This week: Claude Code's momentum, Cursor's identity crisis, and the SDLC's uncertain future. Plus, Coté finally explains how Markdown is destroying the economy.

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Runner-up Titles

Demos over Memos
Products over Prose
Software written by the many for the few
USB is flaky
Do you get a Code of Conduct for prison?
I thought I had typed it somewhere
Markdown is taking down the economy
Claude, Take the Wheel
Sticking with month-to-month
Precious Tokens
Rip Van Winkle this whole AI thing
The ants have won
They have infinite tokens
Is SLDC Dead?

Rundown

The SaaS-Apocalypse was based on markdown files
The Software Development Lifecycle Is Dead
The Third Era of Software Development
Intelligence, Subtracted
Anthropic rejects Pentagon’s AI demands
Exclusive-Anthropic investors push to de-escalate Pentagon clash over AI safeguards
‘Incoherent’: Hegseth’s Anthropic ultimatum confounds AI policymaker
Anthropic leads Enterprise AI Spend
Anthropic took >50% of spend on enterprise AI subscriptions
$110 Billion in Name Only
OpenAI reveals more details about its agreement with the Pentagon
OpenAI changes deal with US military after backlash

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McKinsey and AWS launch Amazon McKinsey Group
Polymarket defends its decision to allow betting on war as ‘invaluable’
The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art
Distinguished Eng On Stack Ranking, Competing with Bezos, Regrets
WIZ: My Personal AI Agent
OpenAI changes deal with US military after backlash
Tech Publications Lost 58% of Google Traffic Since 2024
Ramp AI Index

Nonsense

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Austin Meetup, March 10th, Listener Steve Anness speaking on Grafana
KubeCon EU, March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
DevOps d ays Atlanta 2026, April 21-22, 2026
DevOpsDays Austin, May 5-6, 2026
WeAreDevelopers, July 8th to 10th, Berlin, Coté speaking.
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- Amsterdam (March 17-19, 2026) - Coté speaking.
- Minneapolis (April 7-9, 2026)
- Toronto (May 12-14, 2026)
- Dallas (June 9-11, 2026)
- Orlando (October 20-22, 2026)

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Recommendations

Brandon:
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Coté: The “Anime Wow” sound. And, related to Brandon’s modernization talk last week.

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