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It's time to Open Source Everything!
Byte Sized Updates about Containers, Cloud & Tech
Brian Christner
December 23, 2020
The CentOs debacle has kicked off some great discussions, including Chef Co-Founder Adam Jacob's. This is a great article on how companies should open source their work and how important it is to "own" the upstream.
I cannot emphasis enough how important it is to right good documentation. It helps not only you but others in the future. I ensure I detail all my GitHub repos as much as possible to help people and reduce questions and issues about something that can be answered with good documentation.
If you have read this newsletter for a while, you know I am avid about creating/breaking habits. A refresher is that it takes 4-6 weeks to cement a new habit in our brains. Enter Upstart CEO Dave Girouard, who emphasises that the fastest company wins. This is an excellent article about making decisions, and 99% of decisions can be continuously unwound.
Business Intelligence software company MicroStrategy revealed this week that they have purchased 1 billion (with a B) Dollars worth of Bitcoin. We know Bitcoin is on a tear, but with companies switching their standard currencies for their holdings, this could make Bitcoin go even crazier if that's even possible. Even Elon Musk even is asking Twitter if it's possible to buy big amounts of Bitcoin, and MicroStrategy CEO chimed in here
No description needed. This was a massive attack with a huge amount of resources being used.
…That’s this week’s newsletter!
-Brian