This week, we discuss Claude Code for non-coders, automating newsletters and status reports, and AI tax prep. Plus, Coté finds unexpected joy in a coding assistant.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 563

Runner-up Titles

• Upgraded to Max
• The only innovation I was talking about was hiring me.
• The Patrick Stewart of the Cubicles.
• Should we become the Claudecast?
• Matt Ray in Your Pocket.
• Come into the tent
• You have agency in your life

Rundown

• Coté went to Claude Camp
  • Microsoft and Anthropic team up to bring Claude Cowork to Microsoft 365
  • Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool
  • Hater Season: Corey Quinn — Better Offline
• Google completes acquisition of Wiz

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• I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem.
• Iranian news claims AWS drone strikes were deliberate
• Anthropic Just Won the Enterprise. Here’s What Nobody’s Talking About
• Amazon's Bahrain data center targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military, state media says
• Startups.RIP - Dead YC Startups, Alive Ideas
• Kratix Anywhere: Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid Without Compromise
• Meta just bought Moltbook, the social network for AI bots - 9to5Mac
• Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages
• Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt
• SUSE Reportedly May Be For Sale Yet Again
• When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”
• Oracle is under pressure from more than $100 billion in debt and massive layoffs as it pushes ahead with Larry Ellison’s 3-step transformation
• Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt
• Oracle Job Cuts
• OpenAI bowed out of the Oracle
• MacBook Neo - Tech Specs
• Code Mode: give agents an entire API in 1,000 tokens
• MacBook Neo - Tech Specs

Nonsense

• McDonald’s C.E.O. Takes a Big Bite Out of a Burger. Maybe Scratch ‘Big.’

Conferences

• KubeCon EU, March 23-26, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
• DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026
• DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026
• WeAreDevelopers, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking.
• VMware User Groups (VMUGs):
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  • Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)
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This week. we discuss Claude Code's momentum, Cursor's identity crisis, and the SDLC's uncertain future. Plus, Coté finally explains how Markdown is destroying the economy.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 562

Runner-up Titles

• Demos over Memos
• Products over Prose
• Software written by the many for the few
• USB is flaky
• Do you get a Code of Conduct for prison?
• I thought I had typed it somewhere
• Markdown is taking down the economy
• Claude, Take the Wheel
• Sticking with month-to-month
• Precious Tokens
• Rip Van Winkle this whole AI thing
• The ants have won
• They have infinite tokens
• Is SLDC Dead?

Rundown

• The SaaS-Apocalypse was based on markdown files
• The Software Development Lifecycle Is Dead
• The Third Era of Software Development
• Intelligence, Subtracted
• Anthropic rejects Pentagon’s AI demands
• Exclusive-Anthropic investors push to de-escalate Pentagon clash over AI safeguards
• ‘Incoherent’: Hegseth’s Anthropic ultimatum confounds AI policymaker
• Anthropic leads Enterprise AI Spend
• Anthropic took >50% of spend on enterprise AI subscriptions
• $110 Billion in Name Only
• OpenAI reveals more details about its agreement with the Pentagon
• OpenAI changes deal with US military after backlash

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• McKinsey and AWS launch Amazon McKinsey Group
• Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable’
• The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art
• Distinguished Eng On Stack Ranking, Competing with Bezos, Regrets
• WIZ: My Personal AI Agent
• OpenAI changes deal with US military after backlash
• Tech Publications Lost 58% of Google Traffic Since 2024
• Ramp AI Index

Nonsense

• Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead
• Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

Conferences

• Austin Meetup, March 10th, Listener Steve Anness speaking on Grafana
• KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
• DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026
• DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026
• WeAreDevelopers, July 8th to 10th, Berlin, Coté speaking.
• VMware User Groups (VMUGs):
  • Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking.
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This week, we discuss AI-assisted COBOL migrations, the OpenClaw Foundation, and AI killing Office. Plus, is TSA PreCheck Touchless the peak of airport efficiency?

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 561

Runner-up Titles

• New’s not good
• He knows how to be retired
• Let Matt Cook
• We don’t have to worry about that Brandon
• You’re that guy
• The stock market feels reactionary
• Siri-Claw
• Foundation Washing
• Give me life-changing money and I’ll have a better take
• Why do I need to pay for power usage?

