Tech digest
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The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code
industrial-decline software-engineering skills-gap
A revealing dive into how Western nations lost industrial capabilities, paralleled by a similar trend in software engineering. The struggle to restart production of critical defense supplies is mirrored by challenges maintaining software development competencies.
I bought Friendster for $30k – Here’s what I’m doing with it
Friendster social-media startups nostalgia
An adventurous update on the acquisition of the social media dinosaur, Friendster, and the quirky plans to restore its relevance.
Azure digest
Clouds may be ethereal, but Azure updates are solid ground. Here’s what’s brewing in Microsoft’s sky.
Generally Available: Premium SSD v2 for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Plan Ahead GA
Databases Hybrid + multicloud Azure Database for PostgreSQL
The Premium SSD v2 rollout promises up to four times the IOPS, lower latency, and improved price-performance for PostgreSQL on Azure.
Generally Available: Azure Monitor pipeline
Plan Ahead GA
Azure Monitor
The new Azure Monitor pipeline provides centralized telemetry ingestion and transformation for enterprise-scale scenarios.
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