Matt Ray
Co-Host of Software Defined Talk
Matt Ray is a Sydney, Australia-based Technical Account Manager for Wiz. He is an active open source contributor, blogs at MattRay.dev and is @mattray on Mastodon, BlueSky, Slack, and GitHub. He has presented at OSCON, Velocity, DevOpsDays, OpenStack Summits, ChefConf, LinuxCon, SCALE and many other conferences and meetups.
Matt Ray has hosted 390 Episodes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Episode 578: War for Talent
June 26th, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
This week, we discuss Fable follow-up, Gartner's AI Governance MQ, and the war for AI talent. Plus, Matt and Brandon review "Disclosure Day."
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Episode 577: Let’s go to Buc-ee’s
June 19th, 2026 | 1 hr 29 secs
This week, we 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.
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Episode 575: UI blizzard
June 5th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
This week, we discuss NVIDIA going consumer, Microsoft Build, and the Anthropic/OpenAI IPO race. Plus, does credit card insurance work?
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Episode 574: Nobody Wants to Be a Measurer
May 29th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
This week, we discuss the Cloudflare CEO's op-ed, upcoming tech IPOs and GitHub getting breached. Plus, ranking our favorite manifestos.
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Episode 573: How many quadrillions in a Googol?
May 22nd, 2026 | 1 hr 2 mins
This week, we discuss Google I/O, the OpenAI soap opera, and ChatGPT going full financial advisor. Plus, thoughts on improving the conference hallway track.
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Episode 572: The world isn’t curl
May 15th, 2026 | 1 hr 53 secs
This week, we 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.
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Episode 571: The Enterprise Dunbar number
May 8th, 2026 | 58 mins 9 secs
This week, we 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.
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Episode 570: The Enterprisification of Agents
May 1st, 2026 | 1 hr 10 mins
This week, we discuss Google's enterprise agent stack, what makes an agent an agent, and AI's biggest critic. Plus, Coté wants better vision.
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Episode 569: Agent Assimilation
April 24th, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
This week, we 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.
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Episode 568: Claude Code, OpenAI Drama, and Is Anyone Still Using Backstage?
April 17th, 2026 | 1 hr 6 mins
This week, we discuss Claude's harness, OpenAI's ongoing drama, and whether Backstage is still a thing. Plus, Coté gives up on the green screen.
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Episode 566: The code is actually kinda useless
April 3rd, 2026 | 1 hr 31 secs
This week, we 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.
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Episode 565: Field Engineering is the YOLO team
March 27th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
This week, we discuss big bets gone wrong, OpenAI buying the Python toolchain, and Claude's favorite tools. Plus, how fast should AI agents ship bug fixes?