Episode Details

Microsoft will ship it’s private cloud stack, Azure Stack, in September. Will this work? Will people buy it? What could you even put in that cloud? You can feel that pull people have towards private cloud, so we’re looking forward to what happens. On a related topic, by our reckoning, kubernetes to small to have already fallen. Also: the elusive Baltimore accent, Oracle and containers, and recommendations.

• Where does Matt Ray find all these stories?
• Patreon for this thing - like anyone who starts these things, I have no idea WTF it is, if it’s a good idea, or if I should be ashamed. Need some product/market fit.
• SDT Slack
• “Not all ‘guys.’”

• This episode is sponsored by Casper, who’s looking for some good senior SREs. If you’re into building out and managing infrastructure that keeps code running and makes sure you can sleep soundly at night, check out the job listing, apply, and be sure to mention that you heard about it on Software Defined Talk. According to Glassdoor reviews, it’s a damn fine place to work. You can also just email jobs@casper.com and browse all their openings at casper.com/jobs.
• Also, get $50 off mattresses with the code: horraymattray

• DevOpsDays Minneapolis, July 25 to 26th: get 20% off registration with the code SDT (Thanks, Bridget!).
• SpringOne Platform registration open, Dec 4th to 5th. Use the code S1P200_Cote for $200 off registration.
• SpringDays - Atlanta (July 18th to 19th)
• The Register’s conference in London (May 2018) has it’s CFP open - submit something!
• Matt:
  • July 20th - DevOps Sydney
  • July 25th - DevSecOps at RSA Conf APJ
  • August 1st - Sydney Chef Meetup
  • August 3rd - Auckland AWS User Community
  • October 11th - Brisbane Azure User Group

• What is the Baltimore accent?
• Watching The Keepers, and it’s reminding me of John Water movies, but I can’t figure out the patterns of the accent.
• Season three of The Wire has samples.