This week we discuss developer toil, local vs. remote development and Facebook’s management woes. Plus, some thoughts on business books…
Runner-up Titles
The Instant Acquisition
Belly of the Beast
We can’t be bothered, but we bothered
I’m done with that
I don’t have those problems
More Money, More Weirdness
Occam’s Razor is always handy
Ghost ride it into production
Let’s take the offline online
We’re just doing stuff with computers
Rundown
Coté and Brian attempt to summarize Facebook’s current state.
Developer Toil: The Hidden Tech Debt
Original webinar, from Susie and Tyson.
Will Local Dev ever go away? and Swyx’s take
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Urgent Care with Matt Ray
Listener Feedback
Demo of Apple Badges at the 187 Buildings
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Opportunities globally
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Conferences
Coté’s August 4th webinar on platform engineering - register and watch, my homies
DevOpsDays DFW, August 24-25, 2022 - Coté speaking, along with John Willis, Andrew Shafer, and friends
VMware Explore 2022, August 29 – September 1, 2022 - Coté’s pitch.
SpringOne Platform, SF, December 6–8, 2022
THAT Conference Texas Call For Counselors Jan 16-19, 2023
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