Episode 512: Let’s Not Ruin This
This week, we discuss Apple’s AI struggles, the never-ending access management puzzle, and the latest Kubernetes vulnerability. Plus, let’s not kill the fun of Vibe Coding. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWt6XwV18v4) 512 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWt6XwV18v4) Runner-up Titles It’s either this or Chips Break glass I’m just making the worst soup Everybody loves a quokka They shipped the product, nobody used it We’re at 95% of setting timers Enterprise software fixes everything Vibecoding for Dummies is already in print (not really) Keep Vibe Coding Pure By making it better, you are making it worse I sold high, bought low and it’s still low Rundown Apple Media “clutching their pearls” Apple puts the Vision Pro guy in charge of Siri (https://www.theverge.com/news/633358/apple-replace-siri-leader-john-giannandrea) Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino (https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino?ref=sidebar) Access Management has taken over The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/) Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/politics/hegseth-classified-war-plans-group-chat.html) Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in Ingress NGINX (https://www.wiz.io/blog/ingress-nginx-kubernetes-vulnerabilities) Nvidia Nvidia CEO stops by Denny's food truck to eat and serve Nvidia Breakfast Bytes (https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-ceo-stops-by-dennys-food-truck-to-eat-and-serve-nvidia-breakfast-bytes-before-gtc-2025) GTC AI Conference 2025 (https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/) Vibe Coding Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks) (https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/vibe-coding/) The Vibe Coding Handbook (https://itrevolution.com/product/vibe-coding-handbook/) Relevant to your Interests Tech worker found guilty of sabotaging company’s systems (https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/tech-worker-found-guilty-of-sabotaging-company-s-systems.html?ref=newsletter&deliveryName=DM25608) SoftBank Group to Acquire Ampere Computing (https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20250320) Backstage is dominating the developer portal market (https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/backstage-and-the-developer-portal-market) Clouded Judgement 3.21.25 - M&A Roars Back (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-32125-m-and-a-roars?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=159514016&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) ‘Forced Joy’ Is a Miserable Corporate Trend (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-03-12/starbucks-tiffany-and-alphabet-make-forced-fun-part-of-the-job) Nonsense Office Space - Joanna - Your Flair (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ChQK8j6so8) 'I made the world's worst keyboard': This YouTuber's homemade board has over 1,000 keys and types in words, not letters (https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-keyboards/i-made-the-worlds-worst-keyboard-this-youtubers-homemade-board-has-over-1-000-keys-and-types-in-words-not-letters/) Mac - Lumon Terminal Pro (https://www.apple.com/mac/lumon-terminal-pro/) Conferences KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), April 1-4, London. DevOps Days Atlanta (https://devopsdays.org/events/2025-atlanta/welcome/), April 29-30 Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, Coté speaking. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Recommendations Brandon: Perform quick actions on iPhone (https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/perform-quick-actions-iphcc8f419db/ios) Matt: Audio Hijack Transcribe (https://rogueamoeba.com/support/manuals/audiohijack/?page=transcribe) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-couple-of-skunks-that-are-standing-in-the-dirt-C22fvvBcCBY) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/green-and-black-digital-device-yqLrqIsl294)
28 Maalis 54min
Episode 511: G-Wiz
This week, we discuss Google acquiring Wiz, the rise of Vibe Coding, and what really counts as legacy software. Plus, Coté runs a post-acquisition all-hands meeting. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 511 (https://www.youtube.com/live/ok8lLHFCCRY?si=aos-m8eR1iYcR12v) Runner-up Titles Tattoo “BUSINESS AS USUAL” on the inside of your eyelids BUSINESS AS USUAL One billion a month Turns out they’re gonna put lions in the product. Vibe coding is outcomes-focused. Cote’s AI Thunderdome Don’t make me learn Think About Time VibeCOBOL I don’t like the no-head Rundown Google in Fresh Talks to Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $30 Billion (https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/alphabet-back-in-deal-talks-for-cybersecurity-startup-wiz-41cd3090?mod=tech_lead_story) Intel board announces Lip-Bu Tan as new CEO (https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/intel_lip_bu_tan_new_ceo/) Vibe Coding AI IDEs Need Moats (https://materializedview.io/p/ai-ides-need-moats?ref=dailydev) AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-coding-assistant-refuses-to-write-code-tells-user-to-learn-programming-instead/) Github Coploit does have an agent mode (https://github.com/features/copilot) AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/ai-coding-assistant-cursor-reportedly-tells-a-vibe-coder-to-write-his-own-damn-code/) Vibe Coder job listing (https://getcoai.com/careers/vibe-coder-frontend-developer-role/) Legacy Software Relevant to your Interests Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data (https://www.404media.co/saudi-arabia-buys-pokemon-go-and-probably-all-of-your-location-data/) Open R1: Update #3 (https://huggingface.co/blog/open-r1/update-3) Sonos has canceled its streaming video player (https://www.theverge.com/tech/628297/sonos-pinewood-streaming-box-canceled) ServiceNow releases no-code, low-code AI agent builder (https://www.ciodive.com/news/servicenow-yokohama-agentic-ai-low-code-development-tool/742275/) Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/technology/meta-book-sales-blocked.html) AirPods Getting Live Translation Feature Later This Year (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/13/airpods-live-translation-ios-19/) Clouded Judgement 3.14.25 - Authentication in the Age of AI Agents (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-31425-authentication?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=159023089&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/google-now-allows-users-to-personalize-their-gemini-conversations.html) Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture (https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/) Job Seekers Hit Wall of Salary Deflation - WSJ (https://archive.ph/Gn0F9) Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino (https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino) OpenStack comes to the Linux Foundation | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/openstack-comes-to-the-linux-foundation/?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content) Accusations of Corporate Espionage Shake a Software Rivalry (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/business/dealbook/rippling-deel-corporate-spy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare) IBM Mergers: Closing on HashiCorp and Intent to Acquire Data (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2025/03/14/ibm-hashicorp-datastax/)S (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2025/03/14/ibm-hashicorp-datastax/)tax (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2025/03/14/ibm-hashicorp-datastax/) Nonsense The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY&t=7s) Southwest Airlines CEO Video via WFAA (https://www.tiktok.com/@wfaach8/video/7480585081753537835?_t=ZT-8ufHaixEbks&_r=1) Southwest Airlines Just Broke the $5 Chicken Rule, and There Goes What Once Made It Great (https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/southwest-airlines-just-broke-the-5-chicken-rule-and-there-goes-what-once-made-it-great/91161331). Conferences SREday London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/), March 27-28, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/Michael_Cote_VMware__Pivotal_Platform_Engineering_for_Private_Cloud). 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras (https://monkigras.com/), London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Recommendations Brandon: Severance (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx&ved=2ahUKEwiJ95mBjZeMAxXo4skDHWOrJ3gQFnoECGwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw06Jqv4WAF89UKW2fy4RaHx) ** Matt: Geoff Huntley’s blog (https://ghuntley.com/) Coté: Barthes: A Very Short Introduction (https://academic.oup.com/book/28389), Coté — When Shit Hits the Fan (https://overcast.fm/+AAxlGT9_-n8). Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/people-sitting-on-chairs-watching-a-game-6vAjp0pscX0)
21 Maalis 56min
Episode 510: Vibe Code This Baby
This week, we discuss Discord’s IPO plans, Cursor’s big raise, and how much coding developers actually do. Plus, is Southwest making a huge mistake with bag fees and assigned seats? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/JmkVmwAMw6U?si=ywGs_F3DImUFC0LZ) 510 (https://www.youtube.com/live/JmkVmwAMw6U?si=ywGs_F3DImUFC0LZ) Runner-up Titles Cote’s not here, so we’ll keep it tight They treated me like I’m stupid I’m not here to buy into the culture Go eats some rocks and glue My head is full of simultaneous thoughts Fly high Icarus, fly high We are certain of the uncertainty Rundown Southwest Airlines shifts to paid baggage policy to lift earnings (https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/southwest-airlines-shifts-paid-baggage-policy-lift-earnings-2025-03-11/) Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O. (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/discord-ipo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1k4.eQrV.NtKK_GpiT-Di&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p) IDE Follow up DevTasks outside of the IDE (PDF) (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2019/04/devtime-preprint-TSE19.pdf) How Much Are LLMs Actually Boosting Real-World Programmer Productivity? — LessWrong (https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tqmQTezvXGFmfSe7f/how-much-are-llms-actually-boosting-real-world-programmer) [AI [CursorStartup Anysphere in Talks for Close to $10 Billion Valuation (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/ai-startup-anysphere-in-talks-for-close-to-10-billion-valuation) Market Trends Nvidia Is Down 27% From