Software Defined Talk

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Get ready for a weekly dose of all things Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing! Join us as we dive into topics including Kubernetes, DevOps, Serverless, Security and Coding. Plus, we’ll keep you en... more

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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
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Recommendations
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Matt: Careless People
Coté: Wizard Zines bundle, Julia Evans.
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1h 10min
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
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Special Guest: Victor Adossi.
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1h 7min
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
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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
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16min
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
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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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1h 4min
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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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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1h 10min
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]
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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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1h 1min
May 30, 2025Episode 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]
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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.
...more
1h 5min
May 23, 2025Episode 520: Excited is overused
Excited 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
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1h 4min
May 16, 2025Episode 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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