Episode 501: Checkbox Features

This week, we dive into the state of SBOMs, what’s going on with Harness, and the ongoing collision of tech and politics. Plus, Coté finds himself a stranger in the Texas he once called home.

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Runner-up Titles

• Who knows what’s going to happen on that side of the planet?
• There are no hacks in The Netherlands.
• I know it’s not the quality.
• An explosion of Eggnog
• The resident American American
• This topic will be boring
• Thank goodness it’s part of my existing vendor relationship
• It’s a webhook, knock yourself out
• They unlocked Ayn Rand
• Hacking it on the mainland

Rundown

• Rust Will Explode, SBOMs Will Be Duds: Open Source Predictions
• Harness CEO Jyoti Bansal on "startups within startups"
• Marc Andreessen on Trump, the vibe shift, and what’s after wokeness
• A 2-hour interview with Andreessen

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