Software Defined Talk
Get ready for a weekly dose of all things Enterprise Software and Cloud Computing! Join us as we dive into topics including Kubernetes, DevOps, Serverless, Security and Coding. Plus, we’ll keep you entertained with plenty of off-topic banter and nonsense. Don’t worry if you miss the latest industry conference - we’ve got you covered with recaps of all the latest news from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
Episode 560: You Can Feel It Coming
20 Feb 2026
This week, we discuss personal AI hype cycles, bottoms-up adoption, and "The Modern Stack" simplifying cloud. Plus, thoughts on new cars and the dogs that ride in them. Watch the YouTube Live
Episode 559: A series of OODA loops
13 Feb 2026
This week, we discuss the future of SaaS, OpenAI vs. Anthropic strategies, and cloud capex. Plus, when will you let an AI book your flights? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode
Episode 558: Tara Raj on Amazon Nova Act
6 Feb 2026
Brandon interviews Tara Raj, Senior Engineering Manager at the Amazon AGI Lab. They dive into her journey into the world of AGI, how Nova Act is streamlining complex workflows, and the steps to
Episode 557: Moltbot Maximists
30 Jan 2026
This week, we discuss Moltbot (née Clawdbot) taking over, Apple’s new AirTags, and finding Enterprise AI ROI. Plus, the tragic demise of the TV dinner. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode
Episode 556: This Conversation is Hardened
23 Jan 2026
This week, we discuss the end of Cloud 1.0, AI agents fixing old apps, and Chainguard vs. Docker images. Plus, the mystery of Dutch broth is finally solved. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of
Episode 555: After the Dream
16 Jan 2026
This week, we discuss Gemini powering Siri, AWS’s biggest competitor, and AWS strategy choices. Plus, when should your next meeting actually start? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode
Episode 554: The Alpha and The Omega
9 Jan 2026
This week, we discuss AI’s impact on Stack Overflow, Docker’s Hardened Images, and Nvidia buying Groq. Plus, thoughts on playing your own game and having fun. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of
Episode 553: 2025 Year in Review
2 Jan 2026
This week, we review our 2025 predictions, discuss the big stories, and speculate on 2026. Plus, Coté dives deep into the EU broth market. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode
Episode 552: Tech Strategy: Past, Present, Future
26 Dec 2025
This week, Brian Gracely joins to dissect strategic choices made by Broadcom, Docker, Netflix and Intel. Plus: The AI Bifurcation—are models commodities or product pillars? Rundown Licensing in
Episode 551: An Australian Documentary
19 Dec 2025
This week, we discuss Oracle’s AI vibes, Chainguard’s EmeritOSS, and GitHub’s pricing U-turn. Plus, a robust robot vacuum debate. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 551
Episode 550: Typeface Philosophy
12 Dec 2025
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
Episode 549: The Fermi Paradox of Agentic Development
5 Dec 2025
This week, we discuss AWS re:Invent announcements, Agentic Development, and OpenAI's Code Red. Plus, a Digital ID field test and more on silverware sorting. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of
Episode 548: Household CMDB
28 Nov 2025
This week, we discuss the Cloudflare outage, their current business strategy, and paying OSS maintainers. Plus, thoughts on loading the dishwasher and managing your home. Watch the YouTube Live
Episode 547: Whitney goes to KubeCon
21 Nov 2025
This week, Whitney Lee joins us to discuss KubeCon news, Coding Assistants, and conference tips. Plus, vegan food and note-taking recommendations. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 54
Episode 546: The cURLing Test
14 Nov 2025
This week, we discuss Facebook scams, engineering management trends, and the past and present of curl. Plus, when’s the right time to put up the Christmas tree? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of
Episode 545: No one cares about Chickens
7 Nov 2025
This week, we discuss cloud earnings, Siri teaming up with Gemini, and AI bottlenecks. Plus, is cloning your dog weird? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode
Episode 544: The Enterprise Turing Test
31 Oct 2025
This week, we discuss Claude’s new Excel skills, whether AI is augmenting or automating humans, and the latest developer surveys. Plus, AI making the command line cool again! Watch the YouTube Live
Episode 543: Arts and Crafts
24 Oct 2025
This week, we discuss OpenAI’s new browser, AI trying to build spreadsheets, and when to use Claude skills. Plus, Coté explores the art of the perfect staycation. Watch the YouTube Live Recording
Episode 542: Yuriy Shyyan on owning your own Cloud.
