This week, we discuss Google acquiring Wiz, the rise of Vibe Coding, and what really counts as legacy software. Plus, Coté runs a post-acquisition all-hands meeting.

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Runner-up Titles

• Tattoo “BUSINESS AS USUAL” on the inside of your eyelids


• BUSINESS AS USUAL


• One billion a month


• Turns out they’re gonna put lions in the product.


• Vibe coding is outcomes-focused.


• Cote’s AI Thunderdome


• Don’t make me learn


• Think About Time


• VibeCOBOL


• I don’t like the no-head

Rundown

• Google in Fresh Talks to Buy Cybersecurity Startup Wiz for $30 Billion


• Intel board announces Lip-Bu Tan as new CEO


• Vibe Coding
  
  
  
  
  • AI IDEs Need Moats
  
  
  • AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead
  
  
  • Github Coploit does have an agent mode
  
  
  • AI coding assistant Cursor reportedly tells a 'vibe coder' to write his own damn code
  
  
  • Vibe Coder job listing
  
  


• Legacy Software

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• AirPods Getting Live Translation Feature Later This Year


• Clouded Judgement 3.14.25 - Authentication in the Age of AI Agents


• Google allows users to personalize their Gemini conversations with new features


• Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture


• Job Seekers Hit Wall of Salary Deflation - WSJ


• Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino


• OpenStack comes to the Linux Foundation | TechCrunch


• Accusations of Corporate Espionage Shake a Software Rivalry


• IBM Mergers: Closing on HashiCorp and Intent to Acquire DataStax

Nonsense

• The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile


• Southwest Airlines CEO Video via WFAA


• Southwest Airlines Just Broke the $5 Chicken Rule, and There Goes What Once Made It Great.

Conferences

• SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10


• Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking.


• Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA


• NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking.


• KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London.

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Recommendations

• Brandon: Severance **


• Matt: Geoff Huntley’s blog


• Coté: Barthes: A Very Short Introduction, Coté — When Shit Hits the Fan.

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