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David Chappell

@DChappellAssoc

Principal, Chappell & Associates

 San Francisco, CA
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Joined January 2013
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Here's my updated guide for product marketing people on writing better technology white papers. Questions and comments are welcome. davidchappell.com/writing/wh…
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Sergio Pereira
@SergioRocks12 Jan 2023
ChatGPT has changed software development! However, 68.1% of Software Engineers still don't use it. As a CTO, I'm telling my teams to use ChatGPT in their daily work to increase both velocity and quality. This is how 👇
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When ChatGPT gets an official voice, it really really needs to be based on Majel Barrett's voice. ❤️ cc @sama
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Structure an online course in a way that people not only complete, but THANK YOU for it Online courses have two types of “flow”: but one of them is often completely ignored ⤵️
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Randall Munroe
@xkcd5 Nov 2022
Königsberg xkcd.com/2694
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This is amazing. Protecting secrets is arguably the most important aspect of ensuring software supply chain security. I'm shocked at how many organizations don't seem to focus on this. infoworld.com/article/367683…
Public package repos expose thousands of API security tokens—and they’re active

Public package repos expose thousands of API security tokens—and they’re active

JFrog’s new Xray Secrets Detection uncovered active access tokens in popular open-source software registries including Docker, npm, and PyPI. Here are our findings and takeaways.

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Steven Pinker
@sapinker1 Oct 2022
Excellent tips on effective teaching, which largely overlap tips on effective writing. stevenpinker.com/publication…

The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

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Teaching is so weird because nobody seems to want to talk about how to explain things... which seems like it'd be something we'd talk a whole lot about. There are a few things I've learned from research into clarity of explanations that I wish I'd been taught earlier 1/
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Phillip Carter
@_cartermp13 Sep 2022
grpc is just wcf for kubernetes
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Good piece by @mjasay on the cloud (finally) coming for the mainframe infoworld.com/article/367214…
The cloud is coming for your mainframes

The cloud is coming for your mainframes

Moving off dead-end mainframes to the more nimble cloud is a slow process but one worth pursuing, one workload at a time.

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We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting - The New York Times nytimes.com/2022/08/24/techn…
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Sean McKenna@seanmckmsft12 Aug 2022
For decades, the litmus test of a Microsoft platform has been whether the company was willing to build Office on it. Pretty darn cool that #AKS and Windows containers have met that bar: customers.microsoft.com/en-u…
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Read my analysis of latest cloud hyperscaler quarterly results -- and how Charles Dickens helps one understand their market dynamics! eweek.com/cloud/cloud-q2-22-…
Cloud Earnings Results: Best of Times – or Worst? | eWEEK

Cloud Earnings Results: Best of Times – or Worst? | eWEEK

The top three cloud vendors continued their strong revenue growth, yet growth numbers are down from the previous quarter. What does this say about the future of cloud?

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Paul Graham
@paulg1 Aug 2022
When you have an idea for a new kind of startup, ask yourself how likely it is that no one has thought of this idea before. If you conclude that it's unlikely, start looking for the reasons this idea is harder than it looks.
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Read my take on the hyperscale cloud providers quarterly results and what they mean. I discuss app repatriation and Joe important it is --or isn’t. eweek.com/cloud/cloud-revenu… – at Baltimore, MD
Cloud Revenues Q1, 2022: Surfing an Ever Larger Wave | eWEEK

Cloud Revenues Q1, 2022: Surfing an Ever Larger Wave | eWEEK

The leading cloud providers, AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, have seen astonishing growth. Will this continue in the future?

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Copilot may change the structure of coding work, says Pamela Mishkin, a researcher at OpenAI. Over time, the emphasis will shift to “How do you check the work of the model?” she says. “It switches you from being a writer into an editor.” apple.news/ATvUXaj3mQ_WOu5Tx…
It’s Like GPT-3, but for Code: Fun, Fast, and Full of Flaws

It’s Like GPT-3, but for Code: Fun, Fast, and Full of Flaws

Thousands of developers are using a tool from OpenAI that can autocomplete their code or whip up a program from a simple prompt. The tech might help us all automate our lives—and riddle the internet...

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Paul Graham
@paulg27 Mar 2022
One of the most interesting ways to classify people is by the number and type of things they believe that are false. Many existing names for groups of people are based on such classifications.
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=IW0Wq-…
Still miss Windows Phone and think the UX looks better as time has marched onwards.
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@disco_lu11 Mar 2022
Anyone else think that the Windows phone design (using Metro Design Language) was a missed opportunity in interface design? It had a lot of personality 💅
Photo of 2 Windows phones side by side, showing the Metro Design Language

ALT Photo of 2 Windows phones side by side, showing the Metro Design Language

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Gregor@ghohpe10 Mar 2022
The strategy isn't to win the game. That's the goal. Playing to your strengths also isn't. That's a given. Your strategy has to be making conscious choices and trade-offs. Yet, I see too many orgs whose "strategies" are wishes or truisms.
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I spent a pleasant afternoon at St. Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv not too long ago. It's a beautiful place in a city full of impressive people. Putin is evil.
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"TypeScript is written in itself. And Visual Studio Code is written in TypeScript." So cool! thenewstack.io/anders-hejlsb…
Anders Hejlsberg: Microsoft's App Dev Star Maker Machinery

Anders Hejlsberg: Microsoft's App Dev Star Maker Machinery

Anders Hejlsberg, a Microsoft Technical Fellow and creator of wildly popular programming languages including Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C# and TypeScript, has helped launch or extend the careers of...

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