The Cloudcast

Things to be Thankful for

November 30, 2025 • Massive Studios

As the Thanksgiving weekend passes, let's look at some technology things that we're thankful for and excited about.

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THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR:

Thankful for health
Happy Birthday to ChatGPT
The feature on an iPhone that remembers the code sent in an SMS message
Role playing, brain storming, scenario planning on ChatGPT/Gemini
Tools like Vercel that let non-programmers use AI to build apps (the future of PaaS)
Tools like NotebookLM making complex stuff like LLM training, RAG patterns,
True competition in the cloud market as differentiation emerges
The beginnings of alternatives to NVIDIA in the AI HW Acceleration market
The evolution of wearables like fitness trackers, or AirPods (better sound quality, noise cancelling, language translation, etc.)

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