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	Titre	Date	Durée
	Episode 556: This Conversation is Hardened	23 Jan 2026	01:07:35
This week, we discuss the end of Cloud 1.0, AI agents fixing old apps, and Chainguard vs. Docker images. Plus, the mystery of Dutch broth is finally solved. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 556 Runner-up Titles His overall deal Been there and done that been ignoring that shift key for years Cloud is just fine I’ll be back in Bartertown The “F” Word Hardened-washing We’ll never do this, but we should check back in in 3 months Libraries are the best Elves don’t belong in space Rundown Are we at the end of cloud or cloud 1.0 It's the beginning of Cloud 2.0 Spec-driven development system for Claude Code Anthropic and App Modernization A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven development What comes next, if Claude Code is as good as people say. Microsoft Spending on Anthropic Approaches $500 Million a Year Claude Code Won't Fix Your Life Coté and Tony contemplate day two AI-generated apps, and an excerpt. Why We've Tried to Replace Developers Every Decade Since 1969 Well, that escalated quickly: Zero CVEs, lots of vendors Relevant to your Interests Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software China blacklists VMware, Palo Alto Networks software over national security fears Kroger taps Google Gemini, announces more key AI moves Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage Apple will pay billions for Gemini after OpenAI declined Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco case goes against it Tailscale: The Best Free App Most Mac Power Users Aren’t Using How WhatsApp Took Over the Global Conversation Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT OpenAI’s ARR reached over $20 billion in 2025, CFO says Simon Willison’s take on Our approach to advertising and ChatGPT The AI lab revolving door spins ever faster \| TechCrunch How Markdown took over the world An Interview with United CEO Scott Kirby About Tech Transformation Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking - anyone interested in being an SDI guest? DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Use this 30% off discount code from your pals at Tanzu: DN26VMWARE30. KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026) Toronto (May 12-14, 2026) Dallas (June 9-11, 2026) Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show Recommendations Brandon: The Library will loan you a 5G hotspot Matt: Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (rogue-like Vampire Hunters-type game) Coté: Streamyard shorts generation. Salesforce was inspired by dolphins.
	Episode 555: After the Dream	16 Jan 2026	01:09:05
This week, we discuss Gemini powering Siri, AWS’s biggest competitor, and AWS strategy choices. Plus, when should your next meeting actually start? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 555 Runner-up Titles Swedish Death Cleaning Give it a best effort Trying it bad for profits. That pen better be really good You do all the nerd shit, we’ll be cool Looking at a hundred rabbits’ assholes. The Kremlinologist of AWS The aaSes of Cloud They’ll like our apples better Running on hopes and dreams until you’re sure they don’t exist What we have is a situation Rundown Apple gets AI from Google Joint statement from Google and Apple Kuo: Apple's AI Deal With Google Is Temporary and Buys It Time Google's Apple AI deal marks 'huge loss' for OpenAI AWS in 2026: The Year of Proving They Still Know How to Operate Relevant to your Interests Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation Dell Reverses Course, Brings Back XPS Laptops Google is unleashing Gemini AI features on Gmail. Users will have to opt out Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them Google Guys Say Bye to California Amazon gives managers a new way to spot who's barely coming into the office A decade of open source in CNCF with 300,000+ contributors and counting CrowdStrike to Acquire SGNL to Transform Identity Security for the AI Era Snowflake Announces Intent to Acquire Observe to Deliver AI-Powered Observability Nvidia Hires Google Veteran as Its First Chief Marketing Officer The Fediverse Experiment RIP the metaverse Nonsense American Airlines rolls out free Wi-Fi to loyalty members Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking - anyone interested in being a SDI guest? DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Coté has a discount code, but he’s not sure if he can give it out. He’s asking! Send him a DM in the meantime. KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. Whole bunch of VMUGs: Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show Recommendations Brandon: Google Nest Doorbell (Wired, 3rd Gen) Matt: MTV Rewind Coté: “These 36 Airlines Offer iPhone Feature That Helps Find Your Lost Bags.” Distroless, Helm Charts, & Hardened Images: Security That Ships (with William Jimenez) Photo Credits Header
	Episode 554: The Alpha and The Omega	09 Jan 2026	01:12:05
This week, we discuss AI’s impact on Stack Overflow, Docker’s Hardened Images, and Nvidia buying Groq. Plus, thoughts on playing your own game and having fun. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 554 Please complete the Software Defined Talk Listener Survey! Runner-up Titles It’s all brisket after that. Exploring Fun Should I go build a snow man? Pets Innersourcing Two books Michael Lewis should write. Article IV is foundational. Freedom is options. Rundown Stack Overflow is dead. Hardened Images for Everyone Tanzu’s Bitnami stuff does this too. OpenAI OpenAI’s New Fundraising Round Could Value Startup at as Much as $830 Billion OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens Sam Altman says: He has zero percent interest in remaining OpenAI CEO, once Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq's assets for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record Relevant to your Interests Broadcom IT uses Tanzu Platform to host MCP Servers. A Brief History Of The Spreadsheet Databricks is raising over $4 billion in Series L funding at a $134 billion Amazon's big AGI reorg decoded by Corey Quinn “They burned millions but got nothing.” X sues to protect Twitter brand Musk has been trying to kill Mozilla's new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox, but will remain a choice \| TechCrunch Why Oracle keeps sparking AI-bubble fears What's next for Threads Salesforce Executives Say Trust in Large Language Models Has Declined Akamai Technologies Announces Acquisition of Function-as-a-Service Company Fermyon Google Rolling Out Gmail Address Change Feature: Here Is How It Works The Enshittifinancial Crisis MongoBleed: Critical MongoDB Vulnerability CVE-2025-14847 \| Wiz Blog Softbank to buy data center firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion in AI push The best tech announced at CES 2026 so far Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter Manus Joins Meta for Next Era of Innovation The WELL: State of the World 2026 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky Virtual machines still run the world Databases in 2025: A Year in Review Chat Platform Discord Files Confidentially for IPO The DRAM shortage explained: AI, rising prices, and what’s next Nonsense Palantir CEO buys monastery in Old Snowmass for $120 million H-E-B gives free groceries to all customers after registers glitch today in Burleson, Texas. Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking - anyone interested in being a SDI guest? DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Coté has a discount code, but he’s not sure if he can give it out. He’s asking! Send him a DM in the meantime. KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Why Data Doesn't Always Win, with a Philosopher of Art (Apple Podcasts) Why Data Doesn't Always Win, with a Philosopher of Art (YouTube) Coté: “Databases in 2025: A Year in Review.” Photo Credits Header
	Episode 553: 2025 Year in Review	02 Jan 2026	01:09:38
This week, we review our 2025 predictions, discuss the big stories, and speculate on 2026. Plus, Coté dives deep into the EU broth market. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 553 Runner-up Titles I was up at 1am thinking, “are there any good billionaires.” Maybe you forgot your shoes Not just room temperature, but cold I thought Europe was known for its soups Ice, air conditioning, and, broth - we have solved those three problems. Sloppy search Cutlery, tupperware, COVID The Young People. The Automation Apologist. I’m disappointed in everything Models don’t matter anymore Shade-tree programmer An empty farm in Waco Rundown 2024 Year in Review Scaling Platform Engineering in the CNCF Community - Abby Bangser Syntaso’s Platform as a Product book Claude Skills are way under-rated “Agents are [just] models using tools in a loop. 2026 Predications Are we in an AI Bubble? Do Anthropic or OpenAI IPO? New AI use cases? Altman remain CEO? Do Apple or AWS make an AI acquisition? CFB Championship? Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Coté has a discount code, but he’s not sure if he can give it out. He’s asking! Send him a DM in the meantime. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Pluribus — slow but interesting Coté: AirPods Pro 3 Photo Credits Header
	Episode 552: Tech Strategy: Past, Present, Future	26 Dec 2025	01:16:53
This week, Brian Gracely joins to dissect strategic choices made by Broadcom, Docker, Netflix and Intel. Plus: The AI Bifurcation—are models commodities or product pillars? Rundown Licensing in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 Hardened Images for Everyone Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Anthropic reportedly preparing for one of the largest IPOs Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Photo Credits Header Special Guest: Brian Gracely.
