Software Defined Talk

1 hour 6 minutes
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.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 593

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
Relevant to your Interests
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
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon: PodEditor in beta
- Matt: Fall of Hyperion
- Coté: Libation.
9 October 2026, 5:30 am
1 hour 6 seconds
Episode 592: Don't Think for Me
This week, we discuss Meta's Muse, who's spending $500 million on tokens, and why nobody can measure AI ROI. Plus, the case for importing NyQuil by the suitcase.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 592

Runner-up Titles
- You’re Mom’s not sending it via DHL.
- Hope you like your toast blackened.
- Magic of Nerds.
- Are you a Muse boy?
- Hacking Australia.
- I love a good survey.
- Not using the keyboard shortcuts.
- Talking is the new typing.
- Nobody knows what's going on, let's just drive faster
- A foundation of sand
- Just give me an API
- Let's stop asking and start taking
- Who's spending $500 million on tokens?
- Talking is the new typing
Rundown
Relevant to your Interests
Nonsense
- Cable Identification
Conferences
- DevOpsDays Prague, Oct 5, 2026, Coté speaking.
- 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
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon: Take a screenshot of a window on Mac
- Matt: Sydney Marathon
- Coté: Spacebar in Claude code : run [/voice](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14554000-claude-code-power-user-) then hold the space bar
2 October 2026, 5:30 am
58 minutes 35 seconds
Episode 591: Fall Down With the Ball
This week, we discuss why Sun really failed, the New Kingmakers becoming agents, and AI doom brackets. Plus, the NC State fumble and tech's biggest own goals.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 591

Runner-up Titles
- I’m trying to take a break from AI
- I knew it was some numbers
- Hey man, the business is over
- No budget meetings that day
- Developers don’t always win
- It’s probably fine and now Vercel has a new customer
- There’s no concept of “why RAM?”
- How do we feel about Wall-E?
- Fall Down With the Ball
- Sun Had Become Bored with the Mechanics of Running a Business
- Yahoo Buying Google
- I Haven't Seen This Bag Done
- It's Just Like a Tornado Hitting Your House
- Sun Sunday
- The New Kingmakers Are Agents
- Developers Have Lost a Lot of Power
- Give Me Five Architectures
- The AI Industry Likes Talking About This Too Much for It to Be Real
- It's Incredibly Hard to Exterminate All of Humanity
- Systemic Takeover, But We're All Happy
- Superloop, Who Dis?
Rundown
Relevant to your Interests
Nonsense
- Rising beef costs push a Top 50 Texas BBQ spot to pull brisket from its everyday menu
Conferences
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30-Oct 1, 2006, Lithuania.
- DevOpsDays Prague, Oct 5, 2026 , Coté speaking.
- 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
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon: YouTube TV new Multiview and Sports Plan
- Matt: SuperLoop
25 September 2026, 5:30 am
52 minutes 40 seconds
Episode 590: Transparency will save us
Transparency will save us
This week, we discuss AI doom odds, WordPress's boardroom coup, and Meta's Muse assistant. Plus, a robot vacuum fire scare.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 590

Runner-up Titles
- Maybe you have too much
- The mopping sucks
- Why not us?
- I subscribe to all the conspiracies
- I brought my own pieces
- The true heroes are the open source users
- We learned a lot about VR on the way
- Fun for your spatial reasoning
- It's Only Cheating If You Get Caught
- Won't Somebody Slow Down?
- I Brought My Own Pieces
- A Big Living Room in the Sky
- I Don't Read the Five Stars, I Read the Four Stars
Rundown
Relevant to your Interests
Sponsors
- Atlassian — Hear from Atlassian & Vercel’s CEOs and industry leaders from Dropbox, Lovable, and more at State of AI SDLC on September 22nd. Seats are limited, reserve your spot now.
Conferences
- WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD50
  - 25 Free Tickets
- Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21-22, Heidelberg, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22–23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30-Oct 1, 2006, Lithuania.
- DevOpsDays Prague, Oct 5, 2026 , Coté speaking.
- 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
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon: Claude Code Remote Control (rc) command
- Matt: Mitre saw
Sponsored By:
- Atlassian: Hear from Atlassian & Vercel’s CEOs and industry leaders from Dropbox, Lovable, and more at State of AI SDLC on September 22nd. Seats are limited, reserve your spot now
18 September 2026, 5:30 am
58 minutes 6 seconds
Episode 589: He's the Heel
This week, we discuss the VS Code documentary, Ed Zitron's rise to fame, and a 10% AI extinction forecast. Plus, the NFL's Australia travel gamble

