Software Defined Talk

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October 03, 2025Episode 540: How to build a factory
This week, we dig into the latest DORA report and OpenAI’s big product updates. Plus, some hot takes on airline status and the Eurostar.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 540
Runner-up Titles
Just plug in an iPhone
Be helpful, not helpless
Rundown
Announcing the 2025 DORA Report | Google Cloud Blog
OpenAI
Agentic Commerce
The New Sora App
Introducing ChatGPT Pulse
Relevant to your Interests
Intel and Apple hold investment talks, no deal in sight - 9to5Mac
Ed Zitron is mad as hell
TikTok will stay: Trump signs executive order to keep app in the US
10+ Hidden Features in iOS 26
Splunk .conf25: Forging a Data Foundation for Cisco's AgenticOps Vision
JFrog SwampUp 2025: The Agentic Development Era Emerges From The Swamp
RIP, AOL dial-up: Take a walk down memory lane to 5 other now-defunct tech icons that defined millennials' youths
Logitech launches MX Master 4 flagship productivity mouse – the best mouse we've tested adds haptic feedback, circular Action Ring shortcuts
Charlie Javice Sentenced to 85 Months in Prison for Fraud
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek to step aside
Cloudscape - Cloudscape Design System
Cursor CLI
Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5
Cursor CLI
Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5
GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview
Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover
How Ruby Went Off the Rails
Open source to closed doors: RubyGems control fight erupts
Platform Engineering and AI - Two Buzzwords Finally Meet! | Michael Cote
Nonsense
Build-A-Bear Stock Outperforms Nvidia (The Onion)
Conferences
CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off.
Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19
SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th.
SDT News & Community
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Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations
Brandon: Black Rabbit
Coté: Sune, Hackney, London.
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1h 10min
September 26, 2025Episode 539: The Final Demand
This week, we cover Oracle’s OpenAI deal, the RubyGems drama, and Atlassian buying DX. Plus, does anyone still use widgets?
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 539
Runner-up Titles
It’s a two knob problem
The healthy jaundice of success
My homework is to go home
Are you enjoying the widgets?
I get you on the Ponzi Scheme
Hanlon’s Razor strikes again
Blogging: Hardest form of social media
Rundown
Oracle
Exclusive | Oracle, OpenAI Sign Massive $300 Billion Cloud Computing Deal
Oracle and OpenAI are full of crap
OpenAI doesn’t have the cash to pay Oracle $300 billion — raising it will test the very limits of private markets
Nvidia stock jumps on $100 billion OpenAI investment as Huang touts 'biggest AI infrastructure project in history
Ruby Central Takes Over RubyGems
Atlassian
Atlassian acquires DX, a developer productivity platform, for $1B
Atlassian acquires developer productivity startup DX for $1B
The AI Shift: Static Software vs. Living AI Systems
RSS co-creator launches new protocol for AI data licensing
Nvidia to Invest $5 Billion in Intel, Furthering Trump’s Turnaround Plan
Relevant to your Interests
Tesla Wants Out of the Car Business
Google is shutting down Tables, its Airtable rival | TechCrunch
Oracle's stock pump, Meta's $600B, Bronny Ellison and Warner Bros, European stereotypes
Atlassian goes cloud-only, customers face integration issues
Getting a slice of the Kubernete$ management pie
Cote on Multicloud
ServiceNow Says Windsurf Gave Its Engineers a 10% Productivity Boost
Most Work is Translation
Microsoft warns users that Windows 10 is in its final days
How to use Tahoe's new Use Model shortcut to summarize articles
Credit scores drop at fastest pace since the Great Recession | CNN Business
Workday to buy AI firm Sana for $1.1 billion as HR software deal-making heats up
Wasm 3.0 Completed - WebAssembly
Exclusive: AI's ability to displace jobs is advancing quickly, Anthropic CEO says
From the facepalm community on Reddit: Meta's live AI cooking demo fails spectacularly
Meta CTO explains the cause of its embarrassing smart glasses demo failures
New H-1B rules sparked weekend chaos
The Man Calling Bullshit on the AI Boom
Trump’s H-1B visa fee isn’t just about immigration, it’s about fealty
Vivaldi takes a stand: keep browsing human | Vivaldi Browser
Zoom Bets on Agentic AI With AI Companion 3.0 Amid Sluggish Growth
The Secret Service has dismantled a telecom threat near the UN. It could have disabled cell service in NYC
Enterprise AI Looks Bleak, But Employee AI Looks Bright
Obot AI Secures $35M Seed to Build Enterprise MCP Gateway - obot
Announcing the 2025 DORA Report | Google Cloud Blog
Conferences
Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th.
CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off.
Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19
SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th.
SDT News & Community
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Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations
Brandon: Task
Matt: OpenCore Legacy Patcher
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57min
September 19, 2025Episode 538: Michael Irwin on Docker, Developers, and AI
Brandon interviews Michael Irwin, Principal Engineer at Docker. They cover Docker’s evolution, why hardened images matter, and how AI fits in. Plus, Michael shares stories from teaching computer science.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 538
Show Links
Docker
Docker Hub
Contact Michael
LinkedIn: mikesir87
Github: mikesir87
Twitter: mikesir87
Blog: https://blog.mikesir87.io/
Sponsor
Docker: Your foundation for secure, intelligent development
SDT News & Hype
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Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
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Special Guest: Michael Irwin.
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49min
September 12, 2025Episode 537: YOLO acquisitions
This week, we dig into Atlassian buying The Browser Company, whether Pay Per Crawl makes sense, and Oracle’s cloud jackpot. Plus, a quick lesson in Aussie slang.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 537
Runner-up Titles
"I have a plan to make things slightly better.”
Matt Ray comes off the top rope
We are in that demographic
Flip-flops, thongs, and slides.
No Translation Needed
Do we have a fashion channel?
Why not us too?
Let’s just try it
Hooters adjacent tech story
Pay-per-crawl.
I don’t know how DNS works, nobody does
Cool, copyright, I love it
Just lots of weird stuff going on.
Y’all are weird
Rundown
Final thought on Australia
Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Company for $610 million
VMware buying Slide Rocket in 2011, which is now ClearSlide
An Interview with Cloudflare Founder and CEO Matthew Prince About Internet History and Pay-per-crawl
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max
Catch up quick | Apple September event highlights
Apple introduces AirPods Pro 3 with live translation feature
Nvidia's top two mystery customers made up 39% of the chipmaker's Q2 revenue
Oracle Financial's US parent jumps 27% in extended trading on Tuesday; Here's why - CNBC TV18
Relevant to your Interests
Google, Apple, and Mozilla Win in the Antitrust Case Google Lost
Privacy Nightmare: Your Doorbell Camera Is Snitching to Insurance Companies
Broadcom Stock Soars as AI Demand Drives Strong Earnings—Crucial Price Levels to Monitor
Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1
Exclusive | Databricks Crosses $4 Billion in Annual Revenue Rate
SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar's spectrum for Starlink's direct-to-phone service
Google Cloud CEO sees sunny prospects thanks to AI demand
Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max
Catch up quick | Apple September event highlights
Apple introduces AirPods Pro 3 with live translation feature
Claude can now create and use files
The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, One Repository at a Time
Nonsense
2025 AI Darwin Award Nominees - Worst AI Failures of the Year
Ground staff strike: KLM cancels over 100 flights on Wednesday - DutchNews.nl
Listener Feedback
Carless People
What We’ve Learned About the Kawhi Leonard Situation—and What We Haven’t
Conferences
VMUG London, Coté speaking, September 18th.
SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th.
CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off.
Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19
SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th.
SDT News & Community
Join our Slack community
Email the show: [email protected]
Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected]
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Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations
Brandon: Python: The Documentary | An origin story
Matt: macOS - Sound Output → another computer beats using a headphone switcher
Coté: back to Obsidian. Marriott lifetime platinum luggage tags, check out this deep dive.
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1h 7min
September 05, 2025Episode 536: My search engine couldn’t help me
This week, we discuss the effectiveness of reorgs, Meta’s new AI team, and the Google antitrust ruling. Plus, some strong thoughts on cold brew and bathtubs.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 536
Runner-up Titles
Buy once, cry once
Annual Recurring Regrets
The Bathtub Problem
Bathtime is My Time
Your Daily Stoic
No one cares about open source cold brew
Once you have it pick up the phone and call someone, the dream of the Internet is dead.
