Episode 522: A 5-star cannot stand
This week, we discuss Apple reversioning macOS, the steady state of private cloud, and Snowflake’s acquisition of CrunchyData. Plus, the eternal quest for a 5-star Uber rating.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 522
Runner-up Titles
Saudi crypto money
You know what humans like? Buses
I think we need 10 stars
Snow lion
Maslow’s hierarchy of enterprise needs
The Alexandria datacenter for French Telecom
Always be cobbling
20-plus years of Internetting
Rundown
Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems
Private Cloud
Still a lot - private cloud check-in, Spring 2025
Private cloud still matters—but it doesn’t matter most
Re: Still a lot of private cloud, numbers of cloud repatriation (higher than I thought)
Cloud Repatriation is Getting Complicated
Snowflake to Buy Crunchy Data for $250 Million
The AI browser wars are about to begin
An Interview with Cursor Co-Founder and CEO Michael Truell About Coding With AI
After Klarna, Zoom's CEO also uses an AI avatar on quarterly call
The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie
Lonny Ross from 30 Rock
Relevant to your Interests
Exclusive: Meta splits AI team to move faster
The Monster-Slaying Game You Can Play Almost Anywhere
DOGE Days
Thanks to AI, Gen Z is replacing pitch decks with pitchforks
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has 1 billion monthly active users
The Future of Comments is Lies, I Guess
Walmart Enters the Cloud Wars and Challenges Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, and SAP
It’s Waymo’s World. We’re All Just Riding in It.
Exclusive | Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ad Creation Using AI
Space Forge raises $30M Series A to make chip materials in space
AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers
Clouded Judgement 5.30.25 - Moats in the Age of AI
Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site’s Data
Ciroos.AI Emerges From Stealth, Raises $21M To Scale Agentic AI Tool For Operations Teams
IBM Said to Have Pursued Informatica Ahead of Salesforce Deal
Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out
Nonsense
WeatherStar 4000+
Conferences
SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off.
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A 5-star cannot stand
Episode 522
June 6th, 2025
1 hr 20 secs
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About this Episode
This week, we discuss Apple reversioning macOS, the steady state of private cloud, and Snowflake’s acquisition of CrunchyData. Plus, the eternal quest for a 5-star Uber rating.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 522
Runner-up Titles
- Saudi crypto money
- You know what humans like? Buses
- I think we need 10 stars
- Snow lion
- Maslow’s hierarchy of enterprise needs
- The Alexandria datacenter for French Telecom
- Always be cobbling
- 20-plus years of Internetting
Rundown
- Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems
- Private Cloud
- Still a lot - private cloud check-in, Spring 2025
- Private cloud still matters—but it doesn’t matter most
- Re: Still a lot of private cloud, numbers of cloud repatriation (higher than I thought)
- Cloud Repatriation is Getting Complicated
- Snowflake to Buy Crunchy Data for $250 Million
- The AI browser wars are about to begin
- An Interview with Cursor Co-Founder and CEO Michael Truell About Coding With AI
- After Klarna, Zoom's CEO also uses an AI avatar on quarterly call
- The OpenAI board drama is reportedly turning into a movie
- Lonny Ross from 30 Rock
Relevant to your Interests
- Exclusive: Meta splits AI team to move faster
- The Monster-Slaying Game You Can Play Almost Anywhere
- DOGE Days
- Thanks to AI, Gen Z is replacing pitch decks with pitchforks
- Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has 1 billion monthly active users
- The Future of Comments is Lies, I Guess
- Walmart Enters the Cloud Wars and Challenges Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, and SAP
- It’s Waymo’s World. We’re All Just Riding in It.
- Exclusive | Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ad Creation Using AI
- Space Forge raises $30M Series A to make chip materials in space
- AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers
- Clouded Judgement 5.30.25 - Moats in the Age of AI
- Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site’s Data
- Ciroos.AI Emerges From Stealth, Raises $21M To Scale Agentic AI Tool For Operations Teams
- IBM Said to Have Pursued Informatica Ahead of Salesforce Deal
- Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out
Nonsense
- WeatherStar 4000+
Conferences
- SREDay Cologne, June 12th, 2025 - Coté speaking, discount: CLG10, 10% off.
SDT News & Community
- Join our Slack community
- Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com
- Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com
- 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: Snapware Pyrex 18-piece Glass Food Storage Set
- Matt: Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software (A16Z podcast)
Photo Credits
- Header
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