Daily Reading List – November 21, 2023 (#209)

Today was indeed quieter than yesterday, and that was delightful. I got a chance to sketch out a “regular” blog post that I’ll finish tonight and publish tomorrow. Meanwhile, check out some fun things I read today.

[blog] The Impact of Self-Reflection on Productivity. Interesting findings, but not shocking in hindsight. When we stop and reflect, it improves our perspective and planning.

[blog] Enhancing Cybersecurity with Security Command Center’s Attack Path Simulations and Attack Exposure Scoring. This is a very cool functionality in Google Cloud where we create a virtual model of your environment and run simulations to find threats. More in the docs.

[docs] Cloud CISO Perspectives: Why ISACs are valuable security partners. Here’s another batch of interesting security-related links to sift through.

[site] State of AI. Check out these survey results to get a sense for AI use cases, opinions about corporate motivations and appetite for customizations.

[blog] Angular.dev and Version 17—I Told You the Renaissance was Here. Is Angular back? Maybe it never left. This offers a good look at what’s new and exciting in this web framework.

[paper] A Survey on Language Models for Code. A bit dense, but this paper can give you a sense of the landscape and what to look for with AI-assistance. As we’ve built Duet AI in Google Cloud, I’ve learned that the model matters, but so do the filters and overall UX wrapped around it.

[blog] Opinions on Software Delivery & Engineering Metrics. Some thoughts here about continuous delivery and tracking delivery lead time.

[youtube-video] Spring + Kotlin + Testcontainers. I’ve been liking some of the videos I’ve seen lately that walk us through each step to complete a fairly short example. This is a good one.

[blog] Creating a SaaS Platform on Google Kubernetes Engine. How are you hosting experiences for distinct tenants? Maybe you’re doing a SaaS-style offering and using Kubernetes as the compute layer. This post walks through architectural options and considerations.

[blog] Open sourcing Project Guideline: A platform for computer vision accessibility technology. I hope we see some inspired uses of this open sourced project that helps folks with vision impairment walk, jog, and run with the help of on-device ML.

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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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