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Mark McCracken & Michael McCarthy
16 episodes
4 months ago
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Join us for a laid back catch up on what's going on in the world of software, enterprise business, news for software and tech, and miscellaneous bureaucracy.
Show more...
Technology
Business,
News,
Management,
Tech News
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Episode 4: Technical Diagrams, and Breaking Prod Leaderboard
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1 hour 36 minutes 49 seconds
11 months ago
Episode 4: Technical Diagrams, and Breaking Prod Leaderboard

We're still here for number 4.

  • We add some jingles and an intro.
  • Michael gets third party confirmation that he's old
  • All the guests have mugged us off, so it's just Michael and I
  • Mark predicts the rise of AI Santa
  • Mark publishes the show too early and forgets about the shownotes and jingles first time round
  • Michael scours the news with a "2 years or older" filter on.
  • Social Media sites

Big Topics

Technical diagrams

  • What makes a good diagram?
  • What are we doing diagrams of?
  • Do people use 'em?

Incidents

  • MIchael and I recap our biggest hiccups at work
  • what happened
  • what impact?

All our subscriptions

  • everything we've subscribed to currently, is it any good?
  • one thing we should ditch?
  • Domain Hoarding

In the news

A.K.A. Not news.

  • Medium once upon a time said they don't like AI
  • We get a comment on the LinkedIn which is AI generated
  • X loses momentum to reddit in the UK
  • Journalists from europe are off X too
  • Thoughtworks tech radar is published
  • Platform Engineering Report is published. Michael promises to give some highlights next week
  • Some lucky gambling prompter wins $50,000 from Freysa AI, a blockchain connected LLM who shouldn't give out the money
  • A 14-year-old kid makes a digital braille reader under $20
  • David Mayer gets the Barbra Streisand effect, as ChatGPT has a few crashes

Stuff we didn't mention:
Half a cup of water for every chatGPT interaction? Is this real?

Recommendations

Tech

  • Homey Pro home hub
  • Keepa - chrome/brave extension for price comparison on Amazon
  • iZotope & Hindenburg for audio/podcast stuff
  • NetNewsWire RSS Reader
  • UsesThis.com - interviews for what tools people use to get their jobs done

Music

Michael's got 2 gigs, one of which is a Mark Lanegan tribute gig.
Mark recommends some HipHop, Joey Ba.Da.$$
Truck Festival tickets released

TV

HiJack thriller on AppleTV
Dune: Prophecy on Sky/NowTV

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Join us for a laid back catch up on what's going on in the world of software, enterprise business, news for software and tech, and miscellaneous bureaucracy.