Daily Reading List – September 20, 2024 (#402)

I’m flying to Washington DC today with my oldest son to look at colleges. It was a vacation day from work (mostly), but I still did some reading worth sharing.

[article] Techniques to Tackle Technical Debt with Dustin Thostenson. Read this transcript (or listen to the podcast itself) for insights into identifying, prioritizing, and fixing tech debt.

[article] Paying down tech debt: further learnings. More on tech debt! This looks at incremental and big-bang approaches.

[blog] Debunking Kafka Top 5 Use Cases. Derek’s had enough of people throwing too many use cases at their Kafka infrastructure.

[article] Google’s NotebookLM evolves: What IT leaders need to know about its enterprise applications. This is the most interesting AI tech from the past month, and that’s saying something. And it embeds a tweet from me, so you KNOW it’s good.

[blog] Innovating at the speed of light: A CosMc’s story. You don’t have to be a small company to be nimble. McDonald’s folks share how they went from concept to reality in a short time.

[article] AWS sees customers repatriating workloads as cloud wars heat up. I think what you’re seeing is folks who lifted-and-shifted having buyers remorse. And a few cloud vendors cleaned up on those early migrations, but now have unsettled tenants.

[blog] Cost management for AI/ML platforms with Google Kubernetes Engine. Use clouds the right way, and repatriation will seem silly. I like when clouds make it easier to use them the right way.

[blog] Google is a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Container Management. Speaking of GKE, it’s still among the best ways to do Kubernetes in the cloud. I use all the options from the major hyperscalers, and don’t think it’s as close as represented here!

[blog] Pulumi Google Cloud Provider Version 8.0.0. If you’re using Pulumi already, or just looking to get rolling with a good infrastructure automation strategy, take a look at what’s new.

[article] Pfizer’s Future of Development. How does a big company truly change how they deliver software? I like the focus areas here, and the outcomes are excellent.

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