If you're at KubeCon, go see @monkchips.com at the Dynatrace stand where he's signing copies of Progressive Delivery!

The end of the meat-mouse // the agency in agentic AI is human agency // cote.io/2026/03/24/t...

The Mythical Agent-Month, Retirement Cartoons, and Coffee Brains - Related to your interests, Monday // Also: PARK stack gaps, trusted AI via system integrators, oil crisis WFH, SDT on token machines. Plus, VMware and Kubernetes in Amsterdam. // Newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/t...

"Put another way, agents are so good at attacking accidental complexity that they _generate new accidental complexity_ that can get in the way of the essential structure that you are trying to build." https://www.oreilly.com/radar/the-mythical-agent-month/

Adding this kind of thing to Cowork so the norms can do it - probably in Google Chat, Slack, and Teams will be the big ROI payoff. https://brightbean.xyz/blog/claude-code-channels-anthropic-openclaw-killer/

”Before anyone starts mainlining espresso shots in the name of science, the apparent benefits weren't tied to heroic levels of caffeine intake, just to steady, mid-range consumption" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/21/turns_out_your_coffee_addiction/

Opinionated Platforms, Private Models, & Essential Dev Tooling // Morgan Stanley's API went from two years to two weeks. Forrester says 70% of AI revenue will be private. Your DIY Kubernetes stack is quietly panicking. // Newsletter! open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/o...

This is forgotten dream: "By watching how software is used, we can learn about what users really want to achieve, these observed requirements are often things that never popped up in interviews and focus groups." https://martinfowler.com/fragments/2026-03-19.html

Yes, this extension is fun. It's like a big toolbox full of tools you hardly ever use, but that one time you need that one weird tool, you're glad you kept it for years. https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/116252960395480568

Nearly 1/3 of organizations will achieve autonomous operations for 80% of their digital workplace services by 2030, up from 0% in 2025, according to Gartner. // We'll see if enterprise IT can be that fast re: availability & security. www.ciodive.com/news/agentic...

After using Claude more and more for everyday, NOT programming tasks, my current zinger analyst take on the Squawk Box would be: "OpenAI talks about business strategy, Anthropic just does it."

Here's the talk I'll be giving at the Amsterdam VMUG Connect in a couple of hours today: it goes over new ways of thinking and platform users that platform engineers need to do for all that AI stuff: talks.cote.io/ai-as-a-serv...

AI Brain Fry, Zombie Projects, and Gentleman Vibe Coders - Related to your interests, Monday // Also: Kratix goes hybrid, AMZN slows itself down with AI, AI cleanup crews, and I go over how I use Claude code for real life, not programming. open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/a...

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @cote.io discuss Claude Code for non-coders, automating newsletters and status reports, and AI tax prep. Plus, Coté finds unexpected joy in a coding assistant. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/563

This is the only truthful CFP submission for any talk on AI now, since the actual conference will be 6 to 10 months from now: "I know how to give an interesting talk. We have no fucking idea what things will be like at time of talk. I'll make sure it's useful and, maybe, fun."

Thinking about platforms as bundles of capabilities, plus they add a private cloud option. This looks like the BFG 1.0 release for Syntasso/Kratix, with all the enterprise-y feels. Just in time for KubeCon. Kratix Anywhere: Cloud, On-Prem, and Hybrid Without Compromise

Great episode with thinking about making agentic AI (here, OpenClaw) enterprise ready, using OpenShift/kubernetes of course. Also, Sally seems like a great person to trust to work on this stuff: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xAR... Audio: www.reasoning.show/episodes/188...

I'll be talking in April at Spring I/O 2026 about the new stuff in Spring Boot 4. Looking forward to it! 2026.springio.net/sessions/spr... @springio.net #spring #springboot

Fully Synergized Paradigms - Related to your interests, Monday sweep // Plus: golden parachutes for everyone, a validated scale for corporate bullshit, and enterprises still looking for a use for AI // today's newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/f...

Good satire that shows you how to write a LinkedIn post. https://robinrendle.com/notes/the-song-of-linkedin/?ref=labnotes.org

Fired CEOs are infamous for getting huge golden parachute packages, millions when they get fired. What if every employee also had a golden parachute. Good enough for the goose, good enough for the gander. https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-europe-doesnt-have-a-tesla/

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Claude Code's momentum, Cursor's identity crisis, and the SDLC's uncertain future. Plus, Coté finally explains how Markdown is destroying the economy. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/562

How Oren personalizes his AI stuff https://github.com/0pens0/pensobot/tree/main

When to use AI for writing, and when it's totally acceptable cote.io/2026/03/06/w...

Headed to #Devnexus this week? So is the Spring team! 🍃 Beyond this lineup of sessions with your favorite speakers and topics, we will have limited-edition trading cards! Collect the full set by attending our talks. See the full Spring & Tanzu schedule here: go-vmware.broadcom.com/vmware-tanzu...

"Standard Confused NINO Account" youtu.be/cgwrKOqV5DQ?is=h6pvq...

I think that whole SaaS-pocalypse was just caused by a bunch of markdown files: github.com/anthropics/k...

This week, we talk with @fuzzychef.org - Art Degrees, Sun Microsystems, and How Kubernetes Scales Contributions - also, some pottery talk: www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/121

Related to your interests, Tuesday // CFOs boost tech budgets and squeeze headcount, AI art may not be copyrightable, and agents expose your structural chaos. Also, slide fails, secret soap operas, and surviving BigCo absurdity. // open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/r...

I think this means you can't copyright stuff made by AI? In the US, at least. How about programming code? That'd be a big shift! https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-supreme-court-doesnt-care-if-you-want-to-copyright-your-ai-generated-art-171849407.html

More spending on tech, less on people. https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-02-10-gartner-research-reveals-cfos-budget-plans-prioritize-grotwth-functions-tech-and-ai-in-2026?utm_campaign=SM_GB_YOY_GTR_SOC_SF1_SM-PR&utm_source=threads,twitter&utm_medium=social

Nw newsletter episode: Kubernetes in the age of agentic AI, ROI in ice-routing logistics, cheap-but-not-free code, mainframe modernizing, Podman vs. Docker, Claude COBOL panic, and a newsletter platform move - plus Wastebook from the beach. open.substack.com/pub/cote/p/d...

Why your DIY Kubernetes stack won't survive the era of agentic AI https://thenewstack.io/diy-kubernetes-agentic-ai/

The Boss Email. https://tadaima.bearblog.dev/privilege-is-bad-grammar/?ref=labnotes.org

Modernization requires a lot of people stuff. Also, if a company is in the legacy trap already, that was a form of self-harm that they need to address regardless of the code. https://fintanr.com/thoughts/2026/02/24/ibm-anthropic.html

Connect your LLMs to existing Java apps to skip several the data integration mess, and the need to recreate all your business logic. https://medium.com/embabel/agent-memory-is-not-a-greenfield-problem-ground-it-in-your-existing-data-9272cabe1561

Check out the space you're presenting in ahead of time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJyWPgA7ejE&list=WL&index=2

The Great Claude COBOL Scare of February 2026.

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Hear that? That’s the sound of 1,000’s of slide decks for private cloud products being updated with a new slide. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead. It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut. No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.

FLOAT.BMF

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I have lost all the other hats. Now I must wear the final hat.

This is a really good app. It brought me back to reading The Socials.

The Modern Stack simplifying cloud, AI hype cycles, and how bottoms-up adoption actually plays out. Lots to discuss this week.

It is coffee.

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That "Surfin' Bird" song is more buck wild every time I hear it.