Daily Reading List – March 3, 2025 (#503)

Happy Monday. It’s March already, and today’s list has a lot of content that will make you smarter. Or you already knew all this, and I’m the only one who didn’t.

[article] Orchestrate Cloud Native Workloads With Kro and Kubernetes. A few weeks back, I mentioned this open source tool created by a partnership among cloud vendors. Jani takes it for a spin with a real example.

[article] Cloud Giants Collaborate on New Kubernetes Resource Management Tool. Related to the above article. Here’s additional color on this tool.

[article] Pioneering the Future: Advancing Infrastructure for AI Agents. I’ve seen lots of talk about agents, much less about the infrastructure needed to support them.

[article] Google upgrades Colab with an AI agent tool. This Data Science Agent looks ready to go. Seems like a useful way to ask questions of your raw data.

[blog] Weak managers. This spoke to me. I need a manager with clout so that my team can get things done, and I try to be that type of manager myself.

[blog] Perspectives on Generative AI in Software Engineering and Acquisition. The Software Engineering Institute looks at what it takes for generative AI to be useful and trusted for various tasks.

[blog] Every pod eviction in Kubernetes, explained. Great level of details here from Ahmet. This might be something you don’t want to think much about, but you should be aware of it.

[article] Google Cloud Becomes World’s #1 AI Partner via Landmark Salesforce Alliance. Simmer down, Bob. I’m happy about it too. But we all have a long way to go!

[article] The 4 Types of Thinking Leaders Need to Practice—and Teach. I have an untested belief that too many (tech) leaders spend too little time thinking. Instead of so much operational and tactical focus, I’d love to see more people create the space to truly think.

[blog] Multi-Tenant: Database Per Tenant or Shared? I haven’t seen many platforms that make it easier to create and deliver SaaS platforms. Feels very DIY? Derek looks at one fundamental choice you have to make.

[article] Rolling out developer productivity metrics. This is about more than the numbers. Abi explains the change management and traps that can pop up.

[article] Buy an expensive “AI Gateway”? Thanks, we’ll just build and open-source it, says Bloomberg. Do you have an AI gateway yet? Maybe you can use OSS instead of buying something right now.

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