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- Episode 525: AI Native vs. AI Add-on
This week, we try a shorter format inspired by the Dithering podcast. The conversation digs into the difference between apps built with AI from the ground up and those with AI bolted on after the fact.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 525
Rundown- Format inspired by Dithering
- An Interview with Cursor Co-Founder and CEO Michael Truell
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16 min - Episode 524: It’s a Box in a Box
This week, we cover Apple’s WWDC updates—from containerization to Foundation Models—and the Linux Foundation’s new FAIR Package Manager. Plus, we crown the best SDT Uber rider.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 524
Runner-up Titles- Infinite Workday.
- No more Eudora
- Revealed productivity.
- I threw up a tarp over my desk.
- We agreed to not talk about it
- It’s a box in a box
- alias docker=containerization
- When does systemd get an MCP server?
- All the AIs are above-average
- We’re not going to do anything and Apple’s going to make our podcast better
- I should go read it again, but I won’t
- Don’t make the Linux Foundation clean up your mess
- The Internet Foundation
- Option (Alt) + Shift + 2 == €
Rundown- Breaking down the infinite workday
- WWDC Enterprise Recap
- Containerization
- Mac containers
- Meet Containerization - WWDC25 - Videos - Apple Developer
- Apple updates Spotlight to take actions on your Mac
- Apple Supercharges Spotlight in macOS Tahoe With Quick Keys and More
- Foundation Models
- Foundation Models adapter training
- Apple brings ChatGPT and other AI models to Xcode
- Apple services deliver powerful features and intelligent updates to users this fall
- tvOS 26 Introduces Automatic Sign-In Feature for Apple TV Apps
- Welcome to WWDC25
- One Year Left: Apple’s Long Goodbye For Intel Macs
- Apple is shipping through it
- WordPress must play FAIR
- Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability
- WordPress veterans launch FAIR project to tackle security and control concerns
- FAIR Package Manager project
Relevant to your Interests- Door Dash delivery at O’Hare exposes hole in airport security
- Cursor's Anysphere nabs $9.9B valuation, soars past $500M ARR
- Ensh*ttification, Live! Micah and Cory Doctorow in Conversation
- Quant Firm’s $1 Billion Code Is Focus of Rare Criminal Case
- BYD Unleashes an EV Industry Reckoning That Alarms Beijing
- No Yapping
- Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers
- Starbucks to roll out Microsoft Azure OpenAI assistant for baristas
- The Modern Observability Roundtable: AI, Rising Costs and OpenTelemetry
- Python's Security Savior: Chainguard Battles Supply Chain Risk
- A Look Back at Q1 '25 Public Cloud Software Earnings
- Amazon’s Jassy Says AI Will Reduce Company’s Corporate Workforce
- Message from CEO Andy Jassy: Some thoughts on Generative AI
- The changing landscape for news podcasts across countries
- FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems - Windows 95 also being phased out
- Incremental AI is better than civilization changing AI
- Message from CEO Andy Jassy: Some thoughts on Generative AI
- Meta in Talks for Scale AI Investment That Could Top $10 Billion
- Remote MCP support in Claude Code
- Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI's talent with $100M offers
Nonsense- TSA urges people to stop trying to use a Costco card as a sufficient REAL ID
- Buc-ee’s, a Pit Stop to Refuel Cars, Stomachs and Souls, Spreads Beyond Texas
- 201 ways to say ‘fuck’: what 1.7 billion words of online text shows about how the world swears
- Are you a loudcaster?
Listener Feedback- Wes recommends iSH — Linux shell of the iPhone
Conferences- CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
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- Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
- Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations- Brandon: Watch Dept. Q
- Matt: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
- Coté: INFILTRATE. SURVEY. PERCEIVE by Reyes Makes Games.
