Episode 511: G-Wiz

This week, we discuss Google acquiring Wiz, the rise of Vibe Coding, and what really counts as legacy software. Plus, Coté runs a post-acquisition all-hands meeting.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 511

Runner-up Titles

Tattoo “BUSINESS AS USUAL” on the inside of your eyelids
BUSINESS AS USUAL
One billion a month
Turns out they’re gonna put lions in the product.
Vibe coding is outcomes-focused.
Cote’s AI Thunderdome
Don’t make me learn
Think About Time
VibeCOBOL
I don’t like the no-head

Rundown

Google in Fresh Talks to Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $30 Billion
Intel board announces Lip-Bu Tan as new CEO
Vibe Coding

AI IDEs Need Moats
AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead
Github Coploit does have an agent mode
AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code
Vibe Coder job listing

Legacy Software

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Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data
Open R1: Update #3
Sonos has canceled its streaming video player
ServiceNow releases no-code, low-code AI agent builder
Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir
AirPods Getting Live Translation Feature Later This Year
Clouded Judgement 3.14.25 - Authentication in the Age of AI Agents
Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features
Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture
Job Seekers Hit Wall of Salary Deflation - WSJ
Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
OpenStack comes to the Linux Foundation | TechCrunch
Accusations of Corporate Espionage Shake a Software Rivalry
IBM Mergers: Closing on HashiCorp and Intent to Acquire DataStax

Nonsense

The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile
Southwest Airlines CEO Video via WFAA
Southwest Airlines Just Broke the $5 Chicken Rule, and There Goes What Once Made It Great.

Conferences

SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10
Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking.
Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA
NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking.
KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London.

SDT News & Community

Join our Slack community
Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com
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Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com

Recommendations

Brandon: Severance **
Matt: Geoff Huntley’s blog
Coté: Barthes: A Very Short Introduction, Coté — When Shit Hits the Fan.

Photo Credits

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G-Wiz

Episode 511

March 21st, 2025

56 mins 41 secs

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About this Episode

This week, we discuss Google acquiring Wiz, the rise of Vibe Coding, and what really counts as legacy software. Plus, Coté runs a post-acquisition all-hands meeting.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 511

Runner-up Titles

• Tattoo “BUSINESS AS USUAL” on the inside of your eyelids

• BUSINESS AS USUAL

• One billion a month

• Turns out they’re gonna put lions in the product.

• Vibe coding is outcomes-focused.

• Cote’s AI Thunderdome

• Don’t make me learn

• Think About Time

• VibeCOBOL

• I don’t like the no-head

Rundown

• Google in Fresh Talks to Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $30 Billion

• Intel board announces Lip-Bu Tan as new CEO

• Vibe Coding

• AI IDEs Need Moats

• AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead

• Github Coploit does have an agent mode

• AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code

• Vibe Coder job listing

• Legacy Software

Relevant to your Interests

• Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data

• Open R1: Update #3

• Sonos has canceled its streaming video player

• ServiceNow releases no-code, low-code AI agent builder

• Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir

• AirPods Getting Live Translation Feature Later This Year

• Clouded Judgement 3.14.25 - Authentication in the Age of AI Agents

• Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features

• Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture

• Job Seekers Hit Wall of Salary Deflation - WSJ

• Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino

• OpenStack comes to the Linux Foundation | TechCrunch

• Accusations of Corporate Espionage Shake a Software Rivalry

• IBM Mergers: Closing on HashiCorp and Intent to Acquire DataStax

Nonsense

• The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile

• Southwest Airlines CEO Video via WFAA

• Southwest Airlines Just Broke the $5 Chicken Rule, and There Goes What Once Made It Great.

Conferences

• SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10

• Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking.

• Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA

• NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking.

• KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London.

SDT News & Community

• Join our Slack community

• Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com

• Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com

• Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky

• Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok

• Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté

• Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com

Recommendations

• Brandon: Severance **

• Matt: Geoff Huntley’s blog

• Coté: Barthes: A Very Short Introduction, Coté — When Shit Hits the Fan.

Photo Credits

• Header

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