Layoffs and focusing efforts on talk | Readings

This week has been weird. A lot of layoffs in the tech sector… Funnily, the theme for the talk I was preparing might be becoming more and more relevant so I’m focusing my efforts on it.

As a bonus I was able to fly on a small aircraft this week 🙂 🛩️

Readings of the week

• The Perfect Commit
• “The Evolution of a Planetary-scale Distributed Database” by Kevin Scaldeferri (Strange Loop 2022)
• Python 3.11.0 final is now available
• The dbt Semantic Layer, Data Orchestration and the Modern Enterprise Data Stack
• Netflix Machine Learning Fraud Detection Framework for Streaming Services
• CloudFront vs Cloudflare, and how to reduce response times for both by ~35%+
• The Evolution of The Data Engineer: A Look at The Past, Present & Future
• Wait vs Interrupt Culture
• “Stop Writing Dead Programs” by Jack Rusher (Strange Loop 2022)