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Episode 520: Excited is overused


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Excited is overused

This week, we recap Microsoft Build, Google I/O, and Java turning 30. Plus, more Vegemite talk and a discussion on whether tech presenters really need to tell us they’re “excited.”

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Runner-up Titles
  • We all need choices
  • Vegans are against everything
  • The problem is you shouldn’t be watching keynotes
  • You’re giving the black box too much responsibility
  • What are you going to do?
  • Some more stuff they announced that I don’t want
  • They’re excited about that
  • Hopefully people are excited about that
  • I’m happy for you
  • I want to like it
  • Nerd famous
  • Can you just fix calendaring?
  • It’s too much
  • I’m not going back to Java
  • Rundown
    • Will Matt try marmalade with his Vegemite for the full PBJ analogue.
    • MSFT Build
      • Microsoft Build 2025: news and announcements from the developer conference
      • Microsoft announces over 50 AI tools to build the ‘agentic web’ at Build 2025
      • Findings from Microsoft’s 3-week study on Copilot use
      • Microsoft open sources Windows Subsystem for Linux
      • Google I/O
        • Everything announced at the Google I/O 2025 keynote
        • Android XR is getting stylish partners in Warby Parker and Gentle Monster
        • Jules - An Asynchronous Coding Agent
        • Google Embraces MCP
        • iOS 19 Will Let Developers Use Apple's AI Models in Their Apps
        • NEW Claude MCP AI Super Agents
        • AWS Launches Its Take on an Open Source AI Agents SDK
        • Java at 30: The Genius Behind the Code That Changed Tech
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          • Y Combinator says Google is a ‘monopolist’ that has ‘stunted’ the startup ecosystem
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          • DataBricks interview about Neon
          • OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT
          • CarPlay Ultra, the next generation of CarPlay, begins rolling out today
          • Meta argues enshittification isn’t real in bid to toss FTC monopoly case
          • When Open Source Isn’t: How OpenRewrite Lost Its Way
          • Wiz 2.0? Cyera’s meteoric $6B valuation is turning heads across the cyber world | CTech
          • Steve Langasek, One of Ubuntu Linux's Leading Lights, Has Died
          • Python: The Documentary [OFFICIAL TRAILER]
          • Spain Orders Airbnb to Take Down 66,000 Rental Listings
          • Detecting malicious Unicode
          • Former Apple Design Guru Jony Ive to Take Expansive Role at OpenAI
          • Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off June 9
          • Valkey Turns One: How the Community Fork Left Redis in the Dust - Momento
          • Nonsense
            • Max (@StreamOnMax) on X
            • Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters
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