eat with your fingers.
• Don't put sugar on your meat.
• Don’t tell people how to eat BBQ, or argue about dry rubs and sauce. Just eat.

Relevant to your interests

• HCL buys into hybrid data management with majority stake in Actian:
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  • 451: “Actian told us in March [of 2018?] that revenue was back up to more than $100m while headcount totaled approximately 300." They also own

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