Weekly Bullet #42 – Summary for the week

Here are a bunch of Technical / Non-Technical topics that I came across recently and found them very resourceful.

Technical :

• The cost crisis in the observability space is a real problem. Here is an article that describes the issue: – link here
• How many conferences are too many? Here is an exhaustive list of all the popular talks on Kubernetes from 2023: – link here
• OpenTelemetry is the industry standard in observability. Here is a list of anti-patterns with observability to avoid:- link here
• Here is a write-up on a framework for data sharing between microservices – link here
• GoDaddy Data Platform optimizations: 60% cost reduction and 50% performance improvement – link here
• I have been deeply exploring Kafka lately, and below are some of the great resources I have found:
  • Effectively Once Delivery and Exactly Once Processing in Kafka – link here
  • Segments, Rolling and Retention in kafka – link here
  • Kafka internals – link here

• [Most recommended] “Learn Programming In 10 Years” – A video by ThePrimeTime on Youtube link here (23mins).

Non-Technical :

• [YouTube] “How Future Billionaires Get Sh*t Done” (20mins): Discusses the importance of having a larger chunk of non-disruptive time to accomplish tasks: – link here
• Currently, 94% of the universe’s volume is beyond our reach. – How quickly is the Universe disappearing from our reach?
• You are only as good as your worst days – FS blog explains it the best – link here
• An extract from a book:

“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else… Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”

“Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse

Cheers until next time !