Never mind the business value, this about resume value
One problem with building your own internal developer platform. // Plus, fun and strange finds from the World Wide Web.
The last of my don’t build your own internal developer platform tiny videos:
Check six more reasons in the white paper, no lead-in or anything, just a fancy PDF.
Relevant to your interests
VMware Explore and SpringOne Highlights from the Tanzu Division’s Chief Marketing Officer Kevin Strohmeyer - ”I think explaining to our customers the movement of all the Kubernetes resources into VCF was important in positioning VCF as a complete infrastructure solution and then having clarity that Tanzu Platform is a true, pre-engineered Platform as a Service (PaaS) based on Cloud Foundry. I think some customers were not aware of that change, and appreciate the power of simplicity with CF and how we are continuing to invest in that proven technology with Tanzu Platform 10.3."
10 Months into AI Agents : Which Are Used Most? - Feels like it’s primarily about supporting programming, not doing things in apps. // Not sure about the methodology and source for this chart, tho.
Conflicting opinions on the ROI of AI - Yeah, it’s up in the air at the moment. I think we need to get a better handle on what use cases work. Is it just chat, code generation, and better search? What are the other apps?
6 NotebookLM features to help students learn - Just in time for school!
Platform engineering is about more than what’s going on Backstage - An internal developer platform is a lot of work, not just installing the UI layer. // Also, check out the Syntaso people popping up!
Presentation Club - For those who like to chill out with a tall glass of PowerPoint.
“Meanwhile, all the AI researchers are still on Twitter / X, and they’re not going to move to more open platforms where they would just be criticized. So we’re back to information bubbles.” Manton.
What’s the point? - “I don’t know if the people working on this stuff have a vision of the world, or if they’re just cashing in. I don’t understand how they can be so aloof to our current crises. What’s the point?”
Final thought on Australia - “Sydney, with its lush yards, immaculate beaches, stellar Asian food, and laid-back citizens, is a superior Los Angeles and might be my favorite large city in the world. Given that LA is my favorite large US city, it might be that I have a thing for sprawling suburban cities with Mediterranean climates, but I’m pretty sure, having talked to many other travelers with varied tastes, that it’s more about the quality of Sydney, and less about my own particular fetish.”
Wastebook
“PRACTICAL ESTHETIC SERVICES ADAPTABLE TO CLIENT SITUATION.” Art card.
Capitalism never sleeps.
“The scene in the first book where the Minotaur attacks Percy in the rain as they’re driving to Montauk was magical both because it involved The Minotaur, but also because it was in Montauk. To an American that is bumfuck nowhere, Long Island, but to me, as a child googling what it looked like, the idea of a sleepy, cold beach town with old wooden houses one could spend their time on vacation was just as fantastical a concept as the bull-headed monster.” That Appendix H thing.
“like a chuckle caught in the wind” GPT-5 describing a Bag of Devouring eating a gem.
“It was crazy to read that some people thought we weren’t real and that the sign was AI-generated.” IRL.
“A lot of people don’t want to take medication for shame-based reasons. There is a lot of pill-shaming in the culture. You must learn to ignore it: we are automata, our minds are molecules in salt water.” Here.
Conferences
VMUG London, speaking, September 18th, speaking. SREDay London, speaking, September 18th and 19th. Civo Navigate London, September 30th, London, speaking. Cloud Foundry Day EU, Frankfurt, October 7th, 2025, speaking. AI for the Rest of Us, London, October 15th to 16th, London, speaking. SREDay Amsterdam, November 7th, speaking.
I’ve got a 20% off discount for AI for the Rest of Us: SDI20. You should go the conference if you can, it’ll be good!
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That’s all for now.