	Episode 551: An Australian Documentary	19 Dec 2025	01:00:31
This week, we discuss Oracle’s AI vibes, Chainguard’s EmeritOSS, and GitHub’s pricing U-turn. Plus, a robust robot vacuum debate. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 551 Runner-up Titles It has CarPlay iPad Range Anxiety an Australian documentary Oracle got popped Intentions I don’t feel bad for them Open Source old folks home Spreadsheets love it Robots are going to take care of us The Median User Nobody feels bad for the whales I have a dog I have a Korean microwave We’re the Neal Stephenson of podcasts Rundown Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck AI Investment Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave Oracle Shares Drop the Most Since 2001 on Mounting AI Spending OpenAI in Talks to Raise At Least $10 Billion From Amazon and Use Its AI Chips S&P 500 falls after nearing record as Oracle disappointment drags down AI stocks Inside The $1T AI Economy Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS: Sustainable stewardship for mature open source Runners Announcing powerful upgrades & a new pricing model for self-hosted runners GitHub to charge for self-hosted runners from March 2026 GitHub postpones changes to self-hosted runners pricing plans Why Git H ub Why? Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control Relevant to your Interests Harness raises a $240M Series E at a $5.5B valuation A great platform as a product paper, and a fun platform philosophy thereof Google Launches Managed Remote MCP Servers for Its Cloud Services Fake Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Torrent Drops Agent Tesla Through Layered PowerShell Chain Useful patterns for building HTML tools Waymo Seeking Over $15 Billion Near $100 Billion Valuation Write your CV or resume as YAML, then run RenderCV, and get a PDF with perfect typography. No template wrestling. No broken layouts. Consistent spacing, every time Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control Nonsense The Full Text of Marco Rubio’s Directive on State Department Typography, Re-Establishing Times New Roman Listener Feedback Sent stickers to Jelle in Belgium Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Humble Audiobook Bundle: Shadows, Stars & Screams: Epic Audiobooks Matt: Termination Shock - Neal Stephenson Photo Credits Header
	Episode 550: Typeface Philosophy	12 Dec 2025	01:10:44
This week, we discuss how Netflix is disrupting media, IBM’s Confluent acquisition, and Anthropic buying Bun. Plus, an important discussion on fonts and typography. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 550 Runner-up Titles Blame the children I never liked that font No emojis, this is business time Mahalo You need a Chief Economist On the cutlery tray Rundown Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface Cartridge Source Code Pro It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition deal Bun is joining Anthropic Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that's a bigger deal than it sounds OpenAI enterprise usage study. Relevant to your Interests Antigravity Is Google's New Agentic Development Platform Amazon CTO Werner Vogels' Predictions for 2026 ‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted AWS AI IDE, AgentCore throw down gauntlets for Microsoft Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln Andy Jassy says Amazon's Nvidia competitor chip is already a multibillion-dollar business 52 things I learned in 2025 State of AI \| OpenRouter Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants its poor AI products DHH & Open Source Gruber: Apple employees 'giddy' about Alan Dye’s departure - 9to5Mac Apple announces the departure of general counsel and policy chief Nonsense All of the Men’s Clothing We Loved (and Didn’t) From Costco’s Kirkland Signature Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Short Power Extension Cord Outlet Saver Matt: Everything is Tuberculosis Octopus Project - Music is Happiness Coté: The Octopus Organization. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 549: The Fermi Paradox of Agentic Development	05 Dec 2025	01:11:24
This week, we discuss AWS re:Invent announcements, Agentic Development, and OpenAI's Code Red. Plus, a Digital ID field test and more on silverware sorting. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 549 Runner-up Titles Did you order the Code Red? In the year 2000 Jane go swiftly Another day in the coal mine Goal Driven Development I want to believe Prove me wrong AI’s going to dig this hole faster Tornado of Innovation Revenue times Story Rundown SiteAngel - bonus press quote from Brandon AWS Amazon announces $50B investment to expand AI and supercomputing capabilities for US government Top announcements of AWS re:Invent 2025 All the biggest news from AWS’ big tech show re:Invent 2025 AWS announces preview of AWS Interconnect - multicloud The Future of AWS CodeCommit \| Amazon Web Services Nova Act Code Red OpenAI CEO declares “code red” as Gemini gains 20 0 million users in 3 months Anthropic reportedly preparing for one of the largest IPOs ever in race with OpenAI: FT Microsoft stock sinks on report AI product sales are missing growth goals AI & Cloud Trends for November 2025 Relevant to your Interests Under My Roof Home Inventory + App - App Store Thoma Bravo invests in Azul Streamline Development with the Google Workspace Extension As its voice dictation app takes off, Wispr secures $25M from Notable Capital \| TechCrunch Valve makes almost $50 million per employee HelixGuar d What to know about a recent Mixpanel security incident ServiceNow to Expand Security Portfolio With Acquisition of Veza’s Leading AI-native Identity Security Platform Vista-Backed LogicMonitor Buys Monitoring Startup Catchpoint Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image generation model Years of JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify Leaks Expose Thousands of Passwords and API Keys Netflix kills casting from phones Nonsense Victorian Name Generator Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. CFP open until Dec. 1st. Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Dampf Good BBQ Matt: UmamiPapi chilli oil Coté: Anta, slightly more in English. Also XdgBaseDirs. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 548: Household CMDB	28 Nov 2025	01:02:36
This week, we discuss the Cloudflare outage, their current business strategy, and paying OSS maintainers. Plus, thoughts on loading the dishwasher and managing your home. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 548 Runner-up Titles Mystery Knob Vegans are cursed vegetarians Skilled enough Defrag the dishwasher Design Intentions QR codes everywhere I don’t know where we draw the line, but I know where we start SDT IoT CMBD, Home Edition. SDT Open Source Money Maker Lead with Nagware Stocks go up, stocks go down Safari’s my naked browser Coté wanted to add periods to all of these but did not. Rundown FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs Cloudflare blames massive internet outage on 'latent bug' Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 Replicate is joining Cloudflare Relevant to your Interests The Walt Disney Company Announces Multi-Year Distribution Agreement With YouTube TV Anthropic claims of Claude AI-automated cyberattacks met with doubt Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign Compact, human-readable serialization of JSON data for LLM prompts Outage Tracker \| Updog By Datadog Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive Power P oint is your therapist, Gamma is your coach \| Andreessen Horowitz Red Hat Introduces Project Hummingbird for “Zero-CVE” Strategies A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3 The platform that needs a platform The AI Coding Startup Favored by Tech CEOs Is Now Worth $29.3 Billion The Smartest Fliers Use This App to Survive America’s Travel Hell Oracle's Market Cap Decline: Analyzing the Impact on Finance OpenAI's Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It Europe’s cookie nightmare is crumbling Nonsense AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives Whipped Cream Worth $80K Stolen in Ontario Conferences DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. CFP open until Dec. 1st. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: The Beast in Me Matt: The Prestige Coté: Fantastic 4 with that Boba Fet t guy, “Winter’s Mourning,” from Uncaged Godd esses. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 547: Whitney goes to KubeCon	21 Nov 2025	01:09:21
This week, Whitney Lee joins us to discuss KubeCon news, Coding Assistants, and conference tips. Plus, vegan food and note-taking recommendations. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 54 7 Rundown Slutty Vegan Cloud Native Rejekts Maintainer Summit Conference Parties Ingress NGINX Retirement: What You Need to Know Linkerd Forever Migrating from Ingress Resources Conferences DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. CFP open until Dec. 1st. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: GE Attic Mount Digital TV Antenna Whitney: O bsidian, Wispr Flow Coté: MacWhisper Photo Credits Header Special Guest: Whitney Lee.
	Episode 546: The cURLing Test	14 Nov 2025	01:00:44
This week, we discuss Facebook scams, engineering management trends, and the past and present of curl. Plus, when’s the right time to put up the Christmas tree? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 546 Runner-up Titles Matt has a lot of room tone. I shut the kitchen door . You gotta just reboot all of Australia every morning. Did you see my water dragons? Didn’t he die? I’m worried about the future. Quality of revenue. The spatula is higher than the plunger. This discussion has really raised my morale. I know what your API is. Rundown Meta estimates that it earns 10% of its revenue from scams, report says "Good engineering management" is a fad When CEO pay exploded Yes , really, curl is still developed Relevant to your Interests Apple Nears $1 Billion-a -Year Deal to Use Google AI for Siri Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence ‘Vibe coding’ named Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year \| CNN Business Automattic Inc. Claims It Owns the Word 'Automatic' IKEA Debuts 21 HomeKit-Compatible Smart Bulbs, Sensors, and Controls The wildest stuff Elon Musk said at Tesla’s shareholder meeting CNCF Launches Kubernetes AI Conformance Program Russia's grand reveal of humanoid robot couldn't have gone worse How AWS is losing the younger generation with complexity OpenAI Races to Quell Concerns Over Its Finances 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry accuses AI hyperscalers of artificially boosting earnings Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft Apple Announces Launch of U.S. Passport Feature in iPhone's Wallet App Nonsense Interview with Dying Company's VP As Seen on TV Conferences Wiz Wizdom Conferences, November 17-19, London The good hospitality from Keith Townsend. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. CFP open until Dec. 1st. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Pluribus Matt: Hades 2 Coté: Camo Photo Credits Header
	Episode 545: No one cares about Chickens	07 Nov 2025	01:12:45
This week, we discuss cloud earnings, Siri teaming up with Gemini, and AI bottlenecks. Plus, is cloning your dog weird? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 545 Runner-up Titles Stack the deck Pets and Chickens Blame it on Android They’re fungible Are they going to have to introduce a new principle? Managers of rocks The world we live in Marketing wins We’re the healthy skeptics Rundown Ex-NFL star QB Brady claims his dog is a clone Cloud Earnings AI & Cloud Trends for October 2025 Alphabet tops $100 billion quarterly revenue for first time, cloud grows 34% Google Cloud Q3 revenue surges 34% as backlog hits $155 billion Microsoft Azure sees 40% revenue growth in Q1 Meta stock drops 10% as heightened AI spending overshadows strong results Amazon revenues rise 13% on strength in cloud computing unit Clouded Judgement 10.31.25 - Cloud Giants Report Q3 7m OpenAI work users Amazon's culture went the wrong way Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1 What do we think of GitHub saying there are 180m developers in the world? AWS and OpenAI announce multi-year strategic partnership Amazon stock jumps on $38 billion deal with OpenAI to use hundreds of thousands of Nvidia chips Relevant to your Interests Azure outage: Microsoft still working on fix, says recovery expected in several hours Microsoft takes $3.1 billion hit from OpenAI investment Meta Stock Slides After Earnings. AWS to Bare Metal Two Years Later: Answering Your Toughest Questions Meta denies torrenting porn to train AI, says downloads were for “personal use” Shocker! Reversal in AI ROI slide-wisdom: AI does works well SaaS Monopoly \| Khushi Lunkad The State of Developer Experience and Developer Productivity Why the “Free” Chef Version Could Be Your Most Expensive Mistake \| Chef Nonsense Disney yanks channels from YouTube TV after media giants fail to resolve carriage dispute \| CNN Business Traffic hits record high as commuters rewrite the rush hour - Texas A&M Transportation Institute Denny's to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $620 million Conferences SREDay Amsterdam, November 7th, Coté speaking. Wiz Wizdom Conferences, November 17-19, London DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. CFP open until Dec. 1st. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Liquid Glass Transparency Toggle Matt: The Other Two Coté: NØLSON shirts Photo Credits Header
	Episode 544: The Enterprise Turing Test	31 Oct 2025	01:02:21
This week, we discuss Claude’s new Excel skills, whether AI is augmenting or automating humans, and the latest developer surveys. Plus, AI making the command line cool again! Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 544 Runner-up Titles Cote’ shock jock mode Art with squids Command-Line Life Style AI isn’t for experts. The triumph of the command line The command line lifestyle is now available I don’t even know what sed is The Human Line Rundown Anthropic's Claude is learning Excel so you don't have to Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts: Reuters, citing sources The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2025 “The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 Survey: What’s in your tech stack? Part 3.” Relevant to your Interests ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web - Anil Dash OpenAI acquires Software Applications Incorporated, maker of Sky PayPal shares surge 13% after OpenAI deal to become the first payments wallet in ChatGPT Internet Pioneer AOL to Be Acquired by Italian Tech Company Bending Spoons What is Configuration as Data? RDEL #115: What are the 2025 benchmarks for the DORA 4 metrics? a16z Is Funding a 'Speedrun' to AI-Generated Hell on Earth An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’ Removing Jeff Bezos From My Bed ◆ Truffle Security Co. Grammarly rebrands to 'Superhuman,' launches a new AI assistant Why the “Free” Chef Version Could Be Your Most Expensive Mistake The Wayback Machine’s snapshots of news homepages plummet after a “breakdown” in archiving projects Nonsense How Hacked Card Shufflers Allegedly Enabled a Mob-Fueled Poker Scam That Rocked the NBA Conferences Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19 SREDay Amsterdam, November 7th, Coté speaking DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Uxse code: DEVOP for 50% off. CFP open until Dec. 1st. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Who Is Michael Lombardi? Debunking the Myths of UNC's GM Matt: Shell Game podcast Coté: "What Grant Reviewers Actually Look For (and What They Ignore)." Photo Credits Header
	Episode 543: Arts and Crafts	24 Oct 2025	01:06:34
This week, we discuss OpenAI’s new browser, AI trying to build spreadsheets, and when to use Claude skills. Plus, Coté explores the art of the perfect staycation. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 543 Runner-up Titles Firewire is dead USB, what are you going to do? It’s like I tell my son: you know what to do, you chose not to do it. I am just a guest. I don’t need helpful An amazing hole. Slides for nobody You closed the loop It’s pretty amazing, but does it need to exist? Slackhole Rundown OpenAI Introducing ChatGPT Atlas OpenAI Is Building a Banker OpenAI has five years to turn $13 billion into $1 trillion AI agents are not amazing, they are slop: says OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy as he strongly disagrees with CEO Sam Altman on AGI timeline - The Times of India OpenAI’s ChatGPT will soon allow ‘erotica’ for adults in major policy shift OpenAI Inks Deal With Broadcom to Design Its Own Chips for A.I. Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP OpenStack Flamingo pays down technical debt as adoption continues to climb Relevant to your Interests Elon Musk will settle $128 million Twitter execs lawsuit GitHub Will Prioritize Migrating to Azure Over Feature Development The Discord Hack is Every User’s Worst Nightmare Cursor-Maker Anysphere Considers Investment Offers at $30 Billion Valuation Rubygems.org AWS Root Access Event – September 2025 This Discord Zendesk compromise has gotten more silly WP Engine Vs Automattic & Mullenweg Is Back In Play Windows 11 removes all bypass methods for Microsoft account setup, removing local accounts Introducing the React Foundation: The New Home for React & React Native Wiz Finds Critical Redis RCE Vulnerability: CVE‑2025‑49844 \| Wiz Blog DevRel is -Unbelievably- Back The Ruby community has a DHH problem YouTube rolls out its redesigned video player globally Oracle stock rises as company confirms Meta cloud deal Adiós, AirPods NVIDIA shows off its first Blackwell wafer manufactured in the US This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services Automattic CEO calls Tumblr his 'biggest failure' so far Marc Benioff says Salesforce is saving about $100M a year by using AI tools in its customer service operations Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services Amazon Outage Forces Hundreds of Websites Offline for Hours Today is when Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto Nonsense Streetlights Are Mysteriously Turning Purple. Here's Why Buc-ee's is not America's top convenience store; Midwest chain takes No. 1 spot French post office rolls out croissant-scented stamp Listener Feedback Jeffrey is looking for college interns. Conferences Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19 SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: The PR Guy Who Says the AI Boom Is a Bust Matt: Comfort Ear Grip Hooks Coté: MSG on popcorn, Claude Skills, Masman Curry, Sora? Photo Credits Header
	Episode 542: Yuriy Shyyan on owning your own Cloud.	17 Oct 2025	01:02:34
Matt Ray talks to Yuriy Shyyan, the Director of Cloud Systems Architecture for OpenMetal. They discuss the cost of running your enterprise in the public cloud, high school hacking, building a business on OpenStack, and recognizing that cloud credits are an invitation to purchase a timeshare. Show Links OpenMetal.io Contact Yuriy Shyyan LinkedIn: Yuriy Shyyan Sponsor OpenMetal — Cloud Native IaaS. Fixed Cost. SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Special Guest: Yuriy Shyyan.
