Potpourri of topics today that look at frontend tech, some product launches, industry trends, and how to be funny.
[blog] Creating inclusive apps with Flutter: Best practices for accessibility. Admittedly, this isn’t something I thought about much when I started as a software developer twenty-something years ago. I do now. Good post.
[blog] Log Analytics in Cloud Logging is now GA. Very cool new functionality here. Analyze application, network, and audit logs (basically everything) in BigQuery. Write complex SQL, retain logs for a decade, and more.
[article] InfoQ Software Trends Report: Major Trends in 2022 and What to Watch for in 2023. This offers a look at the future of teams, AI, data, and work.
[news] Google’s Muse model could be the next big thing for generative AI. This will be a wild year for AI and I suspect we’ll see some legit mainstream adoption. And hype. Lots of hype.
[article] The Hidden Costs of ‘Free’ Internal Developer Portals. Contrarian viewpoints catch my attention nowadays as I see so many shared viewpoints out there. Developer portals are all the rage, and can be awesome. This article highlights where there’s risk hosting your own.
[blog] Built with BigQuery: Solving scale and complexity in retail pricing with BigQuery, Looker, Analytics Hub and more. Data processing and analytics is hard enough for one company, but what if you’re a SaaS provider offering these services to a host of tenants? Good case study here.
[blog] The 12 Platform Challenges – recap. One of your 2023 goals might be to “build a platform team” at your company. Kudos. Good goal. Read this post to know what challenges to prepare for.
[blog] Product management books to read in 2023. Product managers, product marketers, IT leaders, architects, or devs could get value from many of the books on this list.
[blog] Why You Should Pay Attention to WebAssembly. As SOG says in the post, it’s early, but not too early to pay attention.
[blog] Google Research, 2022 & Beyond: Language, Vision and Generative Models. Kick off to a series of posts that highlight our AI work in 2022 and vision for the future. Exciting stuff.
[blog] This Is The Most Fun Way To Make Your Life Awesome. Can you learn to be funny? Sure, why not? Not everyone is naturally hilarious. Read this post to learn more about humor and creating more chuckles.
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