Episode 4
Technical Diagrams, and Breaking Prod Leaderboard
December 6th, 2024
1 hr 36 mins 49 secs
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About this Episode
We're still here for number 4.
- We add some jingles and an intro.
- Michael gets third party confirmation that he's old
- All the guests have mugged us off, so it's just Michael and I
- Mark predicts the rise of AI Santa
- Mark publishes the show too early and forgets about the shownotes and jingles first time round
- Michael scours the news with a "2 years or older" filter on.
- Social Media sites
Big Topics
Technical diagrams
- What makes a good diagram?
- What are we doing diagrams of?
- Do people use 'em?
Incidents
- MIchael and I recap our biggest hiccups at work
- what happened
- what impact?
All our subscriptions
- everything we've subscribed to currently, is it any good?
- one thing we should ditch?
- Domain Hoarding
In the news
A.K.A. Not news.
- Medium once upon a time said they don't like AI
- We get a comment on the LinkedIn which is AI generated
- X loses momentum to reddit in the UK
- Journalists from europe are off X too
- Thoughtworks tech radar is published
- Platform Engineering Report is published. Michael promises to give some highlights next week
- Some lucky gambling prompter wins $50,000 from Freysa AI, a blockchain connected LLM who shouldn't give out the money
- A 14-year-old kid makes a digital braille reader under $20
- David Mayer gets the Barbra Streisand effect, as ChatGPT has a few crashes
Stuff we didn't mention:
Half a cup of water for every chatGPT interaction? Is this real?
Recommendations
Tech
- Homey Pro home hub
- Keepa - chrome/brave extension for price comparison on Amazon
- iZotope & Hindenburg for audio/podcast stuff
- NetNewsWire RSS Reader
- UsesThis.com - interviews for what tools people use to get their jobs done
Music
Michael's got 2 gigs, one of which is a Mark Lanegan tribute gig.
Mark recommends some HipHop, Joey Ba.Da.$$
Truck Festival tickets released