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1 hr 4 min - Episode 523: Sterling Chin on APIs, AI, and Building MCP Servers
Brandon talks with Sterling Chin, Senior Developer Advocate at Postman, about building great APIs, why AI needs APIs, and what’s new at Postman. Plus, hear how he made the leap from 3rd-grade teacher to dev advocate.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 523
Episode Links- Postman
- POST/CON Keynote Recap
- Postman Agent Mode
- Postman API Network
- Postman MCP Servers Directory
- Postman Learn
- Postman Academy
- Join Postman Discord
Contact Sterling Chin- Web: www.sterlingchin.com
- LinkedIn: @sterlingchin
- Twitter: @SilverJaw82
- BlueSky: @sterlingchin.bsky.social
- TikTok: @sterlingtalkstech
- YouTube: @SterlingChin
- Run MCP T-Shirt
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1 hr 10 min - Episode 522: A 5-star cannot stand
This week, we discuss Apple reversioning macOS, the steady state of private cloud, and Snowflake’s acquisition of CrunchyData. Plus, the eternal quest for a 5-star Uber rating.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 522
Runner-up Titles- Saudi crypto money
- You know what humans like? Buses
- I think we need 10 stars
- Snow lion
- Maslow’s hierarchy of enterprise needs
- The Alexandria datacenter for French Telecom
- Always be cobbling
- 20-plus years of Internetting
Rundown- Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems
- Private Cloud
- Still a lot - private cloud check-in, Spring 2025
- Private cloud still matters—but it doesn’t matter most
- Re: Still a lot of private cloud, numbers of cloud repatriation (higher than I thought)
- Cloud Repatriation is Getting Complicated
- Snowflake to Buy Crunchy Data for $250 Million
- The AI browser wars are about to begin
- An Interview with Cursor Co-Founder and CEO Michael Truell About Coding With AI
- After Klarna, Zoom's CEO also uses an AI avatar on quarterly call
- The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie
- Lonny Ross from 30 Rock
Relevant to your Interests- Exclusive: Meta splits AI team to move faster
- The Monster-Slaying Game You Can Play Almost Anywhere
- DOGE Days
- Thanks to AI, Gen Z is replacing pitch decks with pitchforks
- Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has 1 billion monthly active users
- The Future of Comments is Lies, I Guess
- Walmart Enters the Cloud Wars and Challenges Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, and SAP
- It’s Waymo’s World. We’re All Just Riding in It.
- Exclusive | Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ad Creation Using AI
- Space Forge raises $30M Series A to make chip materials in space
- AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers
- Clouded Judgement 5.30.25 - Moats in the Age of AI
- Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site’s Data
- Ciroos.AI Emerges From Stealth, Raises $21M To Scale Agentic AI Tool For Operations Teams
- IBM Said to Have Pursued Informatica Ahead of Salesforce Deal
- Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out
Nonsense- WeatherStar 4000+
Conferences- SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off.
SDT News & Community- Join our Slack community
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- Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky
- Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
- Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
- Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations- Brandon: Snapware Pyrex 18-piece Glass Food Storage Set
- Matt: Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software (A16Z podcast)
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1 hr 1 min - Episode 521: The MacGuffin
This week, we discuss OpenAI acquiring io, Salesforce buying Informatica, and the future of AI agents. Plus, Coté shares details about a sensitive procedure and ceiling puzzles.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 521
Runner-up Titles- Don’t ride a bike for a week
- You’ve got to focus on the important things
- What’s your NPS score?
- It all comes back to CSV
- THIS IS MY AI. THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT BUT THIS ONE'S MINE.
- You need an MCP.Factory
- Crimp and Hope
Rundown- Sam & Jony introduce io
- Salesforce to acquire data management company Informatica in $8 billion deal
- Agentic
- New capabilities for building agents on the Anthropic API
- Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompt
- Anthropic brings web search to free Claude users
- SWE Agents Too Cheap To Meter, The Token Data War, and the rise of Tiny Teams
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the next AI platform shift
- MCP Registry
- Anil Dash thoughts on MCP Servers
- If AI Can Play Dungeons & Dragons, It Can Run Your ERP
- MCP is the RSS of AI
Relevant to your Interests- Mistral's new Devstral AI model was designed for coding | TechCrunch
- “Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall
- From the ExperiencedDevs community on Reddit: My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employees insane
- KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS
- Microsoft Build 2025 Keynote: Everything Revealed, in 14 Minutes
- Once worth over $1B, Microsoft-backed Builder.ai is running out of money
- Meta launches program to encourage startups to use its Llama AI models
- Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from Mozilla
- AWS Breaking Changes
- Cloud computing is too important to be left to the Big Three
- How to Lead an All-Hands After Delivering Bad News
- Matt Hicks: CentOS move not popular, but better for open source
- How tech workers really feel about work right now
- Exposed: How ransom gang Lockbit negotiates payments
- Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
- U.S. public wants business to move slower on AI: Axios Harris 100 poll
- Musk’s xAI signs Telegram tie-up as billionaire ‘bromance’ blooms
- In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”
- After 15 years, WhatsApp is finally ready for the iPad
Nonsense- Good Fortune Burger renamed its menu items to sound like office supplies
Conferences- POST/CON 25, June 3-4, Los Angeles, CA, Brandon representing SDT.
