Episode 593: Markdown for the Masses

This week, we discuss Google Docs finally getting Markdown, Cloudflare's CF CLI, Gartner's agentic AI abandonment stat, and forward deployed engineers. Plus, Coté forgets his laptop.

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Runner-up Titles:

• Cables only
• Blame it on AI
• We’re outcome-focused here
• I brought CSV to the masses
• The King of Google
• Product Manager for Markdown
• Just give me an API
• The Word Race
• Unqualify yourself
• I'll Ride the AI Hype Cycle to Markdown Support
• Forward Deployed Field CTOI
• You Are the API
• Agent Product Management
• Money Can Be Exchanged for Goods and Services
• Brandon's the Travel Dad

Rundown

• Google is going to let you directly edit Markdown files in Docs.
• Agent-Friendly APIs
  • Introducing cf: the agentic CLI for the entire Cloudflare API
  • Cloudflare’s 2026 Annual Founders’ Letter
  • Your app’s frontend UI is now optional
  • The Agents Are Among Us - Tao of Mac
  • Docker Sandboxes Promotion | Docker
  • Redis Iris | Redis
  • OpenClaw launches free enterprise control plane for AI agents
  • The New, New Kingmakers: Agents, Developers, and the Future of Software with Stephen O'Grady
  • Headless CRM.
• Forward-deployed engineers and the enterprise AI ROI question
  • The Rise of the Forward Deployed Engineer
  • Gartner: 70% of enterprises will abandon vendor-built agentic AI by 2028
  • McKinsey: The State of AI in 2026, On the Road to ROI
  • Thorsten Ball: The future of software development
  • AI faces $6 trillion test to justify data centers, Bain says
• Rogue agents: who is liable when the AI breaks containment?
  • OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
  • OpenAI pauses training after agents probed US government sites
  • OpenAI shelves new AI model after internal safety tests, WSJ reports
  • Wikimedia: OpenAI-linked agents made millions of unauthorized requests
  • Lawmakers: AI firms should be liable for their models’ actions
  • NVIDIA launches Open Agent Safety Platform
  • New AI-powered government website uses Gemini, Grok

Relevant to your Interests

• AppleInsider: Meta's Muse AI is stealing Apple Messages
• Daily Brief: Top technology stories this week
• DevDay 2026 Recap
• Meta Connect Keynote 2026
• OpenAI connects the Dots
• 125 Tests of the New AI Siri
• Meta Enterprise Platform Needs More Than Muse
• Software bugs led to Bahrain Grand Prix farce
• Meta carves out enterprise offerings, brings in new leadership
• Please Don't Shame the AI Writers
• New Relic Appoints Nandini Ramani as Chief Executive Officer
• Google is going to let you directly edit Markdown files in Docs.
• Norway Considers Most Drastic Smart Glasses Ban Yet
• Mistral unveils new model rivaling China’s best open systems
• Ed Zitron: The AI Bubble is Bleeding Cash, Part 2
• Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog rivals
• Google signs 20-year nuclear deal with Constellation
• Amazon and Constellation sign 20-year nuclear power deal
• Amazon hires Microsoft Copilot CTO to lead AWS agentic AI
• EU set to designate AWS and Azure as DMA gatekeepers
• UK government cloud spend: up to 80% on AWS and Microsoft
• AWS admits permanent data loss after Iranian strikes

Nonsense

• EP 1: ROOFTOPS, PENTHOUSES, AND URBAN LIVING
• Distance from Texas, measured in Texases

Listener Feedback

• Prash recommends:
  • Handy - Open source voice transcription, similar to Openwhisper but free.
  • Clop - Clipboard media compression. Open source with a paid tier.
  • Mos - Smooth scrolling for third-party mice. Open source.
  • Heynote - Scratchpad for temporary notes. Open source.
  • BetterDisplay - Makes external displays look sharper (Retina-ish) on a Mac. Closed source.
  • HyperKey - Makes keyboard shortcuts easier to use. Closed source.
  • Tinycast - Replaced Raycast and Spotlight. Open source.
  • Alter - Captures meeting notes and action items. Free tier works with local models.
  • Logseq - Second brain and knowledge base. Open source.
• Brandon built and recommends:
  • entogo - Type a keyword. Go anywhere. Bookmarks without the browsing.

Conferences

• VMware Explore Frankfurt 2026, Oct 13-14, 2026 - Coté speaking.
• DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting.
• VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026
• VMware Explore London, Nov 18-19, 2006, Coté speaking.
• Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Coté keynoting, Discount Code: CSVFTW
• Build Stuff, Dec 2-4, 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania. Coté speaking.
• cfgmgmtcamp, Ghent, Belgium, February 1-3, 2027
• SCALE 24x Pasadena, CA, April 1-4, 2027

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Recommendations

• Brandon: PodEditor in beta
• Matt: Fall of Hyperion
• Coté: Libation.