Episode 568: Claude Code, OpenAI Drama, and Is Anyone Still Using Backstage?

Episode 572: The world isn’t curl

This week, we discuss how security gets sold to execs, where agentic coding and security collide, and Cloudflare vs. Datadog's diverging paths. Plus, Coté weighs in on sugar cookies. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode [https://www.youtube.com/live/XdTKgHgmClo?si=mf79IiLuolhuuveb] 572 [https://www.youtube.com/live/XdTKgHgmClo?si=mf79IiLuolhuuveb] RUNNER-UP TITLES * Sugar Kingdom * Bastard Sugar * Choose butter * It’s just AI now * People don’t like paying for software * It’s an exciting time to be writing software * Are we going to start funding open source? * Speaking of that, but not that, it’s totally unrelated * We’re leaving the table * Weird network stuff * That box of cables on GitHub RUNDOWN * Security * Mini Shai-Hulud Is Back: npm Worm Hits over 160 Packages [https://www.aikido.dev/blog/mini-shai-hulud-is-back-tanstack-compromised] * Fedora Hummingbird Linux Brings Agentic Linux to Builders [https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/fedora-hummingbird-linux-brings-agentic-linux-builders] * Red Hat Hardened Images [https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-hardened-images-accelerates-cloud-native-development-and-zero-cve-strategies] * Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Portkey to Secure the Rise of AI Agents [https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/press/2026/palo-alto-networks-to-acquire-portkey-to-secure-the-rise-of-ai-agents] * Mythos finds a curl vulnerability [https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/05/11/mythos-finds-a-curl-vulnerability/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email] * Redis and the Cost of Ambition [https://lobste.rs/s/oznirn/redis_cost_ambition#c_dzrja0] * AI is restructuring the software industry — winners and losers * Datadog's stock jumps 31% on crushing earnings beat [https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/07/datadogs-stock-jumps-31-crushing-earnings-beat-showing-theres-still-hope-software/] * Cloudflare stock sinks 24% after earnings as company cuts 1,100 employees [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/cloudflare-net-q1-2026-stock-earnings-layoffs.html] * Linear increases workforce [https://x.com/artman/status/2052657017370661346?s=46] RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS * Laws, anecdotes, idioms, and other shit people say - cote.pizza [https://cote.pizza/shit-people-say/] * The smart lock standard that could replace your keys is finally here [https://www.theverge.com/tech/885002/aliro-smart-lock-standard-launches-apple-google-samsung-promise-support] * dirtyfrag/README.md at master · V4bel/dirtyfrag · GitHub [https://github.com/V4bel/dirtyfrag/blob/master/README.md] * Red Hat Summit Newsroom [https://www.redhat.com/en/about/red-hat-summit-newsroom] * Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/11/finally-texts-between-android-and-iphone-users-can-be-end-to-end-encrypted/] * Your Container Is Not a Sandbox [https://emirb.github.io/blog/microvm-2026/] * OpenAI launches the OpenAI Deployment Company [https://openai.com/index/openai-launches-the-deployment-company/] * Corporate Card Startup Ramp Raising Funds at $40 Billion Valuation [https://apple.news/AkI23Ue1vT7G-uHl6AGMIkA] * Cyberattack shutters Canvas learning platform for schools across the U.S. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cyberattack-shutters-canvas-learning-platform-for-schools-across-us/] * AWS warns of EC2 'impairment' as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region [https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/08/aws-warns-of-ec2-impairment-as-power-loss-hits-notorious-us-east-1-region/5235509] * AI and DevOps Maturity [https://theagileadmin.com/2026/05/07/ai-and-devops-maturity/] * Anthropic raises Claude Code usage limits, credits new deal with SpaceX [https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/anthropic-raises-claude-code-usage-limits-credits-new-deal-with-spacex/] * Announcing Agent Toolkit for AWS [https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/05/agent-toolkit/] * He's not wrong, but what can they do? How are those Microsoft foundation models going? [https://www.threads.com/@benedictevans/post/DYOpAimjIOM?xmt=AQG0tT5HiqGUD0_govo-ybcgVNMQAg9DfD-lwbI4wYT3kxcZ2N84Df1FITvi0IvOo7EAzcw&slof=1] SPONSORS * WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt] CONFERENCES * WeAreDevelopers Europe [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. * DevOpsDays Graz [https://www.devopsdays.at/], Sept 4-5, 2026 * DevOpsDays Rockies [https://tickets.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-denver/2026/redeem?voucher=26DODSWEDEFTALK], Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK * WeAreDevelopers NA [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 * DevOpsDays Dallas [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-dallas/welcome/], Sept 28-29, 2026 * DevOpsDays Vilnius [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-vilnius/welcome/], Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 * DevOpsDays Istanbul [https://devopsdays.istanbul], October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7445353113265516545/]. * VMware User Groups (VMUGs): * Dallas (June 9-11, 2026) * Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT NEWS & COMMUNITY * Join our Slack community [https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email] * Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com [questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com [stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Follow us on social media: Twitter [https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk], Mastodon [https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/], BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Watch us on: Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk] * Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté [https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt] * Sponsor the show [https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads] * Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media [https://failovermedia.com/] RECOMMENDATIONS * Brandon: Xcode MCP [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/giving-external-agents-access-to-xcode] * Matt: whatcable [https://www.whatcable.uk] * Coté: Shogun [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/shogun_2024]. 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Episode 571: The Enterprise Dunbar number