	Episode 541: Why not do everything	10 Oct 2025	00:54:23
This week, we discuss Apps in ChatGPT, OpenAI’s Agent SDK and Codex. Plus, Matt has a possum problem down under. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 541 Runner-up Titles Living in the dark ages of Sequoia He’s the racoon remover of the neighborhood Don’t say we don’t cover everything They’re hoping someone’s going to unlock a lot of value here, because I’m not seeing it The Low Code Trap Use the code “SDT150” and we’ll send you money Rundown Open AI DevDay The Next Great Distribution Shift AMD stock skyrockets 30% as OpenAI looks to take stake in AI chipmaker OpenAI’s Golden Touch Spreads as Stocks Soar OpenAI Is Good at Deals ## Relevant to your Interests Your Meta AI Chats Will Soon Influence the Ads You See AWS API MCP Server v1.0.0 release - AWS Inside the cybersecurity boom, strong team, and bold gamble that helped Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport win a $32 billion deal with Google Linus Torvalds Lashes Out At RISC-V Big Endian Plans Open Printer Have we passed peak social media? Apple working on MCP support on Mac, iPhone, and iPad A cartoonist's review of AI art GitHub leads the enterprise, Claude leads the pack—Cursor’s speed can’t close Cursor CLI Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5 GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview Meet Jules Tools: A Command Line Companion for Google’s Async Coding Agent Announcing The Gem Cooperative Qualcomm Buys Arduino, Will Bring AI Tools to Your DIY Tech Projects Listener Feedback Join the Boulder AWS - Amazon Web Services \| Meetup Conferences AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off. Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19 SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Shark NV352 Navigator Lift Away Upright Vacuum Matt: Murderbot Photo Credits Header
	Episode 540: How to build a factory	03 Oct 2025	01:09:19
This week, we dig into the latest DORA report and OpenAI’s big product updates. Plus, some hot takes on airline status and the Eurostar. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 540 Runner-up Titles Just plug in an iPhone Be helpful, not helpless Rundown Announcing the 2025 DORA Report \| Google Cloud Blog OpenAI Agentic Commerce The New Sora App Introducing ChatGPT Pulse Relevant to your Interests Intel and Apple hold investment talks, no deal in sight - 9to5Mac Ed Zitron is mad as hell TikTok will stay: Trump signs executive order to keep app in the US 10+ Hidden Features in iOS 26 Splunk .conf25: Forging a Data Foundation for Cisco's AgenticOps Vision JFrog SwampUp 2025: The Agentic Development Era Emerges From The Swamp RIP, AOL dial-up: Take a walk down memory lane to 5 other now-defunct tech icons that defined millennials' youths Logitech launches MX Master 4 flagship productivity mouse – the best mouse we've tested adds haptic feedback, circular Action Ring shortcuts Charlie Javice Sentenced to 85 Months in Prison for Fraud Spotify CEO Daniel Ek to step aside Cloudscape - Cloudscape Design System Cursor CLI Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5 Cursor CLI Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5 GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover How Ruby Went Off the Rails Open source to closed doors: RubyGems control fight erupts Platform Engineering and AI - Two Buzzwords Finally Meet! \| Michael Cote Nonsense Build-A-Bear Stock Outperforms Nvidia (The Onion) Conferences CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off. Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19 SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Black Rabbit Coté: Sune, Hackney, London. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 539: The Final Demand	26 Sep 2025	00:56:03
This week, we cover Oracle’s OpenAI deal, the RubyGems drama, and Atlassian buying DX. Plus, does anyone still use widgets? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 539 Runner-up Titles It’s a two knob problem The healthy jaundice of success My homework is to go home Are you enjoying the widgets? I get you on the Ponzi Scheme Hanlon’s Razor strikes again Blogging: Hardest form of social media Rundown Oracle Exclusive \| Oracle, OpenAI Sign Massive $300 Billion Cloud Computing Deal Oracle and OpenAI are full of crap OpenAI doesn’t have the cash to pay Oracle $300 billion — raising it will test the very limits of private markets Nvidia stock jumps on $100 billion OpenAI investment as Huang touts 'biggest AI infrastructure project in history Ruby Central Takes Over RubyGems Atlassian Atlassian acquires DX, a developer productivity platform, for $1B Atlassian acquires developer productivity startup DX for $1B The AI Shift: Static Software vs. Living AI Systems RSS co-creator launches new protocol for AI data licensing Nvidia to Invest $5 Billion in Intel, Furthering Trump’s Turnaround Plan Relevant to your Interests Tesla Wants Out of the Car Business Google is shutting down Tables, its Airtable rival \| TechCrunch Oracle's stock pump, Meta's $600B, Bronny Ellison and Warner Bros, European stereotypes Atlassian goes cloud-only, customers face integration issues Getting a slice of the Kubernete$ management pie Cote on Multicloud ServiceNow Says Windsurf Gave Its Engineers a 10% Productivity Boost Most Work is Translation Microsoft warns users that Windows 10 is in its final days How to use Tahoe's new Use Model shortcut to summarize articles Credit scores drop at fastest pace since the Great Recession \| CNN Business Workday to buy AI firm Sana for $1.1 billion as HR software deal-making heats up Wasm 3.0 Completed - WebAssembly Exclusive: AI's ability to displace jobs is advancing quickly, Anthropic CEO says From the facepalm community on Reddit: Meta's live AI cooking demo fails spectacularly Meta CTO explains the cause of its embarrassing smart glasses demo failures New H-1B rules sparked weekend chaos The Man Calling Bullshit on the AI Boom Trump’s H-1B visa fee isn’t just about immigration, it’s about fealty Vivaldi takes a stand: keep browsing human \| Vivaldi Browser Zoom Bets on Agentic AI With AI Companion 3.0 Amid Sluggish Growth The Secret Service has dismantled a telecom threat near the UN. It could have disabled cell service in NYC Enterprise AI Looks Bleak, But Employee AI Looks Bright Obot AI Secures $35M Seed to Build Enterprise MCP Gateway - obot Announcing the 2025 DORA Report \| Google Cloud Blog Conferences Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off. Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19 SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Task Matt: OpenCore Legacy Patcher Photo Credits Header
	Episode 538: Michael Irwin on Docker, Developers, and AI	19 Sep 2025	00:48:57
Brandon interviews Michael Irwin, Principal Engineer at Docker. They cover Docker’s evolution, why hardened images matter, and how AI fits in. Plus, Michael shares stories from teaching computer science. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 538 Show Links Docker Docker Hub Contact Michael LinkedIn: mikesir87 Github: mikesir87 Twitter: mikesir87 Blog: https://blog.mikesir87.io/ Sponsor Docker: Your foundation for secure, intelligent development SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Special Guest: Michael Irwin.
