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Google looked at 15 million Gemini conversations: mostly TV, homework, and government paperwork. Work is only 13.5% of it, and almost none of that is trying to automate anything: cote.io/2026/07/29/h...
I'm often told infrastructure people don't care about developers and platforms. But whatever your developers build above your infrastructure is a platform and they'll soon flit away from it, and now for you it's: not my mistake, and now my problem. Full talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSiP...
This is a good overview of using Tanzu Platform's/Cloud Foundry's delegated image building magic to host Claude Code: www.vmware.com/docs/running...
Success is rare in new projects, so 50%+ failure in AI projects isn't too shocking. Learning takes time, and expectations are often wrong. cote.io/2026/05/29/f...
I think this means I'm going to have to actually read things myself and also - horror or all horror - think for myself? Even write with my own fingers! Good grief!
If you're at Spring IO this week, check out all my colleagues talks. Plus, there's a new batch of Tanzu Cards available... COLLECT THEM ALL OR PERISH AT THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO SUCCEEDED IN THE GRAND COLLECTION! spring.io/blog/2026/04...
Fully Synergized Paradigms - Related to your interests, Monday sweep // Plus: golden parachutes for everyone, a validated scale for corporate bullshit, and enterprises still looking for a use for AI // today's newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/f...
Related to your interests, Tuesday // CFOs boost tech budgets and squeeze headcount, AI art may not be copyrightable, and agents expose your structural chaos. Also, slide fails, secret soap operas, and surviving BigCo absurdity. // open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/r...
Nw newsletter episode: Kubernetes in the age of agentic AI, ROI in ice-routing logistics, cheap-but-not-free code, mainframe modernizing, Podman vs. Docker, Claude COBOL panic, and a newsletter platform move - plus Wastebook from the beach. open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/d...
When you can't find the forks. From @whitneylee.com and I'd interview with @wiredferret.bsky.social on her book, Progressive Delivery...among many other topics: www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/120
AI code gen tools are the top four choices for applying patches in this Java survey. Buck. Wild.
After using this guy a few times each decade and putting up with the original low rez one, I asked the robot to upscale it. I think it did a damn good job. HA HA! BUSINESS!
What's the story with that Wall Street guy who's, like, the new Peter Tuchman of Wall Street? @harpers.bsky.social (or the @newyorker.com) needs to get @ftrain.bsky.social out of retirement to do a 50 page essay called "The Gen-X Beardos of Wall Street" with him as the narrative thread.
My newsletter for this week, rounding up most all of the links I liked and stuff I made: open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/a...
(1) When you accidentally watch YouTube without YouTube Premium... (2) Oh. I see what all the slop people are talking about. "This is a bummer, man."
Orgs frequently underestimate the complexity, budget, and time required to build an IDP. While initial estimates might focus solely on labor, real-world "all-in" costs over a 3-to-5-year period can balloon to between $80 and $120 million. Full discussion: www.youtube.com/live/4ocETiO...
If @taylor.town was into enterprise software, this would be one in his no-comment absurdist image series.
