Show Notes
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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Runner-up Titles
We’re not making money so we can’t put in place the enshitification strategy.
Go easy on the AI
I hope they’re not using PowerPoint in the Vatican
I didn’t’ come here to talk about the Pope
I should take more showers
I came to measure and chew bubblegum
Matt Ray Dalio is not a wave rider.
Usability golf
No dependencies, no problems
Peak Software
We are a safe haven for measures
Tools and Rules
Rundown
Layoffs
How do AI Layoffs Work? Some Speculation.
How I Choose Which Cloudflare Employees to Replace With AI
Revenue and IPO
Anthropic is paying SpaceX $15 billion per year
OpenAI Prepares to File to Go Public in Coming Weeks
SpaceX TAM - $28.5 trillion. US GDP - $31 trillion.
GitHub Got Hacked. The AI Security Arms Race is Here
NHS Pulls OSS
Wiz + Anthropic: Claude Enterprise Meets the Security Graph | Wiz Blog
Relevant to your Interests
Grafana breach caused by missed token rotation after TanStack attack
Introducing UniFi 5G Backup
SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought
Microsoft admits its "infuriating" floating AI button was a mistake
Microsoft admits forcing the floating Copilot button on Office users was a mistake—but engagement went up anyway
IBM and U.S. Department of Commerce Announce America’s First Purpose-Built Quantum Foundry, Supported by Proposed $1 Billion CHIPS Award
Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date"
Blackstone and Google launch $5B TPU cloud venture with 500MW of AI capacity
What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks
U.S. companies have an AI problem. Indian IT wants to be the solution
Audio-generation app Huxe, founded by former NotebookLM developers, shuts down
Spotify adds AI-powered Q&A and briefing generation features to podcasts
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Nonsense
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Watch: Drones crash into water after Sydney light show malfunction
America the Tasty: The Best Breakfast in Every State
Listener Feedback
Jason built the DepartTime App iPhone App
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