Episode 509: It’s like the Suburbs

This week, we discuss IBM acquisitions, IDEs in the age of AI, and bidding farewell to Skype. Plus, the dos and don’ts of using chat in corporate meetings. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/nWu6QCcr_xo?si=yCZKxkmYK8c6GmOy) 509 (https://www.youtube.com/live/nWu6QCcr_xo?si=yCZKxkmYK8c6GmOy) Runner-up Titles I’m going to make a point until the other people stop talking Is there a place I can type? Rediscovering USENET Let me introduce you to Del.icio.us That Big Blue HOA That assumes that enterprise IT is compelling The Costco liquor store is Open Source Lights out programming. The WebKit of IDEs The DevRel that makes a difference Rundown IBM roll ups? Accelerating Production AI and Bringing NoSQL Data at Scale to All Enterprises (https://www.datastax.com/blog/ibm-plans-to-acquire-datastax) IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp, (https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-02-27-ibm-completes-acquisition-of-hashicorp,-creates-comprehensive,-end-to-end-hybrid-cloud-platform) IDE up for grabs AI disruption - code editors are up for grabs (https://redmonk.com/jgovernor/2025/02/21/ai-disruption-code-editors-are-up-for-grabs/) Google launches a free AI coding assistant with very high usage caps (https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/google-launches-a-free-ai-coding-assistant-with-very-high-usage-caps/) Google’s principles for measuring developer productivity (https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/googles-principles-for-measuring-developer-productivity) Goodbye Update on Support for Amazon Chime (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/messaging-and-targeting/update-on-support-for-amazon-chime/) Exclusive: Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May (https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-killing-skype/), Om’s ode to Skype (https://om.co/2025/02/28/skype-is-dead-what-happened/). Relevant to your Interests The Death and Life of Prediction Markets at Google—Asterisk (https://asteriskmag.com/issues/08/the-death-and-life-of-prediction-markets-at-google) Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing - Source (https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/microsofts-majorana-1-chip-carves-new-path-for-quantum-computing/) Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/technology/microsoft-quantum-computing-topological-qubit.html) Trump Enforcers Affirm Lina Khan's Approach to Antitrust (https://daringfireball.net/2025/02/thoughts_and_observations_on_todays_iphone_16e_announcement) No Rules Are Implicit Rules (https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/02/no-rules-are-implicit-rules/) Is AWS Delivering on Its 3-Layer Approach to AI? (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/aws-year-of-ai/) Apple Unveils New Lower-Priced iPhone With A.I. Features (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/business/apple-iphone-16e-ai.html) HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls (https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/hp_deliberately_adds_15_minutes/) YouTube Plans Lower-Priced, Ad-Free Version of Paid Video Tier (https://archive.ph/2025.02.20-175148/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-20/youtube-plans-lower-priced-ad-free-version-of-paid-video-tier) Google may be close to launching YouTube Premium Lite (https://www.theverge.com/news/617009/google-youtube-premium-lite-us-launch) He created one of the world’s first websites. It was IMDb. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/02/23/imdb-internet-history-col-needham/) Processing 23 Billion Rows of ALIEN TXTBASE Stealer Logs (https://www.troyhunt.com/processing-23-billion-rows-of-alien-txtbase-stealer-logs/) Introduction to Service Mesh (https://thenewstack.io/introduction-to-service-mesh/) Slack is down — live updates on massive outage (https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/slack-down-updates-outage-2-25) Introducing Alexa+, the next generation of Alexa (https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-alexa-generative-artificial-intelligence) Alphabet's Google cuts some cloud division staff,