	Episode 537: YOLO acquisitions	12 Sep 2025	01:06:18
This week, we dig into Atlassian buying The Browser Company, whether Pay Per Crawl makes sense, and Oracle’s cloud jackpot. Plus, a quick lesson in Aussie slang. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 537 Runner-up Titles "I have a plan to make things slightly better.” Matt Ray comes off the top rope We are in that demographic Flip-flops, thongs, and slides. No Translation Needed Do we have a fashion channel? Why not us too? Let’s just try it Hooters adjacent tech story Pay-per-crawl. I don’t know how DNS works, nobody does Cool, copyright, I love it Just lots of weird stuff going on. Y’all are weird Rundown Final thought on Australia Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Company for $610 million VMware buying Slide Rocket in 2011, which is now ClearSlide An Interview with Cloudflare Founder and CEO Matthew Prince About Internet History and Pay-per-crawl Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max Catch up quick \| Apple September event highlights Apple introduces AirPods Pro 3 with live translation feature Nvidia's top two mystery customers made up 39% of the chipmaker's Q2 revenue Oracle Financial's US parent jumps 27% in extended trading on Tuesday; Here's why - CNBC TV18 Relevant to your Interests Google, Apple, and Mozilla Win in the Antitrust Case Google Lost Privacy Nightmare: Your Doorbell Camera Is Snitching to Insurance Companies Broadcom Stock Soars as AI Demand Drives Strong Earnings—Crucial Price Levels to Monitor Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1 Exclusive \| Databricks Crosses $4 Billion in Annual Revenue Rate SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar's spectrum for Starlink's direct-to-phone service Google Cloud CEO sees sunny prospects thanks to AI demand Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max Catch up quick \| Apple September event highlights Apple introduces AirPods Pro 3 with live translation feature Claude can now create and use files The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, One Repository at a Time Nonsense 2025 AI Darwin Award Nominees - Worst AI Failures of the Year Ground staff strike: KLM cancels over 100 flights on Wednesday - DutchNews.nl Listener Feedback Carless People What We’ve Learned About the Kawhi Leonard Situation—and What We Haven’t Conferences VMUG London, Coté speaking, September 18th. SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off. Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19 SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Python: The Documentary \| An origin story Matt: macOS - Sound Output → another computer beats using a headphone switcher Coté: back to Obsidian. Marriott lifetime platinum luggage tags, check out this deep dive. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 536: My search engine couldn’t help me	05 Sep 2025	01:00:40
This week, we discuss the effectiveness of reorgs, Meta’s new AI team, and the Google antitrust ruling. Plus, some strong thoughts on cold brew and bathtubs. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 536 Runner-up Titles Buy once, cry once Annual Recurring Regrets The Bathtub Problem Bathtime is My Time Your Daily Stoic No one cares about open source cold brew Once you have it pick up the phone and call someone, the dream of the Internet is dead. The Chrome ecoverse. Rundown The VC who married Paris Hilton uses his cryochamber twice a day and launches an AI agent before bed OpenAI starts building out its app team OpenAI shuffles executive roles, acquires Statsig for $1.1 billion Reorganizations Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave No Amount of Money Can Make People Want to Work for Zuck Inside Amazon's 'hardcore' culture reset New Research Debunks Open Source Business Model Myths Google gets to keep Chrome but is barred from exclusive search deals, judge rules Relevant to your Interests Opinion \| A.I. May Be Just Kind of Ordinary Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors Zen Browser — What Mozilla Firefox Should Be? Asahi Linux Lead Developer Steps Down How to prepare for the Bitnami Changes coming soon Metal³ - Metal Kubed How This A.I. Company Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom AI Experts No Longer Saving for Retirement Because They Assume AI Will Kill Us All by Then Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan on Rust, Distros and NixOS Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters Tanzu having nothing to do with Kubernetes anymore There is no Tanzu Kubenetes, only VKS. Nvidia stock turns positive in premarket trading as investors buy dip following earnings report MongoDB Soars: Analyzing the Recent Surge NVIDIA Q2 Profit Soars 59% as Blackwell AI Surge Fuels Record Revenue Nvidia, $NVDA, has reported that a single customer accounted for 23% of its total quarterly revenue of $46.7 billion, per Bloomberg Nonsense The Dutch are quietly shifting towards a four-day work week Conferences VMUG London, Coté speaking, September 18th. SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off. Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19 SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: GFiber Matt: Zen web browser Coté: Apple-brand woven USB cables (1 meter and 2 meter). Tenshi Sushi Duivendrecht Photo Credits Header
	Episode 535: Don’t put randomness in your workflow	29 Aug 2025	00:51:24
This week, we discuss AI disillusionment, the good and bad of AI use cases, and VMware news. Plus, we compare tech mergers to Taylor Swift’s engagement. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 534 Runner-up Titles I’m going to turn off the Roomba Spider Patrol My old office had a door The dog was up all night Exiting our bubble The child’s name is Steve We don’t want to anger the Swifties It’s fine isn’t good enough I am leaving my wife for Google Search It’s all made-up anyway Anything you see, CSV just pops out Stop digging Rundown Trough of Disillusionment? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Concedes GPT-5 Was a Misfire, Bets on GPT-6 - Decrypt Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI Expectations — New York Magazine It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes The Search for Product Market Fit Clouded Judgement 8.22.25 - Workflows Are the New Databases AWS CEO says AI replacing junior staff is 'dumbest idea' Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately VMware Modern Private Cloud: The Data Center’s Next Chapter - Broadcom News and Stories Broadcom calls for tech to go back where it belongs: On-prem Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk Relevant to your Interests Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty Removing XSLT From the Web Platform Walmart Fires VP for Taking Daily Kickbacks Starting from $30K YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality Bye-bye barrel jack: Framework brings 240W USB-C charging to laptops Google scores six-year Meta cloud deal worth over $10 billion Nonsense Nerd! How the word popularized by Dr. Seuss went from geeky insult to mainstream K-Pop Demon Hunters os recommend in the Slack Python Package Management tool “uv” PROMOTE STICKERS Conferences SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off. Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19 SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Gmail Manage Subscriptions Matt: Deskflow Search Engine: A Dubai Chocolate Theory of the Internet Photo Credits Header
	Episode 534: Capitalism is working	22 Aug 2025	01:22:22
This week, we discuss the US backing Intel, SaaS staying power, and AI’s impact on deep work. Plus, Matt Ray’s moving tips and more kolache talk in the after show. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 534 Runner-up Titles It’s all in your head Little brother podcasting Chaos Monkey Inspections “Let’s face it, everything runs on computers now.” AI - Army of Interns Rundown Intel SoftBank Group and Intel Corporation Sign $2B Investment Agreement Lutnick says Intel has to give government equity in return for CHIPS Act funds Trump Administration Discusses Taking 10% Stake in Intel The Return of Software Pro mpting is easy, people are hard. J ust updating your Java version gets people’s hearts racing. Deep Thinking Will AI Usher In the End of Deep Thinking? — Plain English with Derek Thompson Will AI Usher In the End of Deep Thinking? - The Ringer AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity Relevant to your Interests Apple returns blood oxygen monitoring to the latest Apple Watches The AI Investor Apple’s Wallet app just made Amazon returns easy, and more is coming Cognition Cinches About $500 Million to Advance AI Code-Generation Business Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door Nonsense Interview with Senior DevOps engineer 2025 Conferences SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Wiz Capture the Flag, Brisbane, August 26. SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London. SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys Matt: IKEA delivery Coté: Patagonia Nomad Volleyball shorts, Terravia Tote Pack 24L. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 533: It’s a Type 2 Kolache	15 Aug 2025	01:06:52
This week, we discuss GPT 5.0, the emerging AI ecosystem, and why TAM is basically a bedtime story for investors. Plus, Coté serves up a masterclass on kolaches. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 533 Runner-up Titles Yeehaw Buns Bush Turkey Pigs in Blanket The Czech Stop "The Central Texas Kolache Corridor" “I’m over here in Gemini-land.” What if this is as good as it gets? How smart are humans? You’re Tony Randall! Is this the dystopian future we signed up for? Extreme in Hungary (Tilberg, actually) I don’t think there’s a honey-badger outcome. All the porridge A bedtime story for investors Rundown OpenAI OpenAI Finally Launched GPT-5. Here's Everything You Need to Know OpenAI launches new GPT-5 model for all ChatGPT users GPT-5 is alive OpenAI is raising money at a $300 billion valuation Sam Altman says Gen Z are the ‘luckiest’ kids in history thanks to AI, despite mounting job displacement dread Three big lessons from the GPT-5 backlash Mr. Short-Term Memory The AI Ecosystem Apps are growing Your AI workloads still need a service mesh AI Security Company \| Manage GenAI Risks & Secure LLM Apps Requesty - Unified LLM Platform The latest AI news we announced in July Oxide and Friends \| Oxide's $100M Series B Relevant to Your Interests Google Pixel 10 \| Soon The Man Who Beat IBM Linus Torvalds Rejects RISC-V Changes For Linux 6.17: "Garbage" Zuckerberg’s Compound Had Something That Violated City Code: A Private School The 20-Year David Ellison Plan AOL Will End Its Dial-Up Internet Service (Yes, It’s Still Operating) Ford's cheaper, simpler $30K electric vehicles are how 'we can make money on EVs,' CEO says Goodbye API Keys: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions with Workload Identity Federation I Tried Every Todo App and Ended Up With a .txt File Intel shares drop after Trump calls for CEO to resign immediately Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub GitHub will join Microsoft’s CoreAI division with departure of CEO Thomas Dohmke Nonsense The FDA Wants to Change the Definition of Orange Juice for the First Time in 60 Years Conferences SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Wiz Capture the Flag, Brisbane, August 26. Matt will be there. SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: AirPods Max Matt: Devolutionary Times Coté: “Connaissais de Face,” “Evan Finds The Third Room.” L ive performance of the song “People Everywhere” Photo Credits Header
	Episode 532: Less Goofy. More Enterprise.	08 Aug 2025	01:06:44
This week, we discuss cloud earnings, what’s driving valuations, and why AWS says it’s still early innings for cloud. Plus, Coté does a deep dive on Shipley Donuts. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 532 Runner-up Titles Dangerous to do things in bed Free Donut Holes Dark Fiber BET A man can not believe anything that devalues their index funds. They just open sourced last year’s homework. It doesn’t use as many emdashes Anchorman Vibes Rundown AI & Cloud Trends for July 2025 Cloud Earnings Microsoft posts Q4 beat on top and bottom line on cloud, AI strength Clouded Judgement 8.1.25 - The AI Operating Model Richard Seroter's Architecture Musings AI OpenAI’s new waited model whatever Simon Willson says local tool calling might be better Exclusive: OpenAI Secures Another Giant Funding Deal OpenAI has made $5.25 billion in 2025 so far, and Anthropic $1.5bn. In both cases, I have found a pattern of deceptive leaks of annualized revenues to suggest they're making far more. Relevant to your Interests How Olipop is sweetening the PTO deal for employees Anaconda Secures $150M Funding, Hits $1.5B Valuation Figma raises $1.2 billion, creating new playbook for going public in the summer AI vs. AI: Prophet Security raises $30M to replace human analysts with autonomous defenders API Simulation Reduces MCP Server, Microservices Overload Google loses appeal in antitrust battle with Fortnite maker Exclusive: More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal OpenAI is teasing a GPT-5 release. Cloud Software Group to Acquire Arctera For the first time, OpenAI models are available on AWS \| TechCrunch Agents or Bots? Making Sense of AI on the Open Web Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door Apple has now shipped 3 billion iPhones Apple Growth Rebounds on Strength of iPhone 16 Line, China Apple Earnings; Cook’s AI Comments; Apple’s AI Strategy, Redux Nonsense Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs are no joke Listener Feedback JD recommends Charm Conferences SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Wiz Capture the Flag, Brisbane, August 26. Matt will be there. SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: CalDigit TS4. Coté: Sunday roast at Mount St. Restaurant, London. Internal developer platform marketing series: part one, part two, and part three. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 531: YAYAML	01 Aug 2025	00:59:05
This week, we discuss the AI hype cycle, Astronomer’s viral moment, and yet another YAML flavor — KYAML. Plus, private equity is coming for your donuts. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 531 Runner-up Titles Sometimes it’s hard to make money I’ve given into Big Donut Maybe you can fake your way through life At some point you have to have some expertise AI has no taste Can you fix my PowerPoint? There is a chance we’re all going to be naked soon Gobbling up the dark fiber WHYAML Waymo for Babies Rundown Beloved Texas doughnut chain sold to California equity firm AI Mid-Year Hype-Cycle Check-in Gartner hype cycle Betting on AI: The Delusion Driving Big Tech - Last Week in AWS Podcast Clouded Judgement 7.25.25 - TAMs Lie Microsoft’s AI CEO thinks Copilot will age and ‘have a room that it lives in’ Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands Claude Code is a slot machine The Hater’s Guide to the AI Bubble 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025 Stack Overflow sentiment and usage section Astronomer Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow Astronomer (@astronomerio) on X Ryan Reynolds' ad agency, was behind the Gwyneth Paltrow Astronomer ad Introducing KYAML, a safer, less ambiguous YAML subset / encoding Palo Alto Networks to acquire CyberArk in $25 billion deal Relevant to your Interests Microsoft's Satya Nadella says job cuts have been 'weighing heavily' on him IBM shares drop as software revenue misses MSFT Teams in your car? Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything A.I.-Driven Education: Founded in Texas and Coming to a School Near You How Anthropic teams use Claude Code Anthropic unveils new rate limits to curb Claude Code power users Alphabet's Q2 revenue beats estimates as cloud computing surges Listener Feedback Steve recommends Lessons from Production Podcast Conferences Sydney Wizdom Meet-Up, Sydney, August 7. Matt will be there. SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Wiz Capture the Flag, Brisbane, August 26. Matt will be there. SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CFP closes August 3rd. CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Uber Teen Matt: Software Defined Interviews - Chris Dancy Photo Credits Header
