An Australian Documentary
Episode 551 · December 19th, 2025 · 1 hr 31 secs
About this Episode
This week, we discuss Oracle’s AI vibes, Chainguard’s EmeritOSS, and GitHub’s pricing U-turn. Plus, a robust robot vacuum debate.
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Runner-up Titles
- It has CarPlay
- iPad Range Anxiety
- an Australian documentary
- Oracle got popped
- Intentions
- I don’t feel bad for them
- Open Source old folks home
- Spreadsheets love it
- Robots are going to take care of us
- The Median User
- Nobody feels bad for the whales
- I have a dog
- I have a Korean microwave
- We’re the Neal Stephenson of podcasts
Rundown
- Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck
- AI Investment
- Oracle plummets 11% on weak revenue, pushing down AI stocks like Nvidia and CoreWeave
- Oracle Shares Drop the Most Since 2001 on Mounting AI Spending
- OpenAI in Talks to Raise At Least $10 Billion From Amazon and Use Its AI Chips
- S&P 500 falls after nearing record as Oracle disappointment drags down AI stocks
- Inside The $1T AI Economy
- Introducing Chainguard EmeritOSS: Sustainable stewardship for mature open source
- Runners
- Coursera to buy Udemy, creating $2.5 billion firm to target AI training
- Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control
Relevant to your Interests
- Harness raises a $240M Series E at a $5.5B valuation
- A great platform as a product paper, and a fun platform philosophy thereof
- Google Launches Managed Remote MCP Servers for Its Cloud Services
- Fake Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Torrent Drops Agent Tesla Through Layered PowerShell Chain
- Useful patterns for building HTML tools
- Waymo Seeking Over $15 Billion Near $100 Billion Valuation
- Write your CV or resume as YAML, then run RenderCV, and get a PDF with perfect typography. No template wrestling. No broken layouts. Consistent spacing, every time
- Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control
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