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Brandon Whichard

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Product Marketing and Management, Host of Software Defined Talk

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Claude Code, Cursor, the future of the SDLC, and somehow Markdown is to blame for all of it. New episode is up.

06.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely. You can send feedback directly to me at: bwhichard@softwaredefinedtalk.com

Sounds like, next enhancement should be adding a way for people to send feedback from the app! Doh!

05.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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

The Modern Stack simplifying cloud, AI hype cycles, and how bottoms-up adoption actually plays out. Lots to discuss this week.

21.02.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Latest episode is out. We dig into the future of SaaS, OpenAI vs. Anthropic strategy, cloud capex… and debate when (or if) we’ll trust an AI to book our flights.

13.02.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A fun and short episode for your weekend listening. Check it out.

08.02.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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31.01.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Moltbot is taking over, Apple has new AirTags, and we finally found where the Enterprise AI ROI is hiding. Plenty to dig into this week.

30.01.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can AI agents actually fix your technical debt, or are we just making things worse? We discuss that, Chainguard vs. Docker security, and international broth mysteries on the latest episode.

23.01.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We had a lot to say this week about Gemini and Siri (finally), plus a deep dive into AWS strategy. But honestly, the real debate is about meeting start times.

16.01.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did AI kill Stack Overflow? And Nvidia goes shopping. Check out this episode.

09.01.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
AI & Cloud Trends for December 2025

@brandonwhichard.com joins Aaron Delp and @bgracely.bsky.social on @cloudcastpod.bsky.social to discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from December 2025. Check out the full breakdown of the month's biggest trends!

https://www.thecloudcast.net/2026/01/ai-cloud-trends-for-december-2025.html

05.01.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We grade our 2025 predictions and lay out some new bets for 2026. Check it out!

02.01.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve got plenty of strategic opinions to share this week. Check it out!

26.12.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We discuss Oracle’s AI vibes, GitHub pricing, and robot vacuums. Check it out!

19.12.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We discuss Netflix, IBM acquisitions, and typefaces. Check out this week’s episode.

12.12.2025 14:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of Agentic discussion this week. Check it out.

05.12.2025 15:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
AI & Cloud Trends for November 2025

AI & Cloud News of the Month (Nov 2025)
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Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, @SoftwareDefTalk) discuss AI cracks, Physical AI, NVIDIA earnings, and if we're now seeing the bigger picture better.

03.12.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cloudflare outages, OSS maintainer debates, and yesβ€”dishwasher logistics. Give this week’s episode a listen.

28.11.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whitney joins us this week to give us the KubeCon download. Check it out.

21.11.2025 13:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Could an AI agent rewrite curl? We get into thatβ€”and even debate Christmas treesβ€”on this week’s episode. Check it out.

14.11.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cloud profits up, Siri finds a new partner, and someone cloned a dog. Check out this episode.

07.11.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Always great to be on The Cloudcast. We dissect the top Cloud and AI news and trends from last month. Check it out.

05.11.2025 16:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AI writing Excel formulas, dev surveys, and command-line nostalgia? This week’s episode covers all that and more.

31.10.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're talking OpenAI browser, AI spreadsheet attempts, and the utility of Claude skills on this week's Software Defined Talk. Check it out!

24.10.2025 13:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of OpenAI news this week. Check out the episode.

10.10.2025 13:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of discussion about the latest DORA report this week. Give it a listen.

03.10.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Always fun to be on The Cloudcast. Check out the episode.

01.10.2025 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lots of discussion about the Oracle–OpenAI deal and the RubyGems drama. Check out this episode.

26.09.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out my discussion with Michael Irwin from Docker about containers, security, and AI.

19.09.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0