Be Helpful, Not Helpless Principle

This week, we dig into the latest DORA report and OpenAI’s big product updates. Plus, some hot takes on airline status and the Eurostar.

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Runner-up Titles

• Just plug in an iPhone
• Be helpful, not helpless

Rundown

• Announcing the 2025 DORA Report | Google Cloud Blog
• OpenAI
  • Agentic Commerce
  • The New Sora App
  • Introducing ChatGPT Pulse

Relevant to your Interests

• Intel and Apple hold investment talks, no deal in sight - 9to5Mac
• Ed Zitron is mad as hell
• TikTok will stay: Trump signs executive order to keep app in the US
• 10+ Hidden Features in iOS 26
• Splunk .conf25: Forging a Data Foundation for Cisco's AgenticOps Vision
• JFrog SwampUp 2025: The Agentic Development Era Emerges From The Swamp
• RIP, AOL dial-up: Take a walk down memory lane to 5 other now-defunct tech icons that defined millennials' youths
• Logitech launches MX Master 4 flagship productivity mouse – the best mouse we've tested adds haptic feedback, circular Action Ring shortcuts
• Charlie Javice Sentenced to 85 Months in Prison for Fraud
• Spotify CEO Daniel Ek to step aside
• Cloudscape - Cloudscape Design System
• Cursor CLI
• Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5
• Cursor CLI
• Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5
• GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview
• Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover
• How Ruby Went Off the Rails
• Open source to closed doors: RubyGems control fight erupts
• Platform Engineering and AI - Two Buzzwords Finally Meet! | Michael Cote

Nonsense

• Build-A-Bear Stock Outperforms Nvidia (The Onion)

Conferences

• CF Day EU, Coté speaking, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025.
• AI for the Rest of Us, Coté speaking, October 15th-16th, London. Use code SDT20 for 20% off.
• Wiz Wizdom Conferences, NYC November 3-5, London November 17-19
• SREDay Amsterdam, Coté speaking, November 7th.

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Recommendations

• Brandon: Black Rabbit
• Coté: Sune, Hackney, London.

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