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@mattray.dev

Open source geek & breaker/fixer of toys. Co-host of the @SoftwareDefinedTalk.com podcast, living in Australia.

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OpenClaw Exposure Watchboard OpenClaw Exposure Watchboard lists publicly reachable active OpenClaw instances for defensive security awareness. Vivgrid.com gives you authentication, model gateway, tool control, cost tracking, and ...

Someone launched a website for detecting unsecured instances of OpenClaw found on the internet. Currently, there are 278,230 of OpenClaw instances that have absolutely no security while exposed to the public web.

Please, secure your machines and/or just don't use OpenClaw...

10.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for the recommendation! The audiobook's available through the Austin Public Library, I'll listen to it next.

06.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bureaucracy: Still Unsolved This week, we discuss Claude Code's momentum, Cursor's identity crisis, and the SDLC's uncertain future. Plus, CotΓ© finally explains how Markdown is destroying the economy.

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Claude Code's momentum, Cursor's identity crisis, and the SDLC's uncertain future. Plus, CotΓ© finally explains how Markdown is destroying the economy.

https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/562

06.03.2026 14:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Fish

13.12.2024 19:40 πŸ‘ 484 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 57

When someone says β€žScientists do not want you to knowβ€œ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

03.03.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 9512 πŸ” 4129 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 165

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

28.02.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 26305 πŸ” 8896 πŸ’¬ 290 πŸ“Œ 334

Between AI rewriting COBOL and the predicted death of Microsoft Office, we’re covering a lot of ground this week. Plus, we debate if TSA PreCheck Touchless is the ultimate peak of airport efficiency.

27.02.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Not naming names,,, but I googled ya worth

Not naming names,,, but I googled ya worth

So impressed and blessed for all the brands reaching out to support. thousand and more companies offered to donate product and my team gunna get to it. πŸ™πŸΎπŸ™πŸΎ

BUT if you a billion dollar company,,, we don’t want a product donation. We want you to sponsor these women + athletes. πŸ‘€

27.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 3789 πŸ” 692 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 104
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Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77 I went into Hyperion blind, decades ago, knowing almost nothing about it. I was never the same.

rip dan simmons arstechnica.com/culture/2026...

27.02.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 418 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 63
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Two Guys and Their Tokens This week, we discuss AI-assisted COBOL migrations, the OpenClaw Foundation, and AI killing Office. Plus, is TSA PreCheck Touchless the peak of airport efficiency?

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @mattray.dev discuss AI-assisted COBOL migrations, the OpenClaw Foundation, and AI killing Office. Plus, is TSA PreCheck Touchless the peak of airport efficiency?

https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/561

27.02.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I feel a deep spiritual kinship with this release manager, lol

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How The Cloudcast is changing in 2026?
www.thecloudcast.net/2026/02/how-...

After 15 yrs, 17M listens over 1000+ shows we are shifting The Cloudcast focus and direction to more AI first. We'll still cover cloud. We're launching "Reasoning" in March. Nothing for existing subscribers to do.

26.02.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah if it refuses to drop AI guardrails | CNN Business Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to comply with demands to peel back safeguards on its AI model or risk losing a Pentagon contract.

Beer: www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/t...
Chaser: www.newscientist.com/article/2516...

25.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you see something with mixed reviews on IKEA's website, it's almost always because of assembly. Go look on YouTube if you need a walkthrough; it saves so much time.

24.02.2026 05:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The absolute range of Canadian gentility on display

22.02.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 400 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 9
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some benevolent cyberpunk for you

22.02.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 2374 πŸ” 736 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 92
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You Can Feel It Coming This week, we discuss personal AI hype cycles, bottoms-up adoption, and "The Modern Stack" simplifying cloud. Plus, thoughts on new cars and the dogs that ride in them.

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss personal AI hype cycles, bottoms-up adoption, and "The Modern Stack" simplifying cloud. Plus, thoughts on new cars and the dogs that ride in them.

https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/560

20.02.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Open source as critical infrastructure: A white paper by Block, inc.

kudos to Block on publishing this paper "Open Source as Critical Infrastructure" opensource.block.xyz/blog/open-so...

18.02.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My smart sleep mask broadcasts users' brainwaves to an open MQTT broker I recently got a smart sleep mask from Kickstarter. I was not expecting to end up with the ability to read strangers' brainwaves and send them electric impul...

The β€˜S’ in IoT stands for β€œSecurity” aimilios.bearblog.dev/reverse-engi...

18.02.2026 05:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

they used to use the Olympic Anthem for athletes competing under neutral flags, but then they decided they didn't want the Russian/Belarussians to get the Olympic Anthem, so ahead of 2024 they wrote a special Individual Neutral Athletes anthem that they'll use if any of them win

17.02.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 285 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 26

New business model: Free Tier as a Service

17.02.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œ[James Talarico] was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast,” Colbert said.

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Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.

66 years old going 66 mph.

16.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 13350 πŸ” 2014 πŸ’¬ 452 πŸ“Œ 445
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A series of OODA loops 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?

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss the future of SaaS, OpenAI vs. Anthropic strategies, and cloud capex. Plus, when will you let an AI book your flights?

https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/559

13.02.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Is the 6am the notable part? Every day starts with coffee

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Kids in the Hall - Directions (I speak no English)
Kids in the Hall - Directions (I speak no English) YouTube video by elevato

The experience of conversing with an LLM. youtu.be/6vgoEhsJORU?...

12.02.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

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What it was like to be a bush at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance The bushes on the field during the halftime show became a meme after the internet found out they were actually human performers.

great story www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

10.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people β€” never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners β€” are now dead.

10.02.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 4373 πŸ” 1911 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 38

It's a Tom Waits rainy Monday morning. Starting with Swordfishtrombones.

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