17 Oct 2025
Matt Ray talks to Yuriy Shyyan, the Director of Cloud Systems Architecture for OpenMetal. They discuss the cost of running your enterprise in the public cloud, high school hacking, building a
Episode 541: Why not do everything
10 Oct 2025
This week, we discuss Apps in ChatGPT, OpenAI’s Agent SDK and Codex. Plus, Matt has a possum problem down under. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode
Episode 89: The Shit Show Matrix, or, they’re following the playbook which is basically unprofitable
8 Mar 2017
Docker’s new enterprise SKUs and, once again, the open-core model. Also: IPO mania with Snap and MuleSoft. In discussion Docker EE, we start with a discussion on how socket-based pricing may seem
Episode 88: Docker is just cheap VMware, right?
18 Feb 2017
There's tell that some people just look at containers as a cheaper way to virtualize, eschewing the fancy-lad "cloud-native stuff." We discuss that idea, plus "the enterprise cloud wars," and also
Episode 87: Snap's cloud billions, Google's social, Monitoring Startups considered hard, DHS wants your passwords
11 Feb 2017
Snap is looking to spend billions on AWS and Google Cloud over the next five years. We talk about what exactly that could be for, then check in with Google's social strategy and thermostat
Episode 86: Life after artisanal pork rinds (i.e. tech M&A), CostCo Down Under
30 Jan 2017
With a flurry of M&A over the past few weeks, we discuss some of the more popular ones: AppDynamics, Trello, and Apiary. These kind of buys are all about what the acquirer plans to do with the new
Episode 85: Being an analyst without being an asshole - Coté’s professional life, part 2
20 Jan 2017
In part two of Coté navel gazing, we discuss Coté’s life as an analyst and strategists. Matt Ray is off in Australia-land, so it’s just Brandon and Coté. We discuss: what IT analyst work on;
Episode 84: 2017 Predictions: cloud, containers, AI
21 Dec 2016
After speculating on GitHub’s business we throw out our 2017 predictions. We cover AWS, containers, AI, and government IT. Since holiday family time is coming up, Brandon also suggests some simple
Episode 83: I think the word we object to is "DevOps"
16 Dec 2016
...Statler and Waldorf talk with Fozzie ...What's the "OpsOps" of DevOps?. ...Never say you're going to spend $1bn on anything What exactly is DevOps? We dare to discuss that at first and then get
Episode 82: Attack of the two-pizza teams
8 Dec 2016
...Eventually, someone has to clean up the leftover pizza. ...That sweet OpEx. ..."Easy to stay." Amazon came out with a slew of features last week. This week we discuss them and take some cracks at
Episode 81: DevOpsDays Sydney 2016
7 Dec 2016
It's a special interloper episode from Australia! Matt Ray guests on the Arrested DevOps show live-to-tape from DevOpsDays Sydney, along with Bridget Kromhout, Matthew Jones, Lindsay Holmwood, Mick
Episode 80: The case for flying Southwest and Oracle buying Dyn, and containers
28 Nov 2016
With all the domestic, direct flight, the gang lays out the case for Southwest. Coté salivates at the prospect but is worried about sitting next to chicken cages, but there's plenty of $500 shoe
Episode 79: From a vegan, clothing optional co-op to working with banks and oil companies - Coté’s professional life, part 1
17 Nov 2016
How does one go from living in a vegan, clothing option co-op working on a philosophy degree to hustling enterprise software? That's the story of Coté's career that we discuss in this episode. Matt
Episode 78: Trump's possible effect on tech, plus, containers
11 Nov 2016
We discuss possible effects that the Trump presidency will have on the tech world. The ideas are more or less known, but the details and whether they'd be enacted are sketchy and unreliable. Before
Episode 77: If you’re implementing pagination, you’re not doing agile.
