This week, we cover Oracle’s OpenAI deal, the RubyGems drama, and Atlassian buying DX. Plus, does anyone still use widgets?
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/ptnxBcE_6FQ?si=lapKMarRCBFbeAET) 539 (https://www.youtube.com/live/ptnxBcE_6FQ?si=lapKMarRCBFbeAET)
Runner-up Titles
It’s a two knob problem
The healthy jaundice of success
My homework is to go home
Are you enjoying the widgets?
I get you on the Ponzi Scheme
Hanlon’s Razor strikes again
Blogging: Hardest form of social media
Rundown
Oracle
Exclusive | Oracle, OpenAI Sign Massive $300 Billion Cloud Computing Deal (https://www.wsj.com/business/openai-oracle-sign-300-billion-computing-deal-among-biggest-in-history-ff27c8fe)
Oracle and OpenAI are full of crap (https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com/post/3lynpe7zmas2k)
OpenAI doesn’t have the cash to pay Oracle $300 billion — raising it will test the very limits of private markets (https://sherwood.news/markets/openai-doesnt-have-the-cash-to-pay-oracle-usd300-billion-raising-it-will/)
Nvidia stock jumps on $100 billion OpenAI investment as Huang touts 'biggest AI infrastructure project in history (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-stock-jumps-on-100-billion-openai-investment-as-huang-touts-biggest-ai-infrastructure-project-in-history-171740509.html)
Ruby Central Takes Over RubyGems (https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/09/23/ruby-central-takes-over-rubygems/)
Atlassian
Atlassian acquires DX, a developer productivity platform, for $1B (https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/atlassian-acquires-dx-a-developer-productivity-platform-for-1b/)
Atlassian acquires developer productivity startup DX for $1B (https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/18/atlassian-acquires-developer-productivity-startup-dx-1b/)
The AI Shift: Static Software vs. Living AI Systems (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-91925-the-ai-shift)
RSS co-creator launches new protocol for AI data licensing (https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/10/rss-co-creator-launches-new-protocol-for-ai-data-licensing/)
Nvidia to Invest $5 Billion in Intel, Furthering Trump’s Turnaround Plan (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-intel-5-billion-investment-ad940533?mod=hp_lead_pos1)
Relevant to your Interests
Tesla Wants Out of the Car Business (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/09/tesla-elon-musk-master-plan-robotaxi/684122/)
Google is shutting down Tables, its Airtable rival | TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/11/google-is-shutting-down-tables-its-airtable-rival/)
Oracle's stock pump, Meta's $600B, Bronny Ellison and Warner Bros, European stereotypes (https://platformonomics.com/2025/09/platformonomics-tgif-99-september-12-2025/)
Atlassian goes cloud-only, customers face integration issues (https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/09/atlassian_will_go_cloudonly_customers/)
Getting a slice of the Kubernete$ management pie (https://newsletter.cote.io/p/getting-a-slice-of-the-kubernete)
Cote on Multicloud (https://cote.io/2025/09/14/i-think-this-means-thing.html)
ServiceNow Says Windsurf Gave Its Engineers a 10% Productivity Boost (https://bsky.app/profile/thenewstack.io/post/3lyvqw6lc6522)
Most Work is Translation (https://open.substack.com/pub/aparnacd/p/most-work-is-translation?r=2d4o&utm_medium=ios)
Microsoft warns users that Windows 10 is in its final days (https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/16/windows_10_final_countdown/)
How to use Tahoe's new Use Model shortcut to summarize articles (https://cote.io/2025/09/16/how-to-use-tahoes-new.html)
Credit scores drop at fastest pace since the Great Recession | CNN Business (https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/economy/debt-credit-score-student-loans)
Workday to buy AI firm Sana for $1.1 billion as HR software deal-making heats up (https://www.reuters.com/business/workday-buy-ai-firm-sana-11-billion-hr-software-deal-making-heats-up-2025-09-16/)
Wasm 3.0 Completed - WebAssembly (https://webassembly.org/news/2025-09-17-wasm-3.0/)
Exclusive: AI's ability to displace jobs is advancing quickly, Anthropic CEO says (https://www.axios.com/2025/09/17/anthropic-amodei-ai)
From the facepalm community on Reddit: Meta's live AI cooking demo fails spectacularly (https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/s/VI8YmDY29p)
Meta CTO explains the cause of its embarrassing smart glasses demo failures (https://www.engadget.com/wearables/meta-cto-explains-the-cause-of-its-embarrassing-smart-glasses-demo-failures-123011790.html)
New H-1B rules sparked weekend chaos (https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025/09/22/new-h-1b-rules-sparked-weekend-chaos)
The Man Calling Bullshit on the AI Boom (https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-man-calling-bullshit-on-the-ai?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web)
Trump’s H-1B visa fee isn’t just about immigration, it’s about fealty (https://www.theverge.com/report/782289/trumps-h-1b-visa-fee-isnt-about-immigration-its-about-fealty)
Vivaldi takes a stand: keep browsing human | Vivaldi Browser (https://vivaldi.com/blog/keep-exploring/)
Zoom Bets on Agentic AI With AI Companion 3.0 Amid Sluggish Growth (https://diginomica.com/zoom-unveils-ai-companion-30-betting-agentic-ai-drive-enterprise-growth)
The Secret Service has dismantled a telecom threat near the UN. It could have disabled cell service in NYC (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-secret-service-has-dismantled-a-telecom-threat-near-the-un-it-could-have-disabled-cell-service-in-nyc)
Enterprise AI Looks Bleak, But Employee AI Looks Bright (https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/09/15/ai-adoption-at-work-play.html)
Obot AI Secures $35M Seed to Build Enterprise MCP Gateway - obot (https://obot.ai/obot-ai-secures-35m-seed-to-build-enterprise-mcp-gateway/)
Announcing the 2025 DORA Report | Google Cloud Blog (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-the-2025-dora-report/)
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