Show Notes
This week, we review our 2025 predictions, discuss the big stories, and speculate on 2026. Plus, Coté dives deep into the EU broth market.
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Runner-up Titles
I was up at 1am thinking, “are there any good billionaires.”
Maybe you forgot your shoes
Not just room temperature, but cold
I thought Europe was known for its soups
Ice, air conditioning, and, broth - we have solved those three problems.
Sloppy search
Cutlery, tupperware, COVID
The Young People.
The Automation Apologist.
I’m disappointed in everything
Models don’t matter anymore
Shade-tree programmer
An empty farm in Waco
Rundown
2024 Year in Review
Scaling Platform Engineering in the CNCF Community - Abby Bangser
Syntaso’s Platform as a Product book
Claude Skills are way under-rated
“Agents are [just] models using tools in a loop.
2026 Predications
Are we in an AI Bubble?
Do Anthropic or OpenAI IPO?
New AI use cases?
Altman remain CEO?
Do Apple or AWS make an AI acquisition?
CFB Championship?
Conferences
cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.
Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis.
DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA
Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.
Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Coté has a discount code, but he’s not sure if he can give it out. He’s asking! Send him a DM in the meantime.
Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)
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