Its Peak. (https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/03/07/nvidia-stock-down-27-from-peak-history-says-this/) Millennium Loses $900 Million on Strategy Roiled by Market Chaos (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-08/millennium-loses-900-million-on-strategy-roiled-by-market-chaos) Relevant to your Interests OpenAI executives have told some investors about plans for a $20,000/month agent (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-plots-charging-20-000-a-month-for-phd-level-agents> | <http://www.techmeme.com/250305/p29#a250305p29) Introducing the Framework Desktop (https://frame.work/fi/en/blog/introducing-the-framework-desktop) Utah becomes the first state to pass an app store age verification bill (https://www.theverge.com/news/624981/utah-app-store-age-verification-bill) Latest Turing Award winners again warn of AI dangers (https://www.theverge.com/news/624485/turing-award-andrew-barto-richard-sutton-ai-dangers) Does Big Tech’s suckiness open the door for leaner startups? (https://thehustle.co/news/does-big-techs-suckiness-open-the-door-for-leaner-startups) Apple Explains Why the New Mac Studio Doesn't Have an M4 Ultra Chip (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/05/apple-explains-lack-of-m4-ultra-chip/) Your Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting for You (https://www.wired.com/story/your-boss-wants-you-back-in-the-office-this-surveillance-tech-could-be-waiting-for-you/) Melbourne start-up launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells (https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-05/cortical-labs-neuron-brain-chip/104996484) What the Dot-Com Bust Can Tell Us About Today’s AI Boom (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-the-dot-com-bust-can-tell-us-about-todays-ai-boom-c78482e7?mod=hp_lead_pos2) Microsoft is replacing Remote Desktop with its new Windows app (https://www.theverge.com/news/627483/microsoft-remote-desktop-windows-app-replacement) A 10x Faster TypeScript - TypeScript (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/typescript-native-port/) Niantic's Next Chapter: Introducing a New Home for Niantic Games (https://nianticlabs.com/news/niantic-next-chapter) iRobot Shares Drop 34% in Premarket Trading After Warning of Financial Uncertainty (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/irobot-shares-drop-34-premarket-174337217.html) Health NZ used single Excel spreadsheet to track $28b of public money (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/significant-concerns-health-nz-was-using-a-single-excel-spreadsheet-to-track-28-billion-of-public-money/WADIE2J26JEDVCLXYL7HKTMNDE/) $16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet (https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/nz_health_excel_spreadsheet/) Oracle's Cash Squeeze (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/oracles-cash-squeeze?rc=x1tr6w) Apple Pulls iPhone 16 Ad Showing Off 'More Personal Siri' (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/10/apple-pulls-iphone-16-ad-more-personal-siri/) Apple's AI strategy is showing troubling cracks (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apples-ai-strategy-is-showing-troubling-cracks-150559429.html) Nonsense Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Hypoalgesic Effects of Novel “Swear” Words (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7204505/) Chuck E. Cheese gets a rebrand — which means no more animatronic band (https://www.today.com/food/restaurants/chuck-e-cheese-animatronic-band-rcna195724) Listener Feedback JD recommends The DuckDB Local UI (https://duckdb.org/2025/03/12/duckdb-ui.html) Conferences DevOpsDays Chicago (https://devopsdays.org/events/2025-chicago/welcome/), March 18th, 2025. SREday London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/), March 27-28, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/Michael_Cote_VMware__Pivotal_Platform_Engineering_for_Private_Cloud). 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras (https://monkigras.com/), London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Recommendations Brandon: Belkin MagSafe Charger, 3-in-1 (https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-MagSafe-Wireless-Charging-Stand/dp/B0B5XYX7BP/ref=asc_df_B0B5XYX7BP?mcid=2cfdc87431e2380291b64a3f00b41b17&hvocijid=7968774203304016893-B0B5XYX7BP-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7968774203304016893&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028322&hvtargid=pla-2281435181498&th=1) Matt: Wired (https://www.wired.com) Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/sotthwest-airlines-airplane-on-sky-xwKlNY0aBo8) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/pink-and-black-hello-kitty-clip-art-sIFCJHrUWPM)
14 Maalis 56min
Episode 509: It’s like the Suburbs
