Software Defined Talk

Episode 550: Typeface Philosophy

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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.

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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
      • Cartridge
      • Source Code Pro
      • It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion
      • Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition deal
      • Bun is joining Anthropic
      • Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that's a bigger deal than it sounds
      • OpenAI enterprise usage study.
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        • Antigravity Is Google's New Agentic Development Platform
        • Amazon CTO Werner Vogels' Predictions for 2026
        • ‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted
        • AWS AI IDE, AgentCore throw down gauntlets for Microsoft
        • Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln
        • Andy Jassy says Amazon's Nvidia competitor chip is already a multibillion-dollar business
        • 52 things I learned in 2025
        • State of AI | OpenRouter
        • Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants its poor AI products
        • DHH & Open Source
        • Gruber: Apple employees 'giddy' about Alan Dye’s departure - 9to5Mac
        • Apple announces the departure of general counsel and policy chief
          • Nonsense
          • All of the Men’s Clothing We Loved (and Didn’t) From Costco’s Kirkland Signature
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                • Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.
                • Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam.
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                      • Recommendations
                      • Brandon: Short Power Extension Cord Outlet Saver
                      • Matt: Everything is Tuberculosis
                        • Octopus Project - Music is Happiness
                        • Coté: The Octopus Organization.

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