This week, we discuss AI labs driving cloud revenue, hyperscalers laying off instead of building, and kids defeating age verification. Plus, Brandon has too many thoughts on Workday. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode [https://www.youtube.com/live/EIUG7oYQeQY?si=FtKT5kTToTewXG8t] 571 [https://www.youtube.com/live/EIUG7oYQeQY?si=FtKT5kTToTewXG8t] RUNNER-UP TITLES * The world is just paper. * TODO debris pile * Fancy countries you live in * Enron Conspiracy Shredder. * Cote’s mom’s gonna love this * Brandon works out his Workday trauma. * Cash money, hamburger, hamburger bang bang * ChatGPT PS Edition * Forward Deployed Engineer for Workday * It’ll probably work, that’s the future RUNDOWN * Earnings * Cloud Giants Update [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jamin-ball-49366137_cloud-giants-update-aws-amazon-150b-share-7455352586683015168-m4xb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAAfPj8Bx9okehGYFULYG1etPEdCQKpONOs] * Amazon earnings beat expectations with strong cloud growth [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/amazon-amzn-q1-earnings-report-2026.html] * Microsoft calls for $190 billion in 2026 capital spending on soaring memory prices [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/microsoft-msft-q3-earnings-report-2026.html] * Alphabet ups 2026 capex to as much as $190 billion [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/alphabet-googl-q1-2026-earnings.html] * Meta stock drops on quarterly results [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/meta-q1-earnings-report-2026.html] * Anthropic Commits to Spending $200 Billion on Google’s Cloud and Chips [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-commits-spending-200-billion-googles-cloud-chips] * How children are getting creative and fooling age verification checks [https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/05/04/children-are-drawing-moustaches-on-their-faces-to-fool-online-age-checks-and-its-working] * Services * Anthropic launches enterprise AI firm with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs [https://qz.com/anthropic-blackstone-goldman-sachs-enterprise-ai-firm-050426] * Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/anthropic-and-openai-are-both-launching-joint-ventures-for-enterprise-ai-servi] RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS * Q1 2026 earnings call: Remarks from our CEO [https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/message-ceo/alphabet-earnings-q1-2026/#introduction] * Microsoft says it has over 20M paid Copilot users, and they really are using it [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/microsoft-says-it-has-over-20m-paid-copilot-users-and-they-really-are-using-it/] * Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/29/sources-anthropic-could-raise-a-new-50b-round-at-a-valuation-of-900b/] * Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date" [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/microsoft-open-sources-the-earliest-dos-source-code-discovered-to-date/] * IBM Bob hits 80,000 developers with 45% productivity gains [https://thenewstack.io/ibm-bob-agentic-development/] * Shares of eBay take off on a $56 billion buyout bid from GameStop's Ryan Cohen [https://apnews.com/article/gamestop-ebay-meme-amazon-9b689c70c6624d550c3739d0578a9f3c] * Wall Street Rollup (@WallStRollup) on X [https://x.com/i/status/2051297349658439781] * The Venture-Capital Populist [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/david-sacks-crypto-ai-venture-capital/686941/?gift=mzSZbpKIJDILy0IX4uykQqE9qn0E14R23tk_jGzmd98] * Cursor's $60 billion bet is on the harness, not the model [https://thenewstack.io/cursor-sdk-harness/] * What you're actually writing when you write a SKILL.md [https://internals.laxmena.com/p/what-youre-actually-writing-when] * So Long Jeeves and Ask.com, Relics of Yesterday’s Internet [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/business/ask-jeeves-shuts-down-internet-search-engine.html] * No more Jeeves: Ask.com officially shuttered [https://mashable.com/article/ask-jeeves-shut-down] * OpenAI locks GPT-5.5-Cyber behind velvet rope [https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/openai_locks_gpt55cyber_behind_velvet/] * Workload Identity Federation [https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/workload-identity-federation] * AWS Cost Optimization Hub now supports CSV download - AWS [https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/aws-cost-optimization-hub-csv-download/] * IREN Announces Acquisition of Mirantis to Strengthen AI Cloud Delivery Capabilities [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/05/05/3287514/0/en/iren-announces-acquisition-of-mirantis-to-strengthen-ai-cloud-delivery-capabilities.html] SPONSORS * WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt] * WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA [http://wearedevelopers.us] * Use Code DEVPOD26 — 15% off, stacks with group rates for 4+ NONSENSE * Your Name in Landsat [https://science.nasa.gov/specials/your-name-in-landsat/] LISTENER FEEDBACK * JD recommends varlock [https://varlock.dev] CONFERENCES * DevOpsDays + AI Nashville, [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-nashville/welcome/] May 14-15, 2026 * KCD Texas [https://community.cncf.io/kcd-texas/], May 15, 2026, use code MEDIA_THANK_YOU for free pass * WeAreDevelopers Europe [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. * DevOpsDays Graz [https://www.devopsdays.at/], Sept 4-5, 2026 * DevOpsDays Dallas [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-dallas/welcome/], Sept 28-29, 2026 * DevOpsDays Rockies [https://tickets.