This week, we discuss how LLMs are changing software development, OpenAI’s deep research, and why the Gartner Hype Cycle persists. Plus, a business plan built entirely around ice!
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTb1v4-oZQ) 506 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyTb1v4-oZQ)
Runner-up Titles
I bought the DevOps
I’m always looking for tomatillas
You’re making a strong case for RTO
The CEO of ice. The VP of Ice Machines.
What you are doing is toil
I think about WALL-E every day
Eliminating the first draft
Rundown
The End of Programming as We Know It (https://www.oreilly.com/radar/the-end-of-programming-as-we-know-it/)
Apple Earnings, OpenAI Deep Research, The Unbundling of Substantiation (https://stratechery.com/2025/apple-earnings-openai-deep-research-the-unbundling-of-substantiation/)
Gartner's Grift Is About To Unravel (https://dx.tips/gartner)
Relevant to your Interests
Google goes heavy on investment but light on detail (https://on.ft.com/3Q619Wc)
Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI's o1 'reasoning' model for under $50 (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/researchers-created-an-open-rival-to-openais-o1-reasoning-model-for-under-50/)
Dumping open source for proprietary rarely pays off: Better to stick a fork in it (https://www.zdnet.com/article/dumping-open-source-for-proprietary-rarely-pays-off-better-to-stick-a-fork-in-it/)
Report: OpenAI's ex-CTO, Mira Murati, has recruited OpenAI co-founder John Schulman (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/report-openais-ex-cto-mira-murati-has-recruited-openai-co-founder-john-schulman/)
Broadcom and Nvidia are capitalizing on the return of the winner-take-all AI trade (https://sherwood.news/markets/broadcom-and-nvidia-are-capitalizing-on-the-return-of-the-winner-take-all-ai/)
When will remote workers see their pay cut? (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/02/06/when-will-remote-workers-see-their-pay-cut)
How Microsoft Releases Changes to Azure - Safe Deployment (https://luke.geek.nz/azure/azure-platform-release-process/)
Servers can last a long time (https://world.hey.com/dhh/servers-can-last-a-long-time-165c955c)
Matt Mullenweg: WordPress Controversy, Future of Open Source AI, and Navigating Backlash (https://theloganbartlettshow.substack.com/p/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-controversy?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1161376&post_id=156676755&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=yr5ci&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)
Turn/River Agrees to Buy SolarWinds Years After Cyber-Attack (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/turn-river-agrees-buy-solarwinds-174426287.html)
Gartner's Grift Is About To Unravel (https://dx.tips/gartner)
Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/new-wikitok-web-app-allows-infinite-tiktok-style-scroll-of-wikipedia/)
You Didn't Notice MP3 Is Now Free (https://idiallo.com/blog/listen-mp3-is-free?ref=labnotes.org&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
The DevTools Ceiling: great as Open Source, AND a Terrible Business (https://dx.tips/ceiling)
The VGHF Library opens in early access | Video Game History Foundation (https://gamehistory.org/vghf-library-launch/)
Docker Announces Don Johnson as New CEO, Succeeding Scott Johnston (https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/02/12/3025262/0/en/Docker-Announces-Don-Johnson-as-New-CEO-Succeeding-Scott-Johnston.html)
Developers Unhappy With Tool Sprawl, Lagging Data, Long Waits (https://thenewstack.io/developers-unhappy-with-tool-sprawl-lagging-data-long-waits/)
Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US (https://www.wired.com/story/thomson-reuters-ai-copyright-lawsuit/)
Apple brings heart rate monitoring (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/apple-brings-heart-rate-monitoring-to-powerbeats-pro-2/)
Nonsense
TabBoo (https://tabboo.xyz/)
Conferences
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VMUG NL (https://vmugnl.nl), March 12th, Coté speaking.
DevOpsDays Chicago (https://devopsdays.org/events/2025-chicago/welcome/), March 18th, 2025.
SREday London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/), March 27-28, Coté speaking (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q1/Michael_Cote_VMware__Pivotal_Platform_Engineering_for_Private_Cloud). 10% with code LDN10
Monki Gras (https://monkigras.com/), London, March 27-28, Coté speaking.
Cloud Foundry Day US (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-north-america/), May 14th, Palo Alto, CA
NDC Oslo (https://ndcoslo.com/), May 21-23, speaking.
KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), April 1-4, London.
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Recommendations
Brandon: Oxide and Friends | AI Disruption: DeepSeek and Cerebras (https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/ai-disruption-deepseek-and-cerebras)
Matt: Beats Fit Pro (https://www.beatsbydre.com/earbuds/beats-fit-pro/MK2J3/sage-gray)
Coté: Alfred (https://www.alfredapp.com). PoliticalWire.com (https://members.politicalwire.com/referral/30klklm).
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