This week, we discuss IBM acquisitions, IDEs in the age of AI, and bidding farewell to Skype. Plus, the dos and don’ts of using chat in corporate meetings. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/nWu6QCcr_xo?si=yCZKxkmYK8c6GmOy) 509 (https://www.youtube.com/live/nWu6QCcr_xo?si=yCZKxkmYK8c6GmOy) Runner-up Titles I’m going to make a point until the other people stop talking Is there a place I can type? Rediscovering USENET Let me introduce you to Del.icio.us That Big Blue HOA That assumes that enterprise IT is compelling The Costco liquor store is Open Source Lights out programming. The WebKit of IDEs The DevRel that makes a difference Rundown IBM roll ups? Accelerating Production AI and Bringing NoSQL Data at Scale to All Enterprises (https://www.datastax.com/blog/ibm-plans-to-acquire-datastax) IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp, (https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-02-27-ibm-completes-acquisition-of-hashicorp,-creates-comprehensive,-end-to-end-hybrid-cloud-platform) IDE up for grabs AI disruption - code editors are up for grabs (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2025/02/21/ai-disruption-code-editors-are-up-for-grabs/) Google launches a free AI coding assistant with very high usage caps (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/google-launches-a-free-ai-coding-assistant-with-very-high-usage-caps/) Google’s principles for measuring developer productivity (https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/googles-principles-for-measuring-developer-productivity) Goodbye Update on Support for Amazon Chime (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/messaging-and-targeting/update-on-support-for-amazon-chime/) Exclusive: Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May (https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-killing-skype/), Om’s ode to Skype (https://om.co/2025/02/28/skype-is-dead-what-happened/). Relevant to your Interests The Death and Life of Prediction Markets at Google—Asterisk (https://asteriskmag.com/issues/08/the-death-and-life-of-prediction-markets-at-google) Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing - Source (https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/) Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/technology/microsoft-quantum-computing-topological-qubit.html) Trump Enforcers Affirm Lina Khan's Approach to Antitrust (https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/thoughts_and_observations_on_todays_iphone_16e_announcement) No Rules Are Implicit Rules (https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/02/no-rules-are-implicit-rules/) Is AWS Delivering on Its 3-Layer Approach to AI? (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-year-of-ai/) Apple Unveils New Lower-Priced iPhone With A.I. Features (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/business/apple-iphone-16e-ai.html) HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls (https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/hp_deliberately_adds_15_minutes/) YouTube Plans Lower-Priced, Ad-Free Version of Paid Video Tier (https://archive.ph/2025.02.20-175148/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-20/youtube-plans-lower-priced-ad-free-version-of-paid-video-tier) Google may be close to launching YouTube Premium Lite (https://www.theverge.com/news/617009/google-youtube-premium-lite-us-launch) He created one of the world’s first websites. It was IMDb. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/02/23/imdb-internet-history-col-needham/) Processing 23 Billion Rows of ALIEN TXTBASE Stealer Logs (https://www.troyhunt.com/processing-23-billion-rows-of-alien-txtbase-stealer-logs/) Introduction to Service Mesh (https://thenewstack.io/introduction-to-service-mesh/) Slack is down — live updates on massive outage (https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/slack-down-updates-outage-2-25) Introducing Alexa+, the next generation of Alexa (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-alexa-generative-artificial-intelligence) Alphabet's Google cuts some cloud division staff, Bloomberg reports (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphabets-google-cuts-cloud-division-192306780.html) British musicians release a silent album to protest plans to let AI use their work (https://apnews.com/article/uk-musicians-protest-ai-copyright-law-dc80620c1c226a816048b87fb30309c4) NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2025 (https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-financial-results-for-fourth-quarter-and-fiscal-2025) The Job Market Is Frozen (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/jobs-unemployment-big-freeze/681831/) The Hardest Career Shift No One Talks About (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEIwHGf1Ko) Intel breaking new organizational ground by formalizing the idea of a co-CEO that reports to a (third?) CEO to be named later. (https://www.intc.com/filings-reports/all-sec-filings##document-5774-0000050863-25-000024-3) NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang Addresses The "DeepSeek Fiasco" For The First Time; Says Investors "Overreacted" & "Got It All Wrong" (https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-addresses-the-deepseek-fiasco-for-the-first-time/) Uber and Waymo officially launch autonomous vehicle service in Austin; what to know (https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2025/03/04/uber-waymo-austin-atx-autonomous-ride-service-driverless-cars-launch/81210367007/) How to Get Hired When AI Does the Screening (https://hbr.org/2025/02/how-to-get-hired-when-ai-does-the-screening) How's that open source licensing coming along? (https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/open_source_licensing/) Apple unveils new Mac Studio, the most powerful Mac ever (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/apple-unveils-new-mac-studio-the-most-powerful-mac-ever/) Apple introduces iPad Air with powerful M3 chip and new Magic Keyboard (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/apple-introduces-ipad-air-with-powerful-m3-chip-and-new-magic-keyboard/) Sponsors Subscribe to the Fork Around and Find Out Podcast (https://www.fafo.fm) Nonsense Everyone Hates Pennies, Except This Guy (https://www.wsj.com/business/mark-weller-penny-defender-trump-d543a9de) Mother's Flour Tortillas (https://www.heb.com/recipe/recipe-detail/mothers-flour-tortillas) A Comprehensive Guide to American Regional Cuisine (https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/MLHzVqA4YH) Listener Feedback Episode 94: Adding more condiments to the 7 layer networking burrito, with Marino Wijay (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/94) Multi Tool Warren recommends: Micra Multi-Tool | Leatherman (https://www.leatherman.com/micra-20.html) Mykel recommends ROXON 802 Phantom (https://roxontool.com/products/roxon-s802-phantom) Matt recommends the Swiss+Tech Utili-Key 6-in-1 Multi-tool | REI Co-op (https://www.rei.com/product/850418/swisstech-utili-key-6-in-1-multi-tool) Conferences DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP Open Source Career Day 2025 (https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-source-career-day-2025/), March 9, 2025 VMUG NL (https://vmugnl.nl), March 12th, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Chicago (https://devopsdays.org/events/2025-chicago/welcome/), March 18th, 2025. SREday London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/), March 27-28, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/Michael_Cote_VMware__Pivotal_Platform_Engineering_for_Private_Cloud). 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras (https://monkigras.com/), London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Recommendations Brandon: “I’m Not a Robot” (2025 Academy Award Winner) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VrLQXR7mKU) IKON Friends and Family Discounts (https://www.ikonpass.com/en/pass-holder-welcome) Matt: Zero Day (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23872886/) Coté: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead:_The_Ones_Who_Live). Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/macbook-pro-on-blue-table-ecELcxmJTk4) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/a-close-up-of-a-text-description-on-a-computer-screen-842ofHC6MaI)
7 Maalis 52min
Episode 508: Software Defined Interviews Crossover: PaaS and Career Advice with Brian Gracely
This week, we're sharing a Software Defined Interviews episode. Coté and Whitney talk with Brian Gracely from the Cloudcast and Red Hat about cloud news, PaaS evolution, and career advice. If you like this, subscribe to Software Defined Interviews for more great conversations! Subscribe to Software Defined Interviews (https://www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/) Special Guests: Brian Gracely and Whitney Lee.
28 Helmi 1h 17min
Episode 507: Battery of Potential
This week, we discuss how banks beat PayPal with Zelle, what the Wiz survey says about AI usage, and whether you can really “disagree and commit.” Plus, are multitools actually useful? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es_23z-c_fk) 507 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es_23z-c_fk) Runner-up Titles Royal Human Skin I feel bad for the multitools The Hulu of Payments Floppy disk mindset Upgrading the status quo The floppy disk mindset, the floppy disk award. A triangle fighting itself. Fancy database tools Apple’s grammar powers. Rundown Zelle payments top $1 trillion in 2024 as network's growth outpaces rivals including PayPal (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/zelle-payments-top-1-trillion-in-2024.html) The State of AI in the Cloud 2025 | Wiz (https://www.wiz.io/state-of-ai-in-the-cloud) How to add a directory to your PATH (https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/02/13/how-to-add-a-directory-to-your-path/) Relevant to your Interests Juniper CEO, HPE blast DOJ deal denial (https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/juniper-ceo-hpe-blast-doj-deal-denial/2025/02) These are the 50 most common four-digit PINs leaked on the dark web (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/most-common-four-digit-pins-leaked-on-the-dark-web-report.html) Believing in Aliens Derailed This Internet Pioneer’s Career. Now He’s Facing Prison (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-02-05/aliens-derailed-this-silicon-valley-exec-s-career-now-he-s-facing-prison) Arm secures Meta as first customer for ambitious new chip project (https://on.ft.com/42QT1Rb) Inside Amazon’s Messy Push to Bring Everyone Back to the Office (https://www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-office-remote-rto-commute-ea57fcc4?st=z3rn13&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink) EU ditches plans to regulate tech patents, AI liability, online privacy (https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-ditches-plans-regulate-tech-patents-ai-liability-online-privacy-2025-02-12/) Jamie Dimon offered up candid, lengthy thoughts about remote work (https://www.tiktok.com/@barrons/video/7471026096083914026?embed_source=121374463%2C1[…]eturn-to-office-7064ee64&referer_video_id=7471026096083914026) TSMC