Daily Reading List – August 23, 2023 (#149)

I’m in Sunnyvale today for a Google Cloud Next rehearsal session, and on the way home now. There’s a fun energy around here in anticipation of next week’s event!

[blog] The Modernization Imperative (TMI): The beauty in boring. My latest on the Google Cloud blog looks at finding a balance between “boring” and “exciting” components in your architecture.

[article] What to Do When You Don’t Trust Your Employee. There’s some good advice here if you’re struggling with a co-worker , and honestly, it probably applies to personal relationships too.

[article] How Games Typically Get Built. Video games are software, and game developers experiencing many of the same things as “regular” software devs. But there are unique aspects, as this post calls out.

[blog] Structured Logging with slog. Big, important new capability for Go developers.

[article] 5 Things to Stop Doing on LinkedIn, Now. Yes! While you might justify reasons to do each of these things, just don’t.

[article] ChatGPT, NLP and TensorFlow top list of in-demand generative AI skills. It’s usually worth dedicating a background thread to staying informed on one or two emerging trends. Now’s a good time to learn more about generative AI.

[blog] Istio Ambient is not a “Node Proxy.” The first generation of mainstream service meshes was powerful, but complex. I’m optimistic about where Istio is heading.

[article] Intro to gRPC: The REST alternative. This is a strong walkthrough of gRPC in a Node application.

[blog] Product Management’s Role in Software: A Fool’s Game or an Evolving Adventure? Thorough piece here on the origins, value, and importance of product management. Every company needs this discipline!

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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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