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"I increasingly think whether I’m spending my time the right way to advance my career. This is also a question that your company asks about you every performance cycle: Is this engineering manager spending their time effectively to advance the company or their organization?
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"Good Engineering Management" Is a Fad
This post first appeared on Will Larson’s blog, Irrational Exuberance, and is being republished here with the author’s permission.As I get older, I
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January 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"I increasingly think whether I’m spending my time the right way to advance my career. This is also a question that your company asks about you every performance cycle: Is this engineering manager spending their time effectively to advance the company or their organization?
#Radar: bit.ly/4r5nsfP
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Are you ready to turn a raw concept into a live, intelligent SaaS product without wading through high-level theory? This free event on February 10 provides you with the practical steps toward delivering a truly smart, marketable application. Save your free spot today: https://bit.ly/49wJqlo
January 28, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Are you ready to turn a raw concept into a live, intelligent SaaS product without wading through high-level theory? This free event on February 10 provides you with the practical steps toward delivering a truly smart, marketable application. Save your free spot today: https://bit.ly/49wJqlo
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I'm running my Microsoft Excel Charts course on the #OReilly learning platform on February 4th. Find out more and register: www.oreilly.com/live-events/...
#Excel @oreilly.bsky.social
#Excel @oreilly.bsky.social
Mastering Microsoft Excel Charts
Using Excel to visually present your data
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January 28, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I'm running my Microsoft Excel Charts course on the #OReilly learning platform on February 4th. Find out more and register: www.oreilly.com/live-events/...
#Excel @oreilly.bsky.social
#Excel @oreilly.bsky.social
February 25 live event brings Liz and security expert Andrew Martin together to discuss practical container security strategies, new threats and tools, and the evolving landscape of cloud native application protection. Sign up for free: bit.ly/4reU1ax
In Conversation: Liz Rice and Andy Martin on Container Security - O'Reilly Media
Ask the experts whatâs important for securing cloud native deployments.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:04 PM
February 25 live event brings Liz and security expert Andrew Martin together to discuss practical container security strategies, new threats and tools, and the evolving landscape of cloud native application protection. Sign up for free: bit.ly/4reU1ax
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On March 27th, I'll be running the brand new live online class at @oreilly.bsky.social: Architecting Intelligence: Fabric IQ, Data Agents, and MCP.
Some of the topics we will cover in 3 hours:
1️⃣ Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
2️⃣ Integrating Data agents into workflows
Some of the topics we will cover in 3 hours:
1️⃣ Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
2️⃣ Integrating Data agents into workflows
January 27, 2026 at 1:26 PM
On March 27th, I'll be running the brand new live online class at @oreilly.bsky.social: Architecting Intelligence: Fabric IQ, Data Agents, and MCP.
Some of the topics we will cover in 3 hours:
1️⃣ Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
2️⃣ Integrating Data agents into workflows
Some of the topics we will cover in 3 hours:
1️⃣ Copilot in Microsoft Fabric
2️⃣ Integrating Data agents into workflows
Coauthoring a book can be a challenge.This blog post is about three techniques that have helped Mark Richards, Neal Ford, and Raju Gandhi overcome some of the challenges of coauthoring, with a particular emphasis on one of the most useful techniques: the in-person experience: bit.ly/4bj4VYh #Radar
Effective Coauthoring: Tips and Techniques
Coauthoring a book can be a challenge. While the authors share a common goal, each might have a different writing style, voice, and writing cadence, as well as
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January 27, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Coauthoring a book can be a challenge.This blog post is about three techniques that have helped Mark Richards, Neal Ford, and Raju Gandhi overcome some of the challenges of coauthoring, with a particular emphasis on one of the most useful techniques: the in-person experience: bit.ly/4bj4VYh #Radar
"If AI is really going to grow GDP, the productivity dividend should show up for companies in growth and profits as they build new markets, not just as they extract a bit more on the way down," said our @timoreilly.bsky.social to the Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/645e...
Humans vs bots
We are seeing how disruptive technology can be, especially in the short term
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January 26, 2026 at 7:57 PM
"If AI is really going to grow GDP, the productivity dividend should show up for companies in growth and profits as they build new markets, not just as they extract a bit more on the way down," said our @timoreilly.bsky.social to the Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/645e...
"The digital revolution promises connection but frequently delivers distraction. Now the AI revolution promises efficiency, but unless we are careful, it may erode the very qualities that make work worth doing." Check out new #Radar article by Mike Amundsen: www.oreilly.com/radar/the-hu...
The Human Behind the Door
What the Doorman Fallacy teaches us about AI, empathy, and value
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January 26, 2026 at 7:23 PM
"The digital revolution promises connection but frequently delivers distraction. Now the AI revolution promises efficiency, but unless we are careful, it may erode the very qualities that make work worth doing." Check out new #Radar article by Mike Amundsen: www.oreilly.com/radar/the-hu...