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-denver/2026/redeem?voucher=26DODSWEDEFTALK], Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK * WeAreDevelopers NA [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 * DevOpsDays Vilnius [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-vilnius/welcome/], Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 * DevOpsDays Istanbul [https://devopsdays.istanbul], October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7445353113265516545/]. * VMware User Groups (VMUGs): * Toronto (May 12-14, 2026) * Dallas (June 9-11, 2026) * Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT NEWS & COMMUNITY * Join our Slack community [https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email] * Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com [questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com [stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Follow us on social media: Twitter [https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk], Mastodon [https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/], BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Watch us on: Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk] * Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté [https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt] * Sponsor the show [https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads] * Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media [https://failovermedia.com/] RECOMMENDATIONS * Brandon: * Overcast Upload CLI utility [https://github.com/bwhichard/overcast-upload] * The 2026 AI Draft [https://www.reasoning.show/episodes/19114514] * Epson 400 II [https://epson.com/For-Home/Scanners/Document-Scanners/WorkForce-ES-400-II-Duplex-Desktop-Document-Scanner/p/B11B261201?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Brand%2BModels%2BWorkForce%2BUS%2BENG%2BSEARCH&utm_adgroup=WorkForce+ES-400%2BMOD&utm_term=Epson+ES-400&cq_cmp=808760804&cq_net=&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=808760804&gbraid=0AAAAAD244qq3ISR1LXWuxNerCRg1Fgoji&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8PDPBhCeARIsAOJwmWVluOYGW1WCEa4ARlGs4lzyvzy9gaUrYK3Z__9NlqszgosG8gZQgRMaAj9mEALw_wcB] * Matt: Casablanca [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/]. * Coté: iA Writer [https://ia.net]. Sponsored By: * WeAreDevelopers US [https://wearedevelopers.us/]: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA [https://wearedevelopers.us/] Promo Code: DEVPOD26 * WebRTC [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt]: WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt]

Episode 570: The Enterprisification of Agents

This week, we discuss Google's enterprise agent stack, what makes an agent an agent, and AI's biggest critic. Plus, Coté wants better vision. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode [https://www.youtube.com/live/8OXMMZoxx4s?si=yRomEVpdr9i0Phgi] 570 [https://www.youtube.com/live/8OXMMZoxx4s?si=yRomEVpdr9i0Phgi] RUNNER-UP TITLES * You can’t win against time * The Shining Path of Least Resistance * The Burger Diagram * You guys were talking about CORBA the other day. * Is this just destiny * Burger Diagram Aficionado * Think like a computer * Those are the fun agents. * AI for None of Us * Matt Ray, but verify * Gen-X Stamp Collecting RUNDOWN * Google Cloud Next * Google Cloud Next '26 Developer Keynote [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A01DQ8_xy7Q] * An Interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian About the Agentic Moment [https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-google-cloud-ceo-thomas-kurian-about-the-agentic-moment/] * You can now easily generate files in Gemini. [https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/generate-files-in-gemini/] * Google Internal AI Adoption via Steve Yegge [https://x.com/Steve_Yegge/status/2046260541912707471] * Google builds elite team to close the coding gap with Anthropic [https://the-decoder.com/google-builds-elite-team-to-close-the-coding-gap-with-anthropic/] * AI's biggest critic has lost the plot [https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/ais-biggest-critic-has-lost-the-plot] * From the GithubCopilot community on Reddit: Change to useage based billing [https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/s/Uu6OXiYZXy] * An update on GitHub availability [https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-github-availability/] * "Developer loyalty is at zero right now": Google doesn't care which AI coding tool you use [https://thenewstack.io/google-doesnt-care/] RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS * Former Google Employee Announces Silicon Valley Satire, ‘Paradox Inc.’ [https://people.com/paradox-inc-cover-reveal-exclusive-11955668] * The base model $599 Mac mini is now completely out of stock [https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/22/more-mac-mini-out-of-stock/] * Anthropic’s New A.I. Model Sets Off Global Alarms [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/technology/anthropics-mythos-ai.html] * Microsoft plans first-ever voluntary employee buyout for up to 7% of U.S. workforce [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/microsoft-plans-first-voluntary-retirement-program-for-us-employees.html] * AI Coding Firm Cognition in Funding Talks at $25 Billion Value [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/ai-coding-firm-cognition-in-funding-talks-at-25-billion-value] * Clouded Judgement 4.24.26 - The AI-Driven Employment Explosion [https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-42426-the-ai-driven?