Rundown

• IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares tank 13% on Anthropic programming language threat
• IBM Crashes 11% as Anthropic Threatens COBOL Empire
• Mechanical Orchard: Half Baked
• OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future
• This Is the Biggest Threat to Microsoft Office I've Ever Seen.
• LibreOffice Online: a fresh start - TDF Community Blog
• Linux 7.0-rc1 Released With Many New Features

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• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announces it sold 77% of its Amazon
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• The A.I. Disruption We’ve Been Waiting for Has Arrived
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• This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby
• The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete
• OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030
• Cloud and AWS cost consultant Duckbill expands to software, raises $7.75M for new Skyway platform
• Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums
• My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker

Nonsense

• GE Profile made a smaller version of its nugget ice maker that needs less counter space
• TSA PreCheck Touchless ID | Delta Air Lines

Listener Feedback

• Introducing Agent Plugins for AWS

Conferences

• DevOpsDay LA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
  • Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
• Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.
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  • Check out the Tanzu and Spring talks and trading cards on THE LANDING PAGE.
• Austin Meetup, March 10th, Listener Steve Anness speaking on Grafana
• KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
• DevOpsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026
• DevOpsDays Austin, May 5 - 6, 2026
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This week, we discuss personal AI hype cycles, bottoms-up adoption, and "The Modern Stack" simplifying cloud. Plus, thoughts on new cars and the dogs that ride in them.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 560

Runner-up Titles

• They only talk about AI
• I bet you have 5 shop vacs
• It’s all going into applesauce
• Live Claude Code It
• Good defaults and opinions, nobody wants that
• Give me 5 minutes, and I’ll give you fifty 6 page memos
• I know I just pulled off a Pivotal scab.
• Free Tier as a Service

Rundown

• Something Big Is Happening
• OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
• Modern Stack: Fly.io, Neon, Upstash and Cloudflare

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• YouTube launches native app for Apple Vision Pro
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• The Lunduke Journal (@LundukeJournal)
• Video on Apple Podcasts - Apple Podcasts for Creators
• Temporal raises $300M Series D at a $5B valuation as AI drives demand for Durable Execution
• Amazon's Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash
• Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
• Anthropic raises $30 billion in Series G funding at $380 billion post-money valuation
• Introducing Sonnet 4.6

Conferences

• DevOpsDay LA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
  • Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
• Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.
  • Use this 30% off discount code from your pals at Tanzu: DN26VMWARE30.
  • Check out the Tanzu and Spring talks and trading cards on THE LANDING PAGE.
  • Shout out to the people who saw the trading cards and messaged me!
• Austin Meetup, March 10th, Listener Steve Anness speaking on Grafana
• KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
• Devopsdays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026
• DevOpsDays Austin, May 5 - 6, 2026
• WeAreDevelopers, July 8th to 10th, Berlin, Coté speaking.
• VMware User Groups (VMUGs):
  • Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking.
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• Brandon: Ghostty pairs nicely with Claude Code
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This week, we discuss the future of SaaS, OpenAI vs. Anthropic strategies, and cloud capex. Plus, when will you let an AI book your flights?

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 559

Runner-up Titles

• Do we get to eat Moon Pies?
• Some days it’s just me and the AI
• We have a LinkedIn page
• The state of the world has not gotten better, it’s just moved to Kubernetes
• Trained on the Corpse of Stack Overflow.
• We just have to get the files right
• It is all just files
• It’s all an OODA loop
• Rinse and reply.
• Is Software dead?
• Your margin is my yacht.
• claude-travel.md
• Vegans have morals though

Rundown

• DriftlessAF: Introducing Chainguard Factory 2.0
• Is Software dead?
  • Clouded Judgement 2.6.26 - Software Is Dead...Again...For Real this Time...Maybe?
  • Anthropic’s breakout moment: how Claude won business and shook markets
  • Besieged
  • The $285 Billion 'SaaSpocalypse' Is the Wrong Panic
  • The "whole product" is more relevant than ever
• Cloud Earnings
  • Microsoft Q2 earnings beat on top and bottom lines as cloud revenue tops $50 billion, but stock falls
  • Microsoft stock plunges as Wall Street questions AI investments
  • A day of reckoning for the AI boom
  • Oracle says it plans to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity this year
  • Google Earnings Beat. Cloud Computing Momentum Builds Amid Spending Boom
  • Amazon stock falls 10% on $200 billion spending forecast, earnings miss
  • Amazon’s $200 Billion Spending Plan Raises Stakes in A.I. Race
  • [Follow the CAPEX: Cloud Table Stakes 2024 Retrospective](http://(https://platformonomics.com/2025/02/follow-the-capex-cloud-table-stakes-2024-retrospective/)
  • Amazon Earnings, CapEx Concerns, Commodity AI
  • Google's parent company raises billions of dollars in debt sale
• OpenAI Drama
  • Amazon in Talks to Invest Up to $50 Billion in OpenAI
  • The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice
  • Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads | TechCrunch
  • OpenAI will reportedly start testing ads in ChatGPT today