	Episode 530: His proper name is Sasquatch	25 Jul 2025	00:47:37
This week, we cover AI going rogue, Cloudflare declaring independence, and the secure container craze. Plus, Matt bravely judges 9 new emoji. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 530 Runner-up Titles VP of getting it on Neutral trombone Good Margin Independent from what? The New Benevolence I have plenty of cynicism for other things Rundown Emojis Australian Bigfoot Unicode's new emoji refuses to put respect on Bigfoot's name Matt’s Rankings: Hairy Creature Trombone Treasure Chest Fight Cloud Orca Landslide Apple Core Ballet Dancers Distorted Face AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data' Cloudflare Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025 Content Independence Day: no AI crawl without compensation! Accidental Tech Podcast: 649: Prove It With Cameras Anubis Web AI Firewall Announcing Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for AWS Price List Chainguard builds a market, everyone else wants in. Bitnami Secure Images Relevant to your Interests Browser extensions turn Trojan and infect 2.3 million Chrome and Edge users Code was the least interesting part of my multi-agent app, and here’s what that means to me Dell employees are not OK How Uber Became A Cash-Generating Machine Clouded Judgement 7.18.25 - The Return of the Point Solution Mid-Year 2025 CNCF Open Source Project Velocity new Date("wtf") Intel axes Clear Linux, the fastest distribution on the market — company ends support, effective immediately The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch Apple details how it trained its new AI models, see highlights Instacart’s former CEO is taking the reins of a big chunk of OpenAI The Enshittification of American Power Customer guidance for SharePoint vulnerability CVE-2025-53770 Mike Lynch’s Estate Ordered to Pay Hewlett Packard $945 Million OpenAI announces ChatGPT agent for web browsing OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you ChatGPT Numbers Move Mesos to the Attic Anthropic hired back two of its employees — just two weeks after they left for a competitor. Investors Float Deal Valuing Anthropic at More Than $100 Billion Nonsense Coldplay’s Kiss Cam Exposes Astronomer’s CEO Andy Byron Alleged Affair With HR Chief Kristin Cabot Unicode's new emoji refuses to put respect on Bigfoot's name Atari Is Re-Releasing Its 2600+ To Celebrate Pac-Man's 45th Birthday Conferences Sydney Wizdom Meet-Up, Sydney, August 7. Matt will be there. SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Wiz Capture the Flag, Brisbane, August 26. Matt will be there. SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CFP closes August 3rd. CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for Mac Matt: Spirited Photo Credits Header
	Episode 529: Windsurf, AI Agents, and Kiro	18 Jul 2025	00:47:03
This week, we discuss Windsurf being acquired (again), how much AI agents really help with coding, and AWS launching Kiro. Plus, Matt attempts to design a new closet. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 529 Runner-up Titles "The backlog will always be with you." The things I dream about… Closet debt It’s about the money They call it business for a reason The children are the future The best and brightest are going to be making better advertising Ghost Developers are Architects TaskRabbit LLM Crabs in a pot You’re on a temporary plateau on your way to Product Management Rundown Windsurf and Coding Agents Is Cursor having their Docker moment? OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google Windsurf's CEO goes to Google; OpenAI's acquisition falls apart Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf It’s about the research. Ignore the money. How much does AI impact development speed? Measuring the actual impact of AI coding with Abi Noda, CEO of DX Introducing Kiro Relevant to your Interests How much money has Linda Yaccarino made as X´s CEO during her tenure? NLWeb: Tapping MCP for natural language web search Introducing Comet: Browse at the speed of thought AWS reportedly set to launch agentic AI marketplace with Anthropic next week New Smart Glasses Block Out All Real-Life Advertising Exclusive \| SpaceX to Invest $2 Billion Into Elon Musk’s xAI Figma's $300k Daily AWS Bill Isn't the Scandal You Think It Is DraftGPT: The Brave New World of AI Hits the NBA Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round AI Tooling, Evolution and The Promiscuity of Modern Developers Sponsor Subscribe to the Fork Around and Find Out Podcast Listener Feedback Wes recommends reMarkable eReader Jeroen recommends BooX Conferences Sydney Wizdom Meet-Up, Sydney, August 7. Matt will be there. SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CFP closes August 3rd. CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: F1 The Movie Matt: Dune Prophecy Photo Credits Header
	Episode 528: You can’t spell Clippy without CLI	11 Jul 2025	01:09:37
This week, we discuss the return of command line tools, Kubernetes embracing VMs, and the steady march of Windows. Plus, thoughts on TSA, boots, and the “old country." Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 528 Runner-up Titles Pool Problems Stockholm Pool Syndrome The Old Country VMs aren’t going anywhere Vaya con Dios This is why we have milk Why’s he talking about forks? Commander Claude The Columbia Music House business plan Beat this horse into glue Reinvent Command Line “Man falls in love with CLI” Windows is always giving you the middle button CBT - Claude Behavioral Therapy. Rundown TSA tests security lines allowing passengers to keep their shoes on KubeCon Is Starting To Sound a Lot Like VMCon Claude Code and the CLI Gemini CLI: your open-source AI agent Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents AI Tooling, Evolution and The Promiscuity of Modern Developers Introducing OpenCLI Windows Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS Microsoft quietly implies Windows has LOST millions of users since Windows 11 debut — are people really abandoning ship? [UPDATE] Relevant to your Interests Public cloud becomes a commodity Nvidia Ruffles Tech Giants With Move Into Cloud Computing Which Coding Assistants Retain Their Customers and Which Ones Don’t Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models Sam Altman upstages the critics The Ultimate Cloud Security Championship \| 12 Months × 12 Challenges Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific in $9 billion all-stock deal Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next? Datadog stock jumps 10% on tech company’s inclusion in S&P 500 index Jack Dorsey just released a Bluetooth messaging app that doesn't need the internet Unlock the Full Chainguard Containers Catalog – Now with a Catalog Pricing Option Oracle stock jumps after $30 billion annual cloud deal revealed in filing Docker State of App Dev: AI X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform Meta's recruiting blitz claims three OpenAI researchers OpenAI Reportedly Shuts Down for a Week as Zuck Poaches Its Top Talent OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’ Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’ Report: Apple looked into building its own AWS competitor Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers Nonsense After 8 years of playing D&D nonstop, I’ve finally tried its biggest alternative TSA tests security lines allowing passengers to keep their shoes on Conferences Sydney Wizdom Meet-Up, Sydney, August 7. Matt will be there. SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CFP closes August 3rd. CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Park ATX Free Parking Codes: FREE15ATX1 and FREE15ATX2 Matt: Careless People Coté: Wizard Zines bundle, Julia Evans. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 527: Victor Adossi on WebAssembly	04 Jul 2025	01:06:49
Brandon interviews Victor Adossi, an engineer at Cosmonic. They discuss the state of WebAssembly, wasmCloud, and why Wasm is poised for growth. Plus, Victor shares what it’s like to live as an expat in Japan. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 526 Show Links Cosmonic Bytecode Alliance WebAssembly Specifications The WebAssembly Component Model Emscripten wasmCloud wasmCloud Examples Jco (Javascript ecosystem) Examples FFmpeg Contact Victor Github: t3hmrman and vados-cosmonic Twitter: @vadosware Web: vadosware.io SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Special Guest: Victor Adossi.
	Episode 526: The Optimist, the Origin, and the Deck	27 Jun 2025	01:12:34
This week, we unpack The Optimist, the new Sam Altman biography; revisit OpenAI’s early days; and break down Coatue’s AI strategy deck. Plus, tips for squeezing in side projects between thought leadership presentations. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 526 Runner-up Titles Flow State Altman and AI Day 2 Thinking Growth Mindset Less of you You don't need a Harvard Business Review subscription to know that Running unnecessary hardware in your house Lifelong Costco member here. Pre-populate Everything There’s no ROI on a good hotdog Rundown AI Native vs. AI Add-on AI Frenzy The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab valued at $10bn after $2bn fundraising ChatGPT's Enterprise Success Against Copilot Fuels OpenAI and Microsoft's Rivalry Iyo vs. Io — OpenAI and Jony Ive get sued Zuckerberg Leads AI Recruitment Blitz Armed With $100 Million Pay Packages After trying to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32B AI startup, Meta looks to hire its CEO Message from CEO Andy Jassy: Some thoughts on Generative AI Clouded Judgement 6.19.25 - The Dropping Cost of Intelligence Coatue's 2025 EMW Keynote Replay Slides in online PDF Coatue’s Laffont Brothers. AI, Public & VC Mkts, Macro, US Debt, Crypto, IPO's, & more Agents and the Web Remote MCP support in Claude Code Agentforce 3, it's agents all the way down. Google Cloud donates A2A to Linux Foundation- Google Developers Blog Linux Foundation Appoints Jonathan Bryce as Executive Director, Cloud & Infrastructure and Chris Aniszczyk as CTO, Cloud & Infrastructure to Oversee Major Open Source Initiatives Relevant to your Interests Amazon orders employees to relocate to Seattle and other hubs Microsoft announces advancement in quantum error correction Datadog DASH: A Revolving Door Of Operations And Security Announcements the six-month recap: closing talk on AI at Web Directions, Melbourne, June 2025 Snap acquires Saturn, a social calendar app for high school and college students Frequent reauth doesn't make you more secure Checking In on AI and the Big Five U.S. House tells staffers not to use Meta’s WhatsApp How AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux Have Diverged Since CentOS AI search finds publishers starved of referral traffic 10 years of platform engineering at SIXT: Lessons in scaling and innovation - Boyan Dimitrov What Would a Kubernetes 2.0 Look Like kubectl-ai Nonsense Costco Executive Members get extended hours Listener Feedback Warp Conferences CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch. Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CFP closes August 3rd. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Discount Tire Coté: Brimstone Angels Rebels of Reason: The Long Road from Aristotle to ChatGPT and AI's Heroes Who Kept the Faith Photo Credits Header
	Episode 525: AI Native vs. AI Add-on	25 Jun 2025	00:15:49
This week, we try a shorter format inspired by the Dithering podcast. The conversation digs into the difference between apps built with AI from the ground up and those with AI bolted on after the fact. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 525 Rundown Format inspired by Dithering An Interview with Cursor Co-Founder and CEO Michael Truell SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Photo Credits Header
	Episode 524: It’s a Box in a Box	20 Jun 2025	01:03:53
This week, we cover Apple’s WWDC updates—from containerization to Foundation Models—and the Linux Foundation’s new FAIR Package Manager. Plus, we crown the best SDT Uber rider. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 524 Runner-up Titles Infinite Workday. No more Eudora Revealed productivity. I threw up a tarp over my desk. We agreed to not talk about it It’s a box in a box alias docker=containerization When does systemd get an MCP server? All the AIs are above-average We’re not going to do anything and Apple’s going to make our podcast better I should go read it again, but I won’t Don’t make the Linux Foundation clean up your mess The Internet Foundation Option (Alt) + Shift + 2 == € Rundown Breaking down the infinite workday WWDC Enterprise Recap Containerization Mac containers Meet Containerization - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer Apple updates Spotlight to take actions on your Mac Apple Supercharges Spotlight in macOS Tahoe With Quick Keys and More Foundation Models Foundation Models adapter training Apple brings ChatGPT and other AI models to Xcode Apple services deliver powerful features and intelligent updates to users this fall tvOS 26 Introduces Automatic Sign-In Feature for Apple TV Apps Welcome to WWDC25 One Year Left: Apple’s Long Goodbye For Intel Macs Apple is shipping through it WordPress must play FAIR Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability WordPress veterans launch FAIR project to tackle security and control concerns FAIR Package Manager project Relevant to your Interests Door Dash delivery at O’Hare exposes hole in airport security Cursor's Anysphere nabs $9.9B valuation, soars past $500M ARR Ensh*ttification, Live! Micah and Cory Doctorow in Conversation Quant Firm’s $1 Billion Code Is Focus of Rare Criminal Case BYD Unleashes an EV Industry Reckoning That Alarms Beijing No Yapping Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers Starbucks to roll out Microsoft Azure OpenAI assistant for baristas The Modern Observability Roundtable: AI, Rising Costs and OpenTelemetry Python's Security Savior: Chainguard Battles Supply Chain Risk A Look Back at Q1 '25 Public Cloud Software Earnings Amazon’s Jassy Says AI Will Reduce Company’s Corporate Workforce Message from CEO Andy Jassy: Some thoughts on Generative AI The changing landscape for news podcasts across countries FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems - Windows 95 also being phased out Incremental AI is better than civilization changing AI Message from CEO Andy Jassy: Some thoughts on Generative AI Meta in Talks for Scale AI Investment That Could Top $10 Billion Remote MCP support in Claude Code Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI's talent with $100M offers Nonsense TSA urges people to stop trying to use a Costco card as a sufficient REAL ID Buc-ee’s, a Pit Stop to Refuel Cars, Stomachs and Souls, Spreads Beyond Texas 201 ways to say ‘fuck’: what 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears Are you a loudcaster? Listener Feedback Wes recommends iSH — Linux shell of the iPhone Conferences CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Watch Dept. Q Matt: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Coté: INFILTRATE. SURVEY. PERCEIVE by Reyes Makes Games. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 523: Sterling Chin on APIs, AI, and Building MCP Servers	13 Jun 2025	01:09:43
Brandon talks with Sterling Chin, Senior Developer Advocate at Postman, about building great APIs, why AI needs APIs, and what’s new at Postman. Plus, hear how he made the leap from 3rd-grade teacher to dev advocate. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 523 Episode Links Postman P OST/CON Keynote Recap Postman Agent Mode Postman API Network Postman MCP Servers Directory Postman Learn Postman Academy Join Postman Discord Contact Sterling Chin Web: www.sterlingchin.com LinkedIn: @sterlingchin Twitter: @SilverJaw82 BlueSky: @sterlingchin.bsky.social TikTok: @sterlingtalkstech YouTube: @SterlingChin Run MCP T-Shirt SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Special Guest: Sterling Chin.
