Justin Warren
@jpwarren.pivotnine.com
Principal analyst and managing director at PivotNine.
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NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Miracle Medical Reality with Dr Trent Yarwood” (1h00m15s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00257/
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Please tell your friends and maybe pledge your support at the9pmedict.com/summer2025.
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Please tell your friends and maybe pledge your support at the9pmedict.com/summer2025.
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
NEW PODCAST: “The 9pm Miracle Medical Reality with Dr Trent Yarwood” (1h00m15s) the9pmedict.com/edict/00257/
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Please tell your friends and maybe pledge your support at the9pmedict.com/summer2025.
Look for “The 9pm Edict” in your podcast app.
Like it? Please tell your friends and maybe pledge your support at the9pmedict.com/summer2025.
To fabricate a report with AI once, Deloitte, may be regarded as a misfortune. To do so twice looks like carelessness. theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
To fabricate a report with AI once, Deloitte, may be regarded as a misfortune. To do so twice looks like carelessness. theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
The latest issue of The Crux is out: Cloudflare joins the outagepalooza, Oracle underwater, more Salesforce breaches, SOPS for secrets, Pebble problems and open source grues. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/load-bearing-connections/
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The latest issue of The Crux is out: Cloudflare joins the outagepalooza, Oracle underwater, more Salesforce breaches, SOPS for secrets, Pebble problems and open source grues. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/load-bearing-connections/
A new subscriber to my weekly newsletter #TheCrux emailed me to say how much they enjoyed it. It is always lovely to get that sort of email.
If someone makes a thing you like, do tell them. You will make their day.
If someone makes a thing you like, do tell them. You will make their day.
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A new subscriber to my weekly newsletter #TheCrux emailed me to say how much they enjoyed it. It is always lovely to get that sort of email.
If someone makes a thing you like, do tell them. You will make their day.
If someone makes a thing you like, do tell them. You will make their day.
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Ignoring his prior acts, this is just a bat sh*t crazy thing to say.
It's textbook sunk cost bias.
It's textbook sunk cost bias.
Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Ignoring his prior acts, this is just a bat sh*t crazy thing to say.
It's textbook sunk cost bias.
It's textbook sunk cost bias.
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I get so many reports about how businesses need to adopt AI quicker in Australia and the tone is becoming increasingly desperate.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I get so many reports about how businesses need to adopt AI quicker in Australia and the tone is becoming increasingly desperate.
People who are agog at the BoM website rebuild costing more than they expect should remember that every IT project goes well over budget, especially if a consultancy is involved. Public or private sector, it doesn't matter.
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
People who are agog at the BoM website rebuild costing more than they expect should remember that every IT project goes well over budget, especially if a consultancy is involved. Public or private sector, it doesn't matter.
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Women and older career switchers are generally not even exposed to red team as an option of interest that they’d be good at using socialized skills, which is kinda crazy when the most ignored people in society who can pretty much walk in anywhere are older women. Instead we portray it like esports.
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Women and older career switchers are generally not even exposed to red team as an option of interest that they’d be good at using socialized skills, which is kinda crazy when the most ignored people in society who can pretty much walk in anywhere are older women. Instead we portray it like esports.
The latest issue of The Crux is out: Samsung, SK Group, and other major South Korean corporations have pledged to invest billion of dollars in South Korea after South Korea arrived at a trade deal with the USA. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/remembering-time-in-the-sun/
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The latest issue of The Crux is out: Samsung, SK Group, and other major South Korean corporations have pledged to invest billion of dollars in South Korea after South Korea arrived at a trade deal with the USA. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/remembering-time-in-the-sun/
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I could not possibly be more fucking tired of hearing the word "agentic" on keynote stages
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I could not possibly be more fucking tired of hearing the word "agentic" on keynote stages
The latest issue of The Crux is out: Python donations, cyberslop, Microsoft backpedals, sharp Ansible edges, breaches galore, and a sad Line. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/beware-sharp-edges/
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The latest issue of The Crux is out: Python donations, cyberslop, Microsoft backpedals, sharp Ansible edges, breaches galore, and a sad Line. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/beware-sharp-edges/
"Creating and publishing software under an open source license is an act of contribution to the digital commons. Finding and publishing information about security issues in that software is also an act of contribution to the same commons." Maybe, but these contributions are not of equal value.
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Creating and publishing software under an open source license is an act of contribution to the digital commons. Finding and publishing information about security issues in that software is also an act of contribution to the same commons." Maybe, but these contributions are not of equal value.