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• Deploying Moltbot (Formerly Clawdbot)
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• Clouded Judgement 1.30.26 - Software is Dead...Again!
• Leaders, gainers, and unexpected winners in the Enterprise AI arms race
• All Enterprise software is dead
• The Dumbest Thing I’ve Seen This Week
• SpaceX acquires xAI in record-setting deal as Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions
• AWS destiny: becoming the next Lumen
• CloudBees CEO: Why Migration Is a Mirage Costing You Millions
• Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding
• The world is trying to log off U.S. tech
• Anthropic's newest AI model uncovered 500 zero-day software flaws in testing
• DHH on OpenClaw
• Adam Jacob really likes AI code generation
• Cautionary Tales – The WOW Machine Stops (Part 2)
• Kyndryl Shares Halved Amid CFO Departure, Accounting Review
• Our $200M Series C / Oxide
• Presentations — Benedict Evans
• Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT
• Hello Entire World · Entire Blog
• Former GitHub CEO raises record $60M dev tool seed round at $300M valuation
• From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface

Nonsense

• What If the Sensors on Your Car Were Inspecting Potholes for the Government? Honda Found Out
• Superbowl Ad 404

Conferences

• DevOpsDay LA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
  • Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
• Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.
  • Use this 30% off discount code from your pals at Tanzu: DN26VMWARE30.
  • Check out the Tanzu and Spring talks and trading cards on THE LANDING PAGE.
• Austin Meetup, March 10th, Open Lakehouse and AI — Listener Steve Anness speaking
• KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
• Devopsdays Atlanta 2026. April 21-22
• VMware User Groups (VMUGs):
  • Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking.
  • Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)
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  • Tapistry

Brandon interviews Tara Raj, Senior Engineering Manager at the Amazon AGI Lab. They dive into her journey into the world of AGI, how Nova Act is streamlining complex workflows, and the steps to deploying your very own Normcore Agent. Plus, Tara finally settles the heated debate: Flat vs. Curved monitors.

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This week, we discuss Moltbot (née Clawdbot) taking over, Apple’s new AirTags, and finding Enterprise AI ROI. Plus, the tragic demise of the TV dinner.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 557

Runner-up Titles

• The Podcasters’ Choice
• I was biding my time
• I just want to sell something I believe in
• What if you didn’t get chard
• Chard as a Service
• Let’s be cool
• The Human League
• Spinning tapes talking to each other
• Artisanal tape dispensers
• Buying into the Panopticon
• Why should only Facebook know where I am?
• Root access to your life
• The AirTag Family Circus comic
• Jar of Airtags
• Hold my beer open source
• The Value of AI is intuitively obvious
• OK, we’re done. Talk to you guys next week.

Rundown

• Clawdbot Rebrands to Moltbot After Trademark Request From Anthropic - Laravel News
• Clawdbot users are snapping up the Mac Mini — and it’s under $500 at Amazon
• Enterprise AI ROI is still elusive. What IT can do to fix it. It's not "culture."
• Apple Silicon machine learning code may become more easily portable to Nvidia hardware
• Apple introduces new AirTag with expanded range and improved findability
• MFi Program
• Cords, Cyborgs & Cold Cases: Grandpa Dancy’s Operating System for Life
• Anthropic launches interactive Claude apps, including Slack and other workplace tools
• AMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Source

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• On Running a Startup of Claude Code Agents: What You Get For a Billion Tokens a Month
• Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking
• Guiding the future of Chainguard OS: Announcing the FUD Committee
• Andy Jassy on Healthcare
• Betting on Prediction Markets Is Their Job. They Make Millions.
• How Intel Came Crashing Back to Earth After Its Trump Bump
• Intel Shares Slide as Costs Pile Up in Bid to Meet AI Demand
• Querying and Ingest issues in EU
• The A.I. Start-Up Soap Opera Riveting Silicon Valley

