shadow org chart (graph) of influencers in an organization

This fascinating blog entry by the CEO of Carta is worth sharing.  He noted, "I am the CEO and did not make the top 10."  The presentation of all results is even more fascinating.

Galaxy's Edge 2: Galactic Outlaws by Nick Cole and Jason Anspach

Interesting turn of events in this great story line. 4/5 stars.

Galaxy's Edge: Attack of Shadows by Nick Cole and Jason Anspach

Non-stop close-quarters combat, 4/5 stars.  Fun.  I don't like the mechs or telekinesis. And the science (celestial mechanics) is crap.

The Meeting by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth

Catching up on the collected works of Frederik Pohl, and this one was ok, 3/5 stars.

StarSight by Brandon Sanderson

Meh.  Sanderson is a lazy writer and keeps morphing his magic system to account for a plot element he wants to add, 2/5 stars.  Don't start reading this series.

Aliens, Travelers, and other Strangers by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

Great science fiction from the Strugatsky brothers that we missed because of 20th century politics. 4/5 stars.

Another Open Policy Agent application for k8s

Preflight is another kubernetes configuration checker that uses open policy agent.  The libraries included are a great set of policy checks for your YAML.

DevOps Days in NY is March 3-4

DevOpsDays in New York on March 3-4 has a great set of talks in the program.

Google Go Language advantages for cloud

Another Go evangelist explains some of the powerful features and reasons Go is a good choice for cloud development, especially for cloud infrastructure code.

Infrastructure code (Terraform) is still code and needs code maintenance

Just as you must refactor and maintain your application code, so too should you carefully refactor your terraform code.