Today was a fairly quiet Friday before a long weekend here in the States. We’re off Monday and Tuesday, so I’ll be back Wednesday with a fresh reading list.
[blog] Navigating Complexity in Systems Architecture. Brian looks at whether you can avoid complexity (you can’t, really) and how to navigate the inherent complexity in a system and organization.
[blog] Unlocking cloud cost optimization: A guide to Google FinOps Resources. Lots of links and guidance in this post, regardless of which cloud you use.
[blog] Java ecosystem trends report 2023. Conference talks tell you what’s hot, not necessarily what everyone is actually doing right now. This post analyzes four recent Java events to see what’s emerging in our industry.
[report] 2023 State of the API Report. New from Postman, this survey shows what people are doing now with APIs and where APIs are going.
[blog] The Modernization Imperative: Is your platform engineering project doomed to fail? “Build it and they will come” works for ghosts and cornfields, but not internal platforms.
[article] Survey Surfaces Raft of Enterprise IT Challenges. Inertia is a challenge, and many IT leaders are struggling to introduce the necessary automation and modernization to their orgs.
[article] The Snowflake/Databricks rivalry heats up. AI only makes the rivalry more intense. And don’t forget about the cloud-native data options. including the leading warehouses.
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