- Register here for free pass using code BRANDON (limited to first 20 People)
- Contract-Driven Development: Unite Your Teams and Accelerate Delivery by Chris Chandler
- SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off.
SDT News & Community- Join our Slack community
- Email the show: [email protected]
- Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected]
- Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky
- Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
- Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
- Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations- Brandon: Cable Matters 100-Pack Cat 6 Pass Through RJ45 Connectors
- Matt: Electric Foot Massager
- Coté: Big Mac, inspired by Kenji’s home brew.
1 hr 5 min - Episode 520: Excited is overusedExcited 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.”
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 520
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
Relevant to your Interests- If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions?
- Y Combinator says Google is a ‘monopolist’ that has ‘stunted’ the startup ecosystem
- Coinbase says customers' personal information stolen in data breach
- 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
Conferences- POST/CON 25, June 3-4, Los Angeles, CA, Brandon representing SDT.
- Register here for free pass using code BRANDON (limited to first 20 People)
- Contract-Driven Development: Unite Your Teams and Accelerate Delivery by Chris Chandler
- SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off.
SDT News & Community- Join our Slack community
- Email the show: [email protected]
- Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected]
- Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky
- Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
- Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
- Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations- Brandon: MurderBot
1 hr 4 min - Episode 519: This is a “hit by pitch”
This week, we discuss Zenoss finally getting acquired, Databricks buying Neon, and the debut of WizOS. Plus, updates on OpenAI, Google, Apple—and hot takes on Marmite, Vegemite, and Emacs.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 519
Runner-up Titles- Vegemite is still bad
- You’re probably eating it
- It’s a bold statement
- This episode’s all about us
- Pendantic is my jam
- They tell you they’re making “calculated bets”
- Rupert
- SlackGPT
- No one knows anything, do everything
Rundown- Marmite Rice Cakes
- M&A
- Virtana Acquires Zenoss to Deliver the Industry’s Deepest and Broadest Observability Platform
- Databricks Agrees to Acquire Neon to Deliver Serverless Postgres for Developers + AI Agents - Databricks
- Introducing WizOS: Securing Wiz from the ground up with hardened, near-zero-CVE container base images.
- Checking on OpenAI
- Evolving OpenAI’s structure
- OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge
- OpenAI Hires Instacart C.E.O. to Run Business and Operations
- OpenAI Reaches Agreement to Buy Startup Windsurf for $3 Billion
- Anysphere, which makes Cursor, has reportedly raised $900M at $9B valuation
- Checking in on Google
- Google Search traffic decline is inevitable, execs say
- Google tests replacing 'I'm Feeling Lucky' with 'AI Mode'
- Checking on Apple
- Apple To Appeal Judge’s Scathing New Ruling In Epic Games Antitrust Case, Says CEO Tim Cook
- Eddy Cue is fighting to save Apple’s $20 billion paycheck from Google
- PayPal Brings Contactless Payments to German iPhones Under New EU Rule
- emacs — Matt Gemmell
Relevant to your Interests- New Netflix UI
- VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom
- The EC2 Pricing Form is 284 MB JSON File?
- Has DOGE missed its opportunity?
- Thanks to DOGE, Gumroad’s founder has a second job with the VA
- Microsoft employees are banned from using DeepSeek app, president says
- AI Is Like a Crappy Consultant
- You can now submit your claims for Apple’s $95 million Siri spying settlement
- Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce
- The Case for Open AI Tooling: Why Developers Need Sovereignty in the AI Era
- DeepSeek’s ‘Tech Madman’ Founder Is Threatening US Dominance in AI Race
- Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce
- GM unveils new 'groundbreaking' EV battery tech, aims to be first to market
- Exclusive: Slate Auto has already racked up more than 100,000 refundable reservations
Nonsense- Meet Vulcan, the first Amazon robot with a sense of touch
- Fyre Festival's embattled founder is selling the brand: 'It's time to pass the torch'
Conferences- NDC Oslo, May 21st-23th, Coté speaking.
