Software Defined Talk

Episode 554: The Alpha and The Omega

January 9th, 2026  |  1 hr 12 mins

This week, we discuss AI’s impact on Stack Overflow, Docker’s Hardened Images, and Nvidia buying Groq. Plus, thoughts on playing your own game and having fun.

Episode 553: 2025 Year in Review

January 2nd, 2026  |  1 hr 9 mins

This week, we review our 2025 predictions, discuss the big stories, and speculate on 2026. Plus, Coté dives deep into the EU broth market.

Episode 552: Tech Strategy: Past, Present, Future

December 26th, 2025  |  1 hr 16 mins

This week, Brian Gracely joins to dissect strategic choices made by Broadcom, Docker, Netflix and Intel. Plus: The AI Bifurcation—are models commodities or product pillars?

Episode 551: An Australian Documentary

December 19th, 2025  |  1 hr 31 secs

This week, we discuss Oracle’s AI vibes, Chainguard’s EmeritOSS, and GitHub’s pricing U-turn. Plus, a robust robot vacuum debate.

Episode 550: Typeface Philosophy

December 12th, 2025  |  1 hr 10 mins

This week, we discuss how Netflix is disrupting media, IBM’s Confluent acquisition, and Anthropic buying Bun. Plus, an important discussion on fonts and typography.

Episode 549: The Fermi Paradox of Agentic Development

December 5th, 2025  |  1 hr 11 mins

This week, we discuss AWS re:Invent announcements, Agentic Development, and OpenAI's Code Red. Plus, a Digital ID field test and more on silverware sorting.

Episode 548: Household CMDB

November 28th, 2025  |  1 hr 2 mins

This week, we discuss the Cloudflare outage, their current business strategy, and paying OSS maintainers. Plus, thoughts on loading the dishwasher and managing your home.

Episode 547: Whitney goes to KubeCon

November 21st, 2025  |  1 hr 9 mins

This week, Whitney Lee joins us to discuss KubeCon news, Coding Assistants, and conference tips. Plus, vegan food and note-taking recommendations.

Episode 546: The cURLing Test

November 14th, 2025  |  1 hr 44 secs

This week, we discuss Facebook scams, engineering management trends, and the past and present of curl. Plus, when’s the right time to put up the Christmas tree?

Episode 545: No one cares about Chickens

November 7th, 2025  |  1 hr 12 mins

This week, we discuss cloud earnings, Siri teaming up with Gemini, and AI bottlenecks. Plus, is cloning your dog weird?

Episode 544: The Enterprise Turing Test

October 31st, 2025  |  1 hr 2 mins

This week, we discuss Claude’s new Excel skills, whether AI is augmenting or automating humans, and the latest developer surveys. Plus, AI making the command line cool again!

Episode 543: Arts and Crafts

October 24th, 2025  |  1 hr 6 mins

This week, we discuss OpenAI’s new browser, AI trying to build spreadsheets, and when to use Claude skills. Plus, Coté explores the art of the perfect staycation.

Episode 542: Yuriy Shyyan on owning your own Cloud.

October 17th, 2025  |  1 hr 2 mins

interview

Matt Ray talks to Yuriy Shyyan, the Director of Cloud Systems Architecture for OpenMetal. They discuss the cost of running your enterprise in the public cloud, high school hacking, building a business on OpenStack, and recognizing that cloud credits are an invitation to purchase a timeshare.

Episode 541: Why not do everything

October 10th, 2025  |  54 mins 23 secs

This week, we discuss Apps in ChatGPT, OpenAI’s Agent SDK and Codex. Plus, Matt has a possum problem down under.

Episode 540: How to build a factory

October 3rd, 2025  |  1 hr 9 mins

This week, we dig into the latest DORA report and OpenAI’s big product updates. Plus, some hot takes on airline status and the Eurostar.

Episode 539: The Final Demand

September 26th, 2025  |  56 mins 3 secs

This week, we cover Oracle’s OpenAI deal, the RubyGems drama, and Atlassian buying DX. Plus, does anyone still use widgets?