Episode 504: Socrates Didn’t Whiteboard

This week, we discuss the latest news about DeepSeek, how to make sense of the countless hot takes, and a review of The Nvidia Way. Plus, some thoughts on Valentine’s Day. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 504 Runner-up Titles The Paperclip Apocalypse Markets Over Management The Nest Egg This is cheaper than therapy Valentine’s Day “Turns out, guys…” You can burn a candle out, and when it’s out there’s no candle. I don’t think Jensen is struggling Rundown DeepSeek China's DeepSeek appears to have built AI models that rival OpenAI, while allegedly using much less money, chips, and energy. DeepSeek FAQ DeepSeek and the Enterprise Four big reasons to worry about DeepSeek (and four reasons to calm down) DeepSeek Disruption Has Its Upside Dario Amodei — On DeepSeek and Export Controls Bonus Clouded Judgement - Inference Time Compute CEO Pat Gelsinger is already using DeepSeek instead of OpenAI at his startup, Gloo Relevant to your Interests Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in 'horribly shortsighted' decision Rethinking developer experience at T-Mobile: DevEx vs devprod, exec buy-in, and developer self-service FTC Finalizes Long-Awaited Updates to Children's Privacy Rule FTC Finalizes Changes to Children’s Privacy Rule Limiting Companies’ Ability to Monetize Kids’ Data Free OpenAI & every-LLM API Pricing Calculator GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models We’re launching Opengrep, a fork of Semgrep CE Semaphore is Going Open Source in 30 days OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies "Digital shoplifting" is on the rise among the well-off Gen Z crowd Kubernetes Cloud Repatriation Saves Millions for Data Platform Provider Warp vs. Ghostty: Which Terminal App Meets Your Dev Needs? Cheriton School of Computer Science researchers’ update to Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30% Stargate artificial intelligence project to exclusively serve OpenAI Nonsense Why Speaking Like a Wanker at Work Is Essential Stripe accidentally sent an image of a duck when notifying some employees they were getting laid off Conferences CfgMgmtCamp, Ghent, Belgium, February 2-5, 2025. Civo Navigate North America, San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025 DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP VMUG NL, March 12th, Coté speaking. DevOpsDays Chicago, March 18th, 2025. 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, speaking. KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London. 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: Paradise Matt: Tell me which Ardupilot/PX4 Autopilot platform I should buy? Holybro X500 v2 or QAV250 dev kit? Coté: (MLA) citations “The Joy of Extradimensional Spaces,” Michael Polkinghorn, in Candlekeep Mysteries. Artwork CoverArt Header