Dont make a dashboard, make an API @VMwareTanzu
Dont make a dashboard, make an API  @VMwareTanzu
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
“Everybody wants to be the dashboard that runs them all. We know how that worked out for Frodo.” David Zendzian on the recurring vendor fantasy of the One Tool, and what to build instead - good APIs that let you live inside everyone else’s stack.

Clipped from a conversation on the AI-era security playbook with @davidzendzian on Tanzu Catsup.

Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=ZYe1xtVEpbM

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