This week, we discuss AI-assisted COBOL migrations, the OpenClaw Foundation, and AI killing Office. Plus, is TSA PreCheck Touchless the peak of airport efficiency?

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/HSsVZGNCYpc?si=2JUF_hrHWa4hKETM) 561 (https://www.youtube.com/live/HSsVZGNCYpc?si=2JUF_hrHWa4hKETM)

Runner-up Titles

• New’s not good

• He knows how to be retired

• Let Matt Cook

• We don’t have to worry about that Brandon

• You’re that guy

• The stock market feels reactionary

• Siri-Claw

• Foundation Washing

• Give me life-changing money and I’ll have a better take

• Why do I need to pay for power usage?

Rundown

• IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares tank 13% on Anthropic programming language threat (https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/02/23/ibm-is-the-latest-ai-casualty-shares-are-tanking-on-anthropic-cobol-threat.html)

• IBM Crashes 11% as Anthropic Threatens COBOL Empire (https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/ibm-crashes-11-as-anthropic-threatens-cobol-empire)

• Mechanical Orchard: Half Baked (https://www.mechanical-orchard.com/insights/half-baked)

• OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future (https://steipete.me/posts/2026/openclaw)

• This Is the Biggest Threat to Microsoft Office I’ve Ever Seen. (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ive-spent-30-years-building-business-software-biggest-angus-norton-qu0fc)

• LibreOffice Online: a fresh start - TDF Community Blog (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/24/libreoffice-online-a-fresh-start/)

• Linux 7.0-rc1 Released With Many New Features (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-rc1-Released)

Relevant to your Interests

• Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announces it sold 77% of its Amazon (https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2023870475072639122?s=20)

• they hacked CSS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZUp5nY7BWU)

• The A.I. Disruption We’ve Been Waiting for Has Arrived (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/opinion/ai-software.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share)

• YOLO Travel Bookings (https://bsky.app/profile/sogrady.org/post/3mfkrpur4cc2t)

• This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby (https://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/)

• The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete (https://joelgouveia.substack.com/p/the-death-of-spotify-why-streaming)

• OpenAI resets spending expectations, tells investors compute target is around $600 billion by 2030 (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/20/openai-resets-spend-expectations-targets-around-600-billion-by-2030.html?ref=runtime.news)

• Cloud and AWS cost consultant Duckbill expands to software, raises $7.75M for new Skyway platform (https://www.geekwire.com/2026/cloud-and-aws-cost-consultant-duckbill-expands-to-software-raises-7-75m-for-new-skyway-platform/)

• Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums (https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-vacuum-army/)

• My smart sleep mask broadcasts users’ brainwaves to an open MQTT broker (https://aimilios.bearblog.dev/reverse-engineering-sleep-mask/)

Nonsense

• GE Profile made a smaller version of its nugget ice maker that needs less counter space (https://www.theverge.com/tech/881365/ge-profile-opal-mini-nugget-ice-maker-pro-chewable-appliance)

• TSA PreCheck Touchless ID | Delta Air Lines (https://www.delta.com/us/en/check-in-security/expedited-airport-security/touchless-id)

Listener Feedback

• Introducing Agent Plugins for AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/introducing-agent-plugins-for-aws/)

Conferences

• DevOpsDay (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x) (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x)LA at SCALE23x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x), March 6th, Pasadena, CA

• Use code: DEVOP for 50% off.

• Devnexus 2026 (https://devnexus.com), March 4th to 6th, Atlanta, GA.

• Use this 30% off discount code from your pals at Tanzu: DN26VMWARE30 (https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/vmware-tanzu-at-devnexus-2026).

• Check out the Tanzu and Spring talks and trading cards on THE LANDING PAGE (https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/vmware-tanzu-at-devnexus-2026).

• Austin Meetup (https://altinity.com/events/austin-open-lakehouse-and-ai), March 10th, Listener Steve Anness speaking on Grafana

• KubeCon EU (https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/), March 23rd to 26th, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.

• DevOps (https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/)d (https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/)ays Atlanta 2026 (https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-atlanta/welcome/), April 21-22, 2026

• DevOpsDays Austin (https://devopsdays.org/events/2026-austin/welcome/), May 5 - 6, 2026

• WeAreDevelopers (https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress), July 8th to 10th, Berlin, Coté speaking.

• VMware User Groups (VMUGs):

• 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: Milestone Birthdays (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/milestone-birthdays/id6759117799) (iOS App)

• Matt: Lupin (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2531336/) on Netflix