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Richi Jennings

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Richi Jennings is a foolish independent industry analyst, editor, and content strategist. A former developer and marketer, he’s also written or edited for Computerworld, Microsoft, Cisco, Micro Focus, HashiCorp, Ferris Research, Osterman Research, Orthogonal Thinking, Native Trust, Elgan Media, Petri, Cyren, Agari, Webroot, HP, HPE, NetApp on Forbes and CIO.com. Bizarrely, his ridiculous work has even won awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, ABM/Jesse H. Neal, and B2B Magazine.
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Best of 2023: ‘Scrum == Cancer’ ¦ Plus: Linux 6.5 Ships

| agile, linux, Linux 6.5, Santiago Valdarrama, scrum, The Long View
In this week’s #TheLongView: Scrum sucks, sources say; and here comes the Linux 6.5 kernel ...
Best of 2023: Microservices Sucks — Amazon Goes Back to Basics

Best of 2023: Microservices Sucks — Amazon Goes Back to Basics

| Amazon, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Web Services, AWS, Marcin Kolny, microservice, microservice architecture, microservices, microservices architecture, microservices pros and cons, microservices vs. monoliths, monolith, monolithic, monolithic applications, monolithic apps, monolithic method, Monoliths, monoliths pros and cons, monoliths vs. microservices, scalable microservices architecture, scaling microservices, serverless, serverless architecture, serverless computing, serverless computing framework, serverless technology, The Long View, Werner Vogels
In this week’s #TheLongView: Amazon Prime Video has ditched its use of microservices-cum-serverless, reverting to a traditional, monolithic architecture. It vastly improved the workload’s cost and scalability ...
A dolphin dances above the surface of the sea, with the caption, “So long, and thanks for all the fish.”

Microsoft kills Python 3.7 ¦ … and VBScript ¦ Exascaling ARM on Jupiter

| ARM, ARM processors, Exascale, microsoft, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows, NVIDIA, Python, scripting, supercomputer, The Long View, VBScript, visual studio, Visual Studio Code, VS Code, windows
In this week’s #TheLongView: VS Code drops support for Python 3.7, Windows drops VBScript, and Europe plans the fastest ARM supercomputer ...
The Sycamore Gap tree (before it was vandalised). Pictured at night, in front of a clear, starry sky.

Meta Mayhem: Hybrid Work FAIL ¦ Yet More Layoffs

| Hybrid Work environment, layoffs, managing remote workers, Meta, Meta Platforms, Metaverse, redundancy, Remote work, Remote Worker, remote workers, remote workforce, remote working, RTO, tech layoffs, The Long View, WFH, work from home, working at home, working from home,
In this week’s #TheLongView: Meta’s enforced hybrid work plan is failing badly, and Meta makes more layoffs ...
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Raspberry Pi 5: Faster, Better, Stronger — Spendier

| ARM, ARM processors, Eben Upton, IoT, Raspberry Pi, The Long View
In an extra #TheLongView: Everyone’s favorite single-board ARM computer, the Raspberry Pi, has a new generation coming soon ...
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FCC: Net Neutrality is a ‘Thing’ Again ¦ Meta Shutters Big UK Site

| facebook, FCC, Hybrid Work environment, Jessica Rosenworcel, Meta, Meta Platforms, net neutrality, Remote work, The Long View, WFH, work from home, working from home
In this week’s #TheLongView: Network neutrality is back on the FCC’s agenda, and unused London office gets Zucked ...
A long tunnel walkway in Munich, Germany. Its orange-tiled walls seem stark and purposeful.

Google De-Recruits 100s of Recruiters ¦ ARM Valued at $45½B in IPO

| ai, AI assistant, ARM, artificial intelligence, bad recruiting, Code Assistant, DevOps hiring, google, hiring, hiring process, IPO, lay-offs, layoffs, LLM, LLMs, recruiters, Recruiting, recruitment, SoftBank, tech layoffs, tech recruiting, technical recruiting, The Long View
In this week’s #TheLongView: Google fires hundreds of recruiters, and ARM gets a sky-high valuation ...
Woman with her back to you sniffs her left armpit, with a thick forest in the background

Oracle Bill is 5x Client’s Budget ¦ Toyota Out of Space

| Birmingham City Council, database, database storage, England, ERP, failover, Government, Oracle, Oracle Fusion, redundancy, SAP, storage, The Long View, Toyota, UK
In this week’s The Long View: Birmingham looks like the Detroit of the UK—is it Oracle’s fault? Plus: Was Toyota’s factory failure caused by running out of disk space? ...
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IBM LLM AI: COBOL to Java ASAP ¦ ARM IPO is GO!

| ai, AI assistant, ARM, artificial intelligence, COBOL, Code Assistant, CodeNet, DevOps and mainframes, Devops for legacy, DevOps for mainframe, DevOps on mainframe, ibm, IPO, java, Java EE, legacy, legacy applications, legacy apps, legacy code, legacy environment, legacy IT, legacy mainframe applications, legacy modernization, Legacy Software, legacy system, legacy systems, LLM, LLMs, mainframe, mainframe computers, mainframe developer, mainframe developers, mainframe development, mainframe modernization, SoftBank, The Long View
In this week’s #TheLongView: Translating legacy COBOL code to a slightly more modern language, and Arm will go public (again) next month ...
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80% of Bosses ‘Regret’ Stopping WFH ¦ PSA: Disable STS!

| Hybrid Work environment, managing remote workers, microsoft, Remote work, Remote Worker, remote workers, remote workforce, remote working, Secure Time Seeding, STS, The Long View, WFH, Windows Server, work from home, working at home, working from home
In this week’s #TheLongView: Rethinking return-to-office mandates and a ridiculous, ancient Windows bug ...
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