Archive - Good Tech Things

The case for conferences in 2024

COVID and the end of ZIRP weirded everything. Are companies still funding travel for professional development, and is it still worth doing?

Jul 17 •

Forrest Brazeal

June 2024

This is what software development looks like now

It's ... interesting?

Jun 19 •

Forrest Brazeal

May 2024

I made a new cartoon thing for you to try

also, Google Cloud does something very good

May 28 •

Forrest Brazeal

A tale of two clouds

Customer obsession vs customer obfuscation

May 20 •

Forrest Brazeal

Closed as unhelpful: an elegy for Stack Overflow

It's the end of an era.

May 8 •

Forrest Brazeal

April 2024

Why didn't one of the big clouds buy HashiCorp?

On the surface it seemed like a match made in heaven.

Apr 29 •

Forrest Brazeal

Is there such a thing as good gatekeeping?

Make things as accessible as possible, but don't pretend hard things are easy

Apr 15 •

Forrest Brazeal

The threat to open source comes from within

These are personal opinions and should not be construed as thought leadership

Apr 8 •

Forrest Brazeal

February 2024

The end is Gemi-nigh

Feb 26 •

Forrest Brazeal

Tech the Heck? - CloudTruth

This is the weirdest email you will get today

Feb 19 •

Forrest Brazeal

Take on the Kubernetes Resume Challenge

Oh, yes. It's happening.

Feb 14 •

Forrest Brazeal

Cynicism is the mind-killer

A new north star for Good Tech Things

Feb 9 •

Forrest Brazeal

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