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Episode 511: G-Wiz


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This week, we discuss Google acquiring Wiz, the rise of Vibe Coding, and what really counts as legacy software. Plus, Coté runs a post-acquisition all-hands meeting.

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Runner-up Titles
  • Tattoo “BUSINESS AS USUAL” on the inside of your eyelids
  • BUSINESS AS USUAL
  • One billion a month
  • Turns out they’re gonna put lions in the product.
  • Vibe coding is outcomes-focused.
  • Cote’s AI Thunderdome
  • Don’t make me learn
  • Think About Time
  • VibeCOBOL
  • I don’t like the no-head
  • Rundown
    • Google in Fresh Talks to Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $30 Billion
    • Intel board announces Lip-Bu Tan as new CEO
    • Vibe Coding
      • AI IDEs Need Moats
      • AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead
      • Github Coploit does have an agent mode
      • AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code
      • Vibe Coder job listing
      • Legacy Software
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