Daily Reading List – September 30, 2024 (#408)

Happy Monday. There’s no rhyme or reason to the links today; just a mixed collection of interesting tech bits that caught my eye.

[blog] Survey Says: Tech Spending Is Up, But AI Rollouts Slower Than Expected. Here’s the latest State of Enterprise Tech Spending report from Battery Ventures.

[blog] AI-powered visualization and LookML assistants debut for Gemini in Looker. I don’t want to learn each tech’s domain-specific language. If AI makes it possible to convert my intent into machine code, that’s a good deal.

[article] A Self-Care Checklist for Leaders. Leaders need to take care of their team, and also take care of themselves.

[blog] Some Go web dev notes. I read a lot, and it’s fairly obvious when I come across a piece that’s written by a practitioner versus a paper expert. Julia is clearly the former.

[blog] 21 startups transforming education with AI. These education startups could change the lives of millions. What an inspiring use of modern tech!

[youtube-video] .NET and C# are in trouble. Here is what I’d do. This isn’t necessarily unique to the .NET ecosystem, but it feels particularly acute here.

[article] Resilience and Chaos Engineering in a Kubernetes World. Chaos happens. How do you plan for it, simulate it, and respond to it?

[article] Gov. Newsom vetoes California’s controversial AI bill, SB 1047. This one had folks riled up but seemed like the right decision. More here.

[blog] Eliminating Memory Safety Vulnerabilities at the Source. This mostly explores Android scenarios, but is a lesson for anyone tackling security at the root.

[article] Enterprises funnel IT spend into AI and data, Accenture says. There’s no new money funding AI initiatives; it’s coming at the expense of other projects. But I’m happy to see a proper investment in modernization and data BEFORE over-investing in AI.

[article] CEO Kurian: ‘When I Started, Most People Told Me We Didn’t Have a Chance’. It’s hard to paint Google as an underdog, but in Cloud, we were not a serious player when TK took over. Now? Not only is this the best cloud, engineering-wise, but it’s a first or second choice for a LOT of companies.

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