This week, we discuss Discord’s IPO plans, Cursor’s big raise, and how much coding developers actually do. Plus, is Southwest making a huge mistake with bag fees and assigned seats? Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 510 Runner-up Titles Cote’s not here, so we’ll keep it tight They treated me like I’m stupid I’m not here to buy into the culture Go eats some rocks and glue My head is full of simultaneous thoughts Fly high Icarus, fly high We are certain of the uncertainty Rundown Southwest Airlines shifts to paid baggage policy to lift earnings Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O. IDE Follow up DevTasks outside of the IDE (PDF) How Much Are LLMs Actually Boosting Real-World Programmer Productivity? — LessWrong [AI [CursorStartup Anysphere in Talks for Close to $10 Billion Valuation Market Trends Nvidia Is Down 27% From Its Peak. Millennium Loses $900 Million on Strategy Roiled by Market Chaos Relevant to your Interests OpenAI executives have told some investors about plans for a $20,000/month agent Introducing the Framework Desktop Utah becomes the first state to pass an app store age verification bill Latest Turing Award winners again warn of AI dangers Does Big Tech’s suckiness open the door for leaner startups? Apple Explains Why the New Mac Studio Doesn't Have an M4 Ultra Chip Your Boss Wants You Back in the Office. This Surveillance Tech Could Be Waiting for You Melbourne start-up launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells What the Dot-Com Bust Can Tell Us About Today’s AI Boom Microsoft is replacing Remote Desktop with its new Windows app A 10x Faster TypeScript - TypeScript Niantic's Next Chapter: Introducing a New Home for Niantic Games iRobot Shares Drop 34% in Premarket Trading After Warning of Financial Uncertainty Health NZ used single Excel spreadsheet to track $28b of public money $16bn health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet Oracle's Cash Squeeze Apple Pulls iPhone 16 Ad Showing Off 'More Personal Siri' Apple's AI strategy is showing troubling cracks Nonsense Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Hypoalgesic Effects of Novel “Swear” Words Chuck E. Cheese gets a rebrand — which means no more animatronic band Listener Feedback JD recommends The DuckDB Local UI Conferences DevOpsDays Chicago, March 18th, 2025. SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10 Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA NDC Oslo, May 21-23, Coté speaking. KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté Sponsor the show: ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com Recommendations Brandon: Belkin MagSafe Charger, 3-in-1 Matt: Wired Photo Credits Header Artwork