Episode 502: Have a Plan or Throw It Away

This week, we cover the Sonos executive shake-up, AWS CEO Matt Garman's take on AI, and check in on OpenTofu’s growth. Plus, some thoughts on broken windows and Emacs no longer being preinstalled on macOS.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 502

Runner-up Titles

Anecdote Investigations.
The Software Defined Elves are gonna send you a RØDECaster.
Well, maybe we should talk about emacs more!
I still have a box of cables
Buy One, Pay for One
If it’s fine, it’s fine

Rundown

Sonos’ interim CEO hits all the right notes in first letter to employees
Breaking: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch
Sonos Chief Product Officer to Leave; Interim CEO to Take Role
AI’s payoff will be massive, says AWS CEO Matt Garman
OpenTofu Turns One With OpenTofu 1.9.0
macOS No Longer Ships with Emacs

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Have a Plan or Throw It Away

Episode 502

January 17th, 2025

1 hr 3 mins

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About this Episode

This week, we cover the Sonos executive shake-up, AWS CEO Matt Garman's take on AI, and check in on OpenTofu’s growth. Plus, some thoughts on broken windows and Emacs no longer being preinstalled on macOS.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 502

Runner-up Titles

• Anecdote Investigations.

• The Software Defined Elves are gonna send you a RØDECaster.

• Well, maybe we should talk about emacs more!

• I still have a box of cables

• Buy One, Pay for One

• If it’s fine, it’s fine

Rundown

• Sonos’ interim CEO hits all the right notes in first letter to employees

• Breaking: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch

• Sonos Chief Product Officer to Leave; Interim CEO to Take Role

• AI’s payoff will be massive, says AWS CEO Matt Garman

• OpenTofu Turns One With OpenTofu 1.9.0

• macOS No Longer Ships with Emacs

Relevant to your Interests

• The 8 worst technology failures of 2024

• 41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI | CNN Business

• How I Replaced Notion with Reminders, Numbers, and Notes

• Automattic cuts WordPress contribution hours, blames WP Engine

• How Fidelity’s “chaos buffet” pushed AWS to new Lambda tools

• Zuckerberg on Rogan: Facebook's censorship was "something out of 1984"

• Meta Reorientates Itself Around ‘Masculine Energy’ – Pixel Envy

• #6907 Kong-ingress-controller 3.4 has high CPU usage when running 2 pods

• Survey: AI Tools are Increasing Amount of Bad Code Needing to be Fixed

• Exclusive | Hanging Out at Starbucks? You Now Need to Order Something

• A new AI-powered security tool is promising to reinvent how companies secure login credentials

• Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform

• Mullenweg's Grip On WordPress Challenged In New Court Filing

• Apple's AI feature just can’t get it right

• Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data

• Mastodon’s CEO and creator is handing control to a new nonprofit organization

Nonsense

• DirecTV to offer 'MySports,' a smaller streaming package of 40 channels

• Drake Sues His Label, Calling Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Defamatory

• Hanging Out at Starbucks? You Now Need to Order Something

Listener Feedback

• Capture AI’s Low-Hanging Fruit with Agents

• The Ethics of Using AI Tools at Work

****## Conferences

• CfgMgmtCamp, February 2-5, 2025.

• Civo Navigate North America, San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025

• DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP

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: Capital One Café

• Matt:

• The WELL: Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky: State of the World 2025

• Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service logo

• Coté: Splatoon

Photo Credits

• Header

• Artwork

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