- POST/CON 25, June 3-4, Los Angeles, CA, Brandon representing SDT.
- Register here for free pass using code BRANDON (limited to first 20 People)
- Contract-Driven Development: Unite Your Teams and Accelerate Delivery by Chris Chandler
- SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off.
SDT News & Community- Join our Slack community
- Email the show: [email protected]
- Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected]
- Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky
- Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
- Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
- Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations- Brandon: Sinners
- Matt: Devs — first recommended by Brandon on episode 223
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58 min - Episode 518: It Is What It Is
This week, we unpack what Uber’s CEO said, why the CNCF exists, and how companies chase the money. Plus, Coté stands alone in his love for rice cakes.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 518
Runner-up Titles- Go feral
- You’ve ruined eating for me
- Cultural tombstone
- The next step is “I told you so”
- Culture is what happens when you’re not talking about culture.
- You know, it’s terrible to run over someone
- The robots are just fine
- Center of Attention
Rundown- Uber CEO says changing employee benefits 'is a risk we decided to take'
- Waymo is reducing serious crashes and making streets safer for those most at risk
- CNCF and Synadia Align on Securing the Future of the NATS.io Project
- Oxide and Friends | Shootout at the CNCF Corral
- New D&D core rules are now CC-BY.
- ‘Cook chose poorly’: how Apple blew up its control over the App Store
Relevant to your Interests- I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server
- "AI-first" is the new Return To Office - Anil Dash
- Find and Buy with AI: Visa Unveils New Era of Commerce
- Google dusts off Google Voice and adds three-way calling
- Anthropic to Buy Back Employee Shares at $61.5 Billion Valuation
- IBM unveils capabilities meant to accelerate AI agent adoption
- Getting things "done" in large tech companies
- A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse
- This NAS brand just called out the competition and says you should own your hardware
- Microsoft Earnings, Microsoft’s Core Capability, Amazon Earnings
- Amazon beats on top and bottom line but issues light second quarter guidance
- Amazon Takes Aim at Cursor With New AI Coding Service
- OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge
- OpenAI Reaches Agreement to Buy Startup Windsurf for $3 Billion
- Anysphere, which makes Cursor, has reportedly raised $900M at $9B valuation
- Clouded Judgement 5.2.25 - Cloud Giants Report Q1 '25
- Nine Emerging Developer Patterns for the AI Era | Andreessen Horowitz
Nonsense- AI Brings Play-by-Play Commentary To Pong
Conferences- Free AI workshop, May 13th. day before Cloud Foundry Day.
- Melbourne Wiz Meet-Up, May 13. Matt will be there.
- Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA, Coté speaking.
- KCD Texas Austin 2025, May 15th, Whitney Lee speaking
- NDC Oslo, May 21st-23th, Coté speaking.
- POST/CON 25, June 3-4, Los Angeles, CA, Brandon representing SDT. Use Code: BRANDON, first 20 people get a free pass
- SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off.
SDT News & Community- Join our Slack community
- Email the show: [email protected]
- Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected]
- Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky
- Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
- Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
- Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations- Brandon: UniFi Express , FlexHD, U6+ and US 8 60W
- Matt: Andor Season 2
- Coté: Batman and Batman Returns.