	Episode 522: A 5-star cannot stand	06 Jun 2025	01:00:20
This week, we discuss Apple reversioning macOS, the steady state of private cloud, and Snowflake’s acquisition of CrunchyData. Plus, the eternal quest for a 5-star Uber rating. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 522 Runner-up Titles Saudi crypto money You know what humans like? Buses I think we need 10 stars Snow lion Maslow’s hierarchy of enterprise needs The Alexandria datacenter for French Telecom Always be cobbling 20-plus years of Internetting Rundown Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems Private Cloud Still a lot - private cloud check-in, Spring 2025 Private cloud still matters—but it doesn’t matter most Re: Still a lot of private cloud, numbers of cloud repatriation (higher than I thought) Cloud Repatriation is Getting Complicated Snowflake to Buy Crunchy Data for $250 Million The AI browser wars are about to begin An Interview with Cursor Co-Founder and CEO Michael Truell About Coding With AI After Klarna, Zoom's CEO also uses an AI avatar on quarterly call The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie Lonny Ross from 30 Rock Relevant to your Interests Exclusive: Meta splits AI team to move faster The Monster-Slaying Game You Can Play Almost Anywhere DOGE Days Thanks to AI, Gen Z is replacing pitch decks with pitchforks Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has 1 billion monthly active users The Future of Comments is Lies, I Guess Walmart Enters the Cloud Wars and Challenges Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, and SAP It’s Waymo’s World. We’re All Just Riding in It. Exclusive \| Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ad Creation Using AI Space Forge raises $30M Series A to make chip materials in space AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers Clouded Judgement 5.30.25 - Moats in the Age of AI Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site’s Data Ciroos.AI Emerges From Stealth, Raises $21M To Scale Agentic AI Tool For Operations Teams IBM Said to Have Pursued Informatica Ahead of Salesforce Deal Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out Nonsense WeatherStar 4000+ Conferences SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Snapware Pyrex 18-piece Glass Food Storage Set Matt: Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software (A16Z podcast) Photo Credits Header
	Episode 521: The MacGuffin	30 May 2025	01:04:14
This week, we discuss OpenAI acquiring io, Salesforce buying Informatica, and the future of AI agents. Plus, Coté shares details about a sensitive procedure and ceiling puzzles. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 521 Runner-up Titles Don’t ride a bike for a week You’ve got to focus on the important things What’s your NPS score? It all comes back to CSV THIS IS MY AI. THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE'S MINE. You need an MCP.Factory Crimp and Hope Rundown Sam & Jony introduce io Salesforce to acquire data management company Informatica in $8 billion deal Agentic New capabilities for building agents on the Anthropic API Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt Anthropic brings web search to free Claude users SWE Agents Too Cheap To Meter, The Token Data War, and the rise of Tiny Teams Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the next AI platform shift MCP Registry Anil Dash thoughts on MCP Servers If AI Can Play Dungeons & Dragons, It Can Run Your ERP MCP is the RSS of AI Relevant to your Interests Mistral's new Devstral AI model was designed for coding \| TechCrunch “Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall From the ExperiencedDevs community on Reddit: My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employees insane KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS Microsoft Build 2025 Keynote: Everything Revealed, in 14 Minutes Once worth over $1B, Microsoft-backed Builder.ai is running out of money Meta launches program to encourage startups to use its Llama AI models Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from Mozilla AWS Breaking Changes Cloud computing is too important to be left to the Big Three How to Lead an All-Hands After Delivering Bad News Matt Hicks: CentOS move not popular, but better for open source How tech workers really feel about work right now Exposed: How ransom gang Lockbit negotiates payments Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath U.S. public wants business to move slower on AI: Axios Harris 100 poll Musk’s xAI signs Telegram tie-up as billionaire ‘bromance’ blooms In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you” After 15 years, WhatsApp is finally ready for the iPad Nonsense Good Fortune Burger renamed its menu items to sound like office supplies Conferences POST/CON 25, June 3-4, Los Angeles, CA, Brandon representing SDT. Register here for free pass using code BRANDON (limited to first 20 People) Contract-Driven Development: Unite Your Teams and Accelerate Delivery by Chris Chandler SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Cable Matters 100-Pack Cat 6 Pass Through RJ45 Connectors Matt: Electric Foot Massager Coté: Big Mac, inspired by Kenji’s home brew.
	Episode 520: Excited is overused	23 May 2025	01:03:37
Excited is overused This week, we recap Microsoft Build, Google I/O, and Java turning 30. Plus, more Vegemite talk and a discussion on whether tech presenters really need to tell us they’re “excited.” Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 520 Runner-up Titles We all need choices Vegans are against everything The problem is you shouldn’t be watching keynotes You’re giving the black box too much responsibility What are you going to do? Some more stuff they announced that I don’t want They’re excited about that Hopefully people are excited about that I’m happy for you I want to like it Nerd famous Can you just fix calendaring? It’s too much I’m not going back to Java Rundown Will Matt try marmalade with his Vegemite for the full PBJ analogue. MSFT Build Microsoft Build 2025: news and announcements from the developer conference Microsoft announces over 50 AI tools to build the ‘agentic web’ at Build 2025 Findings from Microsoft’s 3-week study on Copilot use Microsoft open sources Windows Subsystem for Linux Google I/O Everything announced at the Google I/O 2025 keynote Android XR is getting stylish partners in Warby Parker and Gentle Monster Jules - An Asynchronous Coding Agent Google Embraces MCP iOS 19 Will Let Developers Use Apple's AI Models in Their Apps NEW Claude MCP AI Super Agents AWS Launches Its Take on an Open Source AI Agents SDK Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech Relevant to your Interests If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? Y Combinator says Google is a ‘monopolist’ that has ‘stunted’ the startup ecosystem Coinbase says customers' personal information stolen in data breach DataBricks interview about Neon OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT CarPlay Ultra, the next generation of CarPlay, begins rolling out today Meta argues enshittification isn’t real in bid to toss FTC monopoly case When Open Source Isn’t: How OpenRewrite Lost Its Way Wiz 2.0? Cyera’s meteoric $6B valuation is turning heads across the cyber world \| CTech Steve Langasek, One of Ubuntu Linux's Leading Lights, Has Died Python: The Documentary [OFFICIAL TRAILER] Spain Orders Airbnb to Take Down 66,000 Rental Listings Detecting malicious Unicode Former Apple Design Guru Jony Ive to Take Expansive Role at OpenAI Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 9 Valkey Turns One: How the Community Fork Left Redis in the Dust - Momento Nonsense Max (@StreamOnMax) on X Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters Conferences POST/CON 25, June 3-4, Los Angeles, CA, Brandon representing SDT. Register here for free pass using code BRANDON (limited to first 20 People) Contract-Driven Development: Unite Your Teams and Accelerate Delivery by Chris Chandler SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: MurderBot
	Episode 519: This is a “hit by pitch”	16 May 2025	00:57:59
This week, we discuss Zenoss finally getting acquired, Databricks buying Neon, and the debut of WizOS. Plus, updates on OpenAI, Google, Apple—and hot takes on Marmite, Vegemite, and Emacs. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 519 Runner-up Titles Vegemite is still bad You’re probably eating it It’s a bold statement This episode’s all about us Pendantic is my jam They tell you they’re making “calculated bets” Rupert SlackGPT No one knows anything, do everything Rundown Marmite Rice Cakes M&A Virtana Acquires Zenoss to Deliver the Industry’s Deepest and Broadest Observability Platform Databricks Agrees to Acquire Neon to Deliver Serverless Postgres for Developers + AI Agents - Databricks Introducing WizOS: Securing Wiz from the ground up with hardened, near-zero-CVE container base images. Checking on OpenAI Evolving OpenAI’s structure OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge OpenAI Hires Instacart C.E.O. to Run Business and Operations OpenAI Reaches Agreement to Buy Startup Windsurf for $3 Billion Anysphere, which makes Cursor, has reportedly raised $900M at $9B valuation Checking in on Google Google Search traffic decline is inevitable, execs say Google tests replacing 'I'm Feeling Lucky' with 'AI Mode' Checking on Apple Apple To Appeal Judge’s Scathing New Ruling In Epic Games Antitrust Case, Says CEO Tim Cook Eddy Cue is fighting to save Apple’s $20 billion paycheck from Google PayPal Brings Contactless Payments to German iPhones Under New EU Rule emacs — Matt Gemmell Relevant to your Interests New Netflix UI VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom The EC2 Pricing Form is 284 MB JSON File? Has DOGE missed its opportunity? Thanks to DOGE, Gumroad’s founder has a second job with the VA Microsoft employees are banned from using DeepSeek app, president says AI Is Like a Crappy Consultant You can now submit your claims for Apple’s $95 million Siri spying settlement Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce The Case for Open AI Tooling: Why Developers Need Sovereignty in the AI Era DeepSeek’s ‘Tech Madman’ Founder Is Threatening US Dominance in AI Race Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce GM unveils new 'groundbreaking' EV battery tech, aims to be first to market Exclusive: Slate Auto has already racked up more than 100,000 refundable reservations Nonsense Meet Vulcan, the first Amazon robot with a sense of touch Fyre Festival's embattled founder is selling the brand: 'It's time to pass the torch' Conferences NDC Oslo, May 21st-23th, Coté speaking. POST/CON 25, June 3-4, Los Angeles, CA, Brandon representing SDT. Register here for free pass using code BRANDON (limited to first 20 People) Contract-Driven Development: Unite Your Teams and Accelerate Delivery by Chris Chandler SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Sinners Matt: Devs — first recommended by Brandon on episode 223 Photo Credits Header