Considers Running Intel’s US Factories After Trump Team Request (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-14/tsmc-considers-running-intel-s-us-factories-after-trump-team-request) The danger of relying on OpenAI’s Deep Research (https://archive.ph/2025.02.15-023640/https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/13/the-danger-of-relying-on-openais-deep-research) The Feds Push for WebAssembly Security Over eBPF (https://thenewstack.io/the-feds-push-for-webassembly-security-over-ebpf/) How to add a directory to your PATH (https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/02/13/how-to-add-a-directory-to-your-path/) The “AI Agent As Coworker” Narrative Is Nonsense (https://www.forrester.com/blogs/the-ai-agent-as-co-worker-narrative-is-nonsense/) This is Meta’s brand new ad for Horizon Worlds. (https://bsky.app/profile/nathievr.bsky.social/post/3licnwqjxsk2p) Jamie Dimon offered up candid, lengthy thoughts about remote work (https://www.tiktok.com/@barrons/video/7471026096083914026?embed_source=121374463%2C1[…]eturn-to-office-7064ee64&referer_video_id=7471026096083914026) Nonsense Smalls Sliders: Cheeseburger Slider Restaurant (https://smallssliders.com/) never obsolete (https://www.tumblr.com/never-obsolete/775397821906026496/sony-dvp-c600d-wired-january-1999) Gartner Hype Cycle Demystified (https://hachyderm.io/@forrestbrazeal/114004558069531230) Smalls Sliders: Cheeseburger Slider Restaurant (https://smallssliders.com/) Conferences DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP VMUG NL (https://vmugnl.nl), March 12th, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Chicago (https://devopsdays.org/events/2025-chicago/welcome/), March 18th, 2025. SREday London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/), March 27-28, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/Michael_Cote_VMware__Pivotal_Platform_Engineering_for_Private_Cloud). 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras (https://monkigras.com/), London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Recommendations Brandon: Cursor (https://www.cursor.com/) Matt: Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel (https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Dodge-Hell-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0062458728) Coté: The Substance (https://letterboxd.com/journal/coralie-fargeat-the-substance-interview/). Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/s/photos/multitool?license=free&orientation=landscape) Artwork (https://unsplash.com/photos/two-persons-hands-holding-turned-on-phones-QiPe0UpC0_U)
21 Helmi 1h 2min
Episode 506: Put It On Ice
This week, we discuss how LLMs are changing software development, OpenAI’s deep research, and why the Gartner Hype Cycle persists. Plus, a business plan built entirely around ice! Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTb1v4-oZQ) 506 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTb1v4-oZQ) Runner-up Titles I bought the DevOps I’m always looking for tomatillas You’re making a strong case for RTO The CEO of ice. The VP of Ice Machines. What you are doing is toil I think about WALL-E every day Eliminating the first draft Rundown The End of Programming as We Know It (https://www.oreilly.com/radar/the-end-of-programming-as-we-know-it/) Apple Earnings, OpenAI Deep Research, The Unbundling of Substantiation (https://stratechery.com/2025/apple-earnings-openai-deep-research-the-unbundling-of-substantiation/) Gartner's Grift Is About To Unravel (https://dx.tips/gartner) Relevant to your Interests Google goes heavy on investment but light on detail (https://on.ft.com/3Q619Wc) Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI's o1 'reasoning' model for under $50 (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/researchers-created-an-open-rival-to-openais-o1-reasoning-model-for-under-50/) Dumping open source for proprietary rarely pays off: Better to stick a fork in it (https://www.zdnet.com/article/dumping-open-source-for-proprietary-rarely-pays-off-better-to-stick-a-fork-in-it/) Report: OpenAI's ex-CTO, Mira Murati, has recruited OpenAI co-founder John Schulman (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/report-openais-ex-cto-mira-murati-has-recruited-openai-co-founder-john-schulman/) Broadcom and Nvidia are capitalizing on the return of the winner-take-all AI trade (https://sherwood.news/markets/broadcom-and-nvidia-are-capitalizing-on-the-return-of-the-winner-take-all-ai/) When will remote workers see their pay cut? (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/06/when-will-remote-workers-see-their-pay-cut) How Microsoft Releases Changes to Azure - Safe Deployment (https://luke.geek.nz/azure/azure-platform-release-process/) Servers can last a long time (https://world.hey.com/dhh/servers-can-last-a-long-time-165c955c) Matt Mullenweg: WordPress Controversy, Future of Open Source AI, and Navigating Backlash (https://theloganbartlettshow.substack.com/p/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-controversy?