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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.

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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

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.

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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

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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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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)

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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)

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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.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 554

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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

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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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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: [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]

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