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It’s weird how things decay online. A 404 here, a failed git submodule update there can lead to weird things breaking. I noticed that happening with chrisshort.net. The site had gotten slower too despite it being a static site served through Cloudflare. I spent an evening looking for new Hugo themes. Testing their performance, figuring out what design would work best for me, and looked pleasant. Last night, I ended up picking the updated version of the theme I was already using. Today, I tuned it for a balance of features and performance. Then I went about tweaking the features to my liking. After cleaning up some 404s, I promoted the branch to master, and the CI was off and running. At what point was I doing web development? I don’t know. But, that’s how I got my second big job in tech. Internet Explorer (back when it was on a coveted CD) came with FrontPage Express. Say what you want about FrontPage. But, I knew how to use Microsoft Word and FrontPage Express gave me a WYSIWYG that showed me how to write HTML at the flip of a switch. Then I started writing web sites to W3C specs, discovered CSS, and ended up writing more web sites in Notepad then later jed and vim. ...

Self-care is important. It’s been a stressful past two weeks for me. This morning, I find myself reaching out to friends talking about anxiety (clearly mine isn’t being managed effectively). But, in the past two weeks, I’ve gone from uncontrollable pain to trigger point injection pain to soreness from coughing (weather). Finally, yesterday, I got some relief thanks to trying something different. But, I forgot to eat until 2 PM. It’s amazing how stress, anxiety, and pain can shut out all the other signals your brain is receiving. That’s why the newsletter is delayed again this week. Yesterday, it became clear that I wasn’t listening to my body due to the noise from all the other issues going on. At about 8:30, having already started the newsletter, I decided to relax. My body had finally found peace, so I let it rest. Take care of yourselves out there. Editor’s Note: Thank you to the folks that put my IBM Red Hat acquisition story on the front page of Hacker News this week. Stay up to date on the Red Hat acquisition with the DevOps’ish IBM Red Hat Acquisition Index. Thanks! ...

Last week I thought the 100th issue of this newsletter was going to be kinda flat. Not this week! Less than twelve hours after DevOps’ish 099 went out, the technology world confirmed change is constant; IBM to Buy Software Maker Red Hat for About $33 Billion. I think my friend and fellow Red Hatter Ben Cotton said it best, “It’s clearly a huge bet for IBM. But, they seem to be committed to letting Red Hat keep doing what has made them successful for the last 25 years. Only time will tell.” If you’re not in turmoil and you’re at a tech company consider yourself lucky. I have a great job, I have projects and programs to run, y’all still want Ansible so we’re still gonna work on it. I have long thought the thing I missed most about being in the Air Force was being a part of history every day. I get to do that for the second time in a lifetime. Hey, “At least it wasn’t Oracle.” ...

