Software Defined Talk

This week, we discuss the shifting world of observability, the nightmare of “Configuration Hell,” and OpenAI’s latest valuation. Plus, a surprise Broadway musical review!

Runner-up Titles

• We say we’re friends, but I don’t really know them


• Observability 2025


• I don’t have any sympathy for anyone


• If you want to win observability, put on a musical


• Just is THE trigger word


• It’s a well-known Hell


• The blog posts are making me angry

Rundown

• CISO MUSICAL | Official Broadway Trailer


• Monitoring is back
  
  
  
  
  • Observability 3.0 - bitdrift Blog
  
  
  • Another observability 3.0 appears on the horizon
  
  
  • ControlTheory Secures $5M Seed Funding to Bring Controllability to Observability
  
  
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• Cloud veterans launch ConfigHub to fix 'configuration hell'


• DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse


• OpenAI
  
  
  
  
  • Exclusive | The Secrets and Misdirection Behind Sam Altman’s Firing From OpenAI
  
  
  • OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record
  
  

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• Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Makes a Few More Long-Shot Bets
  


• Pat Gelsinger has joined VC firm Playground Global


• Amazon Is Canceling a Major Alexa Privacy Feature on March 28: Should You Worry?


• oneAPI: A New Era of Heterogeneous Computing


• Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser


• Ransomware Found in VSCode Extensions Raises Concerns Over Microsoft’s Security Review


• Lip-Bu Tan says Intel will spin off non-core units


• Announcing Chainguard VMs: Minimal, Zero-CVE Container Host Images


• Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners

Nonsense

• This couple is obsessed with Costco. Why do they love it so much?


• CISO MUSICAL | Official Broadway Trailer

Conferences

• DevOps Days Atlanta, April 29-30


• Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA


• NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking.

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