Episode 550: Typeface Philosophy

This week, we discuss how Netflix is disrupting media, IBM’s Confluent acquisition, and Anthropic buying Bun. Plus, an important discussion on fonts and typography. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 550 Runner-up Titles Blame the children I never liked that font No emojis, this is business time Mahalo You need a Chief Economist On the cutlery tray Rundown Rubio Deletes Calibri as the State Department’s Official Typeface Cartridge Source Code Pro It’s Official: Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. in Deal Valued at $82.7 Billion Confluent stock soars 29% as IBM announces $11 billion acquisition deal Bun is joining Anthropic Claude Code is coming to Slack, and that's a bigger deal than it sounds OpenAI enterprise usage study. Relevant to your Interests Antigravity Is Google's New Agentic Development Platform Amazon CTO Werner Vogels' Predictions for 2026 ‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted AWS AI IDE, AgentCore throw down gauntlets for Microsoft Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln Andy Jassy says Amazon's Nvidia competitor chip is already a multibillion-dollar business 52 things I learned in 2025 State of AI | OpenRouter Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants its poor AI products DHH & Open Source Gruber: Apple employees 'giddy' about Alan Dye’s departure - 9to5Mac Apple announces the departure of general counsel and policy chief Nonsense All of the Men’s Clothing We Loved (and Didn’t) From Costco’s Kirkland Signature Conferences cfgmgmtcamp 2026, February 2nd to 4th, Ghent, BE. Coté speaking and doing live SDI with John Willis. DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. Devnexus 2026, March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA. Whole bunch of VMUGs, mostly in the US. The CFPs are open, go speak at them! Coté speaking in Amsterdam. Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026), Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026), Toronto (May 12-14, 2026), Dallas (June 9-11, 2026), Orlando (October 20-22, 2026) 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: Short Power Extension Cord Outlet Saver Matt: Everything is Tuberculosis Octopus Project - Music is Happiness Coté: The Octopus Organization. Photo Credits Header