Real quick: I’m giving a talk tomorrow on how to run a developer platform group in large organizations, based on real world stories over the past seven years. You can watch it free tomorrow or just catch the recording: just register for it, free, and you’ll get all taken care of. Share Price = (Revenue X Story) Important: those are just profits for three months.

Prompt: A ham sandwich, painted in the style of Pieter Bruegel the Elder.Hey, I have talk coming up on Thursday that you can watch live or see a replay of, it’s my current collection of best practices for running a platform for developers. You know, all that stuff you build on-top of kubernetes (or whatever IaaS). Yes, yes, it’s a “webinar,” but screw that framing: it’s just me giving a talk online with some Q&A at the end.

From The Last of Us.The Children’s GlovesYou are going out with a companion, it’s a bit chilly, and while you put on a jacket, they say they don’t need one. Inevitably, once you’re far away from home, they get cold. You aspire to be a good person, so you give them your gloves. And now, you’re the cold one despite being prepared. Jason Cohen explained this concept to me long ago, calling it “the girlfriend jacket” at the time because we had, well, girlfriends instead of children.

Suggested episode theme song: The Eternal Recurrence of DevOpsEarlier today, I was “seems kind of stupid”’ing us all rebuilding PaaSes (or, here if you prefer). This is a popular response us olds have to “platform engineering.” I mean, to my fellow PaaS Warriors, sure - 💯 and all that. Fist bump. But, let’s YES AND it! As I went over back at DevOpsDays DFW last year, I’m cool with it: smoke ‘em if you gotta ‘em.

Found by my mother!2023 IT Spending Forecasts from Gartner and Forester - software and cloud stuff has good/OK growthSummary: There’s always money in the banana stand. Gartner’s IT spend prediction: Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.5 trillion in 2023, an increase of 2.4% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 5.1% growth. While that’s declined, software and IT Services still have a lot of growth, hardware is pulling growth down: “The software and IT services segments are projected to grow 9.

Hotel EggsThanks for all the encouragement and kind words some of y’all have sent. I appreciate it! If there’s a shortage, automation can helpI’ve told this story in a previous edition as an aside in talking about positive uses for The AI in education. It’s the basis of my optimism and excitement about things like ChatGPT. I wrote this to someone this week, so here it is again. When I was in 1st grade (which I took twice because I was held back because of things like:) I just couldn’t figure out writing, starting it, knowing topics to pick.

Well, that was weird… If you need proof that “money is not real,” I submit this chart: I mean, sure, money is “real,” and I’d prefer more than less of it. But, with a fluctuation over such a short amount of time as this, I’m kind of like “really? Try harder, money!” At one moment, I effectively got a decrease in salary (because I’d converted from being paid in USD to EUR over the past year), the next, a raise.

Just a few links of interest for Sunday night and a couple of books. Relevant to your interests Making Jodorowsky’s Tron - “That’s how powerful it is to allow A.I. to generate pictures of films or other art objects you wish could exist. It’s like watching a magic show. Going in, you know it will all be illusions and sleight of hand.

Vintage postcard for the Columbus Motor Inn, found at Room Service in Austin, Texas. Let’s just get right to it: Thanks for reading Coté’s Wunderkammer! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe Relevant to your interests What Top Tech Leaders Are Saying About Multi-Cloud Security, IT Innovation and Efficiency - “50% of enterprise technology executives strongly agree that their tech architecture can quickly support major changes to business strategies.

Recent Dad WisdomWhen getting ready for school, you can’t use love as a distraction. No one plans to have an accident, but you can plan to avoid one. The earlier you learn to take care of yourself, the longer you’ll be taken care of. AI StuffA blue toned sketch of a rainy street in 1950s Amsterdam with neon signs of animals and one 1940s private investigator in a tan trench coat with his back to the camera.