Software Defined Talk

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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.
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. CFP closes August 3rd.
CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London.
SDT News & Community
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Email the show: [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: Uber Teen
Matt: Software Defined Interviews - Chris Dancy
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July 25, 2025Episode 530: His proper name is Sasquatch
This week, we cover AI going rogue, Cloudflare declaring independence, and the secure container craze. Plus, Matt bravely judges 9 new emoji.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 530
Runner-up Titles
VP of getting it on
Neutral trombone
Good Margin
Independent from what?
The New Benevolence
I have plenty of cynicism for other things
Rundown
Emojis
Australian Bigfoot
Unicode's new emoji refuses to put respect on Bigfoot's name
Matt’s Rankings:
Hairy Creature
Trombone
Treasure Chest
Fight Cloud
Orca
Landslide
Apple Core
Ballet Dancers
Distorted Face
AI coding platform goes rogue during code freeze and deletes entire company database — Replit CEO apologizes after AI engine says it 'made a catastrophic error in judgment' and 'destroyed all production data'
Cloudflare
Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025
Content Independence Day: no AI crawl without compensation!
Accidental Tech Podcast: 649: Prove It With Cameras
Anubis Web AI Firewall
Announcing Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for AWS Price List
Chainguard builds a market, everyone else wants in.
Bitnami Secure Images
Relevant to your Interests
Browser extensions turn Trojan and infect 2.3 million Chrome and Edge users
Code was the least interesting part of my multi-agent app, and here’s what that means to me
Dell employees are not OK
How Uber Became A Cash-Generating Machine
Clouded Judgement 7.18.25 - The Return of the Point Solution
Mid-Year 2025 CNCF Open Source Project Velocity
new Date("wtf")
Intel axes Clear Linux, the fastest distribution on the market — company ends support, effective immediately
The Epic Battle for AI Talent—With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears
Cursor snaps up enterprise startup Koala in challenge to GitHub Copilot
Lovable becomes a unicorn with $200M Series A just 8 months after launch
Apple details how it trained its new AI models, see highlights
Instacart’s former CEO is taking the reins of a big chunk of OpenAI
The Enshittification of American Power
Customer guidance for SharePoint vulnerability CVE-2025-53770
Mike Lynch’s Estate Ordered to Pay Hewlett Packard $945 Million
OpenAI announces ChatGPT agent for web browsing
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Agent can control an entire computer and do tasks for you
ChatGPT Numbers
Move Mesos to the Attic
Anthropic hired back two of its employees — just two weeks after they left for a competitor.
Investors Float Deal Valuing Anthropic at More Than $100 Billion
Nonsense
Coldplay’s Kiss Cam Exposes Astronomer’s CEO Andy Byron Alleged Affair With HR Chief Kristin Cabot
Unicode's new emoji refuses to put respect on Bigfoot's name
Atari Is Re-Releasing Its 2600+ To Celebrate Pac-Man's 45th Birthday
Conferences
Sydney Wizdom Meet-Up, Sydney, August 7. Matt will be there.
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. CFP closes August 3rd.
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: Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad for Mac
Matt: Spirited
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July 18, 2025Episode 529: Windsurf, AI Agents, and Kiro
This week, we discuss Windsurf being acquired (again), how much AI agents really help with coding, and AWS launching Kiro. Plus, Matt attempts to design a new closet.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 529
Runner-up Titles
"The backlog will always be with you."
The things I dream about…
Closet debt
It’s about the money
They call it business for a reason
The children are the future
The best and brightest are going to be making better advertising
Ghost Developers are Architects
TaskRabbit LLM
Crabs in a pot
You’re on a temporary plateau on your way to Product Management
Rundown
Windsurf and Coding Agents
Is Cursor having their Docker moment?
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
Windsurf's CEO goes to Google; OpenAI's acquisition falls apart
Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf
It’s about the research. Ignore the money.
How much does AI impact development speed?