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 589

Runner-up Titles
- Sleep Strategy
- Obviously I Have Issues
- Not Sure It Was an Exciting Thing
- At One Point, I Knew That
- Bitterness Rug Pull
- The American in Me Would Be Bitter
- Gaping Pit of Despair
- They Don't Care if They Never Sell a Thing
- It's the First Time Silicon Valley Has Done Something Irresponsible With VC Money
- We've Got to Drive as Fast Into This Wall and See if We Get Through It
- We're Already Having to Keep Track of Which Time AGI Actually Started
- Nobody Can See That You Have Size Eighteen Fonts
- The Dystopian Future Always Takes Place in Australia
- We Gotta Drive as Fast as We Can Into This Wall and See if We Get Through It
- Even the Dutch Have Problems With Internet
- We Could Do Better, Slack
Rundown
Relevant to your Interests
Nonsense
- Southwest Airlines to construct first-ever airport lounge at Austin airport
- The Netherlands Will Never Be Rid of Louisiana Crawfish
Listener Feedback
- OpenAudible - Download, Backup and Manage Audible Audiobook Libraries
Conferences
- WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD50
  - 25 Free Tickets
- DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026
- Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006, Lithuania.
- DevOpsDays Prague, Oct 5, 2026 - Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting.
- VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026
- Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting.
- Build Stuff, Dec 2-4, 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- cfgmgmtcamp, February 1st to 3rd, 2027, Ghent.
- SCALE 24x Pasadena, CA, April 1-4, 2027
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon: Base Power
- Matt:
  - Ubiquiti UniFi Express 7
  - Pole: Wald
- Aaron:
Special Guest: Aaron Delp.
Sponsored By:
- WeAreDevelopers US: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Promo Code: DEVPOD50
11 September 2026, 5:30 am
55 minutes 34 seconds
Episode 588: Check Your Bank Accounts
This week, we discuss rogue AI agent civilizations, why AI can't fix your tax forms, and Chainguard vs. IBM's Lightwell. Plus, refrigerator magnet marketing.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 588

Runner-up Titles
- Mark this moment
- Refrigerator magnets
- Fester in your inbox
- The reaction would not be “let’s have a podcast about it”
- Maximum boasty
- Your silos are showing
- They want me to get started
- The really is no plan except eating
- RISCy business
- It's Not Only the AIs Acting Like Middle Schoolers
- We Fell for It
- Agent Zero Was the Problem
- I Thought You Were My Friend
- More Salsa Than Chewy's in 2004
- Vibes based analysis
Rundown
- Agent Civilizations
  - The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations
  - The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations (podcast)
- Who Wins Hardened Containers
Relevant to your Interests
Nonsense
- Gwyneth Paltrow’s Hamptons Dinner for A.I. C.E.O. Is Postponed
- Dyson CameraJet: The first toothbrush with a camera and a jet, to target the gaps and remove plaque between your teeth
Conferences
- WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD50
  - 25 Free Tickets
- DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026
- Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006, Lithuania.
- DevOpsDays Prague, Oct 5, 2026 - Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting.
- VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026
- Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting.
- Build Stuff, Dec 2-4, 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- cfgmgmtcamp, February 1st to 3rd, 2027, Ghent.
- SCALE 24x Pasadena, CA, April 1-4, 2027
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon:
  - Violent Ends
  - entogo — Type a keyword. Go anywhere
- Matt:
  - MeetingBar
  - Futurama - Parasites Lost
- Coté:
  - NØLSON clothes.
  - Explore videos are up
Sponsored By:
- WeAreDevelopers US: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Promo Code: DEVPOD50
4 September 2026, 5:30 am
1 hour 7 minutes
Episode 587: The Singularity Didn't Happen on the First
This week, we discuss Stripe's singularity letter, its $8B Open Router buy, and AI job anxiety. Plus, Matt plays “Bot or Not” on another podcast.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 587

Runner-up Titles
- Inertia wins again
- We don’t talk about the Pope very much.
- Better than this year’s storage arrays
- AI pimps its own ride
- Chonking machine
- A lot of chonk opportunity
- I’m tired of tech people being all fancy
- Thanksgiving with Ed Zitron
- No religion, no politics, no AI
- My recommendation: try harder
- Teletubbies for Adults.
Rundown
- Singularity, Models and Routers
  - Scoop: Stripe says "the singularity" has begun
  - Stripe strikes mega-deal for OpenRouter
  - Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B
  - Routing is coming for the frontier AI labs
  - Terminator Judgement Day: August 29, 1997 2:14 a.m. Eastern Time
- The AI backlash goes mainstream
- 40 Years of Infrastructure as Code: Ansible → Terraform → Kubernetes → Crossplane → AI Agents
Relevant to your Interests
Nonsense
Conferences
- WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD50
  - 25 Free Tickets
- DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026
- Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006, Lithuania.
- DevOpsDays Prague, Oct 5, 2026 - Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting.
- VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026
- Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting.
- Build Stuff, Dec 2-4, 2026, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- cfgmgmtcamp, February 1st to 3rd, 2027, Ghent.
- SCALE 24x Pasadena, CA, April 1-4, 2027
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon:
  - Tuner **
  - Your AI Project Doesn't Need More Agents
- Matt:
- Coté:
  - Mini MLC, 30L.
Sponsored By:
- WeAreDevelopers US: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Promo Code: DEVPOD50
28 August 2026, 5:30 am
1 hour 27 seconds
Episode 586: Watermark Away, Baby
This week, we discuss the unsung genius of Apple Pay, AI watermarking, and why digital transformation fails without a crisis. Plus, D&D Beyond's secret character API.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 586

