This week, we discuss Claude Code for non-coders, automating newsletters and status reports, and AI tax prep. Plus, Coté finds unexpected joy in a coding assistant.
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Upgraded to MaxThe only innovation I was talking about was hiring me.The Patrick Stewart of the Cubicles.Should we become the Claudecast?Matt Ray in Your Pocket.Come into the tentYou have agency in your lifeRundown
Coté went to Claude CampMicrosoft and Anthropic team up to bring Claude Cowork to Microsoft 365Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding toolHater Season: Corey Quinn — Better OfflineGoogle completes acquisition of WizRelevant to your Interests
I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem.Iranian news claims AWS drone strikes were deliberateAnthropic Just Won the Enterprise. Here’s What Nobody’s Talking AboutAmazon's Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media saysStartups.RIP - Dead YC Startups, Alive IdeasKratix Anywhere: Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid Without CompromiseMeta just bought Moltbook, the social network for AI bots - 9to5MacAmazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outagesOracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debtSUSE Reportedly May Be For Sale Yet AgainWhen Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”Oracle is under pressure from more than $100 billion in debt and massive layoffs as it pushes ahead with Larry Ellison’s 3-step transformationOracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debtOracle Job CutsOpenAI bowed out of the OracleMacBook Neo - Tech SpecsCode Mode: give agents an entire API in 1,000 tokensMacBook Neo - Tech SpecsNonsense
McDonald’s C.E.O. Takes a Big Bite Out of a Burger. Maybe Scratch ‘Big.’Conferences
KubeCon EU, March 23-26, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026WeAreDevelopers, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking.VMware User Groups (VMUGs):Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking.Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)Toronto (May 12-14, 2026)Dallas (June 9-11, 2026)Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)SDT News & Community
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