Episode 436: Understand what you’re measuring, or you’ll just get measurements

This week, we discuss measuring developer productivity, Unity licensing backlash, and some follow-up on Wireless Emergency Alerts. Plus, thoughts on coconuts. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 436 Runner-up Titles One day an ice machine will run on RISC-V Mo Developers Mo Problems W3C my ass. That’s almost an aggressive blue. Wait. Do I live in an office complex? You pay the same Quarantine Quarters Maybe I have too much mindlessness Out of my way Costco, I’m going direct. Candy Corn Have you tried a bubble-sort? Omerta for developers Understand what you’re measuring, or you’ll just get measurements. KCNA23VMWEO20 Just make the bed Rundown Developer Productivity McKinsey Developer Productivity Review Even longer rebuttal. The only people who don’t like metrics are the people being measured, or, developer productivity metrics quicksand Reports Kubernetes at Scale: Challenges, Priorities, Adoption Patterns, and Solutions Announcing the 2023 State of DevOps Report John Riccitiello is out at Unity, effective immediately Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Relevant to your Interests Why companies still want in-house data centres Understanding the Cyber Resilience Act: What Everyone involved in Open Source Development Should Know PayPal faces new antitrust lawsuit claiming it unfairly stifles competition with Stripe, Shopify and more DuckDB Labs puts limit on free support, rules out VC funding Genetics firm 23andMe says user data stolen in credential stuffing attack Hackers are selling the data of millions lifted from 23andMe’s genetic database Datadog stumbles as Bank of America downgrades, citing recent checks IBM CEO in damage control mode after AI job loss comments Google announces new generative AI search capabilities for doctors Be an Open Source Absolutist! Google Cloud mitigated largest DDoS attack, peaking above 398 million rps Nonsense Ice Is Not Necessary. So Why Do Hotels Provide It for Free? Listener Feedback Biogen hiring Senior Manager, Solution Architecture, Global Commercial and Medical IT (hybrid work) RedHat hiring Principal Product Marketing Manager, OpenShift in Remote Conferences Oct 17th SpringOne Tour Online (free!) - Coté talking about platform engineering. Oct 17th and 24th **talk series (yes, a “webinar”): Building a Path to Production: A Guide for Managers and Leaders in Platform Engineering. Coté’s doing this. Nov 6-9, 2023, KubeCon NA, SDT’s a sponsor, Matt’s there. Use this VMware discount code for 20% off: KCNA23VMWEO20. Nov 6-9, 2023 VMware Explore Barcelona, Coté’s attending Nov 7–8, 2023 RISC-V Summit | Linux Foundation Events Jan 29, 2024 to Feb 1, 2024 That Conference Texas If you want your conference mentioned, let’s talk media sponsorships. SDT news & hype Join us in Slack. Get a SDT Sticker! Send your postal address to [email protected] and we will send you free laptop stickers! Follow us: Twitch, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, BlueSky, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads and YouTube. Use the code SDT to get $20 off Coté’s book, Digital WTF, so $5 total. Become a sponsor of Software Defined Talk! Recommendations Brandon: macOS Sonoma Matt: HomeSeek - post apocalyptic SimCity Coté: Menewood, finally out! Over 700 subscribers for my newsletter - are you subscribed?! Photo Credits Header Artwork