	Episode 518: It Is What It Is	09 May 2025	00:54:15
This week, we unpack what Uber’s CEO said, why the CNCF exists, and how companies chase the money. Plus, Coté stands alone in his love for rice cakes. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 518 Runner-up Titles Go feral You’ve ruined eating for me Cultural tombstone The next step is “I told you so” Culture is what happens when you’re not talking about culture. You know, it’s terrible to run over someone The robots are just fine Center of Attention Rundown Uber CEO says changing employee benefits 'is a risk we decided to take' Waymo is reducing serious crashes and making streets safer for those most at risk CNCF and Synadia Align on Securing the Future of the NATS.io Project Oxide and Friends \| Shootout at the CNCF Corral New D&D core rules are now CC-BY. ‘Cook chose poorly’: how Apple blew up its control over the App Store Relevant to your Interests I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server "AI-first" is the new Return To Office - Anil Dash Find and Buy with AI: Visa Unveils New Era of Commerce Google dusts off Google Voice and adds three-way calling Anthropic to Buy Back Employee Shares at $61.5 Billion Valuation IBM unveils capabilities meant to accelerate AI agent adoption Getting things "done" in large tech companies A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse This NAS brand just called out the competition and says you should own your hardware Microsoft Earnings, Microsoft’s Core Capability, Amazon Earnings Amazon beats on top and bottom line but issues light second quarter guidance Amazon Takes Aim at Cursor With New AI Coding Service OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge OpenAI Reaches Agreement to Buy Startup Windsurf for $3 Billion Anysphere, which makes Cursor, has reportedly raised $900M at $9B valuation Clouded Judgement 5.2.25 - Cloud Giants Report Q1 '25 Nine Emerging Developer Patterns for the AI Era \| Andreessen Horowitz Nonsense AI Brings Play-by-Play Commentary To Pong Conferences Fr ee AI workshop, May 13th. day before C loud Foundry Day. Melbourne Wiz Meet-Up, May 13. Matt will be there. Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA, Coté speaking. KCD Texas Austin 2025, May 15th, Whitney Lee speaking NDC Oslo, May 21st-23th, Coté speaking. POST/CON 25, June 3-4, Los Angeles, CA, Brandon representing SDT. Use Code: BRANDON, first 20 people get a free pass SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: UniFi Express , FlexHD, U6+ and US 8 60W Matt: Andor Season 2 Coté: Batman and Batman Returns. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 517: Trademark’s in the Mail	02 May 2025	01:03:56
This week, we discuss the new Slate Pickup, Synadia’s attempt to reclaim NATS from the CNCF, and the latest DORA AI report. Plus, Google leaves old Nest thermostats out in the cold. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 517 Runner-up Titles We have a dumb house Ultimately I blame myself You can educate people, but they’re not going to listen It’s hard to have the same level of empathy with a talking logo I don’t want a subscription car No Take Backs Rugpulls are part of the landscape now Vacuum Hypothesis Major releases forever Making bad developers 10x faster Spaces or Braces Don’t bring tabs into this Rundown Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25 The Slate Truck is a whole new kind of car Open Source Regret Syndrome How Synadia's attempt to exit the CNCF by holding a trademark hostage might have backfired Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community DORA Impact of Generative AI in Software Development Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI Google launches AI tools for practicing languages through personalized lessons Viral Shopify CEO Manifesto Says AI Now Mandatory For All Employees Introducing the Meta AI App: A New Way to Access Your AI Assistant Relevant to your Interests 2D Chip Breakthrough: 6,000 Transistors, 3 Atoms Thick AMD 2.0 – New Sense of Urgency Apple Partner TSMC Unveils Advanced 1.4nm Process for 2028 Chips Elon Musk forced back to the boardroom as Doge ‘blowback’ pummels Tesla Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's 2024 Letter to Shareholders—Annotated How Commodore Invented the Mass Market Computer Yahoo wants to buy Chrome Microsoft launches Recall and AI-powered Windows search for Copilot Plus PCs Tech Workers Are Just Like the Rest of Us: Miserable at Work Backblaze: A Loss-Making Data Storage Business Mired in Lawsuits, Sham Accounting, and Brazen Insider Dumping IBM pledges $150 billion to boost U.S. tech growth, computer manufacturing Economic Termites Are Everywhere 40 years ago, Acorn fired up the first Arm processor Nonsense Between 2 Servers - S1E2 - Not THAT Hasselhoff feat. Dr. Kate Holterhoff Fold 'N Fly » Paper Airplane Folding Instructions Conferences Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA, Coté speaking. KCD Texas Austin 2025, May 15th, Whitney Lee Speaking Fr ee AI workshop, May 13th. day before C loud Foundry Day Melbourne Wiz Meet-Up, May 13. Matt will be there NDC Oslo, May 21st-23th, Coté speaking. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Airpod Cleaner Kit Matt: Soul Coughing Live 2024 Cooking with Beagles Photo Credits Header
	Episode 516: Vibe Strategy	25 Apr 2025	01:07:32
This week, we discuss Google being found to be a monopoly, OpenAI’s “offer” to buy Chrome, and some hot takes on JSON. Plus, is it better to wait on hold or ask for a callback? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 516 Runner-up Titles Just Fine The SDT “Fine” Scale Callback Asynchronous Friendship I would love to get to know you better…over text Send you Jams to the dry cleaners. JSON Take it xslt-easy! Rundown OpenAI OpenAI in talks to pay about $3 billion to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf The Cursor Mirage AI is for Tinkerers Vibe Coding is for PMs OpenAI releases new simulated reasoning models with full tool access Clouded Judgement 4.18.25 - The Hidden Value in the AI Application Layer OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google The Creators of Model Context Protocol Judge finds Google holds illegal online ad tech monopolies Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America’s Taxpayers Relevant to your Interests Switch 2 Carts Still Taste Bad, Designed Purposefully To Be Spat Out CEO Andy Jassy’s 2024 Letter to Shareholders Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI costs will come down Happy 18th Birthday CUDA! Honeycomb Acquires Grit: A Strategic Investment in Pragmatic AI and Customer Value Everything Announced at Google Cloud Next in 12 Minutes GitLab vs GitHub : Key Differences in 2025 Old Fashioned Function Keys Fake job seekers are flooding U.S. companies that are hiring for remote positions, NetRise raises $10M to expand software supply chain security platform Mark Zuckerberg’s antitrust testimony aired his wildest ideas from Meta’s history How Much Should I Be Spending On Observability? Did we just make platform engineering much easier by shipping a cloud IDP? Google Cloud Next 2025: Agentic AI Stack, Multimodality, And Sovereignty iPhone Shipments Down 9% in China's Q1 Smartphone Boom Exclusive: Anthropic warns fully AI employees are a year away Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs Porting Tailscale to Plan 9 CVE Foundation The Cursor Mirage There's a Lot of Bad Telemetry Out There Gee Wiz Nonsense Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg's voices A Visit to Costco in France No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon Metre, a consistent measurement of the world Conferences DevOps Days Atlanta, April 29th-30th. KCD Texas Austin 2025, May 15th, Whitney Lee Speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA, Coté speaking. Fr ee AI workshop, May 13th. day before C loud Foundry Day. NDC Oslo, May 21st-23th, Coté speaking. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Dope Thief on Apple TV Coté: Check out the recording of the Tanzu Annual update, all about Tanzu’s private AI platform. Next, watch Coté’s new MCP for D&D video (#4) figures out something cool to do with MCP Prompts, they make sense now. And, a regret-a-mmendation: Fields Notes annual subscription. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 515: Rick Houlihan, MongoDB Field CTO on Document Databases	18 Apr 2025	00:43:02
Brandon talks with Rick Houlihan, Field CTO at MongoDB, about why document databases are more important than ever, how MongoDB fits into modern app architectures, and where AI comes into play. Plus, Rick shares the story of how he helped deprecate 3,000 Oracle databases at Amazon. Show Links MongoDB Contact Rick Houlihan LinkedIn: Rick Houlihan Twitter/X: @houlihan_rick SDT News & Hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Special Guest: Rick Houlihan.
