Robert Cathey
@robertcathey.bsky.social
Cathey.co helps cloud infrastructure, dev tooling, data, security, and AI startups and new open source projects with PR, AR, content strategies.
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2025 State of Open Source in Financial Services Survey
Welcome to the 2025 State of Open Source in Financial Services Survey!
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June 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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"For now, we’re waiting to see if more unicorns make it to exit. With the tech IPO market mostly frozen at the moment, public markets likely won’t be providing returns in the near term."
news.crunchbase.com/ma/exits-uni...
news.crunchbase.com/ma/exits-uni...
The 30-Year Unicorn Backlog
If the current pace of exits persists, it would take 30 years for every U.S. company on The Crunchbase Unicorn Board to go public or be acquired. While it may sound disheartening, it’s actually an imp...
news.crunchbase.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"For now, we’re waiting to see if more unicorns make it to exit. With the tech IPO market mostly frozen at the moment, public markets likely won’t be providing returns in the near term."
news.crunchbase.com/ma/exits-uni...
news.crunchbase.com/ma/exits-uni...
5G was supposed to be better than LTE, but ~6 years in, coverage remains spotty, bandwidth remains limited, and connection quality remains intermittent. Why?
May 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
5G was supposed to be better than LTE, but ~6 years in, coverage remains spotty, bandwidth remains limited, and connection quality remains intermittent. Why?
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"Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community" www.cncf.io/blog/2025/04... github.com/cncf/toc/iss...
Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community
When a company contributes a project to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), it’s not just sharing code—it’s making a commitment to the open source community. It’s a pledge to uphold open…
www.cncf.io
April 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Protecting NATS and the integrity of open source: CNCF’s commitment to the community" www.cncf.io/blog/2025/04... github.com/cncf/toc/iss...
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When I hear someone saying they're a vibe programmer.
April 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
When I hear someone saying they're a vibe programmer.
OpenAI makes AWS look like branding experts.
April 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
OpenAI makes AWS look like branding experts.
Thinking maybe this is what vibe government looks like.
April 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Thinking maybe this is what vibe government looks like.
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"Serena study shows Open Source beats proprietary in funding speed, valuation, and exit success" tech.eu/2025/04/10/s...
Serena study shows Open Source beats proprietary in funding speed, valuation, and exit success
The Serena VC Commercial Open Source Report, based on 25 years of venture data and 800+ VC-backed Open Source startups, reveals key financial insights driving the model.
tech.eu
April 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Serena study shows Open Source beats proprietary in funding speed, valuation, and exit success" tech.eu/2025/04/10/s...
Mark Collier taking AI, open infrastructure, and joining forces with the @linuxfoundation.org on @techstronggroup.bsky.social at #kubecon.
April 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Mark Collier taking AI, open infrastructure, and joining forces with the @linuxfoundation.org on @techstronggroup.bsky.social at #kubecon.
April 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
@shar1z.com kicking off Ask the Devs. Join us at OpenTofu Day!
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CNCF-hosted Co-located Events Europe 2025: Panel: Ask the Devs! - Sharone Zitzman,...
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April 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@shar1z.com kicking off Ask the Devs. Join us at OpenTofu Day!
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colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1uBAg/...
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What’s this all about? arstechnica.com/security/202...
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.
arstechnica.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
What’s this all about? arstechnica.com/security/202...
I know what the extended Berkeley packet filter is and why it matters.
This must be some kind of mark that will get PR folk into heaven.
Right?
Right.
This must be some kind of mark that will get PR folk into heaven.
Right?
Right.
March 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I know what the extended Berkeley packet filter is and why it matters.
This must be some kind of mark that will get PR folk into heaven.
Right?
Right.
This must be some kind of mark that will get PR folk into heaven.
Right?
Right.
Seems quantum computing has been five years away from a big breakthrough for the past 30 years.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/25/g...
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/25/g...
Google quantum exec says tech is '5 years out from a real breakout'
Julian Kelly, Google Quantum AI's director of hardware, told CNBC quantum computers may only be about five years from a breakthrough.
www.cnbc.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Seems quantum computing has been five years away from a big breakthrough for the past 30 years.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/25/g...
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/25/g...
Also, why do some security analysts recommend using a VPN, then block VPN packets when you go to their website?
March 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Also, why do some security analysts recommend using a VPN, then block VPN packets when you go to their website?
Rule #16 of analyst relations:
The data you want is not included in your subscription tier.
The data you want is not included in your subscription tier.
March 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Rule #16 of analyst relations:
The data you want is not included in your subscription tier.
The data you want is not included in your subscription tier.
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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I'm looking for my next thing, and I need to move fast. I have several years of experience in developer relations from startups to the enterprise, and I'm particularly skilled at distilling complex topics into something easily understood by newbies and non-technical folks alike, on stage or off. 1/3
March 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I'm looking for my next thing, and I need to move fast. I have several years of experience in developer relations from startups to the enterprise, and I'm particularly skilled at distilling complex topics into something easily understood by newbies and non-technical folks alike, on stage or off. 1/3
My forthcoming book on the history of open source will be titled, "Hope, euphoria, recrimination and bitterness"
March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My forthcoming book on the history of open source will be titled, "Hope, euphoria, recrimination and bitterness"
Grateful that our only impacts from the storm were torrential rain, inconvenience, and multiple flight rebookings.
March 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Grateful that our only impacts from the storm were torrential rain, inconvenience, and multiple flight rebookings.