The Chrome ecoverse.
Rundown
The VC who married Paris Hilton uses his cryochamber twice a day and launches an AI agent before bed
OpenAI starts building out its app team
OpenAI shuffles executive roles, acquires Statsig for $1.1 billion
Reorganizations
Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave
No Amount of Money Can Make People Want to Work for Zuck
Inside Amazon's 'hardcore' culture reset
New Research Debunks Open Source Business Model Myths
Google gets to keep Chrome but is barred from exclusive search deals, judge rules
Relevant to your Interests
Opinion | A.I. May Be Just Kind of Ordinary
Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors
Zen Browser — What Mozilla Firefox Should Be?
Asahi Linux Lead Developer Steps Down
How to prepare for the Bitnami Changes coming soon
Metal³ - Metal Kubed
How This A.I. Company Collapsed Amid Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom
AI Experts No Longer Saving for Retirement Because They Assume AI Will Kill Us All by Then
Unix Co-Creator Brian Kernighan on Rust, Distros and NixOS
Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters
Tanzu having nothing to do with Kubernetes anymore
There is no Tanzu Kubenetes, only VKS.
Nvidia stock turns positive in premarket trading as investors buy dip following earnings report
MongoDB Soars: Analyzing the Recent Surge
NVIDIA Q2 Profit Soars 59% as Blackwell AI Surge Fuels Record Revenue
Nvidia, $NVDA, has reported that a single customer accounted for 23% of its total quarterly revenue of $46.7 billion, per Bloomberg
Nonsense
The Dutch are quietly shifting towards a four-day work week
Conferences
VMUG London, Coté speaking, September 18th.
SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th.
CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off.
Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19
SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th.
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: GFiber
Matt: Zen web browser
Coté:
Apple-brand woven USB cables (1 meter and 2 meter).
Tenshi Sushi Duivendrecht
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1h 1min
August 29, 2025Episode 535: Don’t put randomness in your workflow
This week, we discuss AI disillusionment, the good and bad of AI use cases, and VMware news. Plus, we compare tech mergers to Taylor Swift’s engagement.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 534
Runner-up Titles
I’m going to turn off the Roomba
Spider Patrol
My old office had a door
The dog was up all night
Exiting our bubble
The child’s name is Steve
We don’t want to anger the Swifties
It’s fine isn’t good enough
I am leaving my wife for Google Search
It’s all made-up anyway
Anything you see, CSV just pops out
Stop digging
Rundown
Trough of Disillusionment?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Concedes GPT-5 Was a Misfire, Bets on GPT-6 - Decrypt
Suddenly, Silicon Valley Is Lowering AI Expectations — New York Magazine
It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes
The Search for Product Market Fit
Clouded Judgement 8.22.25 - Workflows Are the New Databases
AWS CEO says AI replacing junior staff is 'dumbest idea'
Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately
VMware
Modern Private Cloud: The Data Center’s Next Chapter - Broadcom News and Stories
Broadcom calls for tech to go back where it belongs: On-prem
Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk
Relevant to your Interests
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Removing XSLT From the Web Platform
Walmart Fires VP for Taking Daily Kickbacks Starting from $30K
YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality
Bye-bye barrel jack: Framework brings 240W USB-C charging to laptops
Google scores six-year Meta cloud deal worth over $10 billion
Nonsense
Nerd! How the word popularized by Dr. Seuss went from geeky insult to mainstream
K-Pop Demon Hunters os recommend in the Slack
Python Package Management tool “uv”
PROMOTE STICKERS
Conferences
SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th.
CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off.
Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19
SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th.
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: Gmail Manage Subscriptions
Matt:
Deskflow
Search Engine: A Dubai Chocolate Theory of the Internet
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52min
August 22, 2025Episode 534: Capitalism is working
This week, we discuss the US backing Intel, SaaS staying power, and AI’s impact on deep work. Plus, Matt Ray’s moving tips and more kolache talk in the after show.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 534
Runner-up Titles
It’s all in your head
Little brother podcasting
Chaos Monkey Inspections
“Let’s face it, everything runs on computers now.”