Measuring the actual impact of AI coding with Abi Noda, CEO of DX
Introducing Kiro
Relevant to your Interests
How much money has Linda Yaccarino made as X´s CEO during her tenure?
NLWeb: Tapping MCP for natural language web search
Introducing Comet: Browse at the speed of thought
AWS reportedly set to launch agentic AI marketplace with Anthropic next week
New Smart Glasses Block Out All Real-Life Advertising
Exclusive | SpaceX to Invest $2 Billion Into Elon Musk’s xAI
Figma's $300k Daily AWS Bill Isn't the Scandal You Think It Is
DraftGPT: The Brave New World of AI Hits the NBA
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is worth $12B in seed round
AI Tooling, Evolution and The Promiscuity of Modern Developers
Sponsor
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Listener Feedback
Wes recommends reMarkable eReader
Jeroen recommends BooX
Conferences
Sydney Wizdom Meet-Up, Sydney, August 7. Matt will be there.
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.
SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CFP closes August 3rd.
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: F1 The Movie
Matt: Dune Prophecy
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July 11, 2025Episode 528: You can’t spell Clippy without CLI
This week, we discuss the return of command line tools, Kubernetes embracing VMs, and the steady march of Windows. Plus, thoughts on TSA, boots, and the “old country."
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 528
Runner-up Titles
Pool Problems
Stockholm Pool Syndrome
The Old Country
VMs aren’t going anywhere
Vaya con Dios
This is why we have milk
Why’s he talking about forks?
Commander Claude
The Columbia Music House business plan
Beat this horse into glue
Reinvent Command Line
“Man falls in love with CLI”
Windows is always giving you the middle button
CBT - Claude Behavioral Therapy.
Rundown
TSA tests security lines allowing passengers to keep their shoes on
KubeCon Is Starting To Sound a Lot Like VMCon
Claude Code and the CLI
Gemini CLI: your open-source AI agent
Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents
AI Tooling, Evolution and The Promiscuity of Modern Developers
Introducing OpenCLI
Windows
Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS
Microsoft quietly implies Windows has LOST millions of users since Windows 11 debut — are people really abandoning ship? [UPDATE]
Relevant to your Interests
Public cloud becomes a commodity
Nvidia Ruffles Tech Giants With Move Into Cloud Computing
Which Coding Assistants Retain Their Customers and Which Ones Don’t
Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
Sam Altman upstages the critics
The Ultimate Cloud Security Championship | 12 Months × 12 Challenges
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress
How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking
CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific in $9 billion all-stock deal
Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next?
Datadog stock jumps 10% on tech company’s inclusion in S&P 500 index
Jack Dorsey just released a Bluetooth messaging app that doesn't need the internet
Unlock the Full Chainguard Containers Catalog – Now with a Catalog Pricing Option
Oracle stock jumps after $30 billion annual cloud deal revealed in filing
Docker State of App Dev: AI
X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform
Meta's recruiting blitz claims three OpenAI researchers
OpenAI Reportedly Shuts Down for a Week as Zuck Poaches Its Top Talent
OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’
Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’
Report: Apple looked into building its own AWS competitor
Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping
The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers
Nonsense
After 8 years of playing D&D nonstop, I’ve finally tried its biggest alternative
TSA tests security lines allowing passengers to keep their shoes on
Conferences
Sydney Wizdom Meet-Up, Sydney, August 7. Matt will be there.
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.
SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CFP closes August 3rd.
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: Park ATX Free Parking Codes: FREE15ATX1 and FREE15ATX2
Matt: Careless People
Coté: Wizard Zines bundle, Julia Evans.
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July 04, 2025Episode 527: Victor Adossi on WebAssembly
Brandon interviews Victor Adossi, an engineer at Cosmonic. They discuss the state of WebAssembly, wasmCloud, and why Wasm is poised for growth. Plus, Victor shares what it’s like to live as an expat in Japan.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 526
Show Links
Cosmonic
Bytecode Alliance
WebAssembly Specifications
The WebAssembly Component Model
Emscripten
wasmCloud
wasmCloud Examples
Jco (Javascript ecosystem) Examples
FFmpeg
Contact Victor
Github: t3hmrman and vados-cosmonic
Twitter: @vadosware
Web: vadosware.io
SDT News & Hype
Join us in Slack.
Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
Special Guest: Victor Adossi.
Sponsored By:
vadosware.io
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June 27, 2025Episode 526: The Optimist, the Origin, and the Deck
This week, we unpack The Optimist, the new Sam Altman biography; revisit OpenAI’s early days; and break down Coatue’s AI strategy deck. Plus, tips for squeezing in side projects between thought leadership presentations.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 526
Runner-up Titles
Flow State
Altman and AI
Day 2 Thinking
Growth Mindset
Less of you
You don't need a Harvard Business Review subscription to know that
Running unnecessary hardware in your house
Lifelong Costco member here.
Pre-populate Everything
There’s no ROI on a good hotdog
Rundown
AI Native vs. AI Add-on
AI Frenzy
The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future
Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab valued at $10bn after $2bn fundraising
ChatGPT's Enterprise Success Against Copilot Fuels OpenAI and Microsoft's Rivalry
Iyo vs. Io — OpenAI and Jony Ive get sued
Zuckerberg Leads AI Recruitment Blitz Armed With $100 Million Pay Packages
After trying to buy Ilya Sutskever's $32B AI startup, Meta looks to hire its CEO
Message from CEO Andy Jassy: Some thoughts on Generative AI
Clouded Judgement 6.19.25 - The Dropping Cost of Intelligence
Coatue's 2025 EMW Keynote Replay
Slides in online PDF
Coatue’s Laffont Brothers. AI, Public & VC Mkts, Macro, US Debt, Crypto, IPO's, & more
Agents and the Web
Remote MCP support in Claude Code
Agentforce 3, it's agents all the way down.
Google Cloud donates A2A to Linux Foundation- Google Developers Blog
Linux Foundation Appoints Jonathan Bryce as Executive Director, Cloud & Infrastructure and Chris Aniszczyk as CTO, Cloud & Infrastructure to Oversee Major Open Source Initiatives
Relevant to your Interests
Amazon orders employees to relocate to Seattle and other hubs
Microsoft announces advancement in quantum error correction
Datadog DASH: A Revolving Door Of Operations And Security Announcements
the six-month recap: closing talk on AI at Web Directions, Melbourne, June 2025
Snap acquires Saturn, a social calendar app for high school and college students
Frequent reauth doesn't make you more secure
Checking In on AI and the Big Five
U.S. House tells staffers not to use Meta’s WhatsApp
How AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux Have Diverged Since CentOS
AI search finds publishers starved of referral traffic
10 years of platform engineering at SIXT: Lessons in scaling and innovation - Boyan Dimitrov
What Would a Kubernetes 2.0 Look Like
kubectl-ai
Nonsense
Costco Executive Members get extended hours
Listener Feedback
Warp
Conferences
CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
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.
Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CFP closes August 3rd.
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: Discount Tire
Coté:
Brimstone Angels
Rebels of Reason: The Long Road from Aristotle to ChatGPT and AI's Heroes Who Kept the Faith
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1h 13min
June 25, 2025Episode 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
SDT News & Community
Join our Slack community
Email the show: [email protected]
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Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
Sponsor the show: [email protected]
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June 20, 2025Episode 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.
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: Watch Dept. Q
Matt: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
Coté: INFILTRATE. SURVEY. PERCEIVE by Reyes Makes Games.
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June 13, 2025Episode 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
SDT News & Hype
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Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers!
Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube.
Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total.
Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk!
Special Guest: Sterling Chin.
Sponsored By:
: Postman is the single platform for designing, building, and scaling APIs—together. Join over 40 million users who have consolidated their workflows and leveled up their API game—all in one powerful platform.
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June 06, 2025Episode 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
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: 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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