	Episode 514: It’s All Affiliate Links	11 Apr 2025	00:59:44
This week, we discuss the rise of MCP, Google’s Agent2Agent protocol, and 20 years of Git. Plus, lazy ways to get rid of your junk. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 514 Runner-up Titles They like to keep it tight, but I’ll distract them Bring some SDT energy Salesforce is where AI goes to struggle I like words Rundown MCP The Strategy Behind MCP Google’s Agent2Agent Protocol Helps AI Agents Talk to Each Other Announcing the Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A)- Google Developers Blog MCP: What It Is and Why It Matters 20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful. A love letter to the CSV format Relevant to your Interests JFrog Survey Surfaces Limited DevSecOps Gains - DevOps.com Raspberry Pi’s sliced profits are easier to swallow than its valuation 'I begin spying for Deel': Bill Gates Publishes Original Microsoft Source Code in a Blog Post WordPress.com owner Automattic is laying off 16 percent of workers Intel, TSMC recently discussed chipmaking joint venture TikTok deal scuttled because of Trump's tariffs on China NVIDIA Finally Adds Native Python Support to CUDA Cloudflare Acquires Outerbase UK loses bid to keep Apple appeal against demand for iPhone 'backdoor' a secret Cloud Asteroids \| Wiz Unpacking Google Cloud Platform’s Acquisition Of Wiz Trade, Tariffs, and Tech Google Workspace gets automation flows, podcast-style summaries Zelle is shutting down its app. Here’s how you can still use the service One year ago Redis changed its license – and lost most of its external contributors Tailscale raises $160 Million (USD) Series C to build the New Internet Nonsense NFL announces use of virtual measurement technology for first downs Listener Feedback GitJobs Freecycle Conferences Tanzu Annual Update AI PARTY!, April 16th, Coté speaking DevOps Days Atlanta, April 29th-30th Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA, Coté speaking Fr ee AI workshop, May 13th. day before C loud Foundry Day NDC Oslo, May 21st-23th, Coté speaking SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: KONNWEI KW208 12V Car Battery Tester Matt: Search Engine: The Memecoin Casino Coté: :Knipex Cobra High-Tech Water Pump Pliers Photo Credits Header
	Episode 513: Put On A Musical	04 Apr 2025	00:47:50
This week, we discuss the shifting world of observability, the nightmare of “Configuration Hell,” and OpenAI’s latest valuation. Plus, a surprise Broadway musical review! Runner-up Titles We say we’re friends, but I don’t really know them Observability 2025 I don’t have any sympathy for anyone If you want to win observability, put on a musical Just is THE trigger word It’s a well-known Hell The blog posts are making me angry Rundown CISO MUSICAL \| Official Broadway Trailer Monitoring is back Observability 3.0 - bitdrift Blog Another observability 3.0 appears on the horizon ControlTheory Secures $5M Seed Funding to Bring Controllability to Observability What is Cloud veterans launch ConfigHub to fix 'configuration hell' DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse OpenAI Exclusive \| The Secrets and Misdirection Behind Sam Altman’s Firing From OpenAI OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record Relevant to your Interests How vibe coding will affect Engineering Managers Mastering GitHub Copilot: When to use AI agent mode Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Important Changes and Updates Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Makes a Few More Long-Shot Bets Pat Gelsinger has joined VC firm Playground Global Amazon Is Canceling a Major Alexa Privacy Feature on March 28: Should You Worry? oneAPI: A New Era of Heterogeneous Computing Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser Ransomware Found in VSCode Extensions Raises Concerns Over Microsoft’s Security Review Lip-Bu Tan says Intel will spin off non-core units Announcing Chainguard VMs: Minimal, Zero-CVE Container Host Images Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners Nonsense This couple is obsessed with Costco. Why do they love it so much? CISO MUSICAL \| Official Broadway Trailer Conferences DevOps Days Atlanta, April 29-30 Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: OrbStack · Fast, light, simple Docker & Linux Photo Credits Header
	Episode 512: Let’s Not Ruin This	28 Mar 2025	00:54:55
This week, we discuss Apple’s AI struggles, the never-ending access management puzzle, and the latest Kubernetes vulnerability. Plus, let’s not kill the fun of Vibe Coding. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 512 Runner-up Titles It’s either this or Chips Break glass I’m just making the worst soup Everybody loves a quokka They shipped the product, nobody used it We’re at 95% of setting timers Enterprise software fixes everything Vibecoding for Dummies is already in print (not really) Keep Vibe Coding Pure By making it better, you are making it worse I sold high, bought low and it’s still low Rundown Apple Media “clutching their pearls” Apple puts the Vision Pro guy in charge of Siri Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino Access Management has taken over The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Ingress NGINX Nvidia Nvidia CEO stops by Denny's food truck to eat and serve Nvidia Breakfast Bytes GTC AI Conference 2025 Vibe Coding Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks) The Vibe Coding Handbook Relevant to your Interests Tech worker found guilty of sabotaging company’s systems SoftBank Group to Acquire Ampere Computing Backstage is dominating the developer portal market Clouded Judgement 3.21.25 - M&A Roars Back ‘Forced Joy’ Is a Miserable Corporate Trend Nonsense Office Space - Joanna - Your Flair 'I made the world's worst keyboard': This YouTuber's homemade board has over 1,000 keys and types in words, not letters Mac - Lumon Terminal Pro Conferences KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London. DevOps Days Atlanta, April 29-30 Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Perform quick actions on iPhone Matt: Audio Hijack Transcribe Photo Credits Header Artwork
	Episode 511: G-Wiz	21 Mar 2025	00:56:41
This week, we discuss Google acquiring Wiz, the rise of Vibe Coding, and what really counts as legacy software. Plus, Coté runs a post-acquisition all-hands meeting. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 511 Runner-up Titles Tattoo “BUSINESS AS USUAL” on the inside of your eyelids BUSINESS AS USUAL One billion a month Turns out they’re gonna put lions in the product. Vibe coding is outcomes-focused. Cote’s AI Thunderdome Don’t make me learn Think About Time VibeCOBOL I don’t like the no-head Rundown Google in Fresh Talks to Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $30 Billion Intel board announces Lip-Bu Tan as new CEO Vibe Coding AI IDEs Need Moats AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead Github Coploit does have an agent mode AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code Vibe Coder job listing Legacy Software Relevant to your Interests Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data Open R1: Update #3 Sonos has canceled its streaming video player ServiceNow releases no-code, low-code AI agent builder Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir AirPods Getting Live Translation Feature Later This Year Clouded Judgement 3.14.25 - Authentication in the Age of AI Agents Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture Job Seekers Hit Wall of Salary Deflation - WSJ Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino OpenStack comes to the Linux Foundation \| TechCrunch Accusations of Corporate Espionage Shake a Software Rivalry IBM Mergers: Closing on HashiCorp and Intent to Acquire Data S tax Nonsense The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile Southwest Airlines CEO Video via WFAA Southwest Airlines Just Broke the $5 Chicken Rule, and There Goes What Once Made It Great. Conferences SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Severance ** Matt: Geoff Huntley’s blog Coté: Barthes: A Very Short Introduction, Coté — When Shit Hits the Fan. Photo Credits Header
	Episode 510: Vibe Code This Baby	14 Mar 2025	00:56:25
This week, we discuss Discord’s IPO plans, Cursor’s big raise, and how much coding developers actually do. Plus, is Southwest making a huge mistake with bag fees and assigned seats? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 510 Runner-up Titles Cote’s not here, so we’ll keep it tight They treated me like I’m stupid I’m not here to buy into the culture Go eats some rocks and glue My head is full of simultaneous thoughts Fly high Icarus, fly high We are certain of the uncertainty Rundown Southwest Airlines shifts to paid baggage policy to lift earnings Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O. IDE Follow up DevTasks outside of the IDE (PDF) How Much Are LLMs Actually Boosting Real-World Programmer Productivity? — LessWrong [AI [CursorStartup Anysphere in Talks for Close to $10 Billion Valuation Market Trends Nvidia Is Down 27% From Its Peak. Millennium Loses $900 Million on Strategy Roiled by Market Chaos Relevant to your Interests OpenAI executives have told some investors about plans for a $20,000/month agent Introducing the Framework Desktop Utah becomes the first state to pass an app store age verification bill Latest Turing Award winners again warn of AI dangers Does Big Tech’s suckiness open the door for leaner startups? Apple Explains Why the New Mac Studio Doesn't Have an M4 Ultra Chip Your Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting for You Melbourne start-up launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells What the Dot-Com Bust Can Tell Us About Today’s AI Boom Microsoft is replacing Remote Desktop with its new Windows app A 10x Faster TypeScript - TypeScript Niantic's Next Chapter: Introducing a New Home for Niantic Games iRobot Shares Drop 34% in Premarket Trading After Warning of Financial Uncertainty Health NZ used single Excel spreadsheet to track $28b of public money $16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet Oracle's Cash Squeeze Apple Pulls iPhone 16 Ad Showing Off 'More Personal Siri' Apple's AI strategy is showing troubling cracks Nonsense Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Hypoalgesic Effects of Novel “Swear” Words Chuck E. Cheese gets a rebrand — which means no more animatronic band Listener Feedback JD recommends The DuckDB Local UI Conferences DevOpsDays Chicago, March 18th, 2025. SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Belkin MagSafe Charger, 3-in-1 Matt: Wired Photo Credits Header Artwork
	Episode 509: It’s like the Suburbs	07 Mar 2025	00:52:54
This week, we discuss IBM acquisitions, IDEs in the age of AI, and bidding farewell to Skype. Plus, the dos and don’ts of using chat in corporate meetings. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 509 Runner-up Titles I’m going to make a point until the other people stop talking Is there a place I can type? Rediscovering USENET Let me introduce you to Del.icio.us That Big Blue HOA That assumes that enterprise IT is compelling The Costco liquor store is Open Source Lights out programming. The WebKit of IDEs The DevRel that makes a difference Rundown IBM roll ups? Accelerating Production AI and Bringing NoSQL Data at Scale to All Enterprises IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp, IDE up for grabs AI disruption - code editors are up for grabs Google launches a free AI coding assistant with very high usage caps Google’s principles for measuring developer productivity Goodbye Update on Support for Amazon Chime Exclusive: Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May, Om’s ode to Skype. Relevant to your Interests The Death and Life of Prediction Markets at Google—Asterisk Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing - Source Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers Trump Enforcers Affirm Lina Khan's Approach to Antitrust No Rules Are Implicit Rules Is AWS Delivering on Its 3-Layer Approach to AI? Apple Unveils New Lower-Priced iPhone With A.I. Features HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls YouTube Plans Lower-Priced, Ad-Free Version of Paid Video Tier Google may be close to launching YouTube Premium Lite He created one of the world’s first websites. It was IMDb. Processing 23 Billion Rows of ALIEN TXTBASE Stealer Logs Introduction to Service Mesh Slack is down — live updates on massive outage Introducing Alexa+, the next generation of Alexa Alphabet's Google cuts some cloud division staff, Bloomberg reports British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2025 The Job Market Is Frozen The Hardest Career Shift No One Talks About Intel breaking new organizational ground by formalizing the idea of a co-CEO that reports to a (third?) CEO to be named later. NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang Addresses The "DeepSeek Fiasco" For The First Time; Says Investors "Overreacted" & "Got It All Wrong" Uber and Waymo officially launch autonomous vehicle service in Austin; what to know How to Get Hired When AI Does the Screening How's that open source licensing coming along? Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard Sponsors Subscribe to the Fork Around and Find Out Podcast Nonsense Everyone Hates Pennies, Except This Guy Mother's Flour Tortillas A Comprehensive Guide to American Regional Cuisine Listener Feedback Episode 94: Adding more condiments to the 7 layer networking burrito, with Marino Wijay Multi Tool Warren recommends: Micra Multi-Tool \| Leatherman Mykel recommends ROXON 802 Phantom Matt recommends the Swiss+Tech Utili-Key 6-in-1 Multi-tool \| REI Co-op Conferences DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP Open Source Career Day 2025, March 9, 2025 VMUG NL, March 12th, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Chicago, March 18th, 2025. SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: “I’m Not a Robot” (2025 Academy Award Winner) IKON Friends and Family Discounts Matt: Zero Day Coté: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Photo Credits Header Artwork
	Episode 508: Software Defined Interviews Crossover: PaaS and Career Advice with Brian Gracely	28 Feb 2025	01:17:27
This week, we're sharing a Software Defined Interviews episode. Coté and Whitney talk with Brian Gracely from the Cloudcast and Red Hat about cloud news, PaaS evolution, and career advice. If you like this, subscribe to Software Defined Interviews for more great conversations! Subscribe to Software Defined Interviews Special Guests: Brian Gracely and Whitney Lee.
	Episode 507: Battery of Potential	21 Feb 2025	01:02:21
This week, we discuss how banks beat PayPal with Zelle, what the Wiz survey says about AI usage, and whether you can really “disagree and commit.” Plus, are multitools actually useful? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 507 Runner-up Titles Royal Human Skin I feel bad for the multitools The Hulu of Payments Floppy disk mindset Upgrading the status quo The floppy disk mindset, the floppy disk award. A triangle fighting itself. Fancy database tools Apple’s grammar powers. Rundown Zelle payments top $1 trillion in 2024 as network's growth outpaces rivals including PayPal The State of AI in the Cloud 2025 \| Wiz How to add a directory to your PATH Relevant to your Interests Juniper CEO, HPE blast DOJ deal denial These are the 50 most common four-digit PINs leaked on the dark web Believing in Aliens Derailed This Internet Pioneer’s Career. Now He’s Facing Prison Arm secures Meta as first customer for ambitious new chip project Inside Amazon’s Messy Push to Bring Everyone Back to the Office EU ditches plans to regulate tech patents, AI liability, online privacy Jamie Dimon offered up candid, lengthy thoughts about remote work TSMC Considers Running Intel’s US Factories After Trump Team Request The danger of relying on OpenAI’s Deep Research The Feds Push for WebAssembly Security Over eBPF How to add a directory to your PATH The “AI Agent As Coworker” Narrative Is Nonsense This is Meta’s brand new ad for Horizon Worlds. Jamie Dimon offered up candid, lengthy thoughts about remote work Nonsense Smalls Sliders: Cheeseburger Slider Restaurant never obsolete Gartner Hype Cycle Demystified Smalls Sliders: Cheeseburger Slider Restaurant Conferences DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP VMUG NL, March 12th, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Chicago, March 18th, 2025. SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Cursor Matt: Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel Coté: The Substance. Photo Credits Header Artwork

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