AI - Army of Interns
Rundown
Intel
SoftBank Group and Intel Corporation Sign $2B Investment Agreement
Lutnick says Intel has to give government equity in return for CHIPS Act funds
Trump Administration Discusses Taking 10% Stake in Intel
The Return of Software
Prompting is easy, people are hard.
Just updating your Java version gets people’s hearts racing.
Deep Thinking
Will AI Usher In the End of Deep Thinking? — Plain English with Derek Thompson
Will AI Usher In the End of Deep Thinking? - The Ringer
AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity
Relevant to your Interests
Apple returns blood oxygen monitoring to the latest Apple Watches
The AI Investor
Apple’s Wallet app just made Amazon returns easy, and more is coming
Cognition Cinches About $500 Million to Advance AI Code-Generation Business
Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door
Nonsense
Interview with Senior DevOps engineer 2025
Conferences
SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch.
Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch.
Wiz Capture the Flag, Brisbane, August 26.
SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th.
CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London.
SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th.
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: America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys
Matt: IKEA delivery
Coté: Patagonia Nomad Volleyball shorts, Terravia Tote Pack 24L.
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1h 23min
August 15, 2025Episode 533: It’s a Type 2 Kolache
This week, we discuss GPT 5.0, the emerging AI ecosystem, and why TAM is basically a bedtime story for investors. Plus, Coté serves up a masterclass on kolaches.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 533
Runner-up Titles
Yeehaw Buns
Bush Turkey
Pigs in Blanket
The Czech Stop
"The Central Texas Kolache Corridor"
“I’m over here in Gemini-land.”
What if this is as good as it gets?
How smart are humans?
You’re Tony Randall!
Is this the dystopian future we signed up for?
Extreme in Hungary (Tilberg, actually)
I don’t think there’s a honey-badger outcome.
All the porridge
A bedtime story for investors
Rundown
OpenAI
OpenAI Finally Launched GPT-5. Here's Everything You Need to Know
OpenAI launches new GPT-5 model for all ChatGPT users
GPT-5 is alive
OpenAI is raising money at a $300 billion valuation
Sam Altman says Gen Z are the ‘luckiest’ kids in history thanks to AI, despite mounting job displacement dread
Three big lessons from the GPT-5 backlash
Mr. Short-Term Memory
The AI Ecosystem Apps are growing
Your AI workloads still need a service mesh
AI Security Company | Manage GenAI Risks & Secure LLM Apps
Requesty - Unified LLM Platform
The latest AI news we announced in July
Oxide and Friends | Oxide's $100M Series B
Relevant to Your Interests
Google Pixel 10 | Soon
The Man Who Beat IBM
Linus Torvalds Rejects RISC-V Changes For Linux 6.17: "Garbage"
Zuckerberg’s Compound Had Something That Violated City Code: A Private School
The 20-Year David Ellison Plan
AOL Will End Its Dial-Up Internet Service (Yes, It’s Still Operating)
Ford's cheaper, simpler $30K electric vehicles are how 'we can make money on EVs,' CEO says
Goodbye API Keys: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions with Workload Identity Federation
I Tried Every Todo App and Ended Up With a .txt File
Intel shares drop after Trump calls for CEO to resign immediately
Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub
GitHub will join Microsoft’s CoreAI division with departure of CEO Thomas Dohmke
Nonsense
The FDA Wants to Change the Definition of Orange Juice for the First Time in 60 Years
Conferences
SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch.
Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch.
Wiz Capture the Flag, Brisbane, August 26. Matt will be there.
SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th.
CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London.
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
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Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
Sponsor the show: [email protected]
Recommendations
Brandon: AirPods Max
Matt: Devolutionary Times
Coté:
“Connaissais de Face,”
“Evan Finds The Third Room.”
Live performance of the song “People Everywhere”
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1h 7min
August 08, 2025Episode 532: Less Goofy. More Enterprise.
