This week, we discuss the new Slate Pickup, Synadia’s attempt to reclaim NATS from the CNCF, and the latest DORA AI report. Plus, Google leaves old Nest thermostats out in the cold.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2JhdgLpIg) 517 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2JhdgLpIg)
Runner-up Titles
We have a dumb house
Ultimately I blame myself
You can educate people, but they’re not going to listen
It’s hard to have the same level of empathy with a talking logo
I don’t want a subscription car
No Take Backs
Rugpulls are part of the landscape now
Vacuum Hypothesis
Major releases forever
Making bad developers 10x faster
Spaces or Braces
Don’t bring tabs into this
Rundown
Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25 (https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/26/google-will-stop-supporting-early-nest-thermostats-on-october-25/)
The Slate Truck is a whole new kind of car (https://www.theverge.com/the-vergecast/657836/slate-truck-auto-pickup-screen-time-vergecast)
Open Source Regret Syndrome
How Synadia's attempt to exit the CNCF by holding a trademark hostage might have backfired (https://www.runtime.news/how-synadias-attempt-to-exit-the-cncf-by-holding-a-trademark-hostage-might-have-backfired/)
Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community (https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/04/24/protecting-nats-and-the-integrity-of-open-source-cncfs-commitment-to-the-community/?ref=runtime.news)
DORA Impact of Generative AI in Software Development (https://cloud.google.com/resources/content/dora-impact-of-gen-ai-software-development?hl=en)
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI (https://www.theverge.com/news/657594/duolingo-ai-first-replace-contract-workers)
Google launches AI tools for practicing languages through personalized lessons (https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/google-launches-ai-tools-for-practicing-languages-through-personalized-lessons/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACKh9xMr7tOVcmFQP-5C8PDElghg3W1m2SmQAVKY4UhlHXs69qyd-CrNSI5aLcFTcZCQ0_crhAmIf4h3m816HtKLF1FfYof3Tcfai-qMt_sbXeTLDn2ap8l_X54hB-MNXCQtjjpNo0rHs9yMrXlXQbcRqLKfEAERgEh3piRMF_KM)
Viral Shopify CEO Manifesto Says AI Now Mandatory For All Employees (https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglaslaney/2025/04/09/selling-ai-strategy-to-employees-shopify-ceos-manifesto/)
Introducing the Meta AI App: A New Way to Access Your AI Assistant (https://about.fb.com/news/2025/04/introducing-meta-ai-app-new-way-access-ai-assistant/)
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's 2024 Letter to Shareholders—Annotated (https://www.lastweekinaws.com/2024-amazon-ceo-letter-to-shareholders/?ck_subscriber_id=512840665&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=%20[Last%20Week%20in%20AWS%20Extras]:%20Amazon%20CEO%20Andy%20Jassy)
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