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=194958925&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email] * Nvidia stock closes at record, pushing market cap past $5 trillion [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/nvidia-stock-closes-at-record-pushing-market-cap-past-5-trillion.html] * Spotify Brings Music and Podcast Recommendations to Claude — Spotify [https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-04-23/claude-integration/] * Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) on Threads [https://www.threads.com/@benedictevans/post/DXmLrdxDknH?xmt=AQF0lGpQY-fJwM8uIDpCT6GmMFSPGvWIbLR6KQszfWH0FCUQWA5nyvwJ3XLsxIYO27oFmd8&slof=1] * The Stanford freshmen who want to rule the world … will probably read this book and try even harder [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/26/the-stanford-freshmen-who-want-to-rule-the-world-will-probably-read-this-book-and-try-even-harder/] * OpenAI Misses Key Revenue, User Targets in High-Stakes Sprint Toward IPO [https://apple.news/ABtSnkuWeTZW4DrqzIU6a_g] * Ubuntu Linux Will Begin Landing AI Features Throughout The Next Year [https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-AI-Features-2026] * The future of AI in Ubuntu [https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130] * Amazon is already offering new OpenAI products on AWS [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/amazon-is-already-offering-new-openai-products-on-aws/] * Ghostty Is Leaving GitHub – Mitchell Hashimoto [https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github] * Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court over the fate of OpenAI [https://www.npr.org/2026/04/27/nx-s1-5795661/trial-openai-elon-musk-sam-altman] * Meta to cut one in 10 jobs after spending billions on AI [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm1y89vek8o] * The week that Meta employees became training data [https://www.platformer.news/meta-mci-monitoring-layoffs-knowledge-work/?ref=platformer-newsletter] * In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/24/in-another-wild-turn-for-ai-chips-meta-signs-deal-for-millions-of-amazon-ai-cpus/] * OpenAI ends Microsoft legal peril over its $50B Amazon deal | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/openai-ends-microsoft-legal-peril-over-its-50b-amazon-deal/] * Google to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic as search giant spreads its AI bets [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/google-to-invest-up-to-40-billion-in-anthropic-as-search-giant-spreads-its-ai-bets.html] * An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman About Bedrock Managed Agents [https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-openai-ceo-sam-altman-and-aws-ceo-matt-garman-about-bedrock-managed-agents/?access_token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6InN0cmF0ZWNoZXJ5LnBhc3Nwb3J0Lm9ubGluZSIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.HCte-2RVqjRBI3haK66QVl0MnTgTQs_4wTnzbpf-RTM2-y4GGo4I42pM3POMNLUZoVlEcLbatCMZckYd65lyk7f0NJMTF_eRTB4h8_eFzfVSvZDa8UA6t2AmiQ5XmqDSFadNDkz6LuQ9FhuQhvrFi-MBZjAr-xdq9YhWW9VFA7ytu24cMO6lSReUccIaWqf9xUEWQKHgTx1z9a1CPQJ3xIq1kEefLs5EVdB01hJGbeJ8UqhwmObQQkDVvC5jw3q6xRBNbLYly1WHHvM3wX5GM-Gqf5E9N3ReQnxpML_4fKQpiwQ5P5L0bj_wvxAcx4GraRdYsNLcNS5ADqXFowSOpw] SPONSORS * WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt] * WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA [http://wearedevelopers.us] * Use Code DEVPOD26 — 15% off, stacks with group rates for 4+ NONSENSE * Your Name in Landsat [https://science.nasa.gov/specials/your-name-in-landsat/] LISTENER FEEDBACK * Light Bulb Info * Can You Throw Light Bulbs in the Trash? A Type-by-Type Guide - BulbCycle: Fluorescent Bulb & Lamp Disposal [https://bulbcycle.com/can-you-throw-light-bulbs-in-the-trash/] * Battery, mobile phone and light bulb recycling, light bulb, lightbulb - City of Sydney [https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/waste-recycling-services/recycle-batteries-mobile-phones-light-bulbs] * OpenAI is making its own phone to compete with the iPhone: report [https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/27/openai-is-making-its-own-phone-to-compete-with-the-iphone-report/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter] * PROMOTE STICKER, FM Newsletter and why podcasts are the best for learning CONFERENCES * DevOpsDays Austin [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-austin/welcome/], May 5-6, 2026 * DevOpsDays + AI Nashville, [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-nashville/welcome/] May 14-15, 2026 * KCD Texas [https://community.cncf.io/kcd-texas/], May 15, 2026, use code MEDIA_THANK_YOU for free pass * WeAreDevelopers Europe [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. * DevOpsDays Graz [https://www.devopsdays.at/], Sept 4-5, 2026 * DevOpsDays Dallas [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-dallas/welcome/], Sept 28-29, 2026 * DevOpsDays Rockies [https://tickets.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-denver/2026/redeem?voucher=26DODSWEDEFTALK], Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK * WeAreDevelopers NA [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 * DevOpsDays Vilnius [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-vilnius/welcome/], Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 * DevOpsDays Istanbul [https://devopsdays.istanbul], October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7445353113265516545/]. * VMware User Groups (VMUGs): * Toronto (May 12-14, 2026) * Dallas (June 9-11, 2026) * Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT NEWS & COMMUNITY * Join our Slack community [https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email] * Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com [questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com [stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Follow us on social media: Twitter [https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk], Mastodon [https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/], BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Watch us on: Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk] * Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté [https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt] * Sponsor the show [https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads] * Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media [https://failovermedia.com/] RECOMMENDATIONS * Brandon: 1Password CLI Tool [https://1password.com/downloads/command-line] * Matt: Summer Album/Winter Album [https://www.summeralbumwinteralbum.com/] * Coté: AI's biggest critic has lost the plot [https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/ais-biggest-critic-has-lost-the-plot] Sponsored By: * WebRTC [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt]: WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt] * WeAreDevelopers US [https://wearedevelopers.us/]: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA [https://wearedevelopers.us/] Promo Code: DEVPOD26