Listener Feedback

• Aaron Delp is hiring for a Technical Marketing Engineer in the EU. ,more in Slack

Conferences

• cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.
  • Coté speaking, live SDI recording with Andrew Clay Shafer.
• DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
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• Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.
  • Use this 30% off discount code from your pals at Tanzu: DN26VMWARE30.
  • I was going to moderate this panel, but now I’m not. Also, this one. They’ll be super-cool!
• KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
• VMware User Groups (VMUGs):
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This week, we discuss the end of Cloud 1.0, AI agents fixing old apps, and Chainguard vs. Docker images. Plus, the mystery of Dutch broth is finally solved.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 556

Runner-up Titles

• His overall deal
• Been there and done that
• been ignoring that shift key for years
• Cloud is just fine
• I’ll be back in Bartertown
• The “F” Word
• Hardened-washing
• We’ll never do this, but we should check back in in 3 months
• Libraries are the best
• Elves don’t belong in space

Rundown

• Are we at the end of cloud or cloud 1.0
  • It's the beginning of Cloud 2.0
  • Spec-driven development system for Claude Code
• Anthropic and App Modernization
  • A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven development
  • What comes next, if Claude Code is as good as people say.
  • Microsoft Spending on Anthropic Approaches $500 Million a Year
  • Claude Code Won't Fix Your Life
  • Coté and Tony contemplate day two AI-generated apps, and an excerpt.
  • Why We've Tried to Replace Developers Every Decade Since 1969
• Well, that escalated quickly: Zero CVEs, lots of vendors

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• Kroger taps Google Gemini, announces more key AI moves
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• Apple will pay billions for Gemini after OpenAI declined
• Dell wants £10m+ from VMware if Tesco case goes against it
• Tailscale: The Best Free App Most Mac Power Users Aren’t Using
• How WhatsApp Took Over the Global Conversation
• Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT
• OpenAI’s ARR reached over $20 billion in 2025, CFO says
• Simon Willison’s take on Our approach to advertising and ChatGPT
• The AI lab revolving door spins ever faster | TechCrunch
• How Markdown took over the world
• An Interview with United CEO Scott Kirby About Tech Transformation

Conferences

• cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.
  • Coté speaking - anyone interested in being an SDI guest?
• DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
  • Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
• Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.
  • Use this 30% off discount code from your pals at Tanzu: DN26VMWARE30.
• KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
• VMware User Groups (VMUGs):
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  • Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)
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• Brandon: The Library will loan you a 5G hotspot
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• Coté: Streamyard shorts generation. Salesforce was inspired by dolphins.

This week, we discuss Gemini powering Siri, AWS’s biggest competitor, and AWS strategy choices. Plus, when should your next meeting actually start?

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 555

Runner-up Titles

• Swedish Death Cleaning
• Give it a best effort
• Trying it bad for profits.
• That pen better be really good
• You do all the nerd shit, we’ll be cool
• Looking at a hundred rabbits’ assholes.
• The Kremlinologist of AWS
• The aaSes of Cloud
• They’ll like our apples better
• Running on hopes and dreams until you’re sure they don’t exist
• What we have is a situation

Rundown

• Apple gets AI from Google
  • Joint statement from Google and Apple
  • Kuo: Apple's AI Deal With Google Is Temporary and Buys It Time
  • Google's Apple AI deal marks 'huge loss' for OpenAI
• AWS in 2026: The Year of Proving They Still Know How to Operate

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• Anthropic reportedly raising $10B at $350B valuation
• Dell Reverses Course, Brings Back XPS Laptops
• Google is unleashing Gemini AI features on Gmail. Users will have to opt out
• Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
• Google Guys Say Bye to California
• Amazon gives managers a new way to spot who's barely coming into the office
• A decade of open source in CNCF with 300,000+ contributors and counting
• CrowdStrike to Acquire SGNL to Transform Identity Security for the AI Era
• Snowflake Announces Intent to Acquire Observe to Deliver AI-Powered Observability
• Nvidia Hires Google Veteran as Its First Chief Marketing Officer
• The Fediverse Experiment
• RIP the metaverse

Nonsense

• American Airlines rolls out free Wi-Fi to loyalty members

Conferences

• cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.
  • Coté speaking - anyone interested in being a SDI guest?
• DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
  • Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
• Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Coté has a discount code, but he’s not sure if he can give it out. He’s asking! Send him a DM in the meantime.
• KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
• Whole bunch of VMUGs: Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

SDT News & Community

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• Matt: MTV Rewind
• Coté:
  • “These 36 Airlines Offer iPhone Feature That Helps Find Your Lost Bags.”
  • Distroless, Helm Charts, & Hardened Images: Security That Ships (with William Jimenez)

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This week, we discuss AI’s impact on Stack Overflow, Docker’s Hardened Images, and Nvidia buying Groq. Plus, thoughts on playing your own game and having fun.

