Tag: The Long View
Best of 2023: ‘Scrum == Cancer’ ¦ Plus: Linux 6.5 Ships
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
Richi Jennings | | 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 VogelsIn 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 ...
Microsoft kills Python 3.7 ¦ … and VBScript ¦ Exascaling ARM on Jupiter
Richi Jennings | | 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, windowsIn this week’s #TheLongView: VS Code drops support for Python 3.7, Windows drops VBScript, and Europe plans the fastest ARM supercomputer ...
Meta Mayhem: Hybrid Work FAIL ¦ Yet More Layoffs
Richi Jennings | | 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, Workplace from FacebookIn this week’s #TheLongView: Meta’s enforced hybrid work plan is failing badly, and Meta makes more layoffs ...
Raspberry Pi 5: Faster, Better, Stronger — Spendier
In an extra #TheLongView: Everyone’s favorite single-board ARM computer, the Raspberry Pi, has a new generation coming soon ...
FCC: Net Neutrality is a ‘Thing’ Again ¦ Meta Shutters Big UK Site
Richi Jennings | | facebook, FCC, Hybrid Work environment, Jessica Rosenworcel, Meta, Meta Platforms, net neutrality, Remote work, The Long View, WFH, work from home, working from homeIn this week’s #TheLongView: Network neutrality is back on the FCC’s agenda, and unused London office gets Zucked ...
Google De-Recruits 100s of Recruiters ¦ ARM Valued at $45½B in IPO
Richi Jennings | | 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 ViewIn this week’s #TheLongView: Google fires hundreds of recruiters, and ARM gets a sky-high valuation ...
Oracle Bill is 5x Client’s Budget ¦ Toyota Out of Space
Richi Jennings | | Birmingham City Council, database, database storage, England, ERP, failover, Government, Oracle, Oracle Fusion, redundancy, SAP, storage, The Long View, Toyota, UKIn 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? ...
IBM LLM AI: COBOL to Java ASAP ¦ ARM IPO is GO!
Richi Jennings | | 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 ViewIn this week’s #TheLongView: Translating legacy COBOL code to a slightly more modern language, and Arm will go public (again) next month ...
80% of Bosses ‘Regret’ Stopping WFH ¦ PSA: Disable STS!
Richi Jennings | | 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 homeIn this week’s #TheLongView: Rethinking return-to-office mandates and a ridiculous, ancient Windows bug ...
Google’s Shiny New AI Dev Environment — the ‘Experimental’ Project IDX
Richi Jennings | | agile environments, ai, AI assistant, AI ChatBots, AI integrations, artificial intelligence, Cloud development environment, copilot, development environment, full stack, GitHub Copilot, google, PaLM, Project IDX, The Long ViewIn this week’s #TheLongView: Google’s full-stack, browser based development environment in the cloud. Project IDX is not just a Copilot clone, but aims to help you “get an app from zero to ...
2024—Year of the Linux Desktop? ChromeOS Reflects its Inner Penguin ¦ GNOME Rethink
Richi Jennings | | Chrome, Chrome OS, cloud desktop, GNOME, google, Lacros, linux, The Long View, user acceptance testing, user experience, user interface, window managementIn this week’s #TheLongView: Can the Linux desktop installed base break the mythical 10% barrier? Google has been refactoring ChromeOS, and GNOME is working on new window manager ideas ...