The world of AI engineering is noisy—and evolving fast. That’s why the O’Reilly platform curates exactly what you need to get job-ready: real tools, real examples, and real experts guiding you every step of the way. Discover the path to upskilling. It’s free for 10 days: bit.ly/4a8lCo5
January 26, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The world of AI engineering is noisy—and evolving fast. That’s why the O’Reilly platform curates exactly what you need to get job-ready: real tools, real examples, and real experts guiding you every step of the way. Discover the path to upskilling. It’s free for 10 days: bit.ly/4a8lCo5
"It’s clear that, at the level of code generation, AI is much more capable of dealing with ambiguity and incomplete instructions than earlier tools. But it’s not yet capable of working with the ambiguity that’s part of any human office." New #Radar article by Mike Loukides: bit.ly/4pTZWk8
AI in the Office
My father spent his career as an accountant for a major public utility. He didn’t talk about work much; when he engaged in shop talk, it was generally with
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January 23, 2026 at 9:29 PM
"It’s clear that, at the level of code generation, AI is much more capable of dealing with ambiguity and incomplete instructions than earlier tools. But it’s not yet capable of working with the ambiguity that’s part of any human office." New #Radar article by Mike Loukides: bit.ly/4pTZWk8
"In preparation for our upcoming Building SaaS Businesses with AI Superstream, Michelle Smith sat down with event chair Jason Gilmore to discuss the full lifecycle of an AI-powered SaaS product, from initial ideation all the way to a successful launch." Read on our #Radar: https://bit.ly/49DqQIl
Building AI-Powered SaaS Businesses
An interview with product leader Jason Gilmore
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January 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"In preparation for our upcoming Building SaaS Businesses with AI Superstream, Michelle Smith sat down with event chair Jason Gilmore to discuss the full lifecycle of an AI-powered SaaS product, from initial ideation all the way to a successful launch." Read on our #Radar: https://bit.ly/49DqQIl
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Tomorrow (Friday) at 10AM EST on @oreilly.bsky.social All the new #Java features learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...
Java 25: How to Code Like a Pro
Learn about the fastest Java version yet with new pattern matching and performance monitoring features
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January 23, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Tomorrow (Friday) at 10AM EST on @oreilly.bsky.social All the new #Java features learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...
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Are you dreaming of becoming a certified #MicrosoftFabric Analytics Engineer?
Join me on Feb 2nd/3rd for Fabric Analytics Engineer Bootcamp at @oreilly.bsky.social! We are dissecting each and every skill tested in the exam.
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Join me on Feb 2nd/3rd for Fabric Analytics Engineer Bootcamp at @oreilly.bsky.social! We are dissecting each and every skill tested in the exam.
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Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate Bootcamp (DP-600)
Learn in-demand skills and become a certified Fabric Analytics Engineer
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January 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Are you dreaming of becoming a certified #MicrosoftFabric Analytics Engineer?
Join me on Feb 2nd/3rd for Fabric Analytics Engineer Bootcamp at @oreilly.bsky.social! We are dissecting each and every skill tested in the exam.
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Join me on Feb 2nd/3rd for Fabric Analytics Engineer Bootcamp at @oreilly.bsky.social! We are dissecting each and every skill tested in the exam.
learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...
"This is shaping up to be the “fork-it-and-forget” decade. Developers—and the agents they run—are moving at a new kind of velocity: forking, patching, and moving on. GitHub reports more than 420 million repositories as of early 2023, and it’s on pace to hit a billion by 2030." bit.ly/4rbVCy4
The Fork-It-and-Forget Decade
Open source is no longer just shaped by developers. Their machines are rewriting it.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"This is shaping up to be the “fork-it-and-forget” decade. Developers—and the agents they run—are moving at a new kind of velocity: forking, patching, and moving on. GitHub reports more than 420 million repositories as of early 2023, and it’s on pace to hit a billion by 2030." bit.ly/4rbVCy4
AI is changing how software gets built—and who builds it. Want in? O’Reilly’s curated learning paths take you from baseline to expert in real-world AI engineering, with trusted content from top names like Chip Huyen. Try the path free (no credit card required): bit.ly/4a8lCo5
January 22, 2026 at 9:27 PM
AI is changing how software gets built—and who builds it. Want in? O’Reilly’s curated learning paths take you from baseline to expert in real-world AI engineering, with trusted content from top names like Chip Huyen. Try the path free (no credit card required): bit.ly/4a8lCo5
"The engineers who thrive aren’t necessarily the best programmers. They’re the ones who’ve figured out how to navigate everything around the code: the people, the politics, the alignment, the ambiguity." Read #Radar article by @addyosmani.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qzfVFK
21 Lessons from 14 Years at Google
On code, careers, and the human side of engineering
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January 21, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"The engineers who thrive aren’t necessarily the best programmers. They’re the ones who’ve figured out how to navigate everything around the code: the people, the politics, the alignment, the ambiguity." Read #Radar article by @addyosmani.bsky.social: bit.ly/4qzfVFK
On January 29, join the GenAI Superstream designed to help you move from scattershot chats to more effective, reusable agent-driven workflows. You’ll learn how early adopters across the enterprise are using no-code tools to deploy autonomous #AIAgents. Save your free spot: bit.ly/4sNutDb
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
On January 29, join the GenAI Superstream designed to help you move from scattershot chats to more effective, reusable agent-driven workflows. You’