The World Cup is finally here, which means I'll be watching matches and pretending my attention isn't split during calls. I was traveling this week — more on that in a future issue — but still found time to record two episodes: I joined Brian on The Enterprise AI Show to dig into whether CIOs should be building AI infrastructure backup plans before costs spiral out of control. And on SDT I sat down with the team at OpenObserve to talk about why observability is still broken and what they built to fix it.

From the Network

The Enterprise AI Show – Should CIOs have a backup plan for AI?

Brian and I dig into what happens when GPU prices spike or your AI vendor changes terms overnight. Is it time to own part of your AI stack?

Software Defined Talk – Observability's Next Phase

I sat down with Prabhat Sharma and Shani Shoham from OpenObserve to talk about why observability is still broken and what they built to fix it. If you've ever stared at an observability dashboard wondering if it's actually telling you anything useful, this one's for you.

The Cloud Pod – Cache Me If You Can – Now With Durability

The crew asks the uncomfortable question: is AI spending producing outcomes, or are we in a collective hallucination? They compare AI infrastructure costs against the human workers it was supposed to replace.

Podcast of the Week

ATP – The Crystal Pepsi of Aqua (Ep. 695)

Nobody covers WWDC more thoroughly than John, Marco, and Casey. This week they work through macOS Golden Gate, iOS 27, the new Siri AI push, and what Apple's EU regulatory delays mean for the rest of us. Good, bad, and ugly — they cover all of it.

Non-Tech Pod of the Week

Pablo Torre Finds Out – How the World Cup Wasted Your Money (Ep. 394)

I'm excited for the World Cup — but this episode with The Athletic's Adam Crafton is a gut-punch before you get swept up in the matches. FIFA stands to pocket nearly $9 billion while hitting host cities with absurd demands: exclusive VIP treatment, stadium purity rules, a pop-up jail. Pablo and Adam crunch every number. Worth a listen before you start celebrating.

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