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Episode 551: An Australian Documentary


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

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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
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          • 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
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