Daily Reading List – November 27, 2024 (#450)

If you’re in the US, have a happy Thanksgiving holiday. I’ve got countless things to be thankful for. And if you’re outside the States, enjoy these two quiet days of work!

[blog] 2024: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise. Lots of interesting data here. You all are majorly expanding your spend on generative AI apps and finding AI use cases. See here for some viable predictions.

[blog] How software-engineering instincts clash with Infrastructure as Code. Brian says that Infrastructure as Code isn’t like “regular” code. Best practices with most code would cause problems with IaC.

[blog] My review is stuck – what now? Wow, this post offers some outstanding advice for those who are trying to get a pull request approved or even looked at.

[article] What causes ‘bad days’ for developers? Maybe stuck code reviews cause bad days, but there are other things too. This piece looks at research into what disrupts developers’ workdays.

[blog] Cloud CISO Perspectives: To end ransomware scourge, start with more reporting — not blocking cyber-insurance. Lots of links, and good perspective, in this month’s security writeup.

[blog] Making a dev container with multiple data services. Follow Pamela’s advice if you want a data-ready dev environment when coding.

[blog] Setup a RAG with Google Drive data using Google Cloud’s RAG Engine. It’s not trivial to crawl content, index it, store chunks for vector retrieval, and then serve up augmented predictions. Our RAG Engine API makes it easier, as this post shows.

[blog] Bluesky’s open API means anyone can scrape your data for AI training. Lots of social channels available now. Open platforms mean … open access. Looks like you have no control over what folks do with your Bluesky posts.

[article] Anna Berenberg Talks at QCon San Francisco on Google’s One Network. I’m excited to see this recording come out, but for now, read the recap. Anna and team have been building up to this for years.

[article] GenAI Won’t Replace Open Source, Says AWS Exec. I didn’t realize this was even a concern!

[blog] DORA Report 2024 – A Look at Throughput and Stability. I’ve probably read a dozen pieces of analysis on this year’s DORA report, and as usual, Redmonk’s is among the best.

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