The past couple of months, I’ve been building infrastructure on Scaleway. As someone who has dabbled in AWS, I’m pleasantly surprised at how straightforward Scaleway is while still offering a large catalog of services that play well together.
It’s not on par with AWS in the number of offerings, but AWS is so overwhelming that I tend to consider that a good thing.
If you’re looking for an EU-based alternative to something like AWS, then Scaleway might be it. I think it is for me.
Honestly, this historic heat dome across the West is really hard to put into words for me. Temperatures over 110°F (43°C) in March, shattering all-time monthly records on multiple consecutive days, and not just by a little.
➡️ I can confirm this is human-caused climate change.
Graphic by https://polarwx.com/models/.
I keep seeing the claim that "AI" multiplies the productivity of senior developers repeated as justification for FOMO.
The best available data clearly shows that, in terms of *outcomes* at the *team* level, that multiplier is - at best - about 1.1x.
And for the majority, it's more like 0.9x.
We know exactly why this is, too.
1. Bigger change batches hitting bottlenecks like testing, code review and integration
2. Coding was only a small part of the process anyway
* sigh *
"The “AI is stealing our jobs” meme comes from a lack of understanding that software engineers are workers, not employers, and that the economic principles of employment and work apply to them the same as to other workers."
by @leeg
"I was at the casino on Saturday night, playing at the craps table. I needed to roll a 9 for a big win, so I took out my lucky tangerine and smeared it with marmite, and hey presto - 9!"
That's basically 95% of AI-assisted coding advice right now.
NEW: Why does gas set the price of electricity – and is there an alternative?
Make yourself a tea (or grab a beer??) and enjoy my Friday longread on marginal pricing, ideas for market reform – & how to break the link btwn gas & power prices for good
But most interestingly, we're already starting to see power prices decouple from gas through the simple expedient of…burning less gas
The UK and – in particular Spain – show what can happen when you shift away from gas, whereas Italy shows what happens if you don't
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Simon Evans
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