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Get ready for a weekly dose of all things Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing! Join us as we dive into topics including Kubernetes, DevOps, Serverless, Security and Coding. Plus, we’ll keep you entertained with plenty of off-topic banter and nonsense. Don’t worry if you miss the latest industry conference - we’ve got you covered with recaps of all the latest news from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

  1. Moltbot Maximists

    30. JAN.

    Moltbot Maximists

    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 Relevant to your Interests 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 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. 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): 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 Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com 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 Recommendations Brandon: The Cloudpod Grizzlies Owner Robert Pera Linked to Russia's "Crimes Against Humanity" Matt: Oxide & Friends 2026 Predictions - “Deep Blue” Coté: CNCF Annual Survey for 2025, I finally read it closely-ish.

    1 t. 3 min.
  2. This Conversation is Hardened

    23. JAN.

    This Conversation is Hardened

    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 Relevant to your Interests Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software China blacklists VMware, Palo Alto Networks software over national security fears Kroger taps Google Gemini, announces more key AI moves Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage 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): 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: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com 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 Recommendations Brandon: The Library will loan you a 5G hotspot Matt: Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor (rogue-like Vampire Hunters-type game) Coté: Streamyard shorts generation. Salesforce was inspired by dolphins.

    1 t. 8 min.
  3. After the Dream

    16. JAN.

    After the Dream

    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 Relevant to your Interests 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 Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com 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 Recommendations Brandon: Google Nest Doorbell (Wired, 3rd Gen) 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) Photo Credits Header

    1 t. 9 min.
  4. The Alpha and The Omega

    9. JAN.

    The Alpha and The Omega

    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. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 554 Please complete the Software Defined Talk Listener Survey! 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) SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com 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: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com 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.” Photo Credits Header

    1 t. 12 min.
  5. 2025 Year in Review

    2. JAN.

    2025 Year in Review

    This week, we review our 2025 predictions, discuss the big stories, and speculate on 2026. Plus, Coté dives deep into the EU broth market. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 553 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: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com 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: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Pluribus — slow but interesting Coté: AirPods Pro 3 Photo Credits Header

    1 t. 10 min.
  6. An Australian Documentary

    19.12.2025

    An Australian Documentary

    This week, we discuss Oracle’s AI vibes, Chainguard’s EmeritOSS, and GitHub’s pricing U-turn. Plus, a robust robot vacuum debate. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 551 Runner-up Titles It has CarPlay iPad Range Anxiety an Australian documentary Oracle got popped Intentions I don’t feel bad for them Open Source old folks home Spreadsheets love it Robots are going to take care of us The Median User Nobody feels bad for the whales I have a dog I have a Korean microwave We’re the Neal Stephenson of podcasts Rundown Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck AI Investment Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave Oracle Shares Drop the Most Since 2001 on Mounting AI Spending OpenAI in Talks to Raise At Least $10 Billion From Amazon and Use Its AI Chips S&P 500 falls after nearing record as Oracle disappointment drags down AI stocks Inside The $1T AI Economy Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS: Sustainable stewardship for mature open source Runners Announcing powerful upgrades & a new pricing model for self-hosted runners GitHub to charge for self-hosted runners from March 2026 GitHub postpones changes to self-hosted runners pricing plans Why GitHub Why? Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control Relevant to your Interests Harness raises a $240M Series E at a $5.5B valuation A great platform as a product paper, and a fun platform philosophy thereof Google Launches Managed Remote MCP Servers for Its Cloud Services Fake Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Torrent Drops Agent Tesla Through Layered PowerShell Chain Useful patterns for building HTML tools Waymo Seeking Over $15 Billion Near $100 Billion Valuation Write your CV or resume as YAML, then run RenderCV, and get a PDF with perfect typography. No template wrestling. No broken layouts. Consistent spacing, every time Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control Nonsense The Full Text of Marco Rubio’s Directive on State Department Typography, Re-Establishing Times New Roman Listener Feedback Sent stickers to Jelle in Belgium 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. 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: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com 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: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Humble Audiobook Bundle: Shadows, Stars & Screams: Epic Audiobooks Matt: Termination Shock - Neal Stephenson Photo Credits Header

    1 t. 1 min.

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Get ready for a weekly dose of all things Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing! Join us as we dive into topics including Kubernetes, DevOps, Serverless, Security and Coding. Plus, we’ll keep you entertained with plenty of off-topic banter and nonsense. Don’t worry if you miss the latest industry conference - we’ve got you covered with recaps of all the latest news from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

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