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This week, we discuss Google I/O, the OpenAI soap opera, and ChatGPT going full financial advisor. Plus, thoughts on improving the conference hallway track. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 573 Runner-up Titles Stupid Macs I like my idea What was I thinking? Opt-in AI Kentucky Derby's this Weekend It's a low plateau There's no vibe in X-Code Matt's trading with AI Everyone's watching Rundown Google I/O A new era for AI Search All the news from the Google I/O 2026 Developer keynote I/O 2026: Welcome to the agentic Gemini era AI Stuff Elon Musk lost his case against Sam Altman Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI's Products in Latest Shake-Up OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, former Tesla AI leader Relevant to your Interests Datacenter NIMBYism: What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? Cerebras raises $5.5B, then stock pops $108%, in the first huge tech IPO of 2026 Andreessen Horowitz Is Spending on Politics Like No Other Cisco announces record revenue and 4,000 layoffs in the same day Amazon ditches Rufus chatbot, launches Alexa shopping agent in AI strategy pivot Open source tool maker Grafana Labs says hackers stole its code, refuses to pay ransom Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare From Open Source Software to Open Source Strategy CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github Shai-Hulud Returns: npm Worm hits @antv in latest ongoing campaign Intel CEO says foundry business is gaining momentum as customer interest grows Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid Sponsors WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration Sentry - use the code: sdt26 for $100 in Sentry credits for new users Nonsense "solutions architects" in 2026 Conferences WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Varlock Matt: Sheep Detectives
This week, we discuss how security gets sold to execs, where agentic coding and security collide, and Cloudflare vs. Datadog's diverging paths. Plus, Coté weighs in on sugar cookies. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 572 Runner-up Titles Sugar Kingdom Bastard Sugar Choose butter It's just AI now People don't like paying for software It's an exciting time to be writing software Are we going to start funding open source? Speaking of that, but not that, it's totally unrelated We're leaving the table Weird network stuff That box of cables on GitHub Rundown Security Mini Shai-Hulud Is Back: npm Worm Hits over 160 Packages Fedora Hummingbird Linux Brings Agentic Linux to Builders Red Hat Hardened Images Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Portkey to Secure the Rise of AI Agents Mythos finds a curl vulnerability Redis and the Cost of Ambition AI is restructuring the software industry — winners and losers Datadog's stock jumps 31% on crushing earnings beat Cloudflare stock sinks 24% after earnings as company cuts 1,100 employees Linear increases workforce Relevant to your Interests Laws, anecdotes, idioms, and other shit people say - cote.pizza The smart lock standard that could replace your keys is finally here dirtyfrag/README.md at master · V4bel/dirtyfrag · GitHub Red Hat Summit Newsroom Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted Your Container Is Not a Sandbox OpenAI launches the OpenAI Deployment Company Corporate Card Startup Ramp Raising Funds at $40 Billion Valuation Cyberattack shutters Canvas learning platform for schools across the U.S. AWS warns of EC2 'impairment' as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region AI and DevOps Maturity Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX Announcing Agent Toolkit for AWS He's not wrong, but what can they do? How are those Microsoft foundation models going? Sponsors WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration Conferences WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Xcode MCP Matt: whatcable Coté: Shogun.
This week, we discuss AI labs driving cloud revenue, hyperscalers laying off instead of building, and kids defeating age verification. Plus, Brandon has too many thoughts on Workday. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 571 Runner-up Titles The world is just paper. TODO debris pile Fancy countries you live in Enron Conspiracy Shredder. Cote's mom's gonna love this Brandon works out his Workday trauma. Cash money, hamburger, hamburger bang bang ChatGPT PS Edition Forward Deployed Engineer for Workday It'll probably work, that's the future Rundown Earnings Cloud Giants Update Amazon earnings beat expectations with strong cloud growth Microsoft calls for $190 billion in 2026 capital spending on soaring memory prices Alphabet ups 2026 capex to as much as $190 billion Meta stock drops on quarterly results Anthropic Commits to Spending $200 Billion on Google's Cloud and Chips How children are getting creative and fooling age verification checks Services Anthropic launches enterprise AI firm with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services Relevant to your Interests Q1 2026 earnings call: Remarks from our CEO Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date" IBM Bob hits 80,000 developers with 45% productivity gains Shares of eBay take off on a $56 billion buyout bid from GameStop's Ryan Cohen Wall Street Rollup (@WallStRollup) on X The Venture-Capital Populist Cursor's $60 billion bet is on the harness, not the model What you're actually writing when you write a SKILL.md So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday's Internet No more Jeeves: Ask.com officially shuttered OpenAI locks GPT-5.5-Cyber behind velvet rope Workload Identity Federation AWS Cost Optimization Hub now supports CSV download - AWS IREN Announces Acquisition of Mirantis to Strengthen AI Cloud Delivery Capabilities Sponsors WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Use Code DEVPOD26 — 15% off, stacks with group rates for 4+ Nonsense Your Name in Landsat Listener Feedback JD recommends varlock Conferences DevOpsDays + AI Nashville, May 14-15, 2026 KCD Texas, May 15, 2026, use code MEDIA_THANK_YOU for free pass WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Overcast Upload CLI utility The 2026 AI Draft Epson 400 II Matt: Casablanca. Coté: iA Writer.
This week, we discuss Google's enterprise agent stack, what makes an agent an agent, and AI's biggest critic. Plus, Coté wants better vision. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 570 Runner-up Titles You can't win against time The Shining Path of Least Resistance The Burger Diagram You guys were talking about CORBA the other day. Is this just destiny Burger Diagram Aficionado Think like a computer Those are the fun agents. AI for None of Us Matt Ray, but verify Gen-X Stamp Collecting Rundown Google Cloud Next Google Cloud Next '26 Developer Keynote An Interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian About the Agentic Moment You can now easily generate files in Gemini. Google Internal AI Adoption via Steve Yegge Google builds elite team to close the coding gap with Anthropic AI's biggest critic has lost the plot From the GithubCopilot community on Reddit: Change to useage based billing An update on GitHub availability "Developer loyalty is at zero right now": Google doesn't care which AI coding tool you use Relevant to your Interests Former Google Employee Announces Silicon Valley Satire, ‘Paradox Inc.' The base model $599 Mac mini is now completely out of stock Anthropic's New A.I. Model Sets Off Global Alarms Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary employee buyout for up to 7% of U.S. workforce AI Coding Firm Cognition in Funding Talks at $25 Billion Value Clouded Judgement 4.24.26 - The AI-Driven Employment Explosion Nvidia stock closes at record, pushing market cap past $5 trillion Spotify Brings Music and Podcast Recommendations to Claude — Spotify Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) on Threads The Stanford freshmen who want to rule the world … will probably read this book and try even harder OpenAI Misses Key Revenue, User Targets in High-Stakes Sprint Toward IPO Ubuntu Linux Will Begin Landing AI Features Throughout The Next Year The future of AI in Ubuntu Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS Ghostty Is Leaving GitHub – Mitchell Hashimoto Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court over the fate of OpenAI Meta to cut one in 10 jobs after spending billions on AI The week that Meta employees became training data In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal | TechCrunch Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic as search giant spreads its AI bets An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman About Bedrock Managed Agents Sponsors WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Use Code DEVPOD26 — 15% off, stacks with group rates for 4+ Nonsense Your Name in Landsat Listener Feedback Light Bulb Info Can You Throw Light Bulbs in the Trash? A Type-by-Type Guide - BulbCycle: Fluorescent Bulb & Lamp Disposal Battery, mobile phone and light bulb recycling, light bulb, lightbulb - City of Sydney OpenAI is making its own phone to compete with the iPhone: report PROMOTE STICKER, FM Newsletter and why podcasts are the best for learning Conferences DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026 DevOpsDays + AI Nashville, May 14-15, 2026 KCD Texas, May 15, 2026, use code MEDIA_THANK_YOU for free pass WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: 1Password CLI Tool Matt: Summer Album/Winter Album Coté: AI's biggest critic has lost the plot