Fun* fact: in Australia, over 87% of the people who have data exposed in a data breach do so because it was in the ~3 very large data breaches we have each year. (On average, since 2018)
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Fun* fact: in Australia, over 87% of the people who have data exposed in a data breach do so because it was in the ~3 very large data breaches we have each year. (On average, since 2018)
The latest issue of The Crux is out: More cloud outages, Pythonic leadership, Canva pricing, tech earnings, sovereign tech stacks, and the utility of utility. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/earning-your-sovereignty/
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The latest issue of The Crux is out: More cloud outages, Pythonic leadership, Canva pricing, tech earnings, sovereign tech stacks, and the utility of utility. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/earning-your-sovereignty/
What if we could search across disparate tools and data without having to build complex data normalization pipelines first? https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinwarren/2025/11/05/tackling-cybersecurity-data-sprawl-without-normalizing-everything/
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What if we could search across disparate tools and data without having to build complex data normalization pipelines first? https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinwarren/2025/11/05/tackling-cybersecurity-data-sprawl-without-normalizing-everything/
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love to see government media releases just make shit up
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
love to see government media releases just make shit up
The Python Software Foundation turned down a $1.5m grant rather than betray its mission or its values. https://pivotnine.com/blog/python-software-foundation-shows-everyone-what-integrity-looks-like/
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Python Software Foundation turned down a $1.5m grant rather than betray its mission or its values. https://pivotnine.com/blog/python-software-foundation-shows-everyone-what-integrity-looks-like/
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Wow, Services Australia spent three quarters of a million in legal fees fighting a losing FOI fight against @daedalus.eigenmagic.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Wow, Services Australia spent three quarters of a million in legal fees fighting a losing FOI fight against @daedalus.eigenmagic.com
"It is telling that this act by the PSF is so remarkable. It stands in stark contrast to the actions of many other larger and better funded organisations. It is easy to talk about leadership; it is much harder to actually lead." pivotnine.com/blog/python-...
pivotnine.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"It is telling that this act by the PSF is so remarkable. It stands in stark contrast to the actions of many other larger and better funded organisations. It is easy to talk about leadership; it is much harder to actually lead." pivotnine.com/blog/python-...
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UPDATE: Here’s all the podcasts confirmed so far for this season. Yes, I’ve been organising things! www.pozible.com/profile/stil...
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
UPDATE: Here’s all the podcasts confirmed so far for this season. Yes, I’ve been organising things! www.pozible.com/profile/stil...
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The latest issue of The Crux is out: AWS falls over, Updog comes up, ACCC sues Microsoft, IT Pros NZ shuts down, IBM makes The Line sad, Deep Time, and LongBool. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/cloud-fall-down-go-boom/
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The latest issue of The Crux is out: AWS falls over, Updog comes up, ACCC sues Microsoft, IT Pros NZ shuts down, IBM makes The Line sad, Deep Time, and LongBool. https://pivotnine.com/the-crux/archive/cloud-fall-down-go-boom/
I've just scheduled this week’s issue of #TheCrux containing:
- AWS falls over
- Updog comes up
- ACCC sues Microsoft
- ITPros NZ shuts down
- IBM makes The Line sad
- Deep Time
- LongBool
- handy personal scripts
and lots more. Subscribe! pivotnine.com/newsletter/
- AWS falls over
- Updog comes up
- ACCC sues Microsoft
- ITPros NZ shuts down
- IBM makes The Line sad
- Deep Time
- LongBool
- handy personal scripts
and lots more. Subscribe! pivotnine.com/newsletter/
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PivotNine's weekly newsletter covering enterprise datacentre, cloud, and cybersecurity.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I've just scheduled this week’s issue of #TheCrux containing:
- AWS falls over
- Updog comes up
- ACCC sues Microsoft
- ITPros NZ shuts down
- IBM makes The Line sad
- Deep Time
- LongBool
- handy personal scripts
and lots more. Subscribe! pivotnine.com/newsletter/
- AWS falls over
- Updog comes up
- ACCC sues Microsoft
- ITPros NZ shuts down
- IBM makes The Line sad
- Deep Time
- LongBool
- handy personal scripts
and lots more. Subscribe! pivotnine.com/newsletter/
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Microsoft forced its AI into 365 and wanted people to pay extra for the privilege. Didn't make it obvious that there was an option without AI.
The ACCC is now suing them over it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The ACCC is now suing them over it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Microsoft sued for allegedly misleading millions of Australians with its AI pricing
Tech giant faces hefty fines from consumer watchdog for allegedly trying to convince customers to pay more than needed for their Microsoft 365 subscription
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Microsoft forced its AI into 365 and wanted people to pay extra for the privilege. Didn't make it obvious that there was an option without AI.
The ACCC is now suing them over it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The ACCC is now suing them over it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Platform Engineering Labs has announced the launch of formae, an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tool for DevOps and platform teams managing cloud-based infrastructure. https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinwarren/2025/10/22/formae-launches-to-modernize-infrastructure-management/
October 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Platform Engineering Labs has announced the launch of formae, an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tool for DevOps and platform teams managing cloud-based infrastructure. https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinwarren/2025/10/22/formae-launches-to-modernize-infrastructure-management/