Episode #179: 05 October 2025

Satya Nadella highlights new Microsoft 365 Premium with in-app agents in Excel, multi model support, and team-aware helpers. Another thread frames Anthropic as the thinking person’s lab, sparking talk on ethics and recruiting. Dev culture shows up in hard lessons on database design, boolean naming, interview theatrics, low effort open source PRs, a reminder that Grady Booch did invent UML, and DHH’s call to do meaningful work first. Hardware chatter ranges from an octagonal iPhone 17 selfie sensor to a cautionary tale about used iPhones with IPS screens, plus an Apple TV grid keyboard tip. Markets and policy get air time with Bill Ackman’s theses, Europe’s absence from the top 25 by market cap, and a meme on red and green charts. Climate modeling earns credit for accurate long range warming calls. AI and robots dominate headlines as Sora 2 reels from IP blocks after a chaotic start, while Tesla shows Optimus doing martial arts and Musk imagines users inhabiting a robot via Neuralink. Culture and misc include PS5 list jokes, a PS3 looking promo screenshot, a frosty blue Model S Plaid, Jeremy Clarkson warning about fakes, praise for Pete Hegseth, debates over Black America’s GDP share, a Fartcoin skit, and Lex Fridman’s quiet check in on mental health.