This week, we discuss agents taking over at Google Cloud Next, Apple's new CEO, and Cursor getting acquired (sort of). Plus, Coté's e-waste has no exit strategy. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 569 Runner-up Titles I love throwing stuff in the trash. Dillo dirt's a thing. BurgerOps. Thomas opens for Richard. Department of “No” people Starfish Stomach Model Enterprise — come into me The Organization will Assimilate it Gold plaques all around He can let his freak flag fly Take the first billion dollar offer Rundown Google Next Welcome to Google Cloud Next26 Google's AI adoption — Steve Yegge X Post Tanzu Platform 10.4: a private cloud platform for AI harnesses (or, "agentic AI") Apple becomes a $4 Trillion under Tim Cook Cursor Watch Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges There's No Time for SpaceX to Buy Cursor SpaceX says it can buy Cursor later this year for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for 'our work together' Relevant to your Interests Poland street sees humanoid robot chasing boars in unusual AI showcase Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites Snapchat owner cuts 16% of global staff in latest round of job cuts Email for agents - Cloudflare Email Service now in public beta DeployBar — Free CI monitoring. Unsolicited platypus included. Let them tinker - hacking developer resistance to sound enterprise architecture and platforms China's DeepSeek is raising funds at $10 billion valuation, The Information reports Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges AI chipmaker Cerebras files to go public after scrapping IPO plans last year Amazon to invest up to $25B in Anthropic as part of expanded cloud partnership - SiliconANGLE Amazon to invest up to $25 billion more in Anthropic; Claude developer to spend more than $100 billion on AWS AI technology Amazon and Anthropic expand strategic collaboration Anthropic CPO leaves Figma's board after reports he will offer a competing product OpenAI loses multiple executives in latest leadership shakeup Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot Anthropic's redesigned Claude Code desktop app lets you burn through tokens even faster OpenAI's Codex Mac app adds three key features that go beyond agentic coding Introducing Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic Sponsors WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Use Code DEVPOD26 — 15% off, stacks with group rates for 4+ Listener Feedback Subscribe to Failover New Nonsense Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot from shoes to AI, stock explodes more than 700% Allbirds Stock Now Crashing as Reality Sets in About Its Delusional AI Pivot Conferences DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026 DevOpsDays + AI Nashville, May 14-15, 2026 KCD Texas, May 15, 2026, use code MEDIA_THANK_YOU for free pass WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Claude /team-onboarding The Junior Dev Crisis: Who Inherits the Code When AI Does the Work Matt: Resident Alien Coté: and
This week, we discuss Claude's harness, OpenAI's ongoing drama, and whether Backstage is still a thing. Plus, Coté gives up on the green screen. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 568 Runner-up Titles It's clearly an AI chair. I've given up on the green screen No animals, only buttholes I don't know if I can think on my own Make your pecans really pop Did they shut it down? I wasn't paying attention Always take the first offer for a billion dollars Bad Parking The Apple IIE had this problem I was paying attention but I might have had a mouthful of cereal. Rundown Anthropic Anthropic vs. OpenAI Revenue Why Anthropic's new model has cybersecurity experts rattled Workday CTO Joins Anthropic Amid Startup's Push to Build HR Apps Clouded Judgement 4.10.26 - Long Live the Harness (Wrapper?) ! Anthropic closes in on OpenAI as US business use surges Anthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw usage Anthropic Buys Stealth Dimension-Backed Coefficient Bio in $400M+ Stock Deal Claude Command /powerup Post-Mortem of Anthropic's Claude Code Leak OpenAI Palace Intrigue OpenAI's Fidji Simo takes medical leave, announces leadership changes OpenAI CEO and CFO Diverge on IPO Timing Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age OpenAI is getting weird again - Casey Newton OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro Let Us Learn to Show Our Friendship for a Man When He Is Alive and Not After He Is Dead OpenAI buys TBPN Exclusive | OpenAI Buys Tech-Industry Talk Show TBPN OpenAI Buys Tech-Industry Talk Show TBPN OpenAI acquires TBPN | OpenAI OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show OpenAI Buys Streaming Show ‘TBPN,' Aiming to Change Narrative on A.I. Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? Backstage Backstage is dead Observability Cisco to grab Galileo for AI observability supercharge - SDxCentral Dynatrace to Acquire Bindplane to Establish Telemetry Pipelines for AI and Cloud‑Native Observability Cursor and Coding Agents Cursor's $2 billion bet: The IDE is now a fallback, not the default Cursor's New Tool Lets Users Delegate to a Team of Coding Agents Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex are merging into one AI coding stack nobody planned Relevant to your Interests Here's what that Claude Code source leak reveals about Anthropic's plans Starlink satellite tracker A Secure Chat App's Encryption Is So Bad It Is ‘Meaningless' Coinbase's AI payments system joins Linux Foundation Trump's AI framework targets state laws, shifts child safety burden to parents | TechCrunch TIME100 AI 2025: Chris Lehane Jack Dorsey says Block employees now bring prototypes — not slide decks — to meetings Post Mortem: axios npm supply chain compromise · Issue #10636 · axios/axios · GitHub Addressing GitHub's recent availability issues Iran threatens ‘complete and utter annihilation' of OpenAI's $30B Stargate AI data center Social media is turning into a freak show The Building Block Economy Giant Mac mini cluster powers Overcast podcast transcripts without the cloud How Amazon Dies: A Possible, Maybe Likely Future Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban New Data Centers Introducing Muse Spark: Scaling Towards Personal Superintelligence SiFive raises $400 million from Atreides, Nvidia for data-center chip technology Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter Giving external agents access to Xcode | Apple Developer Documentation France orders all government ministries to ditch Windows for Linux in digital sovereignty push You can now easily call LLMs from your messaging engine. Should you? Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy software licenses, just like employees Meta creating AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so staff can talk to the boss Little Snitch for Linux — Because Nothing Else Came Close AI infrastructure budgets set to triple as demand soars: Deloitte Amazon jumps deeper into space race Amazon buying Globalstar, to rival SpaceX's Starlink Meta is making an AI Zuck to chat with employees Sponsors WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Use Code DEVPOD26 — 15% off, stacks with group rates for 4+ Nonsense NASA sends Outlook around Moon, immediately needs IT help Top FEMA Official Doubles Down on Claim He Teleported to Waffle House AI CEO vs Engineer (2026). Poor Blue Blob Paul McCartney Banned From Reddit After Promoting Himself in Paul McCartney Subreddit Listener Feedback Michael Neal: built mesh-llm — Decentralised LLM Inference Shaun built: workworkwork Brandon's App: Milestone Birthday and Anniversary Tracker Conferences DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026 DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026 DevOpsDays + AI Nashville, May 14-15, 2026 KCD Texas, May 15, 2026, use code MEDIA_THANK_YOU for free pass WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 202 WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: Community_SoftwareDefined DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 DevOpsDays Istanbul, October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting. 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The code is actually kinda useless This week, we discuss the Claude Code leak, locking down coding agents, and the Axios supply chain attack. Plus, Coté considers breaking up with his Gmail address of 20+ years. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 566 Runner-up Titles pawpatrol891@gmail.com I get that dude's email Those turtles are dyslexic I'm just a space hyperchicken judge curl|bash is the debate Djikstra's algorithm for calendaring Rundown Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address. Here's How Claude had a week He Rewrote Leaked Claude Code in Python, And Dodged Copyright Anthropic admits Claude Code quotas running out too fast Auto mode for Claude Code Anthropic leaked its own source Code Are sandboxes the future Docker Sandboxes: Run Agents in YOLO Mode, Safely Docker Sandboxes: Run Claude Code and More Safely Coder Raises $35M Axios NPM Distribution Compromised in Supply Chain Attack Relevant to your Interests Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy Juries Take the Lead in the Push for Child Online Safety Jensen Huang runs Nvidia with 60 direct reports — and no one-on-ones Report: Apple to Move a Part of its Embedded Cores to RISC-V, Stepping Away from Arm ISA A one-line Kubernetes fix that saved 600 hours a year Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware - 9to5Mac ‘Astound'ed. Google Flips Its Fiber To PE. Hacked Files of F.B.I. Director Kash Patel Circulate Online We Rewrote JSONata with AI in a Day, Saved $500K/Year I Decompiled the White House's New App Mistral secures $830 million in debt financing to fund AI data center The AI boom is a lie: Fake data centres and unused GPUs | Ed Zitron Microsoft Copilot is now injecting ads into pull requests on GitHub American Exchange Group Inks $39 Million Deal for Allbirds Assets OMG. Best back to back posts. Maintainer for Axios, before and after the supply chain breach. Historical GitHub Uptime Charts Reddit - The heart of the internet Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance Steve Blank Your Startup Is Probably Dead On Arrival Nonsense The Untold Story of Wiz (ft. Wiz Khalifa) Conferences DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026 DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026 DevOpsDays + AI Nashville, May 14-15, 2026 KCD Texas, May 15, 2026, use code MEDIA_THANK_YOU for free pass WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Dallas, Sep 28-29, 202 WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: Community_SoftwareDefined DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 VMware User Groups (VMUGs): Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026) Toronto (May 12-14, 2026) Dallas (June 9-11, 2026) Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) Conference Partners 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Claude Code /copy Matt: Search Engine: Are You a Good Driver? The Trial of the Driverless Car Coté: Abby Bangser's KubeCon EU 2026 talk booWhoops
