Software Defined Talk

Episode 500: 2024 Year in Review

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This week, we recap the biggest tech news and trends of 2024, grade our predictions from the year, and look ahead to 2025. Plus, we share our New Year’s resolutions.

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Runner-up Titles
  • I blame Product Management
  • I don’t think I’m gonna buy a pair of jeans this year.
  • Should I go full Kirkland?
  • That’s a boring prediction, but a good prediction
  • We need the Dril for LinkedIn
  • 2024: the year we internalized the rug pull
  • Are you an artist or a house painter?
  • The Suicide Squad Strategy
  • SSH is failure.
  • Resolutions
    • Rundown
    • Revisiting 2024 Predictions
      • Apple Vision Pro
      • Twitter vs. Threads vs. Mastodon vs. Bluesky
      • News and Trends from 2024
        • Open Source License Changes
        • Antitrust Investigations
        • AI Is Everywhere
        • Platform Engineering
        • Listener Questions
          • What’s worked well for the podcast?
          • What tips do you have for aspiring podcasters?
          • How did NO SSH JJ and Tasty Meats Paul get their nicknames?
          • 2025 Predictions
            • Ray-Ban Meta Glasses will not be widely adopted.
            • Apple will keep trying with the Vision Pro, but not much will happen.
            • Federation between social sites will not gain traction; social silos will remain the norm.
            • Nvidia will continue to grow and exert dominance.
            • Tech monopolies will persist, but no significant remedies will be imposed.
            • 2025 Resolutions
              • I will accept that OSS projects may change their licenses and adapt accordingly.
              • I will remain calm when OSS projects stop offering easy-to-use, free versions.
              • I will accept that hyperscalers hosting or monetizing OSS projects is inevitable.
              • I will see forking OSS projects after a license change as a natural evolution of open source.
              • I will use AI to summarize my writing and send the summary if it communicates my point more effectively.
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                  • Best Recommendation of 2024
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                    • YouTubeTV mostly for Sports Fans
                    • Balatro
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