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1161376&post_id=156676755&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=yr5ci&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email) Turn/River Agrees to Buy SolarWinds Years After Cyber-Attack (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/turn-river-agrees-buy-solarwinds-174426287.html) Gartner's Grift Is About To Unravel (https://dx.tips/gartner) Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/new-wikitok-web-app-allows-infinite-tiktok-style-scroll-of-wikipedia/) You Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now Free (https://idiallo.com/blog/listen-mp3-is-free?ref=labnotes.org&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) The DevTools Ceiling: great as Open Source, AND a Terrible Business (https://dx.tips/ceiling) The VGHF Library opens in early access | Video Game History Foundation (https://gamehistory.org/vghf-library-launch/) Docker Announces Don Johnson as New CEO, Succeeding Scott Johnston (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/02/12/3025262/0/en/Docker-Announces-Don-Johnson-as-New-CEO-Succeeding-Scott-Johnston.html) Developers Unhappy With Tool Sprawl, Lagging Data, Long Waits (https://thenewstack.io/developers-unhappy-with-tool-sprawl-lagging-data-long-waits/) Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US (https://www.wired.com/story/thomson-reuters-ai-copyright-lawsuit/) Apple brings heart rate monitoring (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/apple-brings-heart-rate-monitoring-to-powerbeats-pro-2/) Nonsense TabBoo (https://tabboo.xyz/) Conferences DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP VMUG NL (https://vmugnl.nl), March 12th, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Chicago (https://devopsdays.org/events/2025-chicago/welcome/), March 18th, 2025. SREday London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/), March 27-28, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/Michael_Cote_VMware__Pivotal_Platform_Engineering_for_Private_Cloud). 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras (https://monkigras.com/), London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, speaking. KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Recommendations Brandon: Oxide and Friends | AI Disruption: DeepSeek and Cerebras (https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-disruption-deepseek-and-cerebras) Matt: Beats Fit Pro (https://www.beatsbydre.com/earbuds/beats-fit-pro/MK2J3/sage-gray) Coté: Alfred (https://www.alfredapp.com). PoliticalWire.com (https://members.politicalwire.com/referral/30klklm). Photo Credits Header (https://unsplash.com/photos/crystal-gemstones-PteeDvACFak)
14 Helmi 1h 5min
Episode 505: There Could be Extra Innings
This week, we discuss cloud’s never-ending “early innings,” OpenAI Canvas vs. Gemini, and Dell’s RTO reversal. Plus, is there such a thing as too much optimism? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KcCt6y1Tao) 505 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KcCt6y1Tao) Runner-up Titles Fastball to the head Not enough AI eggs Toxic Positivity Rundown Cote’s Early Innings Research (https://bsky.app/profile/cote.io/post/3lgse46resc26) S (https://speakerdeck.com/cote/confusing-cloud)lides and stream recording of presenting it at cfgmgmtcamp 2025 (https://speakerdeck.com/cote/confusing-cloud) Cloud Revenue Microsoft Q2 cloud revenue falls short of expectations, sending (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-q2-cloud-revenue-falls-short-of-expectations-sending-stock-lower-165353431.html) the (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-q2-cloud-revenue-falls-short-of-expectations-sending-stock-lower-165353431.html) stock lower (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-q2-cloud-revenue-falls-short-of-expectations-sending-stock-lower-165353431.html) Alphabet shares drop as much as 9% on revenue miss, soaring AI investments (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/04/alphabet-q4-earnings-report-2024.html) Google parent Alphabet’s earnings disappoint Wall Street amid stiff AI competition (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/04/google-alphabets-q4-earnings) DeepSeek Debates: Chinese Leadership On Cost, True Training Cost, Closed Model Margin Impacts (https://semianalysis.com/2025/01/31/deepseek-debates/) DeepSeek Debates: Chinese Leadership On Cost, True Training Cost, Closed Model Margin Impacts (https://semianalysis.com/2025/01/31/deepseek-debates/) Dell RTO Timeline Aug 2020: Dell: 60% of our people won't be going back into an office regularly (https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/28/dell_q2_2021_work_from_home/) March 2024: ****Dell says remote workers must go hybrid if they want any hope of a promotion (https://fortune.com/2024/03/18/dell-remote-workers-promotion-hybrid-return-to-office/) Jan 2025: Dell ends hybrid work policy despite remote work pledg (https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/dell_ends_hybrid_work_policy/)e (https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/dell_ends_hybrid_work_policy/) 5 Signs Your Optimism Is Hurting Your Team (https://hbr.org/2025/01/5-signs-your-optimism-is-hurting-your-team) Relevant to your Interests Jack Dorsey’s Block has an AI agent too (https://www.engadget.com/ai/jack-dorseys-block-has-an-ai-agent-too-212706083.html) Can We Build a Five Gigawatt Data Center?