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55 min - Episode 517: Trademark’s in the Mail
This week, we discuss the new Slate Pickup, Synadia’s attempt to reclaim NATS from the CNCF, and the latest DORA AI report. Plus, Google leaves old Nest thermostats out in the cold.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 517
Runner-up Titles- We have a dumb house
- Ultimately I blame myself
- You can educate people, but they’re not going to listen
- It’s hard to have the same level of empathy with a talking logo
- I don’t want a subscription car
- No Take Backs
- Rugpulls are part of the landscape now
- Vacuum Hypothesis
- Major releases forever
- Making bad developers 10x faster
- Spaces or Braces
- Don’t bring tabs into this
Rundown- Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25
- The Slate Truck is a whole new kind of car
- Open Source Regret Syndrome
- How Synadia's attempt to exit the CNCF by holding a trademark hostage might have backfired
- Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community
- DORA Impact of Generative AI in Software Development
- Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
- Google launches AI tools for practicing languages through personalized lessons
- Viral Shopify CEO Manifesto Says AI Now Mandatory For All Employees
- Introducing the Meta AI App: A New Way to Access Your AI Assistant
Relevant to your Interests- 2D Chip Breakthrough: 6,000 Transistors, 3 Atoms Thick
- AMD 2.0 – New Sense of Urgency
- Apple Partner TSMC Unveils Advanced 1.4nm Process for 2028 Chips
- Elon Musk forced back to the boardroom as Doge ‘blowback’ pummels Tesla
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's 2024 Letter to Shareholders—Annotated
- How Commodore Invented the Mass Market Computer
- Yahoo wants to buy Chrome
- Microsoft launches Recall and AI-powered Windows search for Copilot Plus PCs
- Tech Workers Are Just Like the Rest of Us: Miserable at Work
- Backblaze: A Loss-Making Data Storage Business Mired in Lawsuits, Sham Accounting, and Brazen Insider Dumping
- IBM pledges $150 billion to boost U.S. tech growth, computer manufacturing
- Economic Termites Are Everywhere
- 40 years ago, Acorn fired up the first Arm processor
Nonsense- Between 2 Servers - S1E2 - Not THAT Hasselhoff feat. Dr. Kate Holterhoff
- Fold 'N Fly » Paper Airplane Folding Instructions
Conferences- Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA, Coté speaking.
- KCD Texas Austin 2025, May 15th, Whitney Lee Speaking
- Free AI workshop, May 13th. day before Cloud Foundry Day
- Melbourne Wiz Meet-Up, May 13. Matt will be there
- NDC Oslo, May 21st-23th, Coté speaking.
SDT News & Community- Join our Slack community
- Email the show: [email protected]
- Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected]
- Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky
- Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
- Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
- Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations- Brandon: Airpod Cleaner Kit
- Matt: Soul Coughing Live 2024
- Cooking with Beagles
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1 hr 4 min - Episode 516: Vibe Strategy
This week, we discuss Google being found to be a monopoly, OpenAI’s “offer” to buy Chrome, and some hot takes on JSON. Plus, is it better to wait on hold or ask for a callback?
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 516
Runner-up Titles- Just Fine
- The SDT “Fine” Scale
- Callback
- Asynchronous Friendship
- I would love to get to know you better…over text
- Send you Jams to the dry cleaners.
- JSON
- Take it xslt-easy!
Rundown- OpenAI
- OpenAI in talks to pay about $3 billion to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf
- The Cursor Mirage
- AI is for Tinkerers
- Vibe Coding is for PMs
- OpenAI releases new simulated reasoning models with full tool access
- Clouded Judgement 4.18.25 - The Hidden Value in the AI Application Layer
- OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google
- The Creators of Model Context Protocol
- Judge finds Google holds illegal online ad tech monopolies
- Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America’s Taxpayers
Relevant to your Interests- Switch 2 Carts Still Taste Bad, Designed Purposefully To Be Spat Out
- CEO Andy Jassy’s 2024 Letter to Shareholders
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI costs will come down
- Happy 18th Birthday CUDA!
- Honeycomb Acquires Grit: A Strategic Investment in Pragmatic AI and Customer Value
- Everything Announced at Google Cloud Next in 12 Minutes
- GitLab vs GitHub : Key Differences in 2025
- Old Fashioned Function Keys
- Fake job seekers are flooding U.S. companies that are hiring for remote positions,
- NetRise raises $10M to expand software supply chain security platform
- Mark Zuckerberg’s antitrust testimony aired his wildest ideas from Meta’s history
- How Much Should I Be Spending On Observability?
- Did we just make platform engineering much easier by shipping a cloud IDP?
- Google Cloud Next 2025: Agentic AI Stack, Multimodality, And Sovereignty
- iPhone Shipments Down 9% in China's Q1 Smartphone Boom
- Exclusive: Anthropic warns fully AI employees are a year away
- Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs
- Porting Tailscale to Plan 9
- CVE Foundation
- The Cursor Mirage
- There's a Lot of Bad Telemetry Out There
- Gee Wiz
Nonsense- Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg's voices
- A Visit to Costco in France
- No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon
- Metre, a consistent measurement of the world
Conferences- DevOps Days Atlanta, April 29th-30th.
- KCD Texas Austin 2025, May 15th, Whitney Lee Speaking.
- Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA, Coté speaking.
- Free AI workshop, May 13th. day before Cloud Foundry Day.
- NDC Oslo, May 21st-23th, Coté speaking.
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