This week, we discuss big bets gone wrong, OpenAI buying the Python toolchain, and Claude's favorite tools. Plus, how fast should AI agents ship bug fixes? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 565 Runner-up Titles Product Management Slot Machine We poisoned our own data As the resident hater of SDT I'm optimistic on this one I'll check back when you call it Siri AI SEO The Ryan Gosling of Podcasts Rundown Big Bets, Past, Present and Future Meta decides not to shut down Horizon Worlds on VR after all OpenAI Will Shut Down Sora Video App; Disney Drops Plans for $1 Billion Investment Amazon's smartphone would be ill-timed: IDC analyst Jitterbug Smart4 Smartphone for Seniors Python and OpenAI Thoughts on OpenAI acquiring Astral and uv/ruff/ty OpenAI to acquire Astral | OpenAI Security TeamPCP Backdoors LiteLLM Versions 1.82.7–1.82.8 via Trivy CI/CD Compromise Three's a Crowd: TeamPCP trojanizes LiteLLM in Continuation of Campaign KICS GitHub Action Compromised: TeamPCP Strikes Again in Supply Chain Attack Trivy Compromised: Everything You Need to Know about the Latest Supply Chain Attack Introducing Wiz AI Application Protection Platform (AI-APP) Introducing Wiz Agents & Workflows: Security at the Speed of AI AI Runtime Threat Detection: From Input to Real-World Impact Claude defaults Amplifying — AI Benchmark Research Relevant to your Interests Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) on X Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse Government Registers Aliens.Gov Domain Instagram to remove end-to-end encryption for private messages in May What Is the PARK Stack? Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway Mark Zuckerberg builds AI CEO to help him run Meta FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign-Made Consumer Routers, Prohibiting Approval of New Models Future Casting the Modern Data Stack Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push Today's layoffs, This note was sent to Epic employees today Your wireless router is now banned from sale in the US Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $3 million in social media addiction trial Arm is releasing the first in-house chip in its 35-year history Arm Launches Own CPU, Arm's Motivation, Constraints and Systems Feature Spotlight: Introducing the Fantastical Connector (MCP) for Claude Conferences DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026 DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026 WeAreDevelopers, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Project Hail Mary, The Movie Matt: From Robert Mueller to Stringer Bell: How the Post-9/11 FBI Drove The Wire
This week, we discuss NVIDIA GTC, token machines, token budgets, and an AWS outage that may or may not involve AI. Plus, Matt reviews The Wizard of Oz at The Sphere. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 564 Runner-up Titles Let's T this up. One Trillion Dollars Leader to laggard My terms of service Someone should come up with a term Networking FOMO Slide crimes It's token machines all the way down. The Claude-ning So why Nemo Cloud? You're just selling token machines Billionaire version of Gallagher I've seen too much Upward Replicability Rundown NVIDA GTC Nvidia bets on AI inference as chip revenue opportunity hits $1 trillion Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: $1 trillion in chip sales coming Keynote at NVIDIA GTC San Jose 2026 AI Roundup Amazon just called an emergency engineering meeting after AI coding tools caused multiple outages. 2 Ways to Correct the Financial Times at AWS (So Far) Amazon orders 90-day reset after code mishaps cause millions of lost orders Microsoft shakes up Copilot AI leadership team, freeing up Suleyman to build new models MCP vs. CLI for AI-native development - CircleCI Relevant to your Interests YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World's Largest Media Company The Lobster That Moved $50 Billion Amazon is determined to use AI for everything – even when it slows down work Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company How to Do Code Reviews in the Agentic Era Elon Musk Says He's Epically Screwed Up at xAI, Is Rebuilding "From the Foundations" The ‘AI-Washing' of Job Cuts Is Corrosive and Confusing Introducing Chainguard Commercial Builds: Secure-by-default containers Exclusive: Small publishers hit hardest by search traffic declines The State of AI in the Enterprise - 2026 AI report Agents Over Bubbles "Yes, AI Is a Bubble. There Is No Question." Listener Feedback Recap of SCALE 23x with Barton George Conferences KubeCon EU, March 23-26, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026 DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026 WeAreDevelopers, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Failover Media Newsletter Stitch - Design with AI Milestone iOS App Claude Command: /insights Matt: Caleb Sasser XOXO 2024 The McDonald's Centralia Mural MPC app Coté: Dream Router 7
This week, we discuss Claude Code for non-coders, automating newsletters and status reports, and AI tax prep. Plus, Coté finds unexpected joy in a coding assistant. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 563 Runner-up Titles Upgraded to Max The only innovation I was talking about was hiring me. The Patrick Stewart of the Cubicles. Should we become the Claudecast? Matt Ray in Your Pocket. Come into the tent You have agency in your life Rundown Coté went to Claude Camp Microsoft and Anthropic team up to bring Claude Cowork to Microsoft 365 Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool Hater Season: Corey Quinn — Better Offline Google completes acquisition of Wiz Relevant to your Interests I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren't What They Seem. Iranian news claims AWS drone strikes were deliberate Anthropic Just Won the Enterprise. Here's What Nobody's Talking About Amazon's Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says Startups.RIP - Dead YC Startups, Alive Ideas Kratix Anywhere: Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid Without Compromise Meta just bought Moltbook, the social network for AI bots - 9to5Mac Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages Oracle is building yesterday's data centers with tomorrow's debt SUSE Reportedly May Be For Sale Yet Again When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry” Oracle is under pressure from more than $100 billion in debt and massive layoffs as it pushes ahead with Larry Ellison's 3-step transformation Oracle is building yesterday's data centers with tomorrow's debt Oracle Job Cuts OpenAI bowed out of the Oracle MacBook Neo - Tech Specs Code Mode: give agents an entire API in 1,000 tokens MacBook Neo - Tech Specs Nonsense McDonald's C.E.O. Takes a Big Bite Out of a Burger. Maybe Scratch ‘Big.' Conferences KubeCon EU, March 23-26, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026 DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026 WeAreDevelopers, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking. 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Token management with RTK Usage for Claude App - App Store Coté: Anker MagGo 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station
This week. we discuss Claude Code's momentum, Cursor's identity crisis, and the SDLC's uncertain future. Plus, Coté finally explains how Markdown is destroying the economy. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 562 Runner-up Titles Demos over Memos Products over Prose Software written by the many for the few USB is flaky Do you get a Code of Conduct for prison? I thought I had typed it somewhere Markdown is taking down the economy Claude, Take the Wheel Sticking with month-to-month Precious Tokens Rip Van Winkle this whole AI thing The ants have won They have infinite tokens Is SLDC Dead? Rundown The SaaS-Apocalypse was based on markdown files The Software Development Lifecycle Is Dead The Third Era of Software Development Intelligence, Subtracted Anthropic rejects Pentagon's AI demands Exclusive-Anthropic investors push to de-escalate Pentagon clash over AI safeguards ‘Incoherent': Hegseth's Anthropic ultimatum confounds AI policymaker Anthropic leads Enterprise AI Spend Anthropic took >50% of spend on enterprise AI subscriptions $110 Billion in Name Only OpenAI reveals more details about its agreement with the Pentagon OpenAI changes deal with US military after backlash Relevant to your Interests McKinsey and AWS launch Amazon McKinsey Group Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable' The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art Distinguished Eng On Stack Ranking, Competing with Bezos, Regrets WIZ: My Personal AI Agent OpenAI changes deal with US military after backlash Tech Publications Lost 58% of Google Traffic Since 2024 Ramp AI Index Nonsense Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? Conferences Austin Meetup, March 10th, Listener Steve Anness speaking on Grafana KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026 DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026 WeAreDevelopers, July 8th to 10th, Berlin, Coté speaking. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking. 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 Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media Recommendations Brandon: Failover Media Newsletter Milestone 1.1 Ski Quiver Matt: IKEA MYGGSPRAY motion sensor, TRADFRI LED and RODRET Coté: The “Anime Wow” sound. And, related to Brandon's modernization talk last week.