4 Nov 2016
Is agile software development bullshit? This is what we discuss, along with a short tale of the best uber driver ever. Show Notes Follow-up Moved to fireside.fm. So, now you can just go to
Episode 76: Convergental and the battle for the new stack
21 Oct 2016
With a new integration between Kubernetes and VMware, we once again discuss what exactly the battle of the new stack is and how companies could be angling to make money off it. Also, mole and
Episode 75: "AWS and VMware are having a LAN party” or “Matt Ray’s deep story” or “some five year old gibberish”
14 Oct 2016
Summary Big shakes in cloud land this week with VMware and AWS partnering up. Is this the hybrid cloud enterprises have been dreaming on? We also cover systems of records, Oracle, and something
Episode 74: Being a tech evangelist, with Bridget Kromhout
1 Oct 2016
This week it’s just Coté and Bridget talking about tech evangelism, business travel, and other fascinating topics deep in the boiler room of whatever it is we do around here. Listen above,
Episode 73: “My pants are full of brisket,” Apple updates, & Oracle storms the AWS castle
22 Sep 2016
Apple has put out three new things - the phone, the watch, and the OS - which we discuss. And then Oracle announced it's destroying Amazon, which is fun. We start it all off with a word-salad of the
BONUS: DevOpsDays DFW, with ADO and The Food Right Show
22 Sep 2016
At DevOpsDays DFW, Coté recorded a joint-podcast with Arrested DevOps and The Food Fight Show. Along with some local guests, we discuss the event, DevOpsDays, and computers in North Texas.
Episode 72: “Oh! Scurvy! Again.”
16 Sep 2016
Too old https://giphy.com/gifs/3b1JW7LxfsAKs It's all fundings, divestitures, and acquisitions this week. Hashicorp gets some cash, HPE sells off it's software group to Micro Focus, and Google buys
Episode 71: Unbreakable Docker, or, elephants, er, like other elephants
2 Sep 2016
Eventually, you have to decide how your open source software is going to make money, and your partners probably won’t like it. That’s what the dust-up around Docker is this week, it seems to us.
Episode 70: “No one wants to eat a finger-pie.”
27 Aug 2016
This week we discuss Rackspace going private and the OpenStack cloud scenarios that could have been. We also cover Matt Ray's first trip to New Zealand where, sadly, he finds no Power Ranger
Episode 69: The two types of sales dudes you meet in heaven, the IaaS MQ, and layoffs
19 Aug 2016
There’s always good food in the enterprise sales meeting racket: gourmet pimento cheese, sushi and sake, and booze. Also, the Gartner magic quadrant for IaaS in out, which we discuss. With layoffs
Episode 68: Too old for the buffet
5 Aug 2016
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Episode 67: Fried chicken, Docker Swarm, tech journalism, or, "but that sweet @MattRay interpolation, tho."
1 Jul 2016
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Episode 66: I-Bankers Smokin' L's in the Hot-tub
17 Jun 2016
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Episode 65: The High-level WTF on "Scheduling"
10 Jun 2016
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Episode 64: Residential Diaper Rash
4 Jun 2016
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Episode 63: The Snack-Tracker, Uber in Austin, & Tater Salad
26 May 2016
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Episode 62: Peak Ping Pong
6 May 2016
This week, we discuss DevOpsDays Austin, Pivotal's funding round, and some follow-up for the OpenStack Summit: turns our Gartner doesn't hate them. Also, with the new ping-model out, we discuss the
Episode 61: Baltimore is not the same as Annapolis. Also, they like crab there
29 Apr 2016
OpenStack is crawling its way into the plateau of productivity, we submit, during this week of the OpenStack Summit. We also discuss the recent Docker survey findings, and some overly precise number