In the long run…
Episode 370 · July 29th, 2022 · 1 hr 14 mins
About this Episode
This week we discuss developer toil, local vs. remote development and Facebook’s management woes. Plus, some thoughts on business books…
Runner-up Titles
- The Instant Acquisition
- Belly of the Beast
- We can’t be bothered, but we bothered
- I’m done with that
- I don’t have those problems
- More Money, More Weirdness
- Occam’s Razor is always handy
- Ghost ride it into production
- Let’s take the offline online
- We’re just doing stuff with computers
Rundown
- Coté and Brian attempt to summarize Facebook’s current state.
- Developer Toil: The Hidden Tech Debt
- Will Local Dev ever go away? and Swyx’s take
Relevant to your Interests
- How to Misuse & Abuse DORA Metrics
- Elon Musk’s Friendship With Sergey Brin Ruptured by Alleged Affair
- Non-Obvious Docker Uses
- T-Mobile agrees to cough up $500 million for its disastrous data breach last year
- AWS sales boss claims Microsoft's cloud licenses
- NFL enters media streaming market with 'NFL+'
- How Software Is Stifling Competition and Slowing Innovation
- San Francisco Races Clock for Comeback With Tech Gloom Deepening
- DALL·E 2
- Adam Mosseri on Insta Changes
- Here are the 37 tech companies most likely to be acquired by private-equity firms after valuations plunged, according to bankers and private data
- Clouded Judgement — Recession Impact
Nonsense
- A new plasma robot can dig tunnels 100 times faster and 98% cheaper
- Mattel to launch SpaceX vehicles as new Matchbox toys and collectibles
- The US Records Its First Case Of Polio Since 2013
- Urgent Care with Matt Ray
Listener Feedback
- Demo of Apple Badges at the 187 Buildings
- Chase wants you to work at Octopus Energy Group
- Work with Matt Ray: Kubecost hiring Product Manager in US
Conferences
- Coté’s August 4th webinar on platform engineering - register and watch, my homies
- DevOpsDays DFW, August 24-25, 2022 - Coté speaking, along with John Willis, Andrew Shafer, and friends
- VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022 - Coté’s pitch.
- SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022
- THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors Jan 16-19, 2023
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