This time we learn more about his life/history, hear all about the boot camps he runs, discuss recent advancements in AI / quantum computing and how they might affect the tech labor market & more!
This is kind of a big deal, and the idea has been floating around for a while.
As much as we joke, #mainframes are still all over the place, and though we're doing everything we can to make using them easier to use (and succeeding!) they operate quite a bit differently than how many folks are used to working with a server. Making sure the opportunity to skill up is made easy and discoverable is incredibly important.
I'm gonna geek out about #mainframes 😉 but mostly talk about how we brought a bunch of #Linux distributions together to collaborate on the platform #AllThingsOpen
📰 IBM’s generative AI tool aims to refactor ancient COBOL code for its mainframes
➥ Ars Technica
「 Or you might argue that AI-generated and restructured code might look proper and seem test-ready, but without the people around who know exactly why the code does the things it does, AI-upscaled code could have just as much noise as AI-upscaled video 」
This week on my #podcast, I read "Let the Platforms Burn," a recent @medium column making the case that we should focus more on making it easier for people to leave platforms, rather than making the platforms less terrible places to be:
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
This dynamic - network effects growth and low switching costs contraction - is why we think of tech as so dynamic. It's companies like #DEC were able to turn out #minicomputers that shattered the dominance of #mainframes. But it's also why DEC was brought so low that a PC company, #Compaq - was able to buy it for pennies on the dollar.