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A longer to this talk title would be: “Top of the Mourning to You: Saying goodbye to a company you loved because you had to, not because you wanted to.” From late 2016 to early 2020 Éamon Ryan worked at Pivotal. A software company with the most inclusive, empathetic, friendly culture he’d encountered in my career to date. Pivotal was acquired in late 2019 by the same company it was originally spun out of, the same company I (Steve O'Grady) had come to Pivotal from, and I left shortly afterward, knowing what was coming. We have all worked places we really loved for a time. This talk is a eulogy to a great culture, a mourning of what once was and what will probably never be again. Finally, this talk is a look to the future, what was learned from the experience and what he’d like to say to others who might be in a similar place. Watch: https://lnkd.in/eKJ6pUgY

I spoke with, Dan Rogers, CEO of LaunchDarkly, for this episode of RedMonk's the MonkCast to discuss the transformative impact of #AI on software development, particularly in the context of feature management and DevOps https://lnkd.in/efK_e6Dr

Wrote something on the history & future of message queues. I spoke with a lot of smart folks for this RedMonk post including Alexis Richardson, Andrew Schofield, Andy Stanford-Clark, & Clemens Vasters. I also tackled some difficult questions like: - Why did the idea of MQs emerge? - Is Kafka a queue? - Are databases & data platforms like Redis replacing MQs?

The 2024 DORA report has some 🤯 findings! It rethinks throughput and stability, questions the impact of AI on software delivery, and suggests maybe coding isn't the bottleneck after all. 🔗https://hubs.li/Q02-RS6f0 via Rachel Stephens @rstephensme RedMonk #DevOps #AI

Hear Ryan Dahl, creator of Node.js and Co-Founder and CEO of Deno, explain the recent petition filed by Deno to cancel Oracle's JavaScript trademark. This RedMonk conversation covers the historical context of the trademark, Deno's case against Oracle, the legal implications of the cancellation process, and the potential future of JavaScript as a generic term for the entire developer community. https://lnkd.in/eSHnVeNU

ICYMI (on my RedMonk blog): As part of an ongoing series where we explore some of the awesome things our clients are up to, we take a look at Cribl and dig into how the company has expanded its portfolio from an initial observability pipeline offering (Stream) to also include Edge, Search, and Lake offerings, all with the aim of giving IT and security teams better control over their data. https://lnkd.in/gbnw-xTQ

One of the things that all of us from junior dev to CEO will encounter in our lifetime is personal loss. Besides dealing with the often overwhelming trauma that is grief, one of the complicating factors facing the recently bereaved are the myriad mundane and practical concerns that follow the death of a loved one. Following the tragic loss of his husband, David Smith was brave enough to offer Monktoberfest attendees and alums his practical technical guide to death and grief. Watch: https://lnkd.in/eu6s2nmj

Tell someone you feel anxious about giving or receiving code reviews, and you’ll likely be told that it’s a “junior developer thing that you’ll eventually get over,” then given tips for writing “cleaner/ better code.” While frequently well-intentioned, this advice gives developers the message that there’s something wrong with them or their #code if they experience code review anxiety - a message that is not just inaccurate, but even damaging. So what can you do about code review anxiety? In this talk, Carol Lee, PhD shares the story of her empirical research conducted with software engineers and developers across industries experiencing #codereview #anxiety. Watch: https://lnkd.in/ewsQaTZ4

There is a worldview that decided certain things were essential to the success of open source software on the internet, namely a "gift culture" and the ability for "many eyes" to make "all bugs seem shallow" (what ESR called "Linus' Law"). On the other hand, the current discourse is talking about how maintainers are overburdened and undersupported. This talk is about how open source technology gets made, and what social factors of open source development our CATB-influenced worldview made us ignore, leading us into the way the world is today. Watch An Obvious Statement About Open Source by Christopher Neugebauer: https://lnkd.in/ejr3F44J

Hear Ivan Burazin, Co-Founder and CEO of Daytona, chat with me about the challenges developers face in managing their environments and how Daytona aims to solve these issues, in this RedMonk conversation. We discuss the importance of developer experience, security in development environments, and the role of AI in transforming the developer landscape, among other topics. https://lnkd.in/etXm3HdT