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Runner-up Titles

• It’s all brisket after that.
• Exploring Fun
• Should I go build a snow man?
• Pets
• Innersourcing
• Two books Michael Lewis should write.
• Article IV is foundational.
• Freedom is options.

Rundown

• Stack Overflow is dead.
• Hardened Images for Everyone
  • Tanzu’s Bitnami stuff does this too.
• OpenAI
  • OpenAI’s New Fundraising Round Could Value Startup at as Much as $830 Billion
  • OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
  • OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens
  • Sam Altman says: He has zero percent interest in remaining OpenAI CEO, once
• Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq's assets for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record

Relevant to your Interests

• Broadcom IT uses Tanzu Platform to host MCP Servers.
• A Brief History Of The Spreadsheet
• Databricks is raising over $4 billion in Series L funding at a $134 billion
• Amazon's big AGI reorg decoded by Corey Quinn
• “They burned millions but got nothing.”
• X sues to protect Twitter brand Musk has been trying to kill
• Mozilla's new CEO says AI is coming to Firefox, but will remain a choice | TechCrunch
• Why Oracle keeps sparking AI-bubble fears
• What's next for Threads
• Salesforce Executives Say Trust in Large Language Models Has Declined
• Akamai Technologies Announces Acquisition of Function-as-a-Service Company Fermyon
• Google Rolling Out Gmail Address Change Feature: Here Is How It Works
• The Enshittifinancial Crisis
• MongoBleed: Critical MongoDB Vulnerability CVE-2025-14847 | Wiz Blog
• Softbank to buy data center firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion in AI push
• The best tech announced at CES 2026 so far
• Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
• Manus Joins Meta for Next Era of Innovation
• The WELL: State of the World 2026 with Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky
• Virtual machines still run the world
• Databases in 2025: A Year in Review
• Chat Platform Discord Files Confidentially for IPO
• The DRAM shortage explained: AI, rising prices, and what’s next

Nonsense

• Palantir CEO buys monastery in Old Snowmass for $120 million
• H-E-B gives free groceries to all customers after registers glitch today in Burleson, Texas.

Conferences

• cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.
  • Coté speaking - anyone interested in being a SDI guest?
• DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
  • Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
• Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Coté has a discount code, but he’s not sure if he can give it out. He’s asking! Send him a DM in the meantime.
• KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
• Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam.
  • Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

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Recommendations

• Brandon:
  • Why Data Doesn't Always Win, with a Philosopher of Art (Apple Podcasts)
  • Why Data Doesn't Always Win, with a Philosopher of Art (YouTube)
• Coté: “Databases in 2025: A Year in Review.”

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This week, we review our 2025 predictions, discuss the big stories, and speculate on 2026. Plus, Coté dives deep into the EU broth market.

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Runner-up Titles

• I was up at 1am thinking, “are there any good billionaires.”
• Maybe you forgot your shoes
• Not just room temperature, but cold
• I thought Europe was known for its soups
• Ice, air conditioning, and, broth - we have solved those three problems.
• Sloppy search
• Cutlery, tupperware, COVID
• The Young People.
• The Automation Apologist.
• I’m disappointed in everything
• Models don’t matter anymore
• Shade-tree programmer
• An empty farm in Waco

Rundown

• 2024 Year in Review
• Scaling Platform Engineering in the CNCF Community - Abby Bangser
• Syntaso’s Platform as a Product book
• Claude Skills are way under-rated
• “Agents are [just] models using tools in a loop.
• 2026 Predications
  • Are we in an AI Bubble?
  • Do Anthropic or OpenAI IPO?
  • New AI use cases?
  • Altman remain CEO?
  • Do Apple or AWS make an AI acquisition?
  • CFB Championship?

Conferences

• cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.
  • Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis.
• DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
  • Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
• Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Coté has a discount code, but he’s not sure if he can give it out. He’s asking! Send him a DM in the meantime.
• Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam.
  • Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

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: Pluribus — slow but interesting
• Coté: AirPods Pro 3

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