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 (https://www.youtube.com/live/ok8lLHFCCRY?si=aos-m8eR1iYcR12v)
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 (https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/alphabet-back-in-deal-talks-for-cybersecurity-startup-wiz-41cd3090?mod=tech_lead_story)
Intel board announces Lip-Bu Tan as new CEO (https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/12/intel_lip_bu_tan_new_ceo/)
Vibe Coding
AI IDEs Need Moats (https://materializedview.io/p/ai-ides-need-moats?ref=dailydev)
AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-coding-assistant-refuses-to-write-code-tells-user-to-learn-programming-instead/)
Github Coploit does have an agent mode (https://github.com/features/copilot)
AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/14/ai-coding-assistant-cursor-reportedly-tells-a-vibe-coder-to-write-his-own-damn-code/)
Vibe Coder job listing (https://getcoai.com/careers/vibe-coder-frontend-developer-role/)
Legacy Software
Relevant to your Interests
Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data (https://www.404media.co/saudi-arabia-buys-pokemon-go-and-probably-all-of-your-location-data/)
Open R1: Update #3 (https://huggingface.co/blog/open-r1/update-3)
Sonos has canceled its streaming video player (https://www.theverge.com/tech/628297/sonos-pinewood-streaming-box-canceled)
ServiceNow releases no-code, low-code AI agent builder (https://www.ciodive.com/news/servicenow-yokohama-agentic-ai-low-code-development-tool/742275/)
Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/technology/meta-book-sales-blocked.html)
AirPods Getting Live Translation Feature Later This Year (https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/13/airpods-live-translation-ios-19/)
Clouded Judgement 3.14.25 - Authentication in the Age of AI Agents (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-31425-authentication?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=56878&post_id=159023089&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2l9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email)
Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/google-now-allows-users-to-personalize-their-gemini-conversations.html)
Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture (https://www.wired.com/story/undergraduate-upends-a-40-year-old-data-science-conjecture/)
Job Seekers Hit Wall of Salary Deflation - WSJ (https://archive.ph/Gn0F9)
Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino (https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino)
OpenStack comes to the Linux Foundation | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/openstack-comes-to-the-linux-foundation/?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content)
Accusations of Corporate Espionage Shake a Software Rivalry (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/business/dealbook/rippling-deel-corporate-spy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)
IBM Mergers: Closing on HashiCorp and Intent to Acquire Data (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2025/03/14/ibm-hashicorp-datastax/)S (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2025/03/14/ibm-hashicorp-datastax/)tax (https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2025/03/14/ibm-hashicorp-datastax/)
Nonsense
The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY&t=7s)
Southwest Airlines CEO