This week, we discuss cloud earnings, what’s driving valuations, and why AWS says it’s still early innings for cloud. Plus, Coté does a deep dive on Shipley Donuts.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 532
Runner-up Titles
Dangerous to do things in bed
Free Donut Holes
Dark Fiber
BET
A man can not believe anything that devalues their index funds.
They just open sourced last year’s homework.
It doesn’t use as many emdashes
Anchorman Vibes
Rundown
AI & Cloud Trends for July 2025
Cloud Earnings
Microsoft posts Q4 beat on top and bottom line on cloud, AI strength
Clouded Judgement 8.1.25 - The AI Operating Model
Richard Seroter's Architecture Musings
AI
OpenAI’s new waited model whatever
Simon Willson says local tool calling might be better
Exclusive: OpenAI Secures Another Giant Funding Deal
OpenAI has made $5.25 billion in 2025 so far, and Anthropic $1.5bn. In both cases, I have found a pattern of deceptive leaks of annualized revenues to suggest they're making far more.
Relevant to your Interests
How Olipop is sweetening the PTO deal for employees
Anaconda Secures $150M Funding, Hits $1.5B Valuation
Figma raises $1.2 billion, creating new playbook for going public in the summer
AI vs. AI: Prophet Security raises $30M to replace human analysts with autonomous defenders
API Simulation Reduces MCP Server, Microservices Overload
Google loses appeal in antitrust battle with Fortnite maker
Exclusive: More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal
OpenAI is teasing a GPT-5 release.
Cloud Software Group to Acquire Arctera
For the first time, OpenAI models are available on AWS | TechCrunch
Agents or Bots? Making Sense of AI on the Open Web
Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door
Apple has now shipped 3 billion iPhones
Apple Growth Rebounds on Strength of iPhone 16 Line, China
Apple Earnings; Cook’s AI Comments; Apple’s AI Strategy, Redux
Nonsense
Microsoft’s Windows XP Crocs are no joke
Listener Feedback
JD recommends Charm
Conferences
SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch.
Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch.
Wiz Capture the Flag, Brisbane, August 26. Matt will be there.
SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th.
CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London.
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: CalDigit TS4.
Coté:
Sunday roast at Mount St. Restaurant, London.
Internal developer platform marketing series: part one, part two, and part three.
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1h 7min
August 01, 2025Episode 531: YAYAML
This week, we discuss the AI hype cycle, Astronomer’s viral moment, and yet another YAML flavor — KYAML. Plus, private equity is coming for your donuts.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 531
Runner-up Titles
Sometimes it’s hard to make money
I’ve given into Big Donut
Maybe you can fake your way through life
At some point you have to have some expertise
AI has no taste
Can you fix my PowerPoint?
There is a chance we’re all going to be naked soon
Gobbling up the dark fiber
WHYAML
Waymo for Babies
Rundown
Beloved Texas doughnut chain sold to California equity firm
AI Mid-Year Hype-Cycle Check-in
Gartner hype cycle
Betting on AI: The Delusion Driving Big Tech - Last Week in AWS Podcast
Clouded Judgement 7.25.25 - TAMs Lie
Microsoft’s AI CEO thinks Copilot will age and ‘have a room that it lives in’
Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands
Claude Code is a slot machine
The Hater’s Guide to the AI Bubble
2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
2025 Stack Overflow sentiment and usage section
Astronomer
Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow
Astronomer (@astronomerio) on X
Ryan Reynolds' ad agency, was behind the Gwyneth Paltrow Astronomer ad
Introducing KYAML, a safer, less ambiguous YAML subset / encoding
Palo Alto Networks to acquire CyberArk in $25 billion deal
Relevant to your Interests
Microsoft's Satya Nadella says job cuts have been 'weighing heavily' on him
IBM shares drop as software revenue misses
MSFT Teams in your car?
Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything
A.I.-Driven Education: Founded in Texas and Coming to a School Near You
How Anthropic teams use Claude Code
Anthropic unveils new rate limits to curb Claude Code power users
Alphabet's Q2 revenue beats estimates as cloud computing surges
Listener Feedback
Steve recommends Lessons from Production Podcast
Conferences
Sydney Wizdom Meet-Up, Sydney, August 7. Matt will be there.
SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch.
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AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London.
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