I’m back after a few days of eating turkey and apple pie, while spending time with family and friends. Today was a zoo as everyone was back and fired up, and I’m here for it. Enjoy some fun content today.
[report] The State of Developer Ecosystem 2023. Outstanding edition this year and all of you should click through it. This survey offers a terrific look at what developers are using, how they’re working, and what their motivation is.
[blog] Top 6 ORMs for Modern Node.js App Development. I’ve never been a big ORM guy, and usually just went directly at the database and yanked out the results I needed. But, some of these are pretty nice and make it much easier to work with databases from your app.
[blog] What’s 🔥 in Enterprise IT/VC #369. There’s a good intro in this week’s edition, with a focus on finding the “right” customers early on.
[article] Providing a Personalized Experience to Millions of Users @BBC. Good look at the architecture and considerations for delivering personalization at scale.
[article] Can GenAI Do Strategy? We talk about hallucinations and bias in AI models, but remember that humans have those problems too. Generative AI did a pretty good job in this example.
[article] Does Kubernetes Really Perform Better on Bare Metal vs. VMs? The writer works for a place that sells bare metal for Kubernetes, but nonetheless, there’s a valid argument to be made here.
[blog] When To Refactor Code – How To Maximize Efficiency And Minimizing Tech Debt. Do you have a trigger point for when you revisit your existing codebase and start making underlying improvements? Does it take a new feature or project to kick it off? Or is there regular maintenance of existing codebases? This post offers some guidance on how to tackle it.
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