This week, we discuss the return of command line tools, Kubernetes embracing VMs, and the steady march of Windows. Plus, thoughts on TSA, boots, and the “old country."
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/W0_6hPybAsQ?si=QfWLvts-ueyATxtz) 528 (https://www.youtube.com/live/W0_6hPybAsQ?si=QfWLvts-ueyATxtz)
Runner-up Titles
Pool Problems
Stockholm Pool Syndrome
The Old Country
VMs aren’t going anywhere
Vaya con Dios
This is why we have milk
Why’s he talking about forks?
Commander Claude
The Columbia Music House business plan
Beat this horse into glue
Reinvent Command Line
“Man falls in love with CLI”
Windows is always giving you the middle button
CBT - Claude Behavioral Therapy.
Rundown
TSA tests security lines allowing passengers to keep their shoes on (https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/07/08/tsa-shoe-policy-airport-security/)
KubeCon Is Starting To Sound a Lot Like VMCon (https://thenewstack.io/kubecon-is-starting-to-sound-a-lot-like-vmcon/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6866ce8d6b59ab0001f28d23&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky)
Claude Code and the CLI
Gemini CLI: your open-source AI agent (https://blog.google/technology/developers/introducing-gemini-cli-open-source-ai-agent/)
Cursor launches a web app to manage AI coding agents (https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/cursor-launches-a-web-app-to-manage-ai-coding-agents/)
AI Tooling, Evolution and The Promiscuity of Modern Developers (https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2025/07/09/promiscuity-of-modern-developers/)
Introducing OpenCLI (https://patriksvensson.se/posts/2025/07/introducing-open-cli)
Windows
Windows 11 has finally overtaken Windows 10 as the most used desktop OS (https://www.theverge.com/news/699161/microsoft-windows-11-usage-milestone-windows-10)
Microsoft quietly implies Windows has LOST millions of users since Windows 11 debut — are people really abandoning ship? [UPDATE] (https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/windows-11-10-lost-400-million-users-3-years)
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The Ultimate Cloud Security Championship | 12 Months × 12 Challenges (https://cloudsecuritychampionship.com/)
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/deepfakes-denmark-copyright-law-artificial-intelligence)
Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress (https://overcast.fm/+AAQLdsK48uM)
How Nintendo locked down the Switch 2’s USB-C port and broke third-party docking (https://www.theverge.com/report/695915/switch-2-usb-c-third-party-docks-dont-work-authentication-encryption)
CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific in $9 billion all-stock deal (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/07/coreweave-core-scientific-stock-acquisition.html)
Valve conquered PC gaming. What comes next? (https://www.ft.com/content/f4a13716-838a-43da-853b-7c31ac17192c)
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