Software Defined Talk

Episode 594: The Bottom Fell Out Of The Software Industry

October 16th, 2026  |  47 mins 14 secs

This week, we discuss AI yes/no deciders, the SaaS apocalypse, Bending Spoons, and Oxide's funding. Plus, why Google Docs still has no dark mode

Episode 593: Markdown for the Masses

October 9th, 2026  |  1 hr 6 mins

This week, we 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.

Episode 592: Don't Think for Me

October 2nd, 2026  |  1 hr 6 secs

This week, we 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.

Episode 591: Fall Down With the Ball

September 25th, 2026  |  58 mins 35 secs

This week, we 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.

Episode 590: Transparency will save us

September 18th, 2026  |  52 mins 40 secs

This week, we discuss AI doom odds, WordPress's boardroom coup, and Meta's Muse assistant. Plus, a robot vacuum fire scare.

Episode 589: He's the Heel

September 11th, 2026  |  58 mins 6 secs

This week, we discuss the VS Code documentary, Ed Zitron's rise to fame, and a 10% AI extinction forecast. Plus, the NFL's Australia travel gamble

Episode 588: Check Your Bank Accounts

September 4th, 2026  |  55 mins 34 secs

This week, we discuss rogue AI agent civilizations, why AI can't fix your tax forms, and Chainguard vs. IBM's Lightwell. Plus, refrigerator magnet marketing.

Episode 587: The Singularity Didn't Happen on the First

August 28th, 2026  |  1 hr 7 mins

This week, we discuss Stripe's singularity letter, its $8B Open Router buy, and AI job anxiety. Plus, Matt plays “Bot or Not” on another podcast.

Episode 586: Watermark Away, Baby

August 21st, 2026  |  1 hr 27 secs

This week, we 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.

Episode 585: I'm not a total AI hater, I'm a finance hater

August 14th, 2026  |  1 hr 4 mins

This week, we 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.

Episode 584: It’s All God Throwing Dice

August 7th, 2026  |  48 mins 41 secs

This week, we discuss the Situational Awareness meltdown, Airtable getting sold, and review the Java documentary. Plus, what you should actually buy at IKEA.

Episode 583: HuggingFace make me gazpacho

July 31st, 2026  |  1 hr 3 mins

This week, we discuss how normal people use AI, Alphabet's Anthropic-fueled earnings, and skills vs. agents. Plus, catching AI-cheating students with a hidden prompt.

Episode 582: Talking About Modernization

July 24th, 2026  |  1 hr 6 mins

This week, we discuss Bun's move to Rust, OpenAI hunting for revenue, and Stripe's bid for PayPal. Plus, Coté's Dad wisdom.

Episode 581: Arjun Iyer on Shipping Faster with Ephemeral Environments and AI Agents

July 17th, 2026  |  51 mins 19 secs

interview

Brandon interviews Arjun Iyer, CEO & Co-founder of Signadot. They discuss how Ephemeral Environments eliminate developer toil by shifting validation earlier in the dev cycle, how Signadot's MCP server lets AI coding agents run end-to-end tests autonomously, and real-world results including Brex saving $2M in cloud spend. Plus, how Cisco bought AppDynamics for ~$4 billion the day before their IPO.

Episode 580: Varlock: Bringing Order to the Chaos of Environment Variables

July 10th, 2026  |  54 mins 34 secs

interview

Every project has environment variables. Almost nobody manages them well. This week Brandon talks with Phil Miller and Theo Ephraim, who built varlock to fix that — bringing structure and security to the humble .env file.

Episode 579: The Headless Lifestyle

July 3rd, 2026  |  1 hr 11 mins

This week, we 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.