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#132 It's time to Open Source Everything!
Byte Sized Updates about Containers, Cloud & Tech
It's time to Open Source everything
The CentOs debacle has kicked off some great discussions. Including Chef Co-Founder Adam Jacob. A great article on how companies should open source their work and how important it is to "own" the upstream.
How to write good documentation
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.
Make Speed a habit
If you have read this newsletter for awhile you know I am avid about creating / breaking habits. A refresher is it takes 4-6 weeks to concrete a new habit in our brains. Enter Upstart CEO Dave Girouard who emphasises the fastest company wins. A great article about making decsions and 99% of decisions can always be unwound.
MicroStrategy goes all in on Bitcoin
Business Intelligence software company MicroStrategy revealed this week they have purchases 1 Billion (with a B) Dollars worth of Bitcoin. We know Bitcoin is on a tear but with companies switching our 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
SolarWinds releases more info about the huge government hack
No description needed. This was a massive attack with huge amount of resources being used.
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