Episode 559: A series of OODA loops
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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?
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Runner-up Titles
- Do we get to eat Moon Pies?
- Some days it’s just me and the AI
- We have a LinkedIn page
- The state of the world has not gotten better, it’s just moved to Kubernetes
- Trained on the Corpse of Stack Overflow.
- We just have to get the files right
- It is all just files
- It’s all an OODA loop
- Rinse and reply.
- Is Software dead?
- Your margin is my yacht.
- claude-travel.md
- Vegans have morals though
Rundown
- DriftlessAF: Introducing Chainguard Factory 2.0
- Is Software dead?
- Cloud Earnings
- Microsoft Q2 earnings beat on top and bottom lines as cloud revenue tops $50 billion, but stock falls
- Microsoft stock plunges as Wall Street questions AI investments
- A day of reckoning for the AI boom
- Oracle says it plans to raise up to $50 billion in debt and equity this year
- Google Earnings Beat. Cloud Computing Momentum Builds Amid Spending Boom
- Amazon stock falls 10% on $200 billion spending forecast, earnings miss
- Amazon’s $200 Billion Spending Plan Raises Stakes in A.I. Race
- [Follow the CAPEX: Cloud Table Stakes 2024 Retrospective](http://(https://platformonomics.com/2025/02/follow-the-capex-cloud-table-stakes-2024-retrospective/)
- Amazon Earnings, CapEx Concerns, Commodity AI
- Google's parent company raises billions of dollars in debt sale
- OpenAI Drama
Relevant to your Interests
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- Apple tops Q1 earnings estimates on record-breaking iPhone sales
- Clouded Judgement 1.30.26 - Software is Dead...Again!
- Leaders, gainers, and unexpected winners in the Enterprise AI arms race
- All Enterprise software is dead
- The Dumbest Thing I’ve Seen This Week
- SpaceX acquires xAI in record-setting deal as Musk looks to unify AI and space ambitions
- AWS destiny: becoming the next Lumen
- CloudBees CEO: Why Migration Is a Mirage Costing You Millions
- Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding
- The world is trying to log off U.S. tech
- Anthropic's newest AI model uncovered 500 zero-day software flaws in testing
- DHH on OpenClaw
- Adam Jacob really likes AI code generation
- Cautionary Tales – The WOW Machine Stops (Part 2)
- Kyndryl Shares Halved Amid CFO Departure, Accounting Review
- Our $200M Series C / Oxide
- Presentations — Benedict Evans
- Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT
- Hello Entire World · Entire Blog
- Former GitHub CEO raises record $60M dev tool seed round at $300M valuation
- From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface
Nonsense
- What If the Sensors on Your Car Were Inspecting Potholes for the Government? Honda Found Out
- Superbowl Ad 404
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