I hope you had a good weekend. My heart’s with those in Israel suffering from the weekend’s atrocities. For a distraction from the chaos of the world, read about some of the chaos in technology.
[article] What’s Fueling Burnout in Your Organization? What’s wearing people out at your company? Structural complexity? Painful workflows? Too many teams? Missing purpose? Good analysis here.
[blog] The Thin Line Between Bold and Reckless. I liked this post. Good reminder to think about context and perspective when analyzing “success” and “failure.”
[article] Measuring Developer Productivity: Who’s Winning the Debate? This is an extremely good writeup on the topic. If you want to catch-up on the discussion about measuring dev productivity, and do some of your own research, read this.
[article] Google Vertex AI Search updated with healthcare and life sciences capabilities. I like seeing this. Let’s make it easier for healthcare workers to get accurate and timely info.
[blog] Now is the time for grimoires. If you don’t want this article is based on the title, I’m with you. But it’s a great read on the need for expert prompts into LLMs, and a way to share those with others.
[blog] Developers’ Perspectives on Technical Debt Payment. If you’ve been in this tech field for a while, these practices for paying down tech debt, and the reasons for not doing so, should feel familiar.
[blog] Thumbs up for new emoji reactions in Gmail. Will it be weird the first time I get back a crab emoji reaction to an email I send? Yes. But I think it’s useful to have a quick way to acknowledge an email without a full response.
[article] How to empower software delivery teams as a business leader. Here’s some direction for leaders on how to think about measuring performance versus productivity.
[article] A metaverse resurgence? I’m still very skeptical that the metaverse turns into something meaningful any time soon, but Brian is now more bullish on it.
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