Episode 504: Socrates Didn’t Whiteboard
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Navigating Team Management and Communication Effectiveness
This chapter explores the complexities of managing a large team, focusing on the need for individual coaching and support. It also critiques the use of whiteboarding as a communication tool, highlighting its limitations in fostering long-term understanding and engagement.
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This week, we discuss the latest news about DeepSeek, how to make sense of the countless hot takes, and a review of The Nvidia Way. Plus, some thoughts on Valentine’s Day.
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Runner-up Titles
- The Paperclip Apocalypse
- Markets Over Management
- The Nest Egg
- This is cheaper than therapy
- Valentine’s Day
- “Turns out, guys…”
- You can burn a candle out, and when it’s out there’s no candle.
- I don’t think Jensen is struggling
Rundown
- DeepSeek
- China's DeepSeek appears to have built AI models that rival OpenAI, while allegedly using much less money, chips, and energy.
- DeepSeek FAQ
- DeepSeek and the Enterprise
- Four big reasons to worry about DeepSeek (and four reasons to calm down)
- DeepSeek Disruption Has Its Upside
- Dario Amodei — On DeepSeek and Export Controls
- Bonus Clouded Judgement - Inference Time Compute
- CEO Pat Gelsinger is already using DeepSeek instead of OpenAI at his startup, Gloo
Relevant to your Interests
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- FTC Finalizes Long-Awaited Updates to Children's Privacy Rule
- FTC Finalizes Changes to Children’s Privacy Rule Limiting Companies’ Ability to Monetize Kids’ Data
- Free OpenAI & every-LLM API Pricing Calculator
- GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time
- Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models
- We’re launching Opengrep, a fork of Semgrep CE
- Semaphore is Going Open Source in 30 days
- OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies
- "Digital shoplifting" is on the rise among the well-off Gen Z crowd
- Kubernetes Cloud Repatriation Saves Millions for Data Platform Provider
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- Cheriton School of Computer Science researchers’ update to Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30%
- Stargate artificial intelligence project to exclusively serve OpenAI
Nonsense
- Why Speaking Like a Wanker at Work Is Essential
- Stripe accidentally sent an image of a duck when notifying some employees they were getting laid off
Conferences
- CfgMgmtCamp, Ghent, Belgium, February 2-5, 2025.
- Civo Navigate North America, San Francisco, Feb 10-11, 2025
- DevOpsDayLA at SCALE22x, March 6-9, 2025, discount code DEVOP
- VMUG NL, March 12th, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Chicago, March 18th, 2025.
- SREday London, March 27-28, Coté speaking. 10% with code LDN10.
- Monki Gras, London, March 27-28, Coté speaking.
- Cloud Foundry Day US, May 14th, Palo Alto, CA
- NDC Oslo, May 21-23, speaking.
- KubeCon EU, April 1-4, London.
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- “The Joy of Extradimensional Spaces,” Michael Polkinghorn, in Candlekeep Mysteries.
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