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 396 Episodes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.