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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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#587
Yesterday · 1 hr 7 min
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.
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August 21 · 1 hr
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.
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#585
August 14 · 1 hr 4 min
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.
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#584
August 7 · 48 min
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.
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July 31 · 1 hr 3 min
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.
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July 24 · 1 hr 6 min
Episode 582: Talking About Modernization
This week, we discuss Bun's move to Rust, OpenAI hunting for revenue, and Stripe's bid for PayPal. Plus, Coté's Dad wisdom.
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#581
July 17 · 51 min
Episode 581: Arjun Iyer on Shipping Faster with Ephemeral Environments and AI Agents
Brandon interviews Arjun Iyer, CEO & Co-founder of Signadot. They discuss how Ephemeral Environments eliminate developer toil by shifting validation earlier in the dev cycle, how Signadot's MCP server lets AI coding agents run end-to-end tests autonomously, and real-world results including Brex saving $2M in cloud spend. Plus, how Cisco bought AppDynamics for ~$4 billion the day before their IPO.
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#580
July 10 · 54 min
Episode 580: Varlock: Bringing Order to the Chaos of Environment Variables
Every project has environment variables. Almost nobody manages them well. This week Brandon talks with Phil Miller and Theo Ephraim, who built varlock to fix that — bringing structure and security to the humble .env file.
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#579
July 3 · 1 hr 11 min
Episode 579: The Headless Lifestyle
This week, we discuss Anthropic's 18-day Fable timeout, whether AI is actually killing jobs, and OpenAI's trillion-dollar IPO problem. Plus, SoftBank's golden goose slides.
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#578
June 26 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 578: War for Talent
This week, we discuss Fable follow-up, Gartner's AI Governance MQ, and the war for AI talent. Plus, Matt and Brandon review "Disclosure Day."
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#577
June 19 · 1 hr
Episode 577: Let’s go to Buc-ee’s
This week, we discuss the Fable ban, SpaceX's $60B Cursor buy, and why Lovable wins when AI picks your stack. Plus, Europeans are at the World Cup and already drank Boston dry.
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#576
June 12 · 48 min
Episode 576: Observability's Next Phase
Brandon talks with OpenObserve's Prabhat Sharma and Shani Shoham: why observability is still broken, how they fixed it, and where AI takes it next.
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#575
June 5 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 575: UI blizzard
This week, we discuss NVIDIA going consumer, Microsoft Build, and the Anthropic/OpenAI IPO race. Plus, does credit card insurance work?
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#574
May 29 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 574: Nobody Wants to Be a Measurer
This week, we discuss the Cloudflare CEO's op-ed, upcoming tech IPOs and GitHub getting breached. Plus, ranking our favorite manifestos.
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May 22 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 573: How many quadrillions in a Googol?
This week, we discuss Google I/O, the OpenAI soap opera, and ChatGPT going full financial advisor. Plus, thoughts on improving the conference hallway track.
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#572
May 15 · 1 hr
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.
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#571
May 8 · 58 min
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.
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#570
May 1 · 1 hr 10 min
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.
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April 24 · 1 hr 6 min
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.
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April 17 · 1 hr 6 min
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.
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