Episode 550: Typeface Philosophy

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.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 550

Runner-up Titles

Blame the children
I never liked that font
No emojis, this is business time
Mahalo
You need a Chief Economist
On the cutlery tray

Rundown

Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface

Cartridge
Source Code Pro

It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion
Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition deal
Bun is joining Anthropic
Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that's a bigger deal than it sounds
OpenAI enterprise usage study.

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Amazon CTO Werner Vogels' Predictions for 2026
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted
AWS AI IDE, AgentCore throw down gauntlets for Microsoft
Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln
Andy Jassy says Amazon's Nvidia competitor chip is already a multibillion-dollar business
52 things I learned in 2025
State of AI | OpenRouter
Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants its poor AI products
DHH & Open Source
Gruber: Apple employees 'giddy' about Alan Dye’s departure - 9to5Mac
Apple announces the departure of general counsel and policy chief

Nonsense

All of the Men’s Clothing We Loved (and Didn’t) From Costco’s Kirkland Signature

Conferences

cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.

Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis.

DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA

Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.

Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.
Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

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
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Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com

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Typeface Philosophy

Episode 550

December 12th, 2025

1 hr 10 mins

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About this Episode

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.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 550

Runner-up Titles

• Blame the children

• I never liked that font

• No emojis, this is business time

• Mahalo

• You need a Chief Economist

• On the cutlery tray

Rundown

• Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface

• Cartridge

• Source Code Pro

• It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion

• Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition deal

• Bun is joining Anthropic

• Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that's a bigger deal than it sounds

• OpenAI enterprise usage study.

Relevant to your Interests

• Antigravity Is Google's New Agentic Development Platform

• Amazon CTO Werner Vogels' Predictions for 2026

• ‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted

• AWS AI IDE, AgentCore throw down gauntlets for Microsoft

• Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln

• Andy Jassy says Amazon's Nvidia competitor chip is already a multibillion-dollar business

• 52 things I learned in 2025

• State of AI | OpenRouter

• Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants its poor AI products

• DHH & Open Source

• Gruber: Apple employees 'giddy' about Alan Dye’s departure - 9to5Mac

• Apple announces the departure of general counsel and policy chief

Nonsense

• All of the Men’s Clothing We Loved (and Didn’t) From Costco’s Kirkland Signature

Conferences

• cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE.

• Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis.

• DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA

• Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.

• Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.

• Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam.

• Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

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: Short Power Extension Cord Outlet Saver

• Matt: Everything is Tuberculosis

• Octopus Project - Music is Happiness

• Coté: The Octopus Organization.

Photo Credits

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