Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000
<p>This week we get the band back together! <a href="https://www.twitter.com/francesc">Francesc Campoy Flores</a> rejoins the show along with Director of Google Cloud Developer Relations <a href="https://twitter.com/gregsramblings">Greg Wilson</a> to talk all about 2017 and Google Cloud with <a href="https://twitter.com/Neurotic">Mark</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/nyghtowl">Melanie</a></p> <h5 id="about-francesc-campoy-flores">About Francesc Campoy Flores</h5> <p><a href="https://www.twitter.com/francesc">Francesc Campoy Flores</a> is the VP of Developer Relations at <a href="https://sourced.tech">source{d}</a>, He’s also a Gopher, Catalan, LGBTQIA advocate, previous Google employee (and Podcast host), and creator of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/justforfunc/">Just For Func</a> YouTube series!</p> <h5 id="about-greg-wilson">About Greg Wilson</h5> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/gregsramblings">Greg Wilson</a> is the Director of Google Cloud Developer Relations, overseeing developer relations work across both G Suite and Google Cloud Platform.</p> <h5 id="cool-things-of-the-week">Cool things of the week</h5> <ul> <li>Jeff Dean’s talk at NIPS on ML for Systems and Systems for ML <a href="http://learningsys.org/nips17/assets/slides/dean-nips17.pdf">sides</a></li> <li>The Case for Learned Index Structures <a href="https://www.arxiv-vanity.com/papers/1712.01208v1/">paper</a></li> <li>KubeFlow <a href="https://github.com/google/kubeflow">github</a> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15873659">hackernews</a></li> <li>Manage Google Kubernetes Engine from Cloud Console dashboard, now generally available <a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/12/Manage-Google-Kubernetes-Engine-from-Cloud-Console-dashboard-now-generally-available.html"> blog</a></li> </ul> <h5 id="interview">Interview</h5> <ul> <li>Top 5 Downloaded Episode of 2017 <ul> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-88-kubernetes-1-7-with-tim-hockin/"> #88 Kubernetes 1.7 with Tim Hockin</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-91-the-future-of-media-with-machine-learning-with-amit-pande/"> #91 The Future of Media with Machine Learning with Amit Pande</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-93-whats-ai-with-melanie-warrick/"> #93 What’s AI with Melanie Warrick</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-75-container-engine-with-chen-goldberg/"> #75 Container Engine with Chen Goldberg</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-100-vint-cerf/">#100 Vint Cerf: past, present, and future of the internet</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Greg’s Favourites <ul> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-57-pokemon-go-with-edward-wu/"> #57 Pokémon GO with Edward Wu, Director of Software Engineering at Niantic</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-68-the-home-depot-with-william-bonnell/"> #68 The Home Depot with William Bonnell</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-86-broad-institute-and-platinum-customers-with-lukas-karlsson-and-mike-altarace/"> #86 Broad Institute and Platinum Customers with Lukas Karlsson and Mike Altarace</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Francesc’s Favourites <ul> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-62-cloud-spanner-with-deepti-srivastava/"> #62 Cloud Spanner with Deepti Srivastava</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Mark’s Favourites <ul> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/categories/sre/">The SRE Category on GCP Podcast</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Melanie’s Favourites <ul> <li><a href="https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-57-pokemon-go-with-edward-wu/"> #57 Pokémon GO with Edward Wu, Director of Software Engineering at Niantic</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Favourite announcements, products and more at Google Cloud Platform <ul> <li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/spanner/">Cloud Spanner</a></li> <li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/ml-engine/">Cloud Machine Learning Engine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tensorflow.org">TensorFlow</a></li> <li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/">GCE Virtual Machines</a>, e.g. <a href="https://cloud.google.com/preemptible-vms/">Pre-emptible VMs</a></li> <li><a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/10/announcing-Go-1-8-on-App-Engine-Standard-Environment.html"> Go 1.8 on App Engine</a></li> <li><a href="https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2017/11/new-lower-prices-for-GPUs-and-preemptible-Local-SSDs.html"> Cheaper GPUs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.kubernetes.io">Kubernetes</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h5 id="question-of-the-week">Question of the week</h5> <p>What were your personal highlights for 2017?</p> <ul> <li>Mark <ul> <li>Getting involved with <a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/sig-api-machinery"> SIG API Machinery</a> with Kubernetes</li> </ul> </li> <li>Melanie <ul> <li>Watching <a href="https://twitter.com/HabenGirma">Haben Girma</a>, the first Deafblind Graduate of Harvard Law School, speak about accessibility in tech.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h5 id="where-can-you-find-us-next">Where can you find us next?</h5> <p>It’s the end of the year! So we’ll be taking a break, and returning in January 2018!</p>