It's become less surprising as the weeks fly by that we're still doing it.

• Ian gives us his tooling preferences and why.
• Cynic to advocate for public cloud
• The phones are ringing off the hooks, thanks to Ian Reeves!
• What do we think of DHH?
• Should you run your own stuff, or pay for SaaS?
• Kim Jung Un's inner SuperHero

Big Topics

Data Center Repatriation.
Why DHH moved 37signals from public cloud to on-prem, here's his blogs on How it started vs. How it's going.
Is this reverting back to on-premise becoming commonplace?
Has the sales pitch for public cloud shifted?

In the news

1. Broadcom is making some major changes to stop VMware exodus
2. Indonesia squeezes apple even harder for $1Bn
3. New openAI model is pen tested for reasoning, and subversion. Can it act in its own interests to deceive the user? This is absolutely fascinating
4. Landlords Are Using AI to Raise Rents—and Cities Are Starting to Push Back
5. OpenAI releases Sora
6. Is AI hitting a wall?
7. Are AI Leaders overly optimistic?

Recommendations

Music

• Everyday is Christmas, Sia
• A keen follower told us that the Mark Lanegan tribute gig is on YouTube
• It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land, Soulsavers
• Try out Teddy Swims for some soul/pop
• Synthwave Goose's Blade Runner 2049 single and Hacker music album fit for Mr. Robot

Books

• Nuclear War, A Scenario by Annie Jacobson
• Bill Bryson's A Really Short History of Nearly Everything

TV

True Detective on Sky/NowTV

Special Guest: Ian Reeves.