Software Defined Talk

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @cote.io discuss sovereign cloud, Postgres conference takeaways, CoreWeave's debt, and why AI is a single-player game. Plus, whether home automation is worth it. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/595

@brandonwhichard.com talks with @rwx.com CEO Dan Manges on @theentaishow.bsky.social about why CI is the bottleneck in the agent era: fast feedback loops, graph-based pipelines over VM jobs, and letting agents run CI before opening a PR. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19994499

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social on @theentaishow.bsky.social for the month's AI news: CoreWeave's rising borrowing costs, CIOs hunting for ROI, Meta's Muse agent, and whether software fundamentally changed in the last two weeks. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19980899

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss AI yes/no deciders, the SaaS apocalypse, Bending Spoons, and Oxide's funding. Plus, why Google Docs still has no dark mode https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/594

@brandonwhichard.com talks with Dominic Williams of the DFINITY Foundation on @theentaishow.bsky.social about building a cloud nobody owns: sovereign infrastructure for the agent era, with software that's tamper-resistant and always available. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19945153

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Google Docs finally getting Markdown, Cloudflare's CF CLI, Gartner's agentic AI abandonment stat, and forward deployed engineers. Plus, Coté forgets his laptop. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/593

On @theentaishow.bsky.social, @brandonwhichard.com interviews @redmonk.com's Stephen O'Grady. They discuss his original thesis that developers are The New Kingmakers and what's changing in the world of agents. https://theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19921034

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social on @theentaishow.bsky.social to discuss Oracle's force majeure notice, agents getting their own cloud computers, and Meta hiring MongoDB's CEO. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19904932

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Meta's Muse, who's spending $500 million on tokens, and why nobody can measure AI ROI. Plus, the case for importing NyQuil by the suitcase. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/592

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @mattray.dev discuss why Sun really failed, the New Kingmakers becoming agents, and AI doom brackets. Plus, the NC State fumble and tech's biggest own goals. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/591

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @mattray.dev discuss AI doom odds, WordPress's boardroom coup, and Meta's Muse assistant. Plus, a robot vacuum fire scare. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/590

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @mattray.dev and special guest Aaron Delp discuss the VS Code documentary, Ed Zitron's rise to fame, and a 10% AI extinction forecast. Plus, the NFL's Australia travel gamble. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/589

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social and Aaron on @theentaishow.bsky.social to ask: is AI a vitamin or a painkiller? Why transformation needs a burning-platform moment, and why personal AI gains aren't scaling org-wide. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19761188

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss rogue AI agent civilizations, why AI can't fix your tax forms, and Chainguard vs. IBM's Lightwell. Plus, refrigerator magnet marketing. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/588

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social and Aaron on @theentaishow.bsky.social to cover NVIDIA's record quarter, its Hugging Face acquisition, Stripe's OpenRouter deal, unsettling OpenAI agent tests, and Salesforce's Claudeforce. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19740297

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social and Aaron on @theentaishow.bsky.social to break down AI watermarking — why it exists, why it got cracked fast, and what it means for school bans and "no AI" contract clauses. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19702320

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Stripe's singularity letter, its $8B Open Router buy, and AI job anxiety. Plus, Matt plays “Bot or Not” on another podcast. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/587

New episode of @theentaishow.bsky.social: @brandonwhichard.com interviews Rich Ziade, founder of Aboard, on why AI projects fail without real discovery, why "agents" are oversold, and why digital transformation still requires hard conversations. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19702320

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social and Aaron Delp on @theentaishow.bsky.social to discuss whether GPUs are becoming a financialized "asset class" — or the next bubble. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19688218

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @cote.io 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. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/586

@brandonwhichard.com joined Aaron on @theentaishow.bsky.social to dig into owning vs. renting your model weights — and what that tradeoff really means for the enterprise. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19668501

Is open-source AI on the decline? @brandonwhichard.com sits down with Aaron Delp on @theentaishow.bsky.social to talk through the market trends, financial challenges, and what's next for open-source models in the AI landscape. https://www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/19625247

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev 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. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/585

Is open source losing the AI model race? @brandonwhichard.com joined Aaron on @theentaishow.bsky.social to argue it might be — the market trends, the money problems, and what's left for OSS in an AI world. www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/196...

