This week we discuss Monolith vs. Microservices , PassKeys replacing passwords and the return of Watson(x). Plus, some thoughts on the media and BlueSky.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 414 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoL0gxUCHwk)
Runner-up Titles
All the takes you’ve heard, are probably true
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An Ombudsman of Tech Hype
I’ve programmed before
Rundown
Monoliths are not dinosaurs (https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2023/05/monoliths-are-not-dinosaurs.html)
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant (https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611)
US DoL considers replacing monolithic IT with modular design (https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/08/dol_modular_code/)
Ford CEO Says It Will Keep Apple CarPlay, Android Auto: ‘We Lost That Battle 10 Years Ago’ (https://www.thedrive.com/news/ford-ceo-says-it-will-keep-apple-carplay-android-auto-we-lost-that-battle-10-years-ago)
IBM enters the generative-AI fray with Watsonx (https://www.axios.com/2023/05/09/watsonx-ibm-generative-ai-chatgpt)
Estimated that they could reduce back-office people by 30%. But, said this would be done through attrition, not firing (https://staging.bsky.app/profile/cote.io/post/3jvezw745ao2n).
RIP passwords: Google accounts now support passkeys (https://www.pcworld.com/article/1806627/rip-passwords-google-accounts-now-support-passkeys.html)
Relevant to your Interests
Leaked Google document: “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI” (https://simonwillison.net/2023/May/4/no-moat/)
Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning (https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/08/go1-snaps-up-speed-reading-app-blinkist-to-expand-in-enterprise-learning/)
Miracle working product manager was stuck in Lotus position (https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/08/who_me/)
Broadcom CEO Seeks to Persuade EU on USD 61 Billion VMware Deal (https://enterprisetalk.com/quick-bytes/broadcom-ceo-seeks-to-persuade-eu-on-usd-61-billion-vmware-deal/)
GitHub replaces code search engine with Rust-based Blackbird (https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/09/blackbird_github_search/)
Clouded Judgement 5.5.23 (https://cloudedjudgement.substack.com/p/clouded-judgement-5523)
Nonsense
Tall poppy syndrome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome)
Short Poppies (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Poppies)
Australia: Woman survives on wine during five days stranded in Australian bush (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-65524218)
Mark Zuckerberg Wins Gold, Silver Medals in 1st-Ever Jiu-Jitsu Tournament (https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10075360-mark-zuckerberg-wins-gold-silver-medals-in-1st-ever-jiu-jitsu-tournament)
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June 7th State of Kubernetes overview (https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/webinars/jun-7-emea-state-of-kubernetes-2023-solving-kubernetes-challenges?utm_source=cote&utm_campaign=devrel&utm_content=newsletter), online.
June 8th to 9th PlatformCon (https://platformcon.com/), online.
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August 21st to 24th SpringOne (https://springone.io/) & VMware Explore US (https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html), in Las Vegas.
Sep 6th to 7th DevOpsDays Des Moines (https://devopsdays.org/events/2023-des-moines/welcome/), speaking.
Sep 18th to 19th SHIFT (https://shift.infobip.com/) in Zadar, speaking.
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Recommendations
Brandon: Silo | Apple TV+ (https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjus9y8z-j-AhVQIEwKHZ7QCJsYABAAGgJvYQ&ae=2&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESauD2hxM4dr0NzTnQWomUgIFxXQLmZKLwkuP7YUfysUViqkHB-rcfsyUYsVsoa3UtuxvprjMP_dt-QlM7ou6i593OBsuDA1XmArCZsZj0PAILIiav2Q-A86nG7eMxSgGs0vUfUbzyxCq0N2k&sig=AOD64_0SAcK50BfCJvVNTsw1fcLcY8oLww&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwixr9K8z-j-AhUOk2oFHU9gAccQ0Qx6BAgGEAE&nis=8&dct=1)
Coté: How to Idle (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/623922).
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