December 19, 2025

Episode 551: An Australian Documentary

1 hour

This week, we discuss Oracle’s AI vibes, Chainguard’s EmeritOSS, and GitHub’s pricing U-turn. Plus, a robust robot vacuum debate.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 551

Runner-up Titles

It has CarPlay

iPad Range Anxiety

an Australian documentary

Oracle got popped

Intentions

I don’t feel bad for them

Open Source old folks home

Spreadsheets love it

Robots are going to take care of us

The Median User

Nobody feels bad for the whales

I have a dog

I have a Korean microwave

We’re the Neal Stephenson of podcasts

Rundown

Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck

AI Investment

Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave

Oracle Shares Drop the Most Since 2001 on Mounting AI Spending

OpenAI in Talks to Raise At Least $10 Billion From Amazon and Use Its AI Chips

S&P 500 falls after nearing record as Oracle disappointment drags down AI stocks

Inside The $1T AI Economy

Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS: Sustainable stewardship for mature open source

Runners

Announcing powerful upgrades & a new pricing model for self-hosted runners

GitHub to charge for self-hosted runners from March 2026

GitHub postpones changes to self-hosted runners pricing plans

Why GitHub Why?

Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

Relevant to your Interests

Harness raises a $240M Series E at a $5.5B valuation

A great platform as a product paper, and a fun platform philosophy thereof

Google Launches Managed Remote MCP Servers for Its Cloud Services

Fake Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Torrent Drops Agent Tesla Through Layered PowerShell Chain

Useful patterns for building HTML tools

Waymo Seeking Over $15 Billion Near $100 Billion Valuation

Write your CV or resume as YAML, then run RenderCV, and get a PDF with perfect typography. No template wrestling. No broken layouts. Consistent spacing, every time

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

Nonsense

The Full Text of Marco Rubio’s Directive on State Department Typography, Re-Establishing Times New Roman

Listener Feedback

Sent stickers to Jelle in Belgium

Conferences

cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.

Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis.

DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA

Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.

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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December 19, 2025

Episode 551: An Australian Documentary

1 hour

This week, we discuss Oracle’s AI vibes, Chainguard’s EmeritOSS, and GitHub’s pricing U-turn. Plus, a robust robot vacuum debate.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 551

Runner-up Titles

It has CarPlay

iPad Range Anxiety

an Australian documentary

Oracle got popped

Intentions

I don’t feel bad for them

Open Source old folks home

Spreadsheets love it

Robots are going to take care of us

The Median User

Nobody feels bad for the whales

I have a dog

I have a Korean microwave

We’re the Neal Stephenson of podcasts

Rundown

Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck

AI Investment

Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave

Oracle Shares Drop the Most Since 2001 on Mounting AI Spending

OpenAI in Talks to Raise At Least $10 Billion From Amazon and Use Its AI Chips

S&P 500 falls after nearing record as Oracle disappointment drags down AI stocks

Inside The $1T AI Economy

Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS: Sustainable stewardship for mature open source

Runners

Announcing powerful upgrades & a new pricing model for self-hosted runners

GitHub to charge for self-hosted runners from March 2026

GitHub postpones changes to self-hosted runners pricing plans

Why GitHub Why?

Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

Relevant to your Interests

Harness raises a $240M Series E at a $5.5B valuation

A great platform as a product paper, and a fun platform philosophy thereof

Google Launches Managed Remote MCP Servers for Its Cloud Services

Fake Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Torrent Drops Agent Tesla Through Layered PowerShell Chain

Useful patterns for building HTML tools

Waymo Seeking Over $15 Billion Near $100 Billion Valuation

Write your CV or resume as YAML, then run RenderCV, and get a PDF with perfect typography. No template wrestling. No broken layouts. Consistent spacing, every time

Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control

Nonsense

The Full Text of Marco Rubio’s Directive on State Department Typography, Re-Establishing Times New Roman

Listener Feedback

Sent stickers to Jelle in Belgium

Conferences

cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.

Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis.

DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA

Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.

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.