@brandonwhichard.com joined Aaron Delp on @theentaishow.bsky.social to talk about Ed Zitron, the loudest AI skeptic in tech right now. They work through the bear case against AI: where Zitron lands his punches, and where the argument falls apart. www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/196...

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss the Situational Awareness meltdown, Airtable getting sold, and review the Java documentary. Plus, what you should actually buy at IKEA. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/584

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social on @theentaishow.bsky.social to break down the biggest AI news stories from July 2026. www.theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/195...

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss how normal people use AI, Alphabet's Anthropic-fueled earnings, and skills vs. agents. Plus, catching AI-cheating students with a hidden prompt. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/583

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Bun's move to Rust, OpenAI hunting for revenue, and Stripe's bid for PayPal. Plus, Coté's Dad wisdom. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/582

@brandonwhichard.com interviews Arjun Iyer, CEO & Co-founder of Signadot. They discuss Ephemeral Environments, AI agents running tests autonomously via MCP, & Brex saving $2M in cloud spend. Plus, Cisco buying AppD for ~$4B the day before the IPO. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/581

Every project has environment variables. Almost nobody manages them well. This week @brandonwhichard.com talks with Phil Miller and @theozero.bsky.social, who built varlock to fix that — bringing structure and security to the humble .env file. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/580

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @cote.io 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. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/579

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Fable follow-up, Gartner's AI Governance MQ, and the war for AI talent. Plus, Matt and Brandon review "Disclosure Day." https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/578

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev 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. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/577

@brandonwhichard.com talks with OpenObserve's Prabhat Sharma and Shani Shoham: why observability is still broken, how they fixed it, and where AI takes it next. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/576

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss NVIDIA going consumer, Microsoft Build, and the Anthropic/OpenAI IPO race. Plus, does credit card insurance work? https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/575

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss the Cloudflare CEO's op-ed, upcoming tech IPOs and GitHub getting breached. Plus, ranking our favorite manifestos. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/574

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social on @theentaishow.bsky.social to break down the biggest AI stories from May 2026. theenterpriseaishow.com/episodes/192...

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @mattray.dev discuss Google I/O, the OpenAI soap opera, and ChatGPT going full financial advisor. Plus, thoughts on improving the conference hallway track. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/573

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev 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. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/572

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev 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. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/571

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social on @reasoningshow.bsky.social to break down the biggest AI stories from April 2026. https://www.reasoning.show/episodes/19128484

@brandonwhichard.com joins @bgracely.bsky.social on @reasoningshow.bsky.social this week for the 2026 AI Draft — picking winners, losers, and the headlines that'll define the next year in AI. https://www.reasoning.show/episodes/19114514

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Google's enterprise agent stack, what makes an agent an agent, and AI's biggest critic. Plus, Coté wants better vision. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/570

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev 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. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/569

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Claude's harness, OpenAI's ongoing drama, and whether Backstage is still a thing. Plus, Coté gives up on the green screen. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/568

@brandonwhichard.com joined @bgracely.bsky.social on @reasoningshow.bsky.social to dig into a question worth sitting with: is coding a solved problem? https://www.reasoning.show/episodes/19023699

@brandonwhichard.com interviews Alberto González, CTO of WebRTC.ventures, on building voice and streaming apps for the enterprise — WebRTC integration, AI, and the unique challenges developers face. Plus kitesurfing tips. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/567

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss the Claude Code leak, locking down coding agents, and the Axios supply chain attack. Plus, Coté considers breaking up with his Gmail address of 20+ years. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/566

@brandonwhichard.com crossed over to @reasoningshow.bsky.social this week — he and @bgracely.bsky.social dug into the biggest AI stories from March. If you're trying to make sense of the last month in AI, start here. https://www.reasoning.show/episodes/18922706