This week, we discuss AI-assisted COBOL migrations, the OpenClaw Foundation, and AI killing Office. Plus, is TSA PreCheck Touchless the peak of airport efficiency? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 561 Runner-up Titles New's not good He knows how to be retired Let Matt Cook We don't have to worry about that Brandon You're that guy The stock market feels reactionary Siri-Claw Foundation Washing Give me life-changing money and I'll have a better take Why do I need to pay for power usage? Rundown IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares tank 13% on Anthropic programming language threat IBM Crashes 11% as Anthropic Threatens COBOL Empire Mechanical Orchard: Half Baked OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future This Is the Biggest Threat to Microsoft Office I've Ever Seen. LibreOffice Online: a fresh start - TDF Community Blog Linux 7.0-rc1 Released With Many New Features Relevant to your Interests Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announces it sold 77% of its Amazon they hacked CSS The A.I. Disruption We've Been Waiting for Has Arrived YOLO Travel Bookings This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030 Cloud and AWS cost consultant Duckbill expands to software, raises $7.75M for new Skyway platform Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker Nonsense GE Profile made a smaller version of its nugget ice maker that needs less counter space TSA PreCheck Touchless ID | Delta Air Lines Listener Feedback Introducing Agent Plugins for AWS Conferences DevOpsDay LA 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. Check out the Tanzu and Spring talks and trading cards on THE LANDING PAGE. Austin Meetup, March 10th, Listener Steve Anness speaking on Grafana KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026 DevOpsDays Austin, May 5 - 6, 2026 WeAreDevelopers, July 8th to 10th, Berlin, Coté speaking. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking. 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: Milestone Birthdays (iOS App) Matt: Lupin on Netflix
This week, we discuss personal AI hype cycles, bottoms-up adoption, and "The Modern Stack" simplifying cloud. Plus, thoughts on new cars and the dogs that ride in them. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 560 Runner-up Titles They only talk about AI I bet you have 5 shop vacs It's all going into applesauce Live Claude Code It Good defaults and opinions, nobody wants that Give me 5 minutes, and I'll give you fifty 6 page memos I know I just pulled off a Pivotal scab. Free Tier as a Service Rundown Something Big Is Happening OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI Modern Stack: Fly.io, Neon, Upstash and Cloudflare Relevant to your Interests An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me YouTube launches native app for Apple Vision Pro Not all cables are born equal, so test your USB cables with these cheap USB testers — these budget-priced tools help you protect your expensive gear from faulty or bad-quality leads The Lunduke Journal (@LundukeJournal) Video on Apple Podcasts - Apple Podcasts for Creators Temporal raises $300M Series D at a $5B valuation as AI drives demand for Durable Execution Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding at $380 billion post-money valuation Introducing Sonnet 4.6 Conferences DevOpsDay LA 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. Check out the Tanzu and Spring talks and trading cards on THE LANDING PAGE. Shout out to the people who saw the trading cards and messaged me! Austin Meetup, March 10th, Listener Steve Anness speaking on Grafana KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. Devopsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026 DevOpsDays Austin, May 5 - 6, 2026 WeAreDevelopers, July 8th to 10th, Berlin, Coté speaking. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking. 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: Ghostty pairs nicely with Claude Code Matt: Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 Coté: Iron Lung. ChatGPT for upscaling images, like this one.
This week, we discuss the future of SaaS, OpenAI vs. Anthropic strategies, and cloud capex. Plus, when will you let an AI book your flights? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 559 Runner-up Titles Do we get to eat Moon Pies? Some days it's just me and the AI We have a LinkedIn page The state of the world has not gotten better, it's just moved to Kubernetes Trained on the Corpse of Stack Overflow. We just have to get the files right It is all just files It's all an OODA loop Rinse and reply. Is Software dead? Your margin is my yacht. claude-travel.md Vegans have morals though Rundown DriftlessAF: Introducing Chainguard Factory 2.0 Is Software dead? Clouded Judgement 2.6.26 - Software Is Dead...Again...For Real this Time...Maybe? Anthropic's breakout moment: how Claude won business and shook markets Besieged The $285 Billion 'SaaSpocalypse' Is the Wrong Panic The "whole product" is more relevant than ever Cloud Earnings Microsoft Q2 earnings beat on top and bottom lines as cloud revenue tops $50 billion, but stock falls Microsoft stock plunges as Wall Street questions AI investments A day of reckoning for the AI boom Oracle says it plans to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity this year Google Earnings Beat. Cloud Computing Momentum Builds Amid Spending Boom Amazon stock falls 10% on $200 billion spending forecast, earnings miss Amazon's $200 Billion Spending Plan Raises Stakes in A.I. Race [Follow the CAPEX: Cloud Table Stakes 2024 Retrospective](http://(https://platformonomics.com/2025/02/follow-the-capex-cloud-table-stakes-2024-retrospective/) Amazon Earnings, CapEx Concerns, Commodity AI Google's parent company raises billions of dollars in debt sale OpenAI Drama Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads | TechCrunch OpenAI will reportedly start testing ads in ChatGPT today Relevant to your Interests Deploying Moltbot (Formerly Clawdbot) Apple tops Q1 earnings estimates on record-breaking iPhone sales Clouded Judgement 1.30.26 - Software is Dead...Again! Leaders, gainers, and unexpected winners in the Enterprise AI arms race All Enterprise software is dead The Dumbest Thing I've Seen This Week SpaceX acquires xAI in record-setting deal as Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions AWS destiny: becoming the next Lumen CloudBees CEO: Why Migration Is a Mirage Costing You Millions Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding The world is trying to log off U.S. tech Anthropic's newest AI model uncovered 500 zero-day software flaws in testing DHH on OpenClaw Adam Jacob really likes AI code generation Cautionary Tales – The WOW Machine Stops (Part 2) Kyndryl Shares Halved Amid CFO Departure, Accounting Review Our $200M Series C / Oxide Presentations — Benedict Evans Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT Hello Entire World · Entire Blog Former GitHub CEO raises record $60M dev tool seed round at $300M valuation From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface Nonsense What If the Sensors on Your Car Were Inspecting Potholes for the Government? Honda Found Out Superbowl Ad 404 Conferences DevOpsDay LA 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. Check out the Tanzu and Spring talks and trading cards on THE LANDING PAGE. Austin Meetup, March 10th, Open Lakehouse and AI — Listener Steve Anness speaking KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. Devopsdays Atlanta 2026. April 21-22 VMware User Groups (VMUGs): Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking. 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: YouTube TV plans launch this week Matt: Send Help Steal Coté: AI, open source, talent, and more, live at cfgmgmtcamp 2026, with Andrew Clay Shafer Tapistry
This week, we discuss Moltbot (née Clawdbot) taking over, Apple's new AirTags, and finding Enterprise AI ROI. Plus, the tragic demise of the TV dinner. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 557 Runner-up Titles The Podcasters' Choice I was biding my time I just want to sell something I believe in What if you didn't get chard Chard as a Service Let's be cool The Human League Spinning tapes talking to each other Artisanal tape dispensers Buying into the Panopticon Why should only Facebook know where I am? Root access to your life The AirTag Family Circus comic Jar of Airtags Hold my beer open source The Value of AI is intuitively obvious OK, we're done. Talk to you guys next week. Rundown Clawdbot Rebrands to Moltbot After Trademark Request From Anthropic - Laravel News Clawdbot users are snapping up the Mac Mini — and it's under $500 at Amazon Enterprise AI ROI is still elusive. What IT can do to fix it. It's not "culture." Apple Silicon machine learning code may become more easily portable to Nvidia hardware Apple introduces new AirTag with expanded range and improved findability MFi Program Cords, Cyborgs & Cold Cases: Grandpa Dancy's Operating System for Life Anthropic launches interactive Claude apps, including Slack and other workplace tools AMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Source Relevant to your Interests On Running a Startup of Claude Code Agents: What You Get For a Billion Tokens a Month Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking Guiding the future of Chainguard OS: Announcing the FUD Committee Andy Jassy on Healthcare Betting on Prediction Markets Is Their Job. They Make Millions. How Intel Came Crashing Back to Earth After Its Trump Bump Intel Shares Slide as Costs Pile Up in Bid to Meet AI Demand Querying and Ingest issues in EU The A.I. Start-Up Soap Opera Riveting Silicon Valley Listener Feedback Aaron Delp is hiring for a Technical Marketing Engineer in the EU. ,more in Slack Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking, live SDI recording with Andrew Clay Shafer. 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. I was going to moderate this panel, but now I'm not. Also, this one. They'll be super-cool! KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass. VMware User Groups (VMUGs): Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking. 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 Cloudpod Grizzlies Owner Robert Pera Linked to Russia's "Crimes Against Humanity" Matt: Oxide & Friends 2026 Predictions - “Deep Blue” Coté: CNCF Annual Survey for 2025, I finally read it closely-ish.