Episode 569: Agent Assimilation

This week, we discuss agents taking over at Google Cloud Next, Apple's new CEO, and Cursor getting acquired (sort of). Plus, Coté's e-waste has no exit strategy. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode [https://www.youtube.com/live/K6PslExtn-M?si=Tmrt8d46PYYCCDQC] 569 [https://www.youtube.com/live/K6PslExtn-M?si=Tmrt8d46PYYCCDQC] RUNNER-UP TITLES * I love throwing stuff in the trash. * Dillo dirt’s a thing. * BurgerOps. * Thomas opens for Richard. * Department of “No” people * Starfish Stomach Model * Enterprise — come into me * The Organization will Assimilate it * Gold plaques all around * He can let his freak flag fly * Take the first billion dollar offer RUNDOWN * Google Next * Welcome to Google Cloud Next26 [https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/welcome-to-google-cloud-next26] * Google's AI adoption — Steve Yegge X Post [https://x.com/Steve_Yegge/status/2046260541912707471] * Tanzu Platform 10.4: a private cloud platform for AI harnesses (or, "agentic AI") [https://cote.io/2026/04/16/tanzu-platform-a-private-cloud.html] * Apple becomes a $4 Trillion under Tim Cook [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/business/how-apple-became-a-4-trillion-company-under-tim-cook.html] * Cursor Watch * Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/sources-cursor-in-talks-to-raise-2b-at-50b-valuation-as-enterprise-growth-surges/] * There’s No Time for SpaceX to Buy Cursor [https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-04-22/there-s-no-time-for-spacex-to-buy-cursor?srnd=undefined] * SpaceX says it can buy Cursor later this year for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for 'our work together' [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/21/spacex-says-it-can-buy-cursor-later-this-year-for-60-billion-or-pay-10-billion-for-our-work-together.html] RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS * Poland street sees humanoid robot chasing boars in unusual AI showcase [https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/humanoid-robot-chases-boars-in-poland] * Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/someone-planted-backdoors-in-dozens-of-wordpress-plugins-used-in-thousands-of-websites/] * Snapchat owner cuts 16% of global staff in latest round of job cuts [https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/snapchat-owner-cuts-16-global-115145637.html] * Email for agents - Cloudflare Email Service now in public beta [https://blog.cloudflare.com/email-for-agents/] * DeployBar — Free CI monitoring. Unsolicited platypus included. [https://deploybar.app/?ck_subscriber_id=512840665&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%5BLast%20Week%20in%20AWS%5D%20Issue%20#468:%20Multicloud%20Interconnect%20and%20the%20Great%20CVE%20Hunt%20-%2021451468] * Let them tinker - hacking developer resistance to sound enterprise architecture and platforms [https://cote.io/2026/04/21/let-them-tinker-hacking-developer.html] * China's DeepSeek is raising funds at $10 billion valuation, The Information reports [https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-deepseek-is-raising-funds-10-billion-valuation-information-reports-2026-04-17/] * Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/sources-cursor-in-talks-to-raise-2b-at-50b-valuation-as-enterprise-growth-surges/] * AI chipmaker Cerebras files to go public after scrapping IPO plans last year [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/17/cerebras-new-ipo-ai-chips.html] * Amazon to invest up to $25B in Anthropic as part of expanded cloud partnership - SiliconANGLE [https://siliconangle.com/2026/04/20/amazon-invest-25b-anthropic-part-expanded-cloud-partnership/] * Amazon to invest up to $25 billion more in Anthropic; Claude developer to spend more than $100 billion on AWS AI technology [https://sherwood.news/markets/amazon-to-invest-usd5-billion-in-anthropic-as-the-claude-developer-plans-to-spend-more-than-usd100-billion-on-aws-technology-over-next-decade/] * Amazon and Anthropic expand strategic collaboration [https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-invests-additional-5-billion-anthropic-ai] * Anthropic CPO leaves Figma's board after reports he will offer a competing product [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/anthropic-cpo-leaves-figmas-board-after-reports-he-will-offer-a-competing-product/] * OpenAI loses multiple executives in latest leadership shakeup [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/17/openai-executives-leave.html] * Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite Defense Department blacklist [https://www.axios.com/2026/04/19/nsa-anthropic-mythos-pentagon] * The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot [https://www.platformer.news/chatbot-emotion-research-anthropic-alignment-interpretability/?ref=platformer-newsletter] * Anthropic's redesigned Claude Code desktop app lets you burn through tokens even faster [https://thenewstack.io/claude-code-desktop-redesign/] * OpenAI’s Codex Mac app adds three key features that go beyond agentic coding [https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/16/openais-codex-app-adds-three-key-features-for-expanding-beyond-agentic-coding/] * Introducing