—Asterisk (https://asteriskmag.com/issues/09/can-we-build-a-five-gigawatt-data-center) Purely AI-generated art can’t get copyright protection, says Copyright Office (https://www.theverge.com/news/602096/copyright-office-says-ai-prompting-doesnt-deserve-copyright-protection) 'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio (https://www.404media.co/zuckerberg-says-everything-i-say-leaks-in-leaked-meeting-audio/) What Elon Musk should learn from Larry Ellison (https://archive.ph/2025.01.30-183451/https://www.economist.com/business/2025/01/30/what-elon-musk-should-learn-from-larry-ellison) DOGE, Software, and Government (https://open.substack.com/pub/arnoldkling/p/doge-software-and-government?r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios) DOJ sues to block HP Enterprise from buying Juniper Networks (https://www.axios.com/2025/01/30/justice-dept-hewlett-packard-enterprise-juniper-networks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top) Mark Zuckerberg to employees in leaked all-hands meeting: ‘buckle up’ (https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/603754/mark-zuckerberg-tells-employees-to-buckle-up-in-leaked-all-hands-meeting?ueid=3d6a2c800561880c901963d51e644d95&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1/31/25%20-%20Verge%20Subscription%20Marketing%20Send&utm_term=Verge%20Marketing%20Current) There’s Something Very, Very Wrong With Tech Today. (https://slate.com/technology/2025/02/ed-zitron-interview-big-tech-ai-criticism.html) Microsoft Enforces Tougher Layoff Rules: No Severance, Immediate Termination (https://www.analyticsinsight.net/news/microsoft-enforces-tougher-layoff-rules-no-severance-immediate-termination) Apple reportedly gives up on its AR video glasses project (https://www.theverge.com/news/604378/apple-n107-ar-glasses-canceled) uBlock Origin is dead for Chrome, but ad blockers live on (https://www.pcworld.com/article/2595287/ublock-origin-is-dead-for-chrome-but-ad-blockers-live-on.html) Add F*cking to Your Google Searches to Neutralize AI Summaries (https://gizmodo.com/add-fcking-to-your-google-searches-to-neutralize-ai-summaries-2000557710) Palantir soars 24% to record high as AI powers strong earnings and guidance (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/04/palantir-soars-more-than-23percent-as-ai-powers-strong-earnings-and-guidance.html) 'Eternal' 5D memory crystal capable of storing 360 TB of data for billions of years now holds a full human genome (https://www.techradar.com/pro/eternal-5d-memory-crystal-capable-of-storing-360-tb-of-data-for-billions-of-years-now-holds-a-full-human-genome) AI Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use AI in Job Applications (https://www.404media.co/anthropic-claude-job-application-ai-assistants/) OpenAI's nightmare: Deepseek R1 on a Raspberry Pi (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1sN1lB76EA) Why Chinese AI has stunned the world (https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/01/23/chinas-ai-industry-has-almost-caught-up-with-americas) Why the AI world is suddenly obsessed with a 160-year-old economics paradox (https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2025/02/04/g-s1-46018/ai-deepseek-economics-jevons-paradox) OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From U (https://www.404media.co/openai-furious-deepseek-might-have-stolen-all-the-data-openai-stole-from-us/)e (https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/31/dell_ends_hybrid_work_policy/) Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data (https://www.wired.com/story/exposed-deepseek-database-revealed-chat-prompts-and-internal-data/) Gurman: Apple (https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/02/gurman-new-apple-icloud-service-confetti-invites-calendar/) is (https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/02/gurman-new-apple-icloud-service-confetti-invites-calendar/) launching new iCloud service as soon as this week, codenamed "Confetti" - 9to5Mac (https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/02/gurman-new-apple-icloud-service-confetti-invites-calendar/) Nonsense Funny note from JP Morgan Analyst about Tesla (https://www.threads.net/@benedictevans/post/DFndhwcuns9?xmt=AQGze1GhEGDyhgVKOFI0AvRmZmyXmlvD15_aHHWFTSthcw) Waffle House is passing along the sky (https://apnews.com/article/waffle-house-eggs-bird-flu-89025262684f051bdf8f7350dcf1613a)- (https://apnews.com/article/waffle-house-eggs-bird-flu-89025262684f051bdf8f7350dcf1613a)high cost of eggs to diners with a 50 (https://apnews.com/article/waffle-house-eggs-bird-flu-89025262684f051bdf8f7350dcf1613a)- (https://apnews.com/article/waffle-house-eggs-bird-flu-89025262684f051bdf8f7350dcf1613a)cent surcharge (https://apnews.com/article/waffle-house-eggs-bird-flu-89025262684f051bdf8f7350dcf1613a) Optimized Charging (https://optional.is/required/2025/01/28/optimized-charging/) Listener Feedback ChatGPT Explains the difference between ‘.bashrc` and .bash_profile (https://chatgpt.com/share/67a26e2f-be74-8006-b08e-e8691d7fd654) Optimized Charging (https://optional.is/required/2025/01/28/optimized-charging/) Conferences Civo Navigate North America (https://www.civo.com/navigate/north-america), San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025 DevOpsDayLA (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/events/devopsday-la) at SCALE22x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x), March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP VMUG NL (https://vmugnl.nl), March 12th, Coté speaking. 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