Brandon Whichard
Co-Host of Software Defined Talk
Brandon Whichard has hosted 456 Episodes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Episode 538: Michael Irwin on Docker, Developers, and AI
September 19th, 2025 | 48 mins 57 secs
Brandon interviews Michael Irwin, Principal Engineer at Docker. They cover Docker’s evolution, why hardened images matter, and how AI fits in. Plus, Michael shares stories from teaching computer science.
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Episode 537: YOLO acquisitions
September 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 6 mins
This week, we dig into Atlassian buying The Browser Company, whether Pay Per Crawl makes sense, and Oracle’s cloud jackpot. Plus, a quick lesson in Aussie slang.
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Episode 536: My search engine couldn’t help me
September 5th, 2025 | 1 hr 40 secs
This week, we discuss the effectiveness of reorgs, Meta’s new AI team, and the Google antitrust ruling. Plus, some strong thoughts on cold brew and bathtubs.
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Episode 535: Don’t put randomness in your workflow
August 29th, 2025 | 51 mins 24 secs
This week, we discuss AI disillusionment, the good and bad of AI use cases, and VMware news. Plus, we compare tech mergers to Taylor Swift’s engagement.
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Episode 534: Capitalism is working
August 22nd, 2025 | 1 hr 22 mins
This week, we discuss the US backing Intel, SaaS staying power, and AI’s impact on deep work. Plus, Matt Ray’s moving tips and more kolache talk in the after show.