Software Defined Talk

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.

Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)

Toronto (May 12-14, 2026)

Dallas (June 9-11, 2026)

Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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, 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.

Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)

Toronto (May 12-14, 2026)

Dallas (June 9-11, 2026)

Orlando (October 20-22, 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

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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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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me

YouTube launches native app for Apple Vision Pro

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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.

Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)

Toronto (May 12-14, 2026)

Dallas (June 9-11, 2026)

Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

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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

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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

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Is Software dead?

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Rundown

DriftlessAF: Introducing Chainguard Factory 2.0

Is Software dead?

Clouded Judgement 2.6.26 - Software Is Dead...Again...For Real this Time...Maybe?

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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

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Amazon Earnings, CapEx Concerns, Commodity AI

Google's parent company raises billions of dollars in debt sale

OpenAI Drama

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The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice

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SpaceX acquires xAI in record-setting deal as Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions

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Anthropic's newest AI model uncovered 500 zero-day software flaws in testing

DHH on OpenClaw

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Nonsense

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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)

Toronto (May 12-14, 2026)

Dallas (June 9-11, 2026)

Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

SDT News & Community

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