GitHub’s Risky Strategy & Cursor Team on Lex Podcast

Welcome to this week’s issue!

Today, we’re focusing on learning—from GitHub’s bold choice to embrace an 80% failure rate to drive innovation, to how evolving observability can affect your company. You’ll also discover strategies to protect multicloud microservices from cyberattacks and find out how effective use of OKRs and KPIs can change your career.

There’s more to explore, so grab a coffee and enjoy Frictionless!

Also in the Queue

• Future of Programming with Cursor Team

• Open AI Releases a New Product For Coding

• How to Deal with Vanishing of IT Service Providers

• Finding Balance Between Hard and Soft Skills

• AWS CEO on the Company’s AI Approach

Reduce Friction

The 4 Evolutions of Your Observability Journey

Observability evolves through four stages, from addressing known issues to anticipating future system behavior. Each phase presents its challenges and requires different tools. Learn how observability matures within your company and what it means for its long-term success.

Bridging the Hard and the Soft

Mastering both technical expertise and interpersonal skills can elevate your leadership approach. Just like modern technology balances the rigid logic of machines with the flexibility of the human mind to our benefit, knowing how to use your hard and soft skills in tandem can be a game-changer for your team and career.

The Secret To High Growth: Cocreate A Customer-Obsessed Strategy

High-growth businesses craft customer-obsessed strategies to align marketing, sales, and product, but many B2B companies fail to prioritize customer needs and suffer for it. Your involvement in creating a customer-focused plan that finds a compromise between internal aspirations and external demands can secure the company’s growth.

Tech Exec Growth Curves

Did you recently have the time to consider your own growth? If you’re looking to stay competitive and up-to-date, consider managing personal development through growth curves. By using them to identify key areas for improvement and new opportunities, you’ll never have to worry about stagnation.

OKRs vs. KPIs: How CTOs Can Leverage Both for Lasting Improvement

CTOs often have to balance innovation with performance: OKRs push your teams toward ambitious goals, while KPIs ensure you’re on track with progress. But how do you use both effectively? Discover real-world examples of how CTOs can align these frameworks to inspire innovation.

Deepen Your Expertise

Next.js Middleware: What Is It and When to Use It

If you plan to take full advantage of Next.js’s capabilities, you can’t forget about Middleware. Through running code between a user’s request and the server’s response, Middleware lets you streamline tasks like authentication, logging, and API validation while boosting app performance.

How to Secure Microservices in a Multicloud Architecture

Many organizations rely on multicloud architecture, which can open them up to some potential security risks. Luckily, there are plenty of ways to keep your company safe, and still enjoy the benefits of multicloud - without sacrificing your team’s agility or scalability of the setup. 

What to Do When Your IT Provider Vanishes

Picture this - suddenly the provider of the service your product relies on stops supporting it. While it’s not always possible to find a replacement immediately, some risk-mitigation practices and knowing how to build relationships with new vendors will keep your product afloat and your customers’ experience undisturbed.

Benefits of Using Next JS for Building Websites and Apps

Next.js is the tool of choice for established companies like TikTok, Hulu, or Twitch, but large companies aren’t the only ones benefiting from its features. It’s a framework loved by businessmen, developers, and marketers, guaranteeing well-performing websites and applications with plenty of potential for future growth. 

Increase Scalability

Go Big or Go Home: What GitHub Learned Building Copilot

Since its launch in 2021, Github’s AI coding assistant Copilot has garnered 1.8 million paying users and contributed to 50% of their code. Learn why GitHub Next, the research team behind Copilot, accepted an 80% failure rate as part of their pursuit of innovation.

▶️ Cursor Team: Future of Programming with AI | Lex Fridman Podcast

Cursor Team is shaping the future of programming with their innovative AI tool. In this episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast, we can find out more about their groundbreaking approach and get insights from the minds behind the product transforming how we code.

Introducing Canvas by OpenAI

A new product joins Open AI’s portfolio. Canvas is designed to help developers write code more efficiently by using AI-driven suggestions and automation. It promises smooth integration into existing workflows, allowing developers to efficiently produce quality code. 

Are We Thinking About Supply Chain Security All Wrong?

The conventional approach to supply chain security in the tech industry is full of potential pitfalls and loopholes, with the potential to endanger the whole company. This is why integrating security measures through the entire development process, supply chain included, can protect your company from cyberattacks.

AWS CEO Matt Garman on Generative AI, Open Source, and Closing Services

In his new interview Matt Garman, the CEO of AWS, went into detail about the company’s approach to generative AI, stance on open-source software, and decisions made about closing certain services, highlighting the need to provide customers with long-term support for critical tools.

Just Cool

159 Employees are Leaving Automattic as CEO’s Fight with WP Engine Escalates

As the conflict between WordPress and WP Engine continues, 159 employees have reportedly left Automattic. While Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of WordPress’ parent company tried to put a positive spin on this situation, many people are wondering what future developments we might see in this case.

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