Tech Event Bingo

All 250 squares

Every card is 12 from the first list, 12 from the second, and one free space.

Probably happening

Plausible. Some of these are already in progress.

  • AWS us-east-1 goes down
  • Cloudflare outage breaks the web
  • Apple drops another port
  • Google kills another product
  • Microsoft renames Copilot again
  • Nvidia sets market cap record
  • Startup rebrands as 'AI lab'
  • Another 'year of Linux desktop'
  • Rust rewrite announced
  • Meta launches another headset
  • Robotaxi launch delayed again
  • OpenAI model names get weirder
  • Keynote demo fails live
  • Viral cloud bill horror story
  • Layoffs blamed on AI efficiency
  • Unicorn takes a down round
  • EU fines Apple again
  • Copilot price hike
  • Someone rewrites it in Go
  • React adds feature nobody asked for
  • Python 2 found in production
  • Log4j-style CVE panic
  • VC declares 'AI winter' on X
  • Sam Altman tweets cryptically
  • Elon promises FSD 'next year'
  • Crypto exchange gets hacked
  • Bitcoin hits new all-time high
  • Slack goes down on a Monday
  • Someone says 'agentic workflows'
  • 'We're hiring' post after layoffs
  • Apple Intelligence delayed again
  • Anthropic ships during Google I/O
  • Free tier quietly removed
  • Chrome delays cookie death again
  • Windows update breaks printers
  • AI startup acquihired by big tech
  • 'Just getting started' in keynote
  • Return-to-office memo leaks
  • Nvidia keynote runs two hours
  • WordPress drama continues
  • Reddit sells more data to AI
  • Vercel raises prices
  • New AI wearable flops
  • 'We take security seriously' email
  • Docker changes licensing again
  • Startup pivots to defense tech
  • AI-generated ad gets backlash
  • 'Gemini' said 100 times at I/O
  • Meta stops saying 'metaverse'
  • Node.js release nobody upgrades to
  • Someone says 'AI-native'
  • CEO says 'vibe coding'
  • Investor asks about moat
  • Kubernetes for a side project
  • New JS framework this week
  • Someone ships on Friday
  • Conference Wi-Fi dies
  • Can everyone see my screen?
  • Demo breaks after one small tweak
  • Server bill 10x overnight
  • Founder posts 'stealth no more'
  • NPM supply chain attack
  • Tim Cook succession rumor resurfaces
  • John Ternus named next Apple CEO
  • Siri revamp slips to 2027
  • Mac mini button still underneath
  • Apple calls it 'the best iPhone yet'
  • 'Awe dropping' becomes a meme
  • Base iPhone finally gets 120Hz
  • iPhone Air ships eSIM only
  • Someone says 'thinnest iPhone ever'
  • Apple Watch flags hypertension
  • AirPods translation demo stalls
  • Crossbody strap sells out
  • iPhone Plus quietly retired
  • Reviews call Pro upgrade 'iterative'
  • Scratchgate hits iPhone 17 Pro
  • iOS 26 battery complaints trend
  • Vapor chamber gets its own slide
  • A19 Pro 'fastest chip ever' again
  • Apple Store lines return
  • HomePod no-show at event
  • MagSafe battery for Air costs $99
  • Prices unchanged despite tariffs
  • Selfie cam gets a standing ovation
  • Foldable iPhone leak same week
  • Preorders crash Apple Store app
  • Analyst downgrades Apple post-event
  • AirPods now track heart rate
  • 'Only Apple can do this' onstage
  • TechWoven case replaces FineWoven
  • DHH demos Omarchy on stage
  • Someone says 'one-person framework'
  • Rails 9 announced in keynote
  • Kamal demo waits on Wi-Fi
  • Solid Queue replaces Sidekiq talk
  • 37signals cloud exit slide again
  • Hotwire Native app demo lags
  • Tobi Lütke surprise appearance
  • RubyGems governance drama flares
  • Ruby 4 YJIT benchmark slide
  • Speaker dunks on microservices
  • 'Merchants of complexity' quoted
  • Hallway track debates Sorbet
  • Rails Foundation adds sponsor
  • Talk titled 'Boring is good'
  • Fizzy gets a live demo
  • No-build pipeline hot take
  • Someone asks about Ractors
  • Claude writes a Rails migration live
  • DHH tweets from the stage
  • Lightning talk runs long
  • Ruby Central booth awkward
  • GitHub Copilot sponsors coffee
  • N+1 query found in the badge app
  • DHH quotes scripture on stage
  • r/programming melts down over Rails
  • Rust-powered Rails gem announced
  • DHH hints at stepping back
  • 'Last Rails World' rumor spreads
  • Mechanical bull at the afterparty
  • Hacker News thread hits 500 comments
  • Talk compares Rails to a parable
  • DHH blog post drops mid-keynote
  • Rails 9 ships with Rust parser
  • Next Rails World city announced
  • Afterparty injury trends on X

Absolutely not happening

Unless it does, in which case we told you so.

