RIA Weekly

This week, we discuss Claude’s new Excel skills, whether AI is augmenting or automating humans, and the latest developer surveys. Plus, AI making the command line cool again! Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/yj3NU6PEmnw?si=b1NI1QjI0PVNwkyy) 544 (https://www.youtube.com/live/yj3NU6PEmnw?si=b1NI1QjI0PVNwkyy) Runner-up Titles Cote’ shock jock mode Art with squids Command-Line Life Style AI isn’t for experts. The triumph of the command line The command line lifestyle is now available I don’t even know what sed is The Human Line Rundown Anthropic's Claude is learning Excel so you don't have to (https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/anthropic_claude_excel/) Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts: Reuters, citing sources (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/27/amazon-targets-as-many-as-30000-corporate-job-cuts.html) The State of Developer Ecosystem in 2025 (https://devecosystem-2025.jetbrains.com/) “The Pragmatic Engineer 2025 Survey: What’s in your tech stack? Part 3.