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Published: Oct. 13, 2023, 5:30 a.m.

This week, we discuss measuring developer productivity, Unity licensing backlash, and some follow-up on Wireless Emergency Alerts. Plus, thoughts on coconuts.

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• One day an ice machine will run on RISC-V
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• Mo Developers Mo Problems
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• W3C my ass.
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• That\u2019s almost an aggressive blue.
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• Wait. Do I live in an office complex?
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• You pay the same
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• Quarantine Quarters
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• Maybe I have too much mindlessness
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• Out of my way Costco, I\u2019m going direct.
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• Candy Corn
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• Have you tried a bubble-sort?
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• Omerta for developers
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• Understand what you\u2019re measuring, or you\u2019ll just get measurements.
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• KCNA23VMWEO20
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• Just make the bed
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\n\nRundown\n\n

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• Developer Productivity\n\n
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  • McKinsey Developer Productivity Review
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  • Even longer rebuttal.
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  • The only people who don\u2019t like metrics are the people being measured, or, developer productivity metrics quicksand
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• Reports\n\n
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  • Kubernetes at Scale: Challenges, Priorities, Adoption Patterns, and Solutions
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  • Announcing the 2023 State of DevOps Report
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• John Riccitiello is out at Unity, effective immediately
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• Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)
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\n\nRelevant to your Interests\n\n

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• Why companies still want in-house data centres
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• Understanding the Cyber Resilience Act: What Everyone involved in Open Source Development Should Know
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• PayPal faces new antitrust lawsuit claiming it unfairly stifles competition with Stripe, Shopify and more
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• DuckDB Labs puts limit on free support, rules out VC funding
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• Genetics firm 23andMe says user data stolen in credential stuffing attack
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• Hackers are selling the data of millions lifted from 23andMe\u2019s genetic database
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• Datadog stumbles as Bank of America downgrades, citing recent checks
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• IBM CEO in damage control mode after AI job loss comments
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• Google announces new generative AI search capabilities for doctors
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• Be an Open Source Absolutist!
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• Google Cloud mitigated largest DDoS attack, peaking above 398 million rps
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\n\nNonsense\n\n

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• Ice Is Not Necessary. So Why Do Hotels Provide It for Free?
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\n\nListener Feedback\n\n

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• Biogen hiring Senior Manager, Solution Architecture, Global Commercial and Medical IT (hybrid work)
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\n\nConferences\n\n

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• Oct 17th SpringOne Tour Online (free!) - Cot\xe9 talking about platform engineering.
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• Oct 17th and 24th **talk series (yes, a \u201cwebinar\u201d): Building a Path to Production: A Guide for Managers and Leaders in Platform Engineering. Cot\xe9\u2019s doing this.
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• Nov 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA, SDT\u2019s a sponsor, Matt\u2019s there. Use this VMware discount code for 20% off: KCNA23VMWEO20.
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• Nov 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona, Cot\xe9\u2019s attending
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• Nov 7\u20138, 2023 RISC-V Summit | Linux Foundation Events
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• Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas
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\n\nRecommendations\n\n

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• Brandon: macOS Sonoma
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• Cot\xe9: Menewood, finally out! Over 700 subscribers for my newsletter - are you subscribed?!
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