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.
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 (https://www.youtube.com/live/bkN3SDWXYZE?si=5RoIyZ6lz_Hfi7nE) 555 (https://www.youtube.com/live/bkN3SDWXYZE?si=5RoIyZ6lz_Hfi7nE) 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 (https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/joint-statement-google-apple/) Kuo: Apple's AI Deal With Google Is Temporary and Buys It Time (https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/13/apple-google-ai-deal-is-temporary/) Google's Apple AI deal marks 'huge loss' for OpenAI (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/googles-apple-ai-deal-marks-huge-loss-for-openai-110002996.html) AWS in 2026: The Year of Proving They Still Know How to Operate (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-in-2026-the-year-of-proving-they-still-know-how-to-operate/?ck_subscriber_id=512840665&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=[Last%20Week%20in%20AWS]%20AWS%20in%202026:%20The%20Year%20of%20Proving%20They%20Still%20Know%20How%20to%20Operate%20-%2020306960) Relevant to your Interests Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation (https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/07/anthropic-reportedly-raising-10b-at-350b-valuation/) Dell Reverses Course, Brings Back XPS Laptops (https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/dell-reverses-course-brings-back-xps-laptops/) Google is unleashing Gemini AI features on Gmail. Users will have to opt out (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/google-adds-gemini-features-to-gmail-message-summaries-proofreading-.html) Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them (https://www.theverge.com/news/858501/bose-soundtouch-smart-speakers-open-source) Google Guys Say Bye to California (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/technology/google-founders-california-wealth-tax.html) Amazon gives managers a new way to spot who's barely coming into the office (https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-flags-employees-rto-office-2026-1) A decade of open source in CNCF with 300,000+ contributors and counting (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/01/12/a-decade-of-open-source-in-cncf-with-300000-contributors-and-counting/) CrowdStrike to Acquire SGNL to Transform Identity Security for the AI Era (https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/press-releases/crowdstrike-to-acquire-sgnl-to-transform-identity-security-for-ai-era/) Snowflake Announces Intent to Acquire Observe to Deliver AI-Powered Observability (https://www.snowflake.com/en/news/press-releases/snowflake-announces-intent-to-acquire-observe-to-deliver-ai-powered-observability-at-enterprise-scale/) Nvidia Hires Google Veteran as Its First Chief Marketing Officer (https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-hires-google-veteran-as-its-first-chief-marketing-officer-3dc2163f?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqc78O9yWpx28YbHsHhkY4UbuzPDNulddaijRt3y9rnPs3uRo18V4ghRRgo3AzQ%3D&gaa_ts=6966a608&gaa_sig=B3ADjcK4inCRjSkACod4QU-1HTE-j0gP27wIE9LUarawkBMmDw9Pap591kz2CPTAjiCKbOqUkbQyYLlxQr0Nmw%3D%3D) The Fediverse Experiment (https://www.searchengine.show/the-fediverse-experiment/) RIP the metaverse (https://sherwood.news/tech/rip-the-metaverse/) Nonsense American Airlines rolls out free Wi-Fi to loyalty members (https://www.customerexperiencedive.com/news/american-airlines-rolls-out-free-wi-fi-loyalty-members/809135/) Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026 (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/), February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking - anyone interested in being a SDI guest? DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x), March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026 (https://devnexus.com), 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. 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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 (https://www.youtube.com/live/LQSxLbjvz3c?si=ao8f3hwxlCrmH1vX) 554 (https://www.youtube.com/live/LQSxLbjvz3c?si=ao8f3hwxlCrmH1vX) Please complete the Software Defined Talk Listener Survey! (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfl7eHWQJwu2tBLa-FjZqHG2nr6p_Z3zQI3Pp1EyNWQ8Fu-SA/viewform?usp=header) 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. (https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2008007012920209674?s=20) Hardened Images for Everyone (https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-hardened-images-for-every-developer/) Tanzu's Bitnami stuff does this too (https://blogs.vmware.com/tanzu/what-good-software-supply-chain-security-looks-like-for-highly-regulated-industries/). OpenAI OpenAI's New Fundraising Round Could Value Startup at as Much as $830 Billion (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-new-fundraising-round-could-value-startup-at-a[…]4238&segment_id=212500&user_id=c5a514ba8b7d9a954711959a6031a3fa) OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation (https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-chatgpt-sponsored-ads) OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens (https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/01/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 (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/sam-altman-says-he-has-zero-percent-interest-remaining-openai-ceo-once-/articleshow/126350602.cms) Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq's assets for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-buying-ai-chip-startup-groq-for-about-20-billion-biggest-deal.html) Relevant to your Interests Broadcom IT uses Tanzu Platform to host MCP Servers (https://news.broadcom.com/app-dev/broadcom-tanzu-platform-agentic-business-transformation). A Brief History Of The Spreadsheet (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/15/a-brief-history-of-the-spreadsheet/) Databricks is raising over $4 billion in Series L funding at a $134 billion (https://x.com/exec_sum/status/2000971604449485132?s=20) Amazon's big AGI reorg decoded by Corey Quinn (https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/jassy_taps_peter_desantis_to_run_agi/) “They burned millions but got nothing.” (https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-game-font-services-aggressive-price-hike-could-be-result-of-parent-companys-alleged-ai-failu/) X sues to protect Twitter brand Musk has been trying to kill (https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/17/x_twitter_brand_lawsuit/) Mozilla's new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox, but will remain a choice | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/mozillas-new-ceo-says-ai-is-coming-to-firefox-but-will-remain-a-choice/) Why Oracle keeps sparking AI-bubble fears (https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/ai-oracle-stock-blue-owl) What's next for Threads (https://sources.news/p/whats-next-for-threads) Salesforce Executives Say Trust in Large Language Models Has Declined (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/salesforce-executives-say-trust-generative-ai-declined?rc=giqjaz) Akamai Technologies Announces Acquisition of Function-as-a-Service Company Fermyon (https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/press-release/akamai-announces-acquisition-of-function-as-a-service-company-fermyon) Google Rolling Out Gmail Address Change Feature: Here Is How It Works (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-rolling-gmail-address-change-033112607.html) The Enshittifinancial Crisis (https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshittifinancial-crisis/) MongoBleed: Critical MongoDB Vulnerability CVE-2025-14847 | Wiz Blog (https://www.wiz.io/blog/mongobleed-cve-2025-14847-exploited-in-the-wild-mongodb) Softbank to buy data center firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion in AI push (https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/29/digitalbridge-shares-jump-on-report-softbank-in-talks-to-acquire-firm.html) The best tech announced at CES 2026 so far (https://www.theverge.com/tech/854159/ces-2026-best-tech-gadgets-smartphones-appliances-robots-tvs-ai-smart-home) Who's who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter (https://www.ft.com/content/ad94db4c-95a0-4c65-bd8d-3b43e1251091?accessToken=zwAGR7kzep9gkdOtlNtMlaBMZdO9jTtD4SUQkQ.MEYCIQCdZajuC9uga-d9b5Z1t0HI2BIcnkVoq98loextLRpCTgIhAPL3rW72aTHBNL_lS7s1ONpM2vBgNlBNHDBeGbHkPkZj&sharetype=gift&token=a7473827-0799-4064-9008-bf22b3c99711) Manus Joins Meta for Next Era of Innovation (https://manus.im/blog/manus-joins-meta-for-next-era-of-innovation) The WELL: State of the World 2026 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky (https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/561/State-of-the-World-2026-with-Bru-page01.html) Virtual machines still run the world (https://cote.io/2026/01/07/virtual-machines-still-run-the.html) Databases in 2025: A Year in Review (https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/2026/01/2025-databases-retrospective.html) Chat Platform Discord Files Confidentially for IPO (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/chat-platform-discord-is-said-to-file-confidentially-for-ipo?embedded-checkout=true) The DRAM shortage explained: AI, rising prices, and what's next (https://www.techradar.com/pro/why-is-ram-so-expensive-right-now-its-more-complicated-than-you-think) Nonsense Palantir CEO buys monastery in Old Snowmass for $120 million (https://www.denverpost.com/2025/12/17/palantir-alex-karp-snowmass-monastery/amp/) H-E-B gives free groceries to all customers after registers glitch today in Burleson, Texas. (https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/ZEcblg7atP) Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026 (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/), February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking - anyone interested in being a SDI guest? DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x), March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026 (https://devnexus.com), 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 (https://app.sessionboard.com/submit/vmug-call-for-content-2026/ae1c7013-8b85-427c-9c21-7d35f8701bbe?utm_campaign=5766542-VMUG%20Voice&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_YREN7dr6p3KSQPYkFSN5K85A-pIVYZ03ZhKZOV0O3t3h0XHdDHethhx5O8gBFguyT5mZ3n3q-ZnPKvjllFXYfWV3thg&_hsmi=393690000&utm_content=393685389&utm_source=hs_email), go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. 