Episode 37: 2023 developer round-up

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12/22/23 • 58 min

It’s time for our annual review of the year! In this episode, James and Josh discuss the many twists and turns that the last 12 months brought in this 2023 developer round-up.

Thank you for listening this year. We’ll be back with more episodes in the New Year!

01 A look back at the year
03 The year AI went mainstream
05 Tech layoffs
07 Open AI x Microsoft partnership
08 M2 Apple Mac chips
09 Google Bard
12 Stephen Wolfram wrote "What is ChatGPT doing.. And why does it work?"
13 Web IOS & Ipad
15 ChatGPT Plus & Whisper API's
15 Parallax hosted "stories on the road"
19 React.dev
21 Apple vs Epic Games
22 Meta fined 1.3B
23 EU Cookie policy
24 Final Cut & Logic Pro on IOS
27 Advent of code
28 Chrome added web GPU support
29 Native to web based apps
30 All Day Hey 2023
31 Fluency Bot
32 SEC sue Coinbase & Binance
33 NASA lost connection to Voyager 2
34 Microsoft Type Chat
36 Meta Launched Threads
38 Temporary disabilities
40 Josh joins Glean as CTO
41 Apple launched Name Drop
42 Air traffic control meltdown
43 Hyperdx
44 Webflow Conf
46 WCAG 2.2
47 M3 Macs
49 re:invent
50 Deno KV
51 StyleX
53 iA writer
54 CloudFlare year in review
55 Spotify Wrapped

References:

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It’s time for our annual review of the year! In this episode, James and Josh discuss the many twists and turns that the last 12 months brought in this 2023 developer round-up.

Thank you for listening this year. We’ll be back with more episodes in the New Year!

01 A look back at the year
03 The year AI went mainstream
05 Tech layoffs
07 Open AI x Microsoft partnership
08 M2 Apple Mac chips
09 Google Bard
12 Stephen Wolfram wrote "What is ChatGPT doing.. And why does it work?"
13 Web IOS & Ipad
15 ChatGPT Plus & Whisper API's
15 Parallax hosted "stories on the road"
19 React.dev
21 Apple vs Epic Games
22 Meta fined 1.3B
23 EU Cookie policy
24 Final Cut & Logic Pro on IOS
27 Advent of code
28 Chrome added web GPU support
29 Native to web based apps
30 All Day Hey 2023
31 Fluency Bot
32 SEC sue Coinbase & Binance
33 NASA lost connection to Voyager 2
34 Microsoft Type Chat
36 Meta Launched Threads
38 Temporary disabilities
40 Josh joins Glean as CTO
41 Apple launched Name Drop
42 Air traffic control meltdown
43 Hyperdx
44 Webflow Conf
46 WCAG 2.2
47 M3 Macs
49 re:invent
50 Deno KV
51 StyleX
53 iA writer
54 CloudFlare year in review
55 Spotify Wrapped

References:

Find out more about Stac and Parallax:

Previous Episode

Episode 36: Tech leadership misconceptions

Are all leaders extroverts? Does agile development mean there is no plan or documentation? Do leaders have to be the best developer? Following on from a recent in-person talk, James and Josh discuss more common tech misconceptions in the area of leadership.

01 Misconception in leadership
01 Leadership is the only way for progression
02 Tech path vs management path
03 Dual track progression
04 Good code is all that matters
05 How teams interact
06 We'll cross the bridge when its comes to it
09 Have to be the best engineer to be a leader
10 It’s not about you
11 Tech skills trump company culture
12 Diversity
14 More developers = more velocity
17 Documentation is less important for agile teams
19 Agile development means no plan
22 All leaders are extroverts
25 Leadership is lonely
27 You don't need a mentor or peers

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Episode 38: AI risks

What are AI risks? What do we need to consider when looking at our projects? Josh and James are are back for another episode of Off Script to dig deeper into this important topic!