Daily Reading List – October 28, 2024 (#428)

I had a big reading backlog after the weekend, so you get a super-sized edition today. There should be something for everyone.

[article] Google’s NotebookLM is one of the most powerful use cases for AI. I didn’t really “get” the service when we first announced it. I do now.

[article] Platform Engineering: Why You’re Doing It Wrong. This is a good interview with the authors of an interesting new book about platform engineering. I like the day-2 focus!

[blog] Writing system software: code comments. What’s the purpose of the nine different types of comments you find in code? The creator of Redis has thoughts.

[blog] Efficient Streaming Data Processing with Beam YAML and Protobuf. Can YAML make it easier to build data pipelines? Maybe so.

[blog] Working with Protobuf in 2024. If you saw the last headline and thought “WTF is a protobuf” here’s your answer.

[article] We finally have an ‘official’ definition for open source AI. I’m not sure any of the mainstream models today qualify as open source. That’s ok, but it’s good to have a working definition now.

[article] When You’re Told You’re Not Strategic Enough. That’s tough feedback to hear, and can be very difficult to act upon. This article offers some suggestions for course correction.

[blog] SAIF Risk Assessment: A new tool to help secure AI systems across industry. Seems valuable, and something that CISOs should take a look at.

[blog] How PostgreSQL is Dominating AI and Multicloud. PostgreSQL not remotely a “new” database engine, but it’s arguably the hottest and safest bet in the year 2024. Here’s some useful background on it.

[blog] Why Does Everyone Run Ancient Postgres Versions? Interesting to read this too. Bryan says that people stick on old versions because they work, and upgrades suck.

[blog] Deploy Secure Spring Boot Microservices on Google GKE Using Terraform and Kubernetes. Here’s an Auth0 blog with a straightforward tutorial for those craving experience with legit Kubernetes deployments.

[article] 3 CIO rules to mastering the art of persuasion. Nice rules! It doesn’t matter if you have great information if nobody pays attention to it. Be smart about how you deliver!

[blog] Stop Team Topologies. Oooh, a hot take. Is the idea of stream-aligned teams really better than product-aligned teams? This writer says Team Topologies are flawed, but interesting.

[article] What’s a good developer survey participation rate? Seems shockingly high. But it can depend how often you ask, how you ask, what you ask, and what you visibly do with the results.

[article] Stacklok donates its Minder supply chain security project to the OpenSSF. Craig and team have been quietly working on some cool tech, and now they’ve donated a key piece to the Open Source Security Foundation.

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