There’s a handful of career-oriented content in today’s list. You might always be thinking about your next step, or never thinking about it, but it’s not a bad idea to assess your current state every now and then!
[article] More attrition awaits overworked IT teams. Don’t just focus on employee satisfaction when the job market is hot. Continually try and build a good environment so that folks want to stay.
[blog] How Shopify improved consumer search intent with real-time ML. Why did Shopify go for near-real time embeddings for use with ML models versus a simpler batch approach? Good details here.
[blog] Management or IC: What’s Your Next Move? There are some good myths and realities in this post. I’ve definitely learned that management is a new job, not a variation of IC work.
[blog] Safer with Google: Advancing Memory Safety. Here are some details about how we’re looking at memory safe languages and reducing risk.
[article] Terraform Beta Supports Multicloud, Complex Environments. This looks at their Stacks product which was announced last year. It’s now ready for use.
[blog] New in NotebookLM: Customizing your Audio Overviews and introducing NotebookLM Business. The releases keep coming for this viral hit. Offering the Business version of this product is smart.
[blog] gRPC: 5 Years Later, Is It Still Worth It? This is widely used, but I wouldn’t call it mainstream. But support for gRPC in products as an available communication protocol is growing.
[article] Is Your Career Heading in the Right Direction? No idea, but I’m enjoying myself. It’s always good to check in with yourself (and trusted folks) to see if you’re satisfied and growing.
[blog] Get Started with Chrome Built-in AI : Access Gemini Nano Model locally. A lot of potential here! Learn how to tap into the built-in AI model for Chrome.
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