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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 (https://www.youtube.com/live/A9ighmG9ZVo?si=rJGNb5ZUm7Zr1as7) 553 (https://www.youtube.com/live/A9ighmG9ZVo?si=rJGNb5ZUm7Zr1as7) 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 (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/500) Scaling Platform Engineering in the CNCF Community - Abby Bangser (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmAfYEPBYr0) Syntaso's (https://cote.io/2025/12/12/a-great-platform-as-a.html) Platform as a Product (https://cote.io/2025/12/12/a-great-platform-as-a.html) book (https://cote.io/2025/12/12/a-great-platform-as-a.html) Claude Skills are way under-rated (https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/claude-skills/#atom-everything) “Agents are [just] models using tools in a loop. (https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/22/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 (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/), February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com) with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x), March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026 (https://devnexus.com), 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 (https://app.sessionboard.com/submit/vmug-call-for-content-2026/ae1c7013-8b85-427c-9c21-7d35f8701bbe?utm_campaign=5766542-VMUG%20Voice&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_YREN7dr6p3KSQPYkFSN5K85A-pIVYZ03ZhKZOV0O3t3h0XHdDHethhx5O8gBFguyT5mZ3n3q-ZnPKvjllFXYfWV3thg&_hsmi=393690000&utm_content=393685389&utm_source=hs_email), 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 (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Recommendations Brandon: Pluribus (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://tv.apple.com/us/show/pluribus/umc.cmc.37axgovs2yozlyh3c2cmwzlza&ved=2ahUKEwj94pWHosCRAxX-mmoFHeF7KbgQFnoECEoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2W_xeuAzFACtJCdDvFwM00) — slow but interesting Coté: AirPods Pro 3 (https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChsSEwiQ5JzpusKRAxVBUn8AHe7xPP8YACICCAEQBRoCb2E&co=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo4TKBhDRARIsAGW29bekdBAYoqVoLRqMLA4ewcWjmyTcM-6QDHqyRuVhs2m83NpqTuU8OnMaAsdkEALw_wcB&cid=CAASugHkaITuXJZ1jpv9xBv-P8t9gtoTvWcxshztb_PAClxlbDXMphhj9bDBcmlXEYuo6rcOaqAu6uRT0epK4d2dOPrgA9JMcc24FrdC8gQBSngeUz0dl_ljpYM1GBxKkRFBx_Uv7MgdZTVa98rgiUt45EUlgffOntGj3VWte7ePJ2FcqSkOYtU0eVb1NkubcYZTJ6_B2Kxm8vLmAcs49k0dg6loxTlduS6WAXipDuxPul1MFsttgtMwkSH24GY&cce=1&sig=AOD64_3vUUu6YHfYM-_QRmv4W9Go88AS9w&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwiN4ZbpusKRAxUEkmoFHb4uMCsQ0Qx6BAgYEAE) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-black-and-gold-background-with-the-number-205-HKpRWdyRrp8)
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 (https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2025/06/24/licensing-in-vmware-cloud-foundation-9-0/) Hardened Images for Everyone (https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-hardened-images-for-every-developer/) Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS (https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/introducing-chainguard-emeritoss) Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. (https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros) Anthropic reportedly preparing for one of the largest IPOs (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/03/anthropic-claude-reportedly-preparing-ipo-race-openai-chatgpt-ft-wilson-sonsini-goodrich-rosati.html) Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026 (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/), February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com) with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x), March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026 (https://devnexus.com), March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open (https://app.sessionboard.com/submit/vmug-call-for-content-2026/ae1c7013-8b85-427c-9c21-7d35f8701bbe?utm_campaign=5766542-VMUG%20Voice&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_YREN7dr6p3KSQPYkFSN5K85A-pIVYZ03ZhKZOV0O3t3h0XHdDHethhx5O8gBFguyT5mZ3n3q-ZnPKvjllFXYfWV3thg&_hsmi=393690000&utm_content=393685389&utm_source=hs_email), 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 (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/university-of-alabama-football-game-tuscaloosa-alabama-YcVe7gL9A0s) Special Guest: Brian Gracely.
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 (https://youtube.com/live/TpDLcvAXrqo?feature=share) 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 (https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5645147/ford-discontinues-all-electric-f-150-lightning) AI Investment Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/oracle-orcl-q2-earnings-report-2026.html) Oracle Shares Drop the Most Since 2001 on Mounting AI Spending (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-10/oracle-posts-weak-cloud-sales-raising-fear-of-delayed-payoff) OpenAI in Talks to Raise At Least $10 Billion From Amazon and Use Its AI Chips (http://1 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-talks-raise-least-10-billion-amazon-use-ai-chips) S&P 500 falls after nearing record as Oracle disappointment drags down AI stocks (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/stock-market-today-live-updates.html) Inside The $1T AI Economy (https://x.com/StockSavvyShay/status/2000920959000445220?s=20) Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS: Sustainable stewardship for mature open source (https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/introducing-chainguard-emeritoss) Runners Announcing powerful upgrades & a new pricing model for self-hosted runners (https://www.atlassian.com/blog/bitbucket/announcing-v5-self-hosted-runners) GitHub to charge for self-hosted runners from March 2026 (https://devclass.com/2025/12/17/github-to-charge-for-self-hosted-runners-from-march-2026/) GitHub postpones changes to self-hosted runners pricing plans (https://x.com/github/status/2001372894882918548?s=46) Why Git (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3_95BZYIVs)H (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3_95BZYIVs)ub Why? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3_95BZYIVs) Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training (https://www.reuters.com/business/coursera-udemy-merge-deal-valuing-combined-firm-25-billion-2025-12-17/) Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/business/roomba-irobot-bankruptcy.html) Relevant to your Interests Harness raises a $240M Series E at a $5.5B valuation (https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/12/11/harness-goldman-sachs-series-e-software) A great platform as a product paper, and a fun platform philosophy thereof (https://cote.io/2025/12/12/a-great-platform-as-a.html) Google Launches Managed Remote MCP Servers for Its Cloud Services (https://thenewstack.io/google-launches-managed-remote-mcp-servers-for-its-cloud-services/) Fake Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Torrent Drops Agent Tesla Through Layered PowerShell Chain (https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/labs/fake-leonardo-dicaprio-movie-torrent-agent-tesla-powershell) Useful patterns for building HTML tools (https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/10/html-tools/) Waymo Seeking Over $15 Billion Near $100 Billion Valuation (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-16/waymo-seeks-to-raise-funds-at-valuation-near-100-billion) Write your CV or resume as YAML, then run RenderCV, (https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv) (https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv)and get a PDF with perfect typography. No template wrestling. No broken layouts. Consistent spacing, every time (https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv) Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/business/roomba-irobot-bankruptcy.html) Nonsense The Full Text of Marco Rubio's Directive on State Department Typography, Re-Establishing Times New Roman (https://daringfireball.net/2025/12/full_text_of_marco_rubio_state_dept_directive_times_new_roman) Listener Feedback Sent stickers to Jelle in Belgium Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026 (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/), February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com) with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x), March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026 (https://devnexus.com), March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open (https://app.sessionboard.com/submit/vmug-call-for-content-2026/ae1c7013-8b85-427c-9c21-7d35f8701bbe?utm_campaign=5766542-VMUG%20Voice&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_YREN7dr6p3KSQPYkFSN5K85A-pIVYZ03ZhKZOV0O3t3h0XHdDHethhx5O8gBFguyT5mZ3n3q-ZnPKvjllFXYfWV3thg&_hsmi=393690000&utm_content=393685389&utm_source=hs_email), go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. 