A one-stop shop for opinion, analysis, and/or coverage of the IBM acquistion of Red Hat. Official Statements IBM TO ACQUIRE RED HAT, COMPLETELY CHANGING THE CLOUD LANDSCAPE AND BECOMING WORLD’S #1 HYBRID CLOUD PROVIDER (why are we shouting?) Red Hat Red Hat + IBM: Creating the leading hybrid cloud provider Red Hat CEO, Jim Whitehurst A monumental day for open source and Red Hat Red Hat EVP and President, Products and Technologies, Paul Cormier Why IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat is a game-changer for the cloud industry IBM European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Red Hat by IBM EU Press IBM to Acquire Linux Distributor Red Hat for $33.4 Billion Bloomberg IBM to acquire software company Red Hat for $34 billion Reuters IBM to Buy Software Maker Red Hat for About $33 Billion Bloomberg Red Hat gave Google and other buyers a chance to bid before IBM’s $34 billion offer, sources say CNBC This is fine: IBM acquires Red Hat Ars Technica Red Hat’s co-founder was unemployed and working in a closet when he started the company IBM is buying for $34 billion CNBC IBM’s board needs to take hard look at CEO Ginni Rometty Yahoo Finance ​Red Hat leaders praise IBM acquisition, but employees are worried ZDNet How the cloud wars forced IBM to buy Red Hat for $34 billion ZDNet IBM CEO Ginni Rometty insists the 63% premium the tech giant is paying for Red Hat is a ‘fair price’ CNBC IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Says $34 Billion Deal for Red Hat Will ‘Reset the Cloud Landscape’ Fortune IBM Buying Open Source Specialist Red Hat for $34 Billion Wired IBM to acquire cloud computing firm Red Hat for $34 billion CNN IBM is making the third-largest tech acquisition ever Recode IBM is betting the farm on Red Hat, and it better not mess up TechCrunch Forget Watson, the Red Hat acquisition may be the thing that saves IBM TechCrunch Turning Blue: IBM to Acquire Red Hat TechCrunch Analysts predict IBM’s $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat could be ‘game changing,’ but there are still plenty of reasons to be skeptical CNBC IBM sits draped over the bar at The Cloud or Bust saloon. In walks Red Hat The Register We spoke with 7 insiders about IBM’s $34 billion Red Hat takeover — here’s how the biggest software deal of all time came together Business Insider IBM Began Buying Red Hat 20 Years Ago TechCrunch Department of Justice approves $34B IBM acquisition of Red Hat WRAL Tech Wire Where IBM and Red Hat go from here ZDNet IBM to win unconditional EU okay for $34 billion Red Hat deal Reuters Red Hat signs off last set of numbers before it is likely gobbled by IBM The Register Brazil revocation of IBM-Red Hat deal approval likely to delay closing, attorney says WRAL TechWire Industry IBM Acquires Red Hat, Now Who Does Google Buy? CloudBees 🤮 Statement on the IBM acquisition of Red Hat Ubuntu Blog 🙄 2019 is the Year of Consolidation: Why IBM’s Deal with Red Hat is a Harbinger of Things to Come Cloud Foundry Blogs, Newsletters, Digital Media, etc. One Fish, Two Fish, Blue Fish Sporting New Red Hat Chris Short Red Hat and IBM: Elephants Can Dance Chris Aniszczyk Open source creators: Red Hat got $34 billion and you got $0. Here’s why. (this is VERY self-serving in my opinion but I understand the sentiment) TideLift So You’ve Been Acquired… John Mark IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat is a pivot to growth, but many questions remain SiliconAngle How IBM’s $34B Bid for Red Hat Will Spur DevOps Adoption DevOps.com IBM Acquires Red Hat to Create DevOps Behemoth DevOps.com IBM Hybrid Cloud Plan for Red Hat Hinges on Kubernetes Container Journal Red Hat takes over IBM I, Cringely IBM’s Old Playbook Stratechery On being acquired – a personal view Mike Bursell Red Hat’s Acquisition - A Triumph of Open Source Tom Tunguz Security Implications of IBM-Red Hat Merger Unclear Dark Reading IBM to acquire Red Hat in $34 billion deal The Stack Red vs Blue, why Red Hat acquisition may revolutionise IBM The ITAM Review Red Hat-IBM Acquisition: Clash of Cultures or Best of Both Worlds? The New Stack IBM’s acquisition of Red Hat gives it access to crown jewels: OpenShift and Ansible Computer Dealer News A ‘smoking good’ deal? Red Hat could prove a $34 billion bargain for IBM SiliconANGLE Note: All links shared here have gone through the normal DevOps’ish editioral and curation process.

This was an incredibly busy week in tech news and events. First, AllThingsOpen was this week. For me, this included the annual opensource.com Moderators meeting in Red Hat Tower. The conference was amazing but, I feel like it might have outgrown the Raleigh Convention Center. 4,100 people registered to attend AllThingsOpen and I’m pretty sure half of them tried to get to two talks I wasn’t able to attend due to crowds. I got to spend and even monopolize time with some truly amazing folks. If you were at AllThingsOpen and we weren’t able to connect my deepest apologies. GitHub had two significant outages this week that are discussed later. It’s amazing to me how technology professionals treat these complex services they use every day as if they’re air, water, and light. If you think running your code is hard, imagine how much harder it is to run the thing your code relies on. GitHub’s week definitely ended on a high note though. The “Microsoft acquisition of GitHub is complete. 🎉” ...