This week, we delve into the Stack Overflow Survey, compare AWS and Azure, and discuss why everyone loves "Coding at Google." Plus, thoughts on the new Mobile Passport Control App and Global Entry.

Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 449

Runner-up Titles

• That is part of the podcast
• I am going to have a change of pants for that
• They’re very good notes
• “Buildies”
• Of course they are
• The Internet is a series of tubes… filled with money
• The easiest way to make money is to have a lot of money
• Gobsmacked

Rundown

• Mobile Passport Control (MPC)
• Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023
• Amazon's Silent Sacking
• AWS Overhauls 60,000-Person Sales Team to Fix ‘Fiefdoms,’ Customer Complaints
• Coding at Google

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