Episode 502: Have a Plan or Throw It Away

This week, we cover the Sonos executive shake-up, AWS CEO Matt Garman's take on AI, and check in on OpenTofu’s growth. Plus, some thoughts on broken windows and Emacs no longer being preinstalled on macOS. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 502 Runner-up Titles Anecdote Investigations. The Software Defined Elves are gonna send you a RØDECaster. Well, maybe we should talk about emacs more! I still have a box of cables Buy One, Pay for One If it’s fine, it’s fine Rundown Sonos’ interim CEO hits all the right notes in first letter to employees Breaking: Sonos CEO Patrick Spence steps down after disastrous app launch Sonos Chief Product Officer to Leave; Interim CEO to Take Role AI’s payoff will be massive, says AWS CEO Matt Garman OpenTofu Turns One With OpenTofu 1.9.0 macOS No Longer Ships with Emacs Relevant to your Interests The 8 worst technology failures of 2024 41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI | CNN Business How I Replaced Notion with Reminders, Numbers, and Notes Automattic cuts WordPress contribution hours, blames WP Engine How Fidelity’s “chaos buffet” pushed AWS to new Lambda tools Zuckerberg on Rogan: Facebook's censorship was "something out of 1984" Meta Reorientates Itself Around ‘Masculine Energy’ – Pixel Envy #6907 Kong-ingress-controller 3.4 has high CPU usage when running 2 pods Survey: AI Tools are Increasing Amount of Bad Code Needing to be Fixed Exclusive | Hanging Out at Starbucks? You Now Need to Order Something A new AI-powered security tool is promising to reinvent how companies secure login credentials Anexia moves 12,000 VMs off VMware to homebrew KVM platform Mullenweg's Grip On WordPress Challenged In New Court Filing Apple's AI feature just can’t get it right Texas Sues Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data Mastodon’s CEO and creator is handing control to a new nonprofit organization Nonsense DirecTV to offer 'MySports,' a smaller streaming package of 40 channels Drake Sues His Label, Calling Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Defamatory Hanging Out at Starbucks? You Now Need to Order Something Listener Feedback Capture AI’s Low-Hanging Fruit with Agents The Ethics of Using AI Tools at Work ****## Conferences CfgMgmtCamp, February 2-5, 2025. Civo Navigate North America, San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025 DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: [email protected] Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected] Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: [email protected] Recommendations Brandon: Capital One Café Matt: The WELL: Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky: State of the World 2025 Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service logo Coté: Splatoon Photo Credits Header Artwork