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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 (https://www.youtube.com/live/nNpiI00HPDg?si=s_G3zr_Z8yPvGNbB) 550 (https://www.youtube.com/live/nNpiI00HPDg?si=s_G3zr_Z8yPvGNbB) 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 (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share) Cartridge (https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/simplebits/cartridge) Source Code Pro (https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/) It's Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-warner-bros-deal-hollywood-1236443081/) Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition deal (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/ibm-confluent-deal-data.html) Bun is joining Anthropic (https://bun.com/blog/bun-joins-anthropic?utm_source=changelog-news) Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that's a bigger deal than it sounds (https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/claude-code-is-coming-to-slack-and-thats-a-bigger-deal-than-it-sounds/) OpenAI enterprise usage study (https://cote.io/2025/12/10/highlights-from-that-openai-the.html). Relevant to your Interests Antigravity Is Google's New Agentic Development Platform (https://thenewstack.io/antigravity-is-googles-new-agentic-development-platform/) Amazon CTO Werner Vogels' Predictions for 2026 (https://thenewstack.io/amazon-cto-werner-vogels-predictions-for-2026/) ‘End-to-end encrypted' smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted (https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/end-to-end-encrypted-smart-toilet-camera-is-not-actually-end-to-end-encrypted/) AWS AI IDE, AgentCore throw down gauntlets for Microsoft (https://www.techtarget.com/searchsoftwarequality/news/366635669/AWS-AI-IDE-AgentCore-throw-down-gauntlets-for-Microsoft) Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln (https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/12/admins-and-defenders-gird-themselves-against-maximum-severity-server-vulnerability/) Andy Jassy says Amazon's Nvidia competitor chip is already a multibillion-dollar business (https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/andy-jassy-says-amazons-nvidia-competitor-chip-is-already-a-multi-billion-dollar-business/) 52 things I learned in 2025 (https://medium.com/@tomwhitwell/52-things-i-learned-in-2025-edeca7e3fdd8) State of AI | OpenRouter (https://openrouter.ai/state-of-ai) Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants its poor AI products (https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-has-a-problem-nobody-wants-to-buy-or-use-its-shoddy-ai) DHH & Open Source (https://ma.tt/2025/12/dhh-open-source/) Gruber: Apple employees 'giddy' about Alan Dye's departure - 9to5Mac (https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/04/gruber-apple-employees-giddy-about-alan-dyes-departure/) Apple announces (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/apple-announces-departure-lisa-jackson-kate-adams.html) the (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/apple-announces-departure-lisa-jackson-kate-adams.html) departure of general counsel and policy chief (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/apple-announces-departure-lisa-jackson-kate-adams.html) Nonsense All of the Men's Clothing We Loved (and Didn't) From Costco's Kirkland Signature (https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/costco-kirkland-signature-menswear/) Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026 (https://cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2026/), February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com) with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x), March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026 (https://devnexus.com), March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open (https://app.sessionboard.com/submit/vmug-call-for-content-2026/ae1c7013-8b85-427c-9c21-7d35f8701bbe?utm_campaign=5766542-VMUG%20Voice&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_YREN7dr6p3KSQPYkFSN5K85A-pIVYZ03ZhKZOV0O3t3h0XHdDHethhx5O8gBFguyT5mZ3n3q-ZnPKvjllFXYfWV3thg&_hsmi=393690000&utm_content=393685389&utm_source=hs_email), go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. 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Longtime friend of the podcast Aly is back because she has a huge trip in the works! She and her husband will be in Orlando October 29 through November 9 to experience the transition between Halloween and Christmas in the parks. They have plans to go to four different holiday parties and will be staying at three different resorts over the course of their stay (All Star Sports, Wilderness Lodge (Copper Creek), and Stella Nova. This trip will be their first time experiencing Epic Universe too! Trip Dates: October 29 - November 9, 2025 Pre-Trip Interview: recorded 10/21/25 Episode Specific Links: Follow Aly on Instagram (@captivate_magic) and TikTok (@captivate.magic) and listen to Aly's previous Where I Long To Be episodes! Aly is an agent at 1901 Main Street Travel. If you are looking for help planning your own magical trip, you can reach out to her at Aly@1901mainstreettravel.com or DM her on Instagram. Paddlefish Scuba Robbery The Pugh Two - YouTube and Instagram Mammoth Club - YouTube and Instagram Touring Plans Be Our Guest: Do you have an upcoming trip you'd like to share? Submit your trip information here to be considered as a podcast guest. Get in Touch: If you would like to reach out to Virginia for something other than a trip report guest submission (for that use the link above!), you may email whereilongtobepodcast@gmail.com. Follow: Instagram: @whereilongtobepodcast Facebook: @whereilongtobepodcast TikTok: @whereilongtobepodcast Website: whereilongtobepodcast.com
We're back from summer break (okay, maybe fall break too) and diving straight into the mess where AI, customers, and reality collide. In this episode, Amas and Bob unpack the hype vs. the truth about AI in contact centers: Is AI replacing humans—or just making customers angrier? Why human agents are still the heart of service, even as bots sound more "human." How contact center leaders feel stuck—between CEOs chanting "AI, AI, AI" and customers who just want their problems solved. What the data really says about automation, agent workloads, and customer expectations. Practical advice for leaders: use AI to reduce after-call work, not replace human connection. We also share personal summer highlights—Amas' trip to Italy with his son, Bob's perfect beach-and-donut days—and a fiery debate about tipping culture. Finally, big news: The Contact Center Show is hitting the road! Catch us live at the ICMI Contact Center Expo in Orlando (October 27–30). We'll have guests, fresh perspectives, and maybe even say the things your CEO wishes you wouldn't. Key Takeaways AI isn't the enemy. The problem is how it's rolled out—done to agents, not for them. Agents aren't disappearing. Industry headcount is actually growing, despite automation hype. Data is your weapon. Use it to show execs that customers can tell when a bot can handle it—and when they need a human. Customer trust is fragile. Overcomplicate service and they'll punish you with churn and complaints. Leadership focus must return to people. Coaching, development, and real support matter more than the next shiny tool. Episode Quotes "I don't hear the C-suite anymore talking about our people as the difference. It's just AI, AI, AI." – Amas "It's not about reducing talk time. It's about reducing the after-call work so agents can get back to serving." – Bob "Adoption is failing in many companies because reps just ignore the tools. You're doing it to them, not for them." – Amas Resources & Links Register for ICMI Contact Center Expo in Orlando → https://www.icmi.com/contact-center-expo-conference Follow Amas on LinkedIn: @amastenumah Next Steps Want us to bring The Contact Center Show to your company, campus, or event? Reach out—we'll say the things you can't without getting fired.
We're back from summer break (okay, maybe fall break too) and diving straight into the mess where AI, customers, and reality collide. In this episode, Amas and Bob unpack the hype vs. the truth about AI in contact centers: Is AI replacing humans—or just making customers angrier? Why human agents are still the heart of service, even as bots sound more “human.” How contact center leaders feel stuck—between CEOs chanting “AI, AI, AI” and customers who just want their problems solved. What the data really says about automation, agent workloads, and customer expectations. Practical advice for leaders: use AI to reduce after-call work, not replace human connection. We also share personal summer highlights—Amas' trip to Italy with his son, Bob's perfect beach-and-donut days—and a fiery debate about tipping culture. Finally, big news: The Contact Center Show is hitting the road! Catch us live at the ICMI Contact Center Expo in Orlando (October 27–30). We'll have guests, fresh perspectives, and maybe even say the things your CEO wishes you wouldn't. Key Takeaways AI isn't the enemy. The problem is how it's rolled out—done to agents, not for them. Agents aren't disappearing. Industry headcount is actually growing, despite automation hype. Data is your weapon. Use it to show execs that customers can tell when a bot can handle it—and when they need a human. Customer trust is fragile. Overcomplicate service and they'll punish you with churn and complaints. Leadership focus must return to people. Coaching, development, and real support matter more than the next shiny tool. Episode Quotes “I don't hear the C-suite anymore talking about our people as the difference. It's just AI, AI, AI.” – Amas “It's not about reducing talk time. It's about reducing the after-call work so agents can get back to serving.” – Bob “Adoption is failing in many companies because reps just ignore the tools. You're doing it to them, not for them.” – Amas Resources & Links Register for ICMI Contact Center Expo in Orlando → https://www.icmi.com/contact-center-expo-conference Follow Amas on LinkedIn: @amastenumah Next Steps Want us to bring The Contact Center Show to your company, campus, or event? Reach out—we'll say the things you can't without getting fired.
