Tag: cloud computing

Why we can’t stop talking about ChatGPT

Posted in Random Thoughts on February 18, 2023

When ChatGPT was first released, I remember my Twitter timeline being inundated with screenshot after screenshot of AI generated responses. Everything from simple questions to complex programming logic, with most marveling at the technological advancement. The tech was incredibly interesting, for sure, but to me, it quickly became quite tiring. I even contemplated muting the keyword for a bit! It wasn’t because I don’t welcome progress, quite the opposite. I just had this sinking feeling that AI generated text was going to start polluting the Internet. I certainly wasn’t wrong about that, but I think there are other much more concerning angles to this.

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The cloud isn’t the issue, you’re just using it wrong

Posted in Cloud, Productivity & Serverless on November 10, 2022

#Tech Twitter was all abuzz recently after DHH boldly proclaimed and explained why [37signals is] leaving the cloud. A lot of people cheered, some of us jeered, and everyone else just pitched web3 as an alternative solution. DHH’s success has earned him a giant platform and a tremendous amount of influence, and while I often disagree with him, it’s clear that many others do not. I spent quite a bit of time reading through all the retweets, reposts, comments, and hot takes, and I came to a fairly simple conclusion: these people are using the cloud wrong.

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Cloud Native versus Native Cloud apps

Posted in Cloud & Serverless on October 21, 2022

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately thinking about the next evolution of the cloud, and more importantly, what the developer experience looks like. A few years ago, I think that most of us in the serverless ecosystem thought that the path forward seemed quite clear. Serverless-first was obviously “the way.” Small, discrete, single-purpose functions interconnected through a series of planet-scale, self-upgrading, managed services with built-in redundancy was the holy grail of cloud development.

Of course there were some gotchas in there, and not every use case was a perfect fit, but over time we figured these would be addressed as the technology evolved. For the most part, that has come to pass. Even if AWS hasn’t quite yet solved some of these issues, other cloud providers and startups have certainly tried. But while serverless was slowly preparing to cross the chasm, another already widely accepted technology was gaining traction in the cloud: containers.

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