Daily Reading List – September 15, 2023 (#163)

Happy Friday to you. As mentioned yesterday, I’ll be in Europe all of next week, but will plan on posting every day, albeit at different hours.

[article] Discover the Performance Gain with Retrieval Augmented Generation. Many details here for those learning about RAG and getting better answers from LLMs.

[blog] The Top 5 Traits to Look for When Hiring. Domain expertise is terrific, but it’s not all that matters. Traverse calls out other things to look for.

[blog] When It Comes to Enterprise Tech Spending, Buyer Enthusiasm is “Not Dead Yet!” The Battery Ventures crew ran a survey. One thing that stood out to me was that developer-led purchasing decisions are tightening up.

[blog] Node.js vs. Deno vs. Bun: JavaScript runtime comparison. Good look at the JavaScript runtime landscape, which has gotten very interesting lately. More on Bun.

[blog] Trunk-Based Development vs. Long-Lived Feature Branches: Which One is Right for Your Software Team? Some pros and cons here for each pattern.

[podcast] Richard Seroter on Google Cloud Next ’23, Tech Newsletters and VMware. I joined the Software Defined Talk podcast to recap our latest conference, talk about AI and Kubernetes, and explain the deep mysteries of how I create this daily reading list.

[blog] Stop saying “fail.” We like to say “fail” a lot in the tech industry (“fail fast!”), but this post encourages us to use more meaningful words.

[blog] Nine Ways to Lose Data Using Serverless Without Even Knowing It. Much of this applies to any messaging-driven infrastructure, but be aware of places where data could quietly fall to the floor.

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