Claude Opus 4.7 \ Anthropic [https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-7] SPONSORS * WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt] * WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA [http://wearedevelopers.us] * Use Code DEVPOD26 — 15% off, stacks with group rates for 4+ LISTENER FEEDBACK * Subscribe to Failover New [https://buttondown.com/failover] NONSENSE * Struggling shoe retailer Allbirds makes bizarre pivot from shoes to AI, stock explodes more than 700% [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/allbirds-bird-stock-shoes-ai.html] * Allbirds Stock Now Crashing as Reality Sets in About Its Delusional AI Pivot [https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/allbirds-stock-now-crashing] CONFERENCES * DevOpsDays Austin [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-austin/welcome/], May 5-6, 2026 * DevOpsDays + AI Nashville, [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-nashville/welcome/] May 14-15, 2026 * KCD Texas [https://community.cncf.io/kcd-texas/], May 15, 2026, use code MEDIA_THANK_YOU for free pass * WeAreDevelopers Europe [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. * DevOpsDays Graz [https://www.devopsdays.at/], Sept 4-5, 2026 * DevOpsDays Dallas [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-dallas/welcome/], Sept 28-29, 2026 * DevOpsDays Rockies [https://tickets.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-denver/2026/redeem?voucher=26DODSWEDEFTALK], Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK * WeAreDevelopers NA [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26 * DevOpsDays Vilnius [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-vilnius/welcome/], Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 * DevOpsDays Istanbul [https://devopsdays.istanbul], October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7445353113265516545/]. * VMware User Groups (VMUGs): * Toronto (May 12-14, 2026) * Dallas (June 9-11, 2026) * Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) SDT NEWS & COMMUNITY * Join our Slack community [https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email] * Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com [questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com [stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Follow us on social media: Twitter [https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk], Mastodon [https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/], BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Watch us on: Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk] * Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté [https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt] * Sponsor the show [https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads] * Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media [https://failovermedia.com/] RECOMMENDATIONS * Brandon: * Claude /team-onboarding [https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new/2026-w15] * The Junior Dev Crisis: Who Inherits the Code When AI Does the Work [https://www.reasoning.show/episodes/19023699] * Matt: Resident Alien [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8690918/] * Coté: https://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-author-20110809/the-mark-element.html#the-mark-element and https://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-author-20110809/the-aside-element.html Sponsored By: * WebRTC [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt]: WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt] * WeAreDevelopers US [https://wearedevelopers.us/]: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA [https://wearedevelopers.us/] Promo Code: DEVPOD26

Episode 568: Claude Code, OpenAI Drama, and Is Anyone Still Using Backstage?

This week, we discuss Claude's harness, OpenAI's ongoing drama, and whether Backstage is still a thing. Plus, Coté gives up on the green screen. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode [https://www.youtube.com/live/ej4piPcb2bk?si=bUZZkVjf0fX8mtNd] 568 [https://www.youtube.com/live/ej4piPcb2bk?si=bUZZkVjf0fX8mtNd] RUNNER-UP TITLES * It’s clearly an AI chair. * I’ve given up on the green screen * No animals, only buttholes * I don’t know if I can think on my own * Make your pecans really pop * Did they shut it down? I wasn’t paying attention * Always take the first offer for a billion dollars * Bad Parking * The Apple IIE had this problem * I was paying attention but I might have had a mouthful of cereal. RUNDOWN * Anthropic * Anthropic vs. OpenAI Revenue [https://www.threads.com/@benedictevans/post/DWz9jsPjv6K?xmt=AQF0julJFEvVlnEvIya1Uq36rH1jI-zaDYXe27W49p7QyLjpNIceU0apXBtZwA_8InM8mbp0&slof=1] * Why Anthropic’s new model has cybersecurity experts rattled [https://www.platformer.news/anthropic-mythos-cybersecurity-risk-experts/] * Workday CTO Joins Anthropic Amid Startup’s Push to Build HR Apps [https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/workday-cto-joins-anthropic-amid-startups-push-build-hr-apps] * Clouded Judgement 4.10.26 - Long Live the Harness (Wrapper?) ! [https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-41026-long-live?