The impact of public cloud price hikes
The growth and success of cloud computing are undeniable. Also undeniable are concerns about increasing prices that have surfaced with this growth, especially as generative AI and associated development are on everyone’s to-do list. Price hikes are inevitable. Those that can produce, operate, and maintain cloud services also have their own increasing bills for talent, […]
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KubeCon points to the future of enterprise IT
Cloud has become synonymous with enterprise IT, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Though enterprises now spend roughly $545 billion annually on cloud infrastructure, according to IDC, and 41% of that spend goes to the top five cloud providers, the reality is that a substantial amount of money, even “cloud” money, isn’t being spent […]
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Visual Studio Code update emphasizes audio cues, Activity Bar
The latest release of Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code editor features more audio cues, customizable Activity Bar positioning, and coding improvements to the Python extension. VS Code 1.84, also known as the October 2023 release, was published November 1. It can be downloaded for Windows, Linux, or Mac at the Visual Studio Code website. Highlighted in […]
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The clouds can’t afford to forget developers
The major cloud providers announced earnings last week, and their growth is slowing significantly. What that means, however, isn’t immediately obvious. Earlier this year each of the clouds used the same word to explain the decreased pace: “optimization.” Customers are cutting spending in some areas so they can increase it elsewhere. What is the “elsewhere” […]
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Do you still need a degree to be a cloud pro?
At the end of the 20th century, high school students knew the rules to get ahead. Rule number 1: Any well-paying professional job requires a four-year college degree. Rule number 2: A degree from the right school opens more doors. As a below-average dyslexic student who was unlikely to get a 1500 on the SAT, […]
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Zenhub beefs up on-prem edition
Zenhub has updated its Zenhub Enterprise project management platform for internal deployments. Zenhub Enterprise 4.0 both deploys on-premises and eliminates the need for a GitHub account. Zenhub Enterprise 4.0 was announced October 17 and is available now. Teams can use Zenhub Enterprise with GitHub or instead use the built-in Zenhub Issues capability. Zenhub Issues functions […]
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6 generative AI Python projects to run now
Sure, there are LLM-powered websites you can use for chatbots, querying a document, or turning text into SQL. But there’s nothing like having access to the underlying code. Along with the satisfaction of getting an application up and running, working directly with the Python files gives you the chance to tweak how things look and […]
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When your cloud project is over budget
One of my bosses once said there are two types of IT projects whether developed or deployed: those over budget and those about to be. Indeed, if you read the trends of the last few years, cloud computing is more expensive than most first thought, and it’s been challenging for project leaders to estimate what […]
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