Daily Reading List – October 12, 2023 (#181)

I’ve got lots of good items for you to check out below, whether you’re looking for strategic pieces or lower level tech details. Dig in!

[blog] Top 100 product marketing books: Your definitive guide. Don’t let the title fool you. This is a list of books that many types of people would benefit from. If you want to improve how you think strategically and communicate with others, pick a few from this list.

[blog] Shared fate: Protecting customers with generative AI indemnification. This is huge. Google will give you IP indemnity for our generative AI products.

[article] How Generative AI Can Increase Developer Productivity Now. There are clear benefits to introducing this tech to your team, but don’t expect miracles.

[article] The Ultimate Measure of Software Development Effectiveness. The point here is that how well your team deploys can be a fairly good proxy for how the team is performing as a whole.

[youtube-video] AlloyDB Omni on Google Compute Engine Quickstart. This is everything I want out of a video demonstration of tech: it’s short, it’s visual, and it includes commentary about WHY the presenter is making certain choices.

[blog] Swinging for the clouds: Major League Baseball keeps enhancing the game and fan experience. All the rule changes in baseball this season turned out great. Faster games, more action, and a better product. I’m glad we played a part in helping teams do more with data.

[article] Is Your Team Caught in the Solution Fixation Trap? Are you cycling forever on solutions? The best teams spend more time analyzing info and understanding the root problem.

[article] Microsoft reportedly runs GitHub’s AI Copilot at a loss. I saw a denial of this claim, but it’s still a reminder that AI services are still a premium given the cost of delivering them.

[blog] In Celebration of Vittorio Bertocci. Vittorio was a special person, and anyone who got to see him speak or meet him was better off for it.

[blog] Building a Cloud To-Do React JS App On Google Cloud. Good walkthrough here that shows how to connect a few technologies to deliver a solution.

[blog] Pulumi for Platform Teams: New Features for Developer Portals, Policy and Deployments. Pulumi is on a roll lately. Some good product updates here for those setting up platforms for dev teams.

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