This week, we dig into Atlassian buying The Browser Company, whether Pay Per Crawl makes sense, and Oracle’s cloud jackpot. Plus, a quick lesson in Aussie slang.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/iTFrzM8U2hQ?si=XaRjUM0tMr2aOLVZ) 537 (https://www.youtube.com/live/iTFrzM8U2hQ?si=XaRjUM0tMr2aOLVZ)
Runner-up Titles
"I have a plan to make things slightly better.”
Matt Ray comes off the top rope
We are in that demographic
Flip-flops, thongs, and slides.
No Translation Needed
Do we have a fashion channel?
Why not us too?
Let’s just try it
Hooters adjacent tech story
Pay-per-crawl.
I don’t know how DNS works, nobody does
Cool, copyright, I love it
Just lots of weird stuff going on.
Y’all are weird
Rundown
Final thought on Australia (https://walkingtheworld.substack.com/p/final-thought-on-australia)
Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Company for $610 million (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/atlassian-the-browser-company-deal.html)
VMware buying Slide Rocket in 2011 (https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/26/vmware-acquires-online-presentation-application-sliderocket/), which is now ClearSlide (https://www.clearslide.com/product/sliderocket/)
An Interview with Cloudflare Founder and CEO Matthew Prince About Internet History and Pay-per-crawl (https://stratechery.com/2025/an-interview-with-cloudflare-founder-and-ceo-matthew-prince-about-internet-history-and-pay-per-crawl/)
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/technology/anthropic-settlement-copyright-ai.html)
Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/09/apple-unveils-iphone-17-pro-and-iphone-17-pro-max/)
Catch up quick | Apple September event highlights (https://youtu.be/31MbUHX7W8k?si=lmDZqRp_SsQykqsr)
Apple introduces AirPods Pro 3 with live translation feature (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/new-airpods-pro-3-turn-apples-earbuds-into-fitness-tracker-universal-translator/)
Nvidia's top two mystery customers made up 39% of the chipmaker's Q2 revenue (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/nvidias-top-two-mystery-customers-made-up-39percent-of-its-q2-revenue-.html)
Oracle Financial's US parent jumps 27% in extended trading on Tuesday; Here's why - CNBC TV18 (https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/oracle-corp-share-price-jump-q1-results-guidance-data-centre-india-listed-stock-19668521.htm)
Relevant to your Interests
Google, Apple, and Mozilla Win in the Antitrust Case Google Lost (https://spyglass.org/google-apple-and-mozilla-win-in-the-antitrust-case-google-lost/)
Privacy Nightmare: Your Doorbell Camera Is Snitching to Insurance Companies (https://www.gadgetreview.com/privacy-nightmare-your-doorbell-camera-is-snitching-to-insurance-companies)
Broadcom Stock Soars as AI Demand Drives Strong Earnings—Crucial Price Levels to Monitor (https://www.investopedia.com/broadcom-stock-soars-as-ai-demand-drives-strong-earnings-crucial-price-levels-to-monitor-11804068)
Addressing the unauthorized issuance of multiple TLS certificates for 1.1.1.1 (https://blog.cloudflare.com/unauthorized-issuance-of-certificates-for-1-1-1-1/)
Exclusive | Databricks Crosses $4 Billion in Annual Revenue Rate (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/databricks-increases-revenue-forecast-to-4-billion-a-year-642897c8)
SpaceX strikes $17B deal to buy EchoStar's spectrum for Starlink's direct-to-phone service (https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/spacex-strikes-17b-deal-to-buy-echostars-spectrum-for-starlinks-direct-to-phone-service/)
Google Cloud CEO sees sunny prospects thanks to AI demand (https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/09/google_cloud_ceo_sees_sunny/)
Apple unveils iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/09/apple-unveils-iphone-17-pro-and-iphone-17-pro-max/)
Catch up quick | Apple September event highlights (https://youtu.be/31MbUHX7W8k?si=lmDZqRp_SsQykqsr)
Apple introduces AirPods Pro 3 with live translation feature (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/new-airpods-pro-3-turn-apples-earbuds-into-fitness-tracker-universal-translator/)
Claude can now create and use files (https://www.anthropic.com/news/create-files)
The $69 Billion Domino Effect: How VMware’s Debt-Fueled Acquisition Is Killing Open Source, One Repository at a Time (https://fastcode.io/2025/08/30/the-69-billion-domino-effect-how-vmwares-debt-fueled-acquisition-is-killing-open-source-one-repository-at-a-time/)
Nonsense
2025 AI Darwin Award Nominees - Worst AI Failures of the Year (https://aidarwinawards.org/nominees-2025.html)
Ground staff strike: KLM cancels over 100 flights on Wednesday - DutchNews.nl (https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/ground-staff-strike-klm-cancels-over-100-flights-on-wednesday/)
Listener Feedback
Carless People (https://www.amazon.com/Careless-People-Cautionary-Power-Idealism/dp/1250391237)
What We’ve Learned About the Kawhi Leonard Situation—and What We Haven’t (https://www.theringer.com/2025/09/09/nba/kawhi-leonard-los-angeles-clippers-steve-ballmer-aspiration-salary-cap-circumvention)
Conferences
VMUG London (https://my.vmug.com/s/event/a4pVs000000eX25IAE/uk-usercon?filters=%257B%2522baseConditions%2522%3A%255B%257B%2522fieldName%2522%3A%2522acem__Zone__c%2522%2C%2522fieldType%2522%3A%2522ID%2522%2C%2522fieldValue%2522%3A%2522a4vVs0000002wkgIAA%2522%257D%255D%2C%2522tabCondition%2522%3A%2522Upcoming%2522%2C%2522textAreaConditions%2522%3A%255B%255D%2C%2522picklistConditions%2522%3A%255B%255D%2C%2522chatterGroupCondition%2522%3A%257B%2522chatterGroupId%2522%3Anull%257D%2C%2522page%2522%3A5%257D&chatterGroupId&utm_source&utm_medium&utm_campaign), Coté speaking, September 18th.
SREDay London (https://sreday.com/2025-london-q3/), Coté speaking, September 18th and 19th.
Civo Navigate London (https://www.civo.com/navigate/london/2025), Coté speaking, September 30th.
Texas Linux Fest (https://2025.texaslinuxfest.org), Austin, October 3rd to 4th.
CF Day EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloud-foundry-day-europe/), Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
AI for the Rest of Us (https://aifortherestofus.live/london-2025), Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off.
Wiz Wizdom Conferences (https://www.wiz.io/wizdom), NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19
SREDay Amsterdam (https://sreday.com/2025-amsterdam-q4/), Coté speaking, November 7th.
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Brandon: Python: The Documentary | An origin story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfH4QL4VqJ0)
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