“What's your #1 tip for building a personal brand?” That's the exact question I asked 10 powerhouse branding photographers during my latest retreat in Orlando! These talented creatives traveled in from across the U.S. and London, and they each specialize in helping entrepreneurs elevate their brand presence through strategic, eye-catching imagery. In this episode, I'm sharing their golden tips—perfect for creative entrepreneurs who want to stand out, attract aligned clients, and grow their business with confidence!
Liron Pantanowitz is the 2023 President of the DPA and Chair of Pathology at UPMC. This episode is a preview of the DPA Pathology Visions Conference which will be held in Orlando October 29-31. Registration, agenda, and more information can be found here.A forum to engage with the hosts and other listeners has been launched on the DPA website www.digitalpathologyassociation.org. DPA members may login to the DPA Collaborate hub (under the Resources tab) and join the Beyond The Scope community. All listeners are encouraged to use this forum to suggest future topics and guests, submit questions and corrections, and provide general feedback.
Welcome to The Organically Growing, an audio experience with the intention to create an inclusive community through the use of interactive storytelling and humor. In this episode, we travel to Louisiana to visit my grandma. I take you along, sharing a peek into my stream of inner thought as I take moments to reflect on my journey thus far. Stay in conversation with yourself and show up, things are bound to fall into place. Song: Feelings x Dre Scot Announcements: Looking for a community to join? Become a part of the community by staying in the know through The Lilac Brown newsletter! Here we discuss the topics more in-depth, share the perspective of those within the group, and grow within a community that is a space to fellowship, gain insights, and amplify your voice. Be ready to gain a peer or two, join here! Orlando | October 7, 2023, What's Org Gala Silent Auction + purchase ticket to attend Sound Designers: Intro / Outro - Produced by J08's The website is live, check it out here! Wanna continue the conversation, connect with me on social media! Jaleesa's IG- @Jaleesatheteamcoach
Welcome to The Organically Growing, an audio experience with the intention to create an inclusive community through the use of interactive storytelling and humor. In this episode, we discuss the many enterprise announcements that our brand is eager to share. Then we dive into the essential qualities of a leader and what makes them essential! Any leadership qualities come to mind while you were listening? Continue to conversation by leaving a voice note on this episode through the Spotify platform Song: Anchor x Madison Ryann Ward Announcements: Looking for a community to join? Become a part of the community by staying in the know through The Lilac Brown newsletter! Here we discuss the topics more in-depth, share the perspective of those within the group, and grow within a community that is a space to fellowship, gain insights, and amplify your voice. Haitian Org donation drive details will be shared via the newsletter first Be ready to gain a peer or two, join here! Orlando | October 7, 2023, What's Org Gala Silent Auction + purchase ticket to attend Sound Designers: Intro / Outro - Produced by J08's The website is live, check it out here! Wanna continue the conversation, connect with me on social media! Jaleesa's IG- @Jaleesatheteamcoach
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Chris and Noah spend the entire episode recapping the inaugural Submission Grappling Series event held June 26th, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. They discuss the entire event and the matches of their teammates. Noah details the circumstances of his last minute entry into the event and gives a blow by blow account of his match. Chris and Noah each give their perspectives on the stunning end to the main event, which saw Paul Rodriguez win via ref's stoppage over Jim Alers. After this memorable and exciting night of matches, Submission Grappling Series will return to Orlando October 2nd, for its second show. For more details, visit submissiongrapplingseries.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bjj-and-brews/support
This episode is brought to you by Maplytics by Inogic. Mark & Iain talk about their recent visit to DynamicsPower Dublin! With a rundown on the sessions, Mark talks about his recent run on the PowerPlatform24 event and we cap it off with the new Surface Gadgets. Remember that user group summit is coming up in Orlando October 15-18. Register now.
AUDIBLE FREE TRIAL & FREE BOOK www.audibletrial.com/shitim30 Today's episode is all about Dream Chasing! Dexty and I share our current emotional state based on where we are in our professional lives. We help each other and hopefully help you also explore some major career decisions and possibly changes. Oh! and as all good friends should do we will do some accountability checks! SH*T You Should Know: Fox News still ain't shit! (Geoffrey Owens) SH*T Talk: Avis Rental Car is getting a BIG F U Purchase your tickets to the live show in Orlando October 20th here www.shitim30.eventbrite.com The live show is supported by ALERS LAW FIRM Loud Gallery
AUDIBLE FREE TRIAL & FREE BOOK www.audibletrial.com/shitim30 Today’s episode is all about Dream Chasing! Dexty and I share our current emotional state based on where we are in our professional lives. We help each other and hopefully help you also explore some major career decisions and possibly changes. Oh! and as all good friends should do we will do some accountability checks! SH*T You Should Know: Fox News still ain’t shit! (Geoffrey Owens) SH*T Talk: Avis Rental Car is getting a BIG F U Purchase your tickets to the live show in Orlando October 20th here www.shitim30.eventbrite.com The live show is supported by ALERS LAW FIRM Loud Gallery
This week, Matt and Courtney discuss our recent conversations with teachers, and what comes up a lot is them asking "am I doing this right?". Try things out, and adjust them if it isn't working! More tips as brilliant as that in the latest episode. Follow us @plearnmc, @belolanc, and @eatsleepstats, and on Facebook at Personalized Learning with Matt & Courtney. Come visit us at iNACOL in Orlando October 23-25, and shoutout to @jessxbo in the middle of this episode!
This week, Matt and Courtney discuss our recent conversations with teachers, and what comes up a lot is them asking "am I doing this right?". Try things out, and adjust them if it isn't working! More tips as brilliant as that in the latest episode. Follow us @plearnmc, @belolanc, and @eatsleepstats, and on Facebook at Personalized Learning with Matt & Courtney. Come visit us at iNACOL in Orlando October 23-25, and shoutout to @jessxbo in the middle of this episode!
This week on Navigating Change, we’re thrilled to have friend of the show, Michael Gower. Michael currently serves as senior vice president of finance at Rutgers University and the chair of EACUBO. He joins us on the show this week to share his insights on building trust, technology, and the forces impacting the changing business model in higher eduction. The EACUBO Annual Meeting 2014 will be held in Orlando October 19-22. Michael and the EACUBO leadership team are leading a shift in the approach to the annual conference with new presentation models and events designed to give financial leaders the the tools they need to build trust and deliver on the mission of their institutions. Hot news! Howard and Pete will be hosting Navigating Change Unplugged live on Monday, October 21 at the conference. If you’re going to be in Orlando, join us in person — details coming soon!
Matt Royer from Intel! News Execute commands and scripts from anywhere including the office and remote locations, as well as from a Web browser or smart phone with PowerGUI Pro from Quest Software. With the MobileShell feature, administrators can quickly run commands to troubleshoot problems or make changes, even when away from your desk! This gives teams more flexibility to work remotely while traveling, and to leverage admins from other offices in case of an emergency. · Execute queries remotely to determine if services or processes are running · Restart services, processes, or entire servers · Check mailbox settings · Unlock user accounts · Reset passwords · Run custom scripts Visit quest.com/powerguipro and see why PowerShell and Quest PowerGUI are the ultimate Windows management tools. Gregg Britton's tip is "go to SQL Saturday #49 in Orlando October 16th" Doug Finke will be presenting a PowerShell session at the Pittsburgh Code Camp October 16th As Lee Holmes mentioned on the show the PowerShell Cookbook scripts are now on PoshCode.org If you are making it to VMWorld 2010 Copenhagen, be sure to catch TA 6944 vSphere PowerCLI is for Administrators Thomas Lee has some more PowerShell Master Classes coming up Interview Our interview is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies, makers of PrimalScript and PrimalForms. Links: Intel vPro Expert Center Hero - Batman Resources This segment brought to you by ServerFault.com PowerShell cmdlets for the Microsoft iSCSI Target 3.3 Jonathan Medd's excellent series PowerShell 2.0 One Cmdlet at a Time is now available as a PDF Use PowerShell to trip text from PDFs (from @Toenuff) Emmett Lynch shared a starter resource for getting started with PowerShell and Sharepoint Mapping Cluster.exe Commands to Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Failover Clusters - Extended Edition Custom PowerShell Objects and Performance Contest If you would like to be entered to win a copy of Lee Holmes' PowerShell Cookbook, 2nd Ed., all you have to do is send in your PowerShell tips! We want to hear what YOU think is cool, or what you have in your profile, or some of your favorite one-liners! Send in your entries to feedback@powerscripting.net, and tell a friend! We have FIVE copies to give away. Contest ends October 7th, so send in your entry today!