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For our listener Q&A, we tackle questions about the evolution of hybrid web/mobile app development, the licensing concerns around AGPL3.0 open-source projects, and the changing landscape of contract software development in a post-zero-interest-rate environment. We'll also discuss the current trend of AI integration and how developers can approach it effectively.

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A brief important update from Chris about some upcoming changes to the podcast.

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• Michael Dominick on X

DeepSeek has everyone freaking out; we'll look at what's legitimately fascinating, what bits have been an overreaction, and the big mistake that made this all possible.

Plus, there's some bad news for Java fans.

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• Report: 88% of companies are contemplating leaving Oracle Java — 72% of respondents were already thinking about it when surveyed in 2023.
• State of Java 2025 - Azul Report —

We dig into the Rails 8 Solid Trifecta, our thoughts on why fewer developers are taking jobs at startups, and a new buzzphrase: Framework Fatigue.

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• Startup Winter: Hacker News Lost its Faith — I believe we're entering what might be called a "Startup Winter" - not because startups have stopped being created, but because the mythology around them has frozen over.
• Introducing the Solid Trifecta | Rails 8 Unpacked - YouTube — The Solid Trifecta is a set of database adapters in Rails 8 that simplifies app development by replacing traditional RAM-based solutions like Redis with efficient, cost-effective database-backed tools. Solid Cable handles WebSocket messages, Solid Cache powers caching, and Solid Queue manages job queues, all using databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite.
• Framework Fatigue: The Real Reason Developers Get Angry About New Tech — As a developer trying to keep up with the latest tech, you find yourself in a familiar loop: check the landing page, watch the demo, star the GitHub repo “just in case,” and move on with your life. There’s only so much mental bandwidth to go around.

The CEO who bet on SwiftUI—and lost their job. Then poke some fun at Rust stans, SalesForce claims they're not hiring any developers in 2025, and more!

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• Sonos CEO steps down after app upgrade debacle — On its fiscal 2024 earnings call, Spence shared news that annual revenue had gone backwards by four percent, and admitted one reason for that result was “we mishandled the rollout of our new app.”
• Salesforce Will Hire No More Software Engineers in 2025 — “30% Productivity Boost” from AI
• Massive Memory Leaks in System76's Cosmic Desktop (Written in "Memory Safe" Rust) - YouTube — Plus: Hyprland developer weighs in, "No, I don't think it's beta ready :P"
• Reference Cycles Can Leak Memory - The Rust Programming Language — Rust’s memory safety guarantees make it difficult, but not impossible, to accidentally create memory that is never cleaned up (known as a memory leak). Preventing memory leaks entirely is not one of Rust’s guarantees, meaning memory leaks are memory safe in Rust.
• Handling memory leaks in Rust - LogRocket Blog — Once in a while, you may experience memory leaks in your Rust projects due to many factors, from unsafe code to shared references, etc. Ideally, you’ll want to fix these memory leaks and ensure your programs are efficient, which may lead to performance gains and resource safety.
• Memory leaks are memory safe, and there isn't much to do about it | /home/Samsai — Despite their potential for destruction, Rust considers memory leaks "memory safe" and thus doesn't aim to prevent them. Rust's design, however, makes it less easy to create memory leaks, since it uses a Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII) pattern to abstract resource allocation and deallocation.
• Google Donates $1 Million to Donald Trump's Inaugural Fund — The total inauguration fund for the returning US president has already reached a record $170 billion, according to an ABC report.

CES 2025 Secrets Revealed: A developer’s dream or just more hype? Plus, NVIDIA flexes its AI muscles, and we're admittedly impressed. Then, our thoughts on Dell's historic rebrand.

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• ChatGPT Pro plan is making OpenAI lose money, CEO says — “I personally chose the price…and thought we would make some money,”
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• Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI agents are ‘a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity’ and ‘the age of AI Agentics is here’ — “The age of AI Agentics is here,” Huang told the crowd, describing a shift from generative AI to agentic AI—a future driven by intelligent AI agents capable of assisting with tasks across industries. Huang called this emerging sector "a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity," positioning Nvidia at the forefront of the movement.
• Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs — Four new RTX 50-series GPUs are on the way, including the $1,999 RTX 5090 and $999 RTX 5080.
• Nvidia’s AI NPCs are no longer chatbots — they’re your new PUBG teammate — Nvidia says that ACE characters can use AI to “perceive, plan, and act like human players,” per a blog post. “Powered by generative AI, ACE will enable living, dynamic game worlds with companions that comprehend and support player goals, and enemies that adapt dynamically to player tactics.” The characters are powered by “small language models (SLMs)” that are “capable of planning at human-like frequencies required for realistic decision making” as well as “multi-modal SLMs for vision and audio that allow AI characters to hear audio cues and perceive their environment.”
• Nvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Project Digits — This desktop-sized system can handle AI models with up to 200 billion parameters.
• The World’s Smallest AI Supercomputer — A Grace Blackwell AI Supercomputer on your desk.
• NVIDIA Puts Grace Blackwell on Every Desk and at Every AI Developer’s Fingertips — Project DIGITS systems running Linux-based NVIDIA DGX OS
• Dell mocked at its own press launch for copying Apple's names — Now, most of the company’s new PCs will be divided into three tiers: Dell, Dell Pro and Dell Pro Max
• Apple Intelligence summaries might get warning labels. That’s not enough. — The BBC, following up on two reports of Apple Intelligence summaries that transformed its own headlines into factually inaccurate text, got a public response from Apple
• Nvidia’s stock heads for worst drop in months as CES speech lacked one big thing — We believe many investors were hoping for more concrete progress updates on the ramp of Blackwell and some input as to the company’s progress with its next-generation GPU platform, Rubin,” Benchmark Research analyst Cody Acree wrote in a note to clients.
• shoutrrr — Notification library for gophers and their furry friends.

Some debates never die, and this week, we’re reigniting one of our spiciest from the archives. Plus, our boldest 2025 predictions yet.

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• Nvidia's next move: Powering humanoid robots — The chipmaking giant Nvidia is leaning more heavily into robotics in 2025. More specifically, in the first half of the new year, confirms the Financial Times, Nvidia is launching a new generation of compact computers for humanoid robots called Jetson Thor.
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