Runner-up Titles
- Special Sauce
- A new monkey’s thing
- I am all for USB-C
- Did I like it
- It’s all water marked'
- That NPC did need to be there
- It's Pre-Watermarked
- We Need to Touch Grass More
- Send Us Your APIs
Rundown
- Apple Pay Chief Jennifer Bailey Retiring in October
- AI Watermarking's Unintended Consequences
  - Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models
  - Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations
- Why "It's People, Not Tech" Never Actually Changes Anything
Relevant to Your Interests
Listener Feedback
- Milestone iOS App
Conferences
- WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD50
  - 25 Free Tickets
- DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026
- Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006
- DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting.
- VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026
- Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting.
- SCALE 24x Pasadena, CA, April 1-4, 2027
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon: TextSniper
- Coté: the dndbeyond.com API for AI: curl -s "https://character-service.dndbeyond.com/character/v5/character/145972701"
Sponsored By:
- WeAreDevelopers US: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Promo Code: DEVPOD50
21 August 2026, 5:30 am
1 hour 4 minutes
Episode 585: I'm not a total AI hater, I'm a finance hater
This week, we discuss Zuckerberg's open source AI manifesto, GPUs as securitizable assets, and who actually gets AI ROI. Plus, Buc-ee's goes to war over beavers.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 585

Runner-up Titles
- Law of Unintended Consequences
- We’re not lawyers, we just have common sense
- Trillion-dollar open source company
- The Meta Manifesto
- I don’t think self-awareness is their strong point.
- Using AI to fight AI
- Put me as a strong maybe.
Rundown
Relevant to your Interests
Nonsense
- Buc-off
Sponsors
- Signadot: making sure AI-written code actually works.
Conferences
- WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD50
  - 25 Free Tickets
- AI Connect, Aug 22nd, 2026 - Riga, Latvia, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026
- Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006
- DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting.
- VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026
- Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting.
- SCALE 24x Pasadena, CA, April 1-4, 2027
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon: Furious on Hulu
- Matt:
  - NearbyWiki
  - Reading Maps
  - Infrastructure Frontiers podcast
- Coté:
Sponsored By:
- Signadot: AI writes code. Signadot make sure it works.
- WeAreDevelopers US: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Promo Code: DEVPOD50
14 August 2026, 5:30 am
48 minutes 41 seconds
Episode 584: It’s All God Throwing Dice
This week, we discuss the Situational Awareness meltdown, Airtable getting sold, and review the Java documentary. Plus, what you should actually buy at IKEA.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 584

Runner-up Titles
- Duffle bag of leftovers
- 5Are you dead in this scenario?
- Bury me with my IKEA bags
- Don’t automate the world, nobody really wants that
- AttentionIsAllYouNeed.blog
- Take some money off the table
- No more great ideas
Rundown
- IKEA FRAKTA
- Leopold Aschenbrenner's $45B Fund Implodes
  - AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner forced to unwind all public stock positions after steep losses, sources say
  - His Wedding Guests Were Arriving—Just as His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart
- Bending Spoons Buys Airtable for $1.28B
  - Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B
  - sell on story, or sell on revenue
- The Java Story | The Official Documentary
Relevant to your Interests
Sponsors
- Signadot: making sure AI-written code actually works.
Conferences
- WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD50
  - 25 Free Tickets
- AI Connect, Aug 22nd, 2026 - Riga, Latvia, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026
- Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006
- DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting.
- VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026
- Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting.
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
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon: Brooks GTS 25
- Matt: NearbyWiki
  - Reading Maps
- Coté: Descript Underlord
Sponsored By:
- Signadot: AI writes code. Signadot make sure it works.
- WeAreDevelopers US: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA Promo Code: DEVPOD50
7 August 2026, 5:30 am
1 hour 3 minutes
Episode 583: HuggingFace make me gazpacho
This week, we discuss how normal people use AI, Alphabet's Anthropic-fueled earnings, and skills vs. agents. Plus, catching AI-cheating students with a hidden prompt.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 583

Runner-up Titles
- “Do you think they named them red delicious because they knew they were delicious?”
- I thought they were First World
- Steal your Alpha-tier
- Cory uses only 100% free-range, organic AI.
- Copy, paste, go.
- Stolen fruit from the poisoned tree all the way down.
- It’s a different kind of cold. It’s a dry cold.
Rundown
Relevant to your Interests
Sponsors
- Signadot: making sure AI-written code actually works.
Conferences
- AI Connect, Aug 22nd, 2026 - Riga, Latvia, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026
- Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK
- WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26
  - 25 Free Tickets
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006
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