Software Defined Talk LLC·2017-05-25·via Software Defined Talk
Episode 95
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May 24th, 2017
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1 hr 20 mins
Live-to-tape from ChefConf 2017, in Austin, we talk about what's going on in Chef land now, esp. in relation to compliance/policy and Habitat. We also discuss the Texas bathroom bill and Matt Ray's latest trip report on international travel. There's an important update on Coté's bean position as well.
“Continuous automation, when you do it right, is a bridge between your current environment and where you need to go in the future”
Chef 13, InSpec cloud profiles, Habitat build service
Consolidating under less brands?
Configuring the stuff that goes in the containers: “now includes capabilities for security and compliance checking, as well as the ability to further automate the process of assembling and updating container-based applications.”
“announced that it will end-of-life Mirantis OpenStack support in September 2019”
“it’s important to distinguish between popularity and value. Popular kids in high school aren’t always the ones that end up driving a Ferrari when adults. It’s true that OpenStack is no longer the popular kid; Kubernetes is — and customers often like to go with what’s popular.” - Mirantis CMO Boris Renski
“In the last year, How to exit the Vim editor has made up about .005% of question traffic: that is, one out of every 20,000 visits to Stack Overflow questions. That means during peak traffic hours on weekdays, there are about 80 people per hour that need help getting out of Vim.”
