Is DX Worth $1 Billion?

This week, we cover Oracle’s OpenAI deal, the RubyGems drama, and Atlassian buying DX. Plus, does anyone still use widgets?

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Runner-up Titles

• It’s a two knob problem
• The healthy jaundice of success
• My homework is to go home
• Are you enjoying the widgets?
• I get you on the Ponzi Scheme
• Hanlon’s Razor strikes again
• Blogging: Hardest form of social media

Rundown

• Oracle
  • Exclusive | Oracle, OpenAI Sign Massive $300 Billion Cloud Computing Deal
  • Oracle and OpenAI are full of crap
  • OpenAI doesn’t have the cash to pay Oracle $300 billion — raising it will test the very limits of private markets
  • Nvidia stock jumps on $100 billion OpenAI investment as Huang touts 'biggest AI infrastructure project in history
• Ruby Central Takes Over RubyGems
• Atlassian
  • Atlassian acquires DX, a developer productivity platform, for $1B
  • Atlassian acquires developer productivity startup DX for $1B
  • The AI Shift: Static Software vs. Living AI Systems
• RSS co-creator launches new protocol for AI data licensing
• Nvidia to Invest $5 Billion in Intel, Furthering Trump’s Turnaround Plan

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• Wasm 3.0 Completed - WebAssembly
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• New H-1B rules sparked weekend chaos
• The Man Calling Bullshit on the AI Boom
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• The Secret Service has dismantled a telecom threat near the UN. It could have disabled cell service in NYC
• Enterprise AI Looks Bleak, But Employee AI Looks Bright
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Conferences

• Civo Navigate London, Coté speaking, September 30th.
• Texas Linux Fest, Austin, October 3rd to 4th.
• 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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