Not everything needs AI - but it helps
To use AI or not, that is the question in the early days of 2026.
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See allAI agents, benchmarks, and the builders behind them
It's a great week for some pragmatic AI development as we dig into how our industry is changing.
Read issueNo more dev docs?
We have a wide range of topics from last week ranging from dev docs to monolith event handlers
Read issue💔 Sending love to our friends at AWS
Another round of layoffs plagued AWS employees last week, leaving 16,000 people without a job.
Read issueHooray for 200 issues!
Thank you all for sticking with me for 200 issues of the newsletter. Here's to 200 more!
Read issueThe operational state of AI and Cloud
On Cloud Dialogues, I break down the current operating reality for AI and cloud: regional model limits, data governance blockers, the widening …
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