Daily Reading List – December 20, 2023 (#228)

Light reading day as I wrapped up work meetings, wrote a blog post, and spent some time building a generative AI app, using AI-assisted tooling. Fun stuff.

[blog] If software development were a race, AI wins every time. Good post that looks at a study this firm conducted, and where generative AI assistance helped developers.

[blog] All Architects Must Deliver Business Outcomes. Do we segment “architects” too finely at times? Probably. Every architect should be a “business architect” if that means delivering something the organization as a whole cares about.

[blog] Future of the Cloud: 10 Trends Shaping 2024 and Beyond. I don’t think anything here will surprise you, but the Pulumi folks pointed out some valid things to pay attention to.

[blog] Introducing automated credential discovery to help secure your cloud environment. I’ve certainly built demos where I temporarily used environment variables (or hard coded variables!) to store secrets. This new Google Cloud tool helps find and notify you when that happens.

[blog] Inference Race To The Bottom – Make It Up On Volume? Lots of folks are delivering quality LLMs, which means price pressure.

[blog] CNCF Cloud Native FinOps + Cloud Financial Management Microsurvey. People spend a lot of their cloud budget on Kubernetes. Why? Human factors like over provisioning, lack of accountability, and poor planning. Use fully managed Kubernetes wherever possible.

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