Daily Reading List – October 19, 2023 (#186)

My team’s grown lately, and I’ve been thinking more and more about the type of manager/leader I want to be. I wrote this back in 2016 when thinking of my favorite managers. But I’ve also learned that I shouldn’t just be the type of manager I want for myself, but also personalize my behavior to each person who may want/need something different. Work in progress!

[blog] Slides from SaaStock: What Founders Need to Know About Product Marketing. Whether you’re at a ten person company, or ten thousand person company, there’s someone doing marketing. Product marketing, specifically. Check out this post for a useful description of the purpose and function of the role.

[blog] WebSockets, gRPC, MQTT, and SSE – Which Real-Time Notification Method Is For You? Here’s a good look at different ways you can send messages from servers to clients.

[blog] The State of WebAssembly 2023. What are people using WebAssembly for, which languages are most popular, and what are the most desired new features? These survey results shed some light.

[blog] Introducing Ruvy. Speaking of WebAssembly, this new open source project from Shopify takes your Ruby code and creates a WASM module.

[blog] Understanding Open Source Licensing. Can’t tell your MIT from your GPL? I hear you. But there are major implications that come along with which OSS license you’re dealing with.

[blog] Understanding the Differences Between RabbitMQ and Kafka. The first version of this we published a few years ago got some folks riled up. This one is more tame.

[blog] How generative AI fits into the entire software development lifecycle. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of AI-based point solutions for those building and running software. It’s tricky to offer end-to-end help. This outstanding demo pulls it all together.

[article] Microsoft launches Radius, an open source application platform for the cloud-native era. I’m admittedly not entirely sure what the play is here, although I can guess. This doesn’t appear to break much new ground in the orchestration/management space. But hey, more application platforms to play with!

[article] Netlify Launches Composable Web Platform for Enterprise Devs. Here’s another spin on web platforms and delivery lifecycle activities.

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4 responses to “Daily Reading List – October 19, 2023 (#186)”

  1. Michael Weingartner Avatar
    Michael Weingartner

    Richard, you’re a natural at engaging people with the prospect of the possible and motivating each in that resonates with them. It’s a gift and it’s why you’re a natural leader, not simply a manager. Keep being you and great things will continue to come your way.

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