  • Linus Torvalds apologizes politely
  • Zuckerberg deletes Facebook
  • Cloud bill comes in under budget
  • Elon ships on time
  • AWS pricing fits on one screen
  • Developers say they love Jira
  • Internet Explorer returns as AI
  • GPT-6 asks for a union
  • Apple releases a USB hub
  • Google keeps a product alive
  • Bezos becomes a scrum master
  • Meta admits metaverse was a bit
  • Nvidia GPUs in stock at MSRP
  • JavaScript gets a real int type
  • VC funds a profitable company
  • Standup ends early
  • Kubernetes explained in one line
  • Sam Altman takes a vacation
  • Oracle open-sources everything
  • Crypto bro admits it's a casino
  • Windows ships without telemetry
  • AI writes honest postmortem
  • Tim Cook drops iPhone on stage
  • DHH endorses TypeScript
  • Left-pad maintainer knighted
  • Python removes GIL, nothing breaks
  • Recruiter reads your resume
  • Stack Overflow question not closed
  • Excel gains sentience
  • Siri understands you first try
  • COBOL rewritten over a weekend
  • Nadella launches Clippy Pro
  • Optimus files for unemployment
  • Alexa unionizes
  • Datacenter runs on hamster wheels
  • Emacs and Vim merge
  • Bitcoin adds customer support
  • Google I/O held inside a Waymo
  • Meeting replaced by an email
  • Pager silent for a whole quarter
  • CEO admits he doesn't get AI
  • Regex works on first try
  • Marc Andreessen writes short post
  • Ellison buys another island
  • Slack DND actually works
  • Windows drops the Copilot key
  • Duolingo owl runs for Senate
  • Docs finished before launch
  • Y Combinator funds a bakery
  • ChatGPT admits it doesn't know
  • Shopify buys Tailwind
  • DHH goes back to macOS
  • X renames back to Twitter
  • Oracle becomes cool again
  • PM writes the docs
  • AI quits over low pay
  • Siri sues OpenAI for defamation
  • Craig Federighi's hair goes gray
  • Apple buys OpenAI, renames it iAI
  • iPhone Air floats away
  • Apple admits Siri was an intern
  • iPhone Air used as a bookmark
  • Cosmic Orange named Pantone color
  • Apple Watch diagnoses your startup
  • iPhone Air lost in a stack of paper
  • Camera plateau used as a coaster
  • Crossbody strap wins Fashion Week
  • Apple sells vapor chamber separately
  • Apple ships Ceramic Shield glasses
  • Ultra 3 texts Elon via satellite
  • eSIM gains physical form
  • Apple un-announces the iPhone Air
  • Apple Park finally takes off
  • iPhone 17 Pro Max Air Ultra ships
  • Camera Control now just calls Siri
  • Sleep score gives Cook an F
  • Orange iPhone visible from space
  • AirPods translate dog barks
  • Apple charges for the color orange
  • Apple returns the headphone jack
  • iPhone Air comes with a paperweight
  • 'One more thing' is a tote bag
  • N1 chip fixes conference Wi-Fi
  • DHH keynotes from a Le Mans car
  • Keynote streamed via Turbo Stream
  • Kamal deploys the venue
  • Sidekiq shows up uninvited
  • Matz declares Ruby finished
  • Rails 9 removes the database
  • Omarchy installed on badge scanners
  • Rack middleware serves lunch
  • Hotwire Native runs the coffee cart
  • Ruby gets static types, riots
  • ActiveRecord gains free will
  • Basecamp buys AWS
  • Shopify ships checkout in Django
  • Turbolinks apology tour
  • Rails Foundation buys Amsterdam
  • Attendee tattoos 'rails new'
  • DHH praises Kubernetes
  • Solid Cache remembers your name
  • Ruby out-benchmarks Rust
  • Zeitwerk autoloads the audience
  • Minitest vs RSpec settled by duel
  • Rails World renamed 'ONCE World'
  • Every talk is by DHH
  • Gemfile.lock printed as keynote
  • Sinatra headlines Rails World
  • DHH admits he likes JavaScript
  • Badge QR code is a Ruby one-liner
  • DHH reads Genesis, calls it a README
  • Reddit bans Ruby as a word
  • Rails rewritten in Rust overnight
  • DHH retires to race full time
  • Rails World replaced by a group chat
  • Bull deploys itself with Kamal
  • Broken leg fixed with a migration
  • Ten commandments of Rails read aloud
  • Reddit mods rewrite site in Rails
  • Borrow checker added to Ruby
  • Bull survives, keynote doesn't
  • DHH's final commit is a psalm
  • Matz rides the bull, ships Ruby 5