Description

This week, we discuss the return of command line tools, Kubernetes embracing VMs, and the steady march of Windows. Plus, thoughts on TSA, boots, and the “old country."

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 528

Runner-up Titles

• Pool Problems
• Stockholm Pool Syndrome
• The Old Country
• VMs aren’t going anywhere
• Vaya con Dios
• This is why we have milk
• Why’s he talking about forks?
• Commander Claude
• The Columbia Music House business plan
• Beat this horse into glue
• Reinvent Command Line
• “Man falls in love with CLI”
• Windows is always giving you the middle button
• CBT - Claude Behavioral Therapy.

Rundown

• TSA tests security lines allowing passengers to keep their shoes on
• KubeCon Is Starting To Sound a Lot Like VMCon
• Claude Code and the CLI
  • Gemini CLI: your open-source AI agent
  • Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents
  • AI Tooling, Evolution and The Promiscuity of Modern Developers
  • Introducing OpenCLI
• Windows
  • Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS
  • Microsoft quietly implies Windows has LOST millions of users since Windows 11 debut — are people really abandoning ship? [UPDATE]

Relevant to your Interests

• Public cloud becomes a commodity
• Nvidia Ruffles Tech Giants With Move Into Cloud Computing
• Which Coding Assistants Retain Their Customers and Which Ones Don’t
• Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models
• Sam Altman upstages the critics
• The Ultimate Cloud Security Championship | 12 Months × 12 Challenges
• Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
• Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress
• How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking
• CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific in $9 billion all-stock deal
• Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next?
• Datadog stock jumps 10% on tech company’s inclusion in S&P 500 index
• Jack Dorsey just released a Bluetooth messaging app that doesn't need the internet
• Unlock the Full Chainguard Containers Catalog – Now with a Catalog Pricing Option
• Oracle stock jumps after $30 billion annual cloud deal revealed in filing
• Docker State of App Dev: AI
• X Chief Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform
• Meta's recruiting blitz claims three OpenAI researchers
• OpenAI Reportedly Shuts Down for a Week as Zuck Poaches Its Top Talent
• OpenAI Leadership Responds to Meta Offers: ‘Someone Has Broken Into Our Home’
• Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent-Poaching Spree: ‘Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries’
• Report: Apple looked into building its own AWS competitor
• Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping
• The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers

Nonsense

• After 8 years of playing D&D nonstop, I’ve finally tried its biggest alternative
• TSA tests security lines allowing passengers to keep their shoes on

Conferences

• Sydney Wizdom Meet-Up, Sydney, August 7. Matt will be there.
• SpringOne, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch.
• Explore 2025 US, Las Vegas, August 25th to 28th, 2025. See Coté’s pitch.
• SREDay London, Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
• Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
• Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th. CFP closes August 3rd.
• CF Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
• AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th to 16th, London.

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