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=190173846&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email] * Anthropic closes in on OpenAI as US business use surges [https://www.ft.com/content/abb93a6f-9060-4095-8045-84b97d394a4c?syn-25a6b1a6=1] * Anthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw usage [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/04/anthropic-says-claude-code-subscribers-will-need-to-pay-extra-for-openclaw-support/] * Anthropic Buys Stealth Dimension-Backed Coefficient Bio in $400M+ Stock Deal [https://www.newcomer.co/p/anthropic-buys-stealth-dimension] * Claude Command /powerup [https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new/2026-w14] * Post-Mortem of Anthropic's Claude Code Leak [https://practicalai.fm/352?utm_source=failover&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=failover-weekly-is-ai-slowing-you-down] * OpenAI Palace Intrigue * OpenAI's Fidji Simo takes medical leave, announces leadership changes [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/03/openai-fidji-simo-medical-leave-executive-changes.html] * OpenAI CEO and CFO Diverge on IPO Timing [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-cfo-diverge-ipo-timing] * Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age [https://openai.com/index/industrial-policy-for-the-intelligence-age/] * OpenAI is getting weird again - Casey Newton [https://theforkiverse.com/@Casey/116360319140759479] * OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/openai-has-bought-ai-personal-finance-startup-hiro/] * Let Us Learn to Show Our Friendship for a Man When He Is Alive and Not After He Is Dead [https://daringfireball.net/2026/04/when_he_is_alive_and_not_after_he_is_dead] * OpenAI buys TBPN * Exclusive | OpenAI Buys Tech-Industry Talk Show TBPN [https://www.wsj.com/cmo-today/openai-buys-tech-industry-talk-show-tbpn-484c01c5?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqe76X23DbAMPedkCZ42kgsrU-2jupVx2rdvs7jUgS0JNsig9bQ2d1Rc&gaa_ts=69d2c399&gaa_sig=nVmnTd-Cdc7iE2_o2lveTavwj8pLaDuGR2KEBzrt1aTwNiyIr_m8bn3l4E0n-MUcBOqZbEcwvcUqIhsI2uRg1Q%3D%3D] * OpenAI Buys Tech-Industry Talk Show TBPN [https://www.wsj.com/cmo-today/openai-buys-tech-industry-talk-show-tbpn-484c01c5?ga%5B%E2%80%A6%5DDuGR2KEBzrt1aTwNiyIr_m8bn3l4E0n-MUcBOqZbEcwvcUqIhsI2uRg1Q%3D%3D] * OpenAI acquires TBPN | OpenAI [https://openai.com/index/openai-acquires-tbpn/] * OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/openai-acquires-tbpn-the-buzzy-founder-led-business-talk-show/] * OpenAI Buys Streaming Show ‘TBPN,’ Aiming to Change Narrative on A.I. [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/technology/openai-buys-tbpn.html] * Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted] * Backstage * Backstage is dead [https://newsletter.port.io/p/backstage-is-dead?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web] * Observability * Cisco to grab Galileo for AI observability supercharge - SDxCentral [https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/cisco-to-grab-galileo-for-ai-observability-supercharge/] * Dynatrace to Acquire Bindplane to Establish Telemetry Pipelines for AI and Cloud‑Native Observability [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260407343061/en/Dynatrace-to-Acquire-Bindplane-to-Establish-Telemetry-Pipelines-for-AI-and-CloudNative-Observability] * Cursor and Coding Agents * Cursor's $2 billion bet: The IDE is now a fallback, not the default [https://thenewstack.io/cursor-3-demotes-ide/] * Cursor's New Tool Lets Users Delegate to a Team of Coding Agents [https://gizmodo.com/cursors-new-tool-lets-users-delegate-to-a-team-of-coding-agents-2000741761] * Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex are merging into one AI coding stack nobody planned [https://thenewstack.io/ai-coding-tool-stack/] RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS * Here's what that Claude Code source leak reveals about Anthropic's plans [https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/heres-what-that-claude-code-source-leak-reveals-about-anthropics-plans/] * Starlink satellite tracker [https://satellitemap.space/] * A Secure Chat App’s Encryption Is So Bad It Is ‘Meaningless’ [https://www.404media.co/a-secure-chat-apps-encryption-is-so-bad-it-is-meaningless/] * Coinbase’s AI payments system joins Linux Foundation [https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/04/02/coinbase-s-ai-payments-system-joins-linux-foundation-gathers-support-from-google-stripe-aws-and-others] * Trump's AI framework targets state laws, shifts child safety burden to parents | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/trumps-ai-framework-targets-state-laws-shifts-child-safety-burden-to-parents/] * TIME100 AI 2025: Chris Lehane [https://time.com/collections/time100-ai-2025/7305826/chris-lehane/] * Jack Dorsey says Block employees now bring prototypes — not slide decks — to meetings [https://www.businessinsider.com/block-ceo-jack-dorsey-bring-prototypes-not-slide-decks-meetings-2026-4] * Post Mortem: axios npm supply chain compromise · Issue #10636 · axios/axios · GitHub [https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/10636] * Addressing GitHub’s recent availability issues [https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/addressing-githubs-recent-availability-issues-2/] * Iran threatens ‘complete and utter annihilation’ of OpenAI's $30B Stargate AI data center [https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/iran-threatens-complete-and-utter-annihilation-of-openais-usd30b-stargate-ai-data-center-in-abu-dhabi-regime-posts-video-with-satellite-imagery-of-chatgpt-makers-premier-1gw-data-center] * Social media is turning into a freak show [https://www.natesilver.net/p/social-media-has-become-a-freak-show] * The Building Block Economy [https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2041566958681014418?s=20] * Giant Mac mini cluster powers Overcast podcast transcripts without the cloud [https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/07/giant-mac-mini-cluster-powers-overcast-podcast-transcripts-without-the-cloud] * How Amazon Dies: A Possible, Maybe Likely Future [https://markatwood.substack.com/p/how-amazon-dies-a-possible-maybe] * Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban New Data Centers [https://www.wsj.com/us-news/maine-data-center-ban-e768fb18] * Introducing Muse Spark: Scaling Towards Personal Superintelligence [https://ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-spark-msl/] * SiFive raises $400 million from Atreides, Nvidia for data-center chip technology [https://www.reuters.com/business/sifive-raises-400-million-atreides-nvidia-data-center-chip-technology-2026-04-09/] * Amazon CEO takes aim at Nvidia, Intel, Starlink, more in annual shareholder letter [https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/amazon-ceo-takes-aim-nvidia-142757605.html] * Giving external agents access to Xcode | Apple Developer Documentation [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/giving-external-agents-access-to-xcode] * France orders all government ministries to ditch Windows for Linux in digital sovereignty push [https://thenextweb.com/news/france-linux-windows-migration-digital-sovereignty] * You can now easily call LLMs from your messaging engine. Should you? [https://seroter.com/2026/04/13/you-can-now-easily-call-llms-from-your-messaging-engine-should-you/] * Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy software licenses, just like employees [https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-executive-suggests-ai-agents-buy-software-licenses-seats-2026-4] * Meta creating AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so staff can talk to the boss [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/13/meta-ai-mark-zuckerberg-staff-talk-to-the-boss] * Little Snitch for Linux — Because Nothing Else Came Close [https://obdev.at/blog/little-snitch-for-linux/] * AI infrastructure budgets set to triple as demand soars: Deloitte [https://www.ciodive.com/news/ai-infrastructure-budgets-set-to-triple/817259/] * Amazon jumps deeper into space race [https://www.axios.com/2026/04/14/amazon-globalstar-spacex-starlink?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top] * Amazon buying Globalstar, to rival SpaceX's Starlink [https://www.axios.com/2026/04/14/amazon-globalstar-spacex-starlink?utm_source=newsl%5B%E2%80%A6%5Dm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosprorata&stream=top] * Meta is making an AI Zuck to chat with employees [https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/2026/04/14/meta-is-making-an-ai-zuck-to-chat-with-employees] SPONSORS * WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt] * WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA [http://wearedevelopers.us] * Use Code DEVPOD26 — 15% off, stacks with group rates for 4+ NONSENSE * NASA sends Outlook around Moon, immediately needs IT help [https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/artemis_astronauts_microsoft_outlook_broken/] * Top FEMA Official Doubles Down on Claim He Teleported to Waffle House [https://newrepublic.com/post/208460/fema-official-gregg-phillips-teleportation] * AI CEO vs Engineer (2026). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAUnmQt2Z7Y] * Poor Blue Blob [https://onefoottsunami.com/2026/04/01/poor-blue-blob/] * Paul McCartney Banned From Reddit After Promoting Himself in Paul McCartney Subreddit [https://www.404media.co/paul-mccartney-banned-from-reddit-after-promoting-himself-in-paul-mccartney-subreddit/] LISTENER FEEDBACK * Michael Neal: built mesh-llm — Decentralised LLM Inference [https://docs.anarchai.org/] * Shaun built: workworkwork [https://codeberg.org/moutons/workworkwork] * Brandon’s App: Milestone Birthday and Anniversary Tracker [https://bwhichard.github.io/milestone-support/] CONFERENCES * DevOps [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/]d [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/]ays Atlanta 2026 [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/], April 21-22, 2026 * DevOpsDays Austin [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-austin/welcome/], May 5-6, 2026 * DevOpsDays + AI Nashville, [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-nashville/welcome/] May 14-15, 2026 * KCD Texas [https://community.cncf.io/kcd-texas/], May 15, 2026, use code MEDIA_THANK_YOU for free pass * WeAreDevelopers Europe [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. * DevOpsDays Graz [https://www.devopsdays.at/], Sept 4-5, 2026 * DevOpsDays Dallas [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-dallas/welcome/], Sept 28-29, 202 * WeAreDevelopers NA [https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress-north-america], Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: Community_SoftwareDefined * DevOpsDays Vilnius [https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-vilnius/welcome/], Sep 30 - Oct 1. 2006 * DevOpsDays Istanbul [https://devopsdays.istanbul], October 24th, 2026 - Coté keynoting [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7445353113265516545/]. * VMware User Groups (VMUGs): * 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 [https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email] * Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com [questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com [stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Follow us on social media: Twitter [https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk], Threads [https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk], Mastodon [https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/], BlueSky [https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com] * Watch us on: Twitch [https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk] * Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté [https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt] * Sponsor the show [https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads] * Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media [https://failovermedia.com/] RECOMMENDATIONS * Brandon: macOS Video Effects [https://support.apple.com/en-us/105117] * Matt: * Thom York at the Sydney Opera House [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKI-YlBPmMQ] * IKEA Klippbok water sensor [https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/klippbok-water-leakage-sensor-smart-70617768/] * Coté: AutoMounter [https://www.pixeleyes.co.nz/automounter/] Sponsored By: * WeAreDevelopers US [https://wearedevelopers.us/]: WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America Sept 23–25, San José, CA [https://wearedevelopers.us/] Promo Code: DEVPOD26 * WebRTC [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt]: WebRTC.ventures – Real-time communication & Voice AI integration [https://webrtc.ventures/sdt]