Daily Reading List – May 31, 2023 (#100)

Wow, 100 issues of this experiment. I guess I’ll keep going with it? I’ve enjoyed capturing a potpourri of topics and sharing with others. Today, you’ll find some fun content on AI, app modernization, fighting cynicism, and connecting your clouds.

[article] Success Requires Saying No, Here’s How The Experts Do It. Are you good at saying “no”? I am not, although getting better. This post helps you change your approach.

[blog] Large sequence models for software development activities. Sleepy title, exciting post. Read about an AI model we built that learns from Google software dev activities and helps developers in their tasks.

[article] How New York Life is planning for life after the data center. Check out this writeup of how a 175-year-old company modernizes and takes a strategic approach to data and security.

[blog] Pilot a Spring Boot app on Google Cloud! With FAQs addressed!!! This is a useful introductory post for those new to Spring, and those new to cloud deployments. Abi wrote a follow up post that explains REST controllers and UI templating.

[blog] How we designed and built the Pixel Fold’s hinge. Not a tech post per-se, but still a neat look at how we designed the hinge in our upcoming foldable.

[article] Has Cynicism Infected Your Organization? Very helpful advice here for individuals or leaders who want to turn around a cynical perspective at their company.

[article] MongoDB vs. PostgreSQL vs. ScyllaDB: Tractian’s Experience. On the surface, these feel like three VERY different databases to compare to each other. But this is still an informative look at how these products compete to solve the customer’s problem.

[blog] Announcing Cross-Cloud Interconnect: seamless connectivity to all your clouds. This looks like a powerful way to connect your clouds together on a secure, performant backbone.

[blog] eBay’s Common Automation Solution for Platform Evolution. Here’s how eBay approaches updates to the app framework and infrastructure in their platform.

[youtube-video] Generate and edit images with Generative AI Studio. Watch this short video and you’ll likely think of a dozen use cases for this new service. I sure did.

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Author: Richard Seroter

Richard Seroter is currently the Chief Evangelist at Google Cloud and leads the Developer Relations program. He’s also an instructor at Pluralsight, a frequent public speaker, the author of multiple books on software design and development, and a former InfoQ.com editor plus former 12-time Microsoft MVP for cloud. As Chief Evangelist at Google Cloud, Richard leads the team of developer advocates, developer engineers, outbound product managers, and technical writers who ensure that people find, use, and enjoy Google Cloud. Richard maintains a regularly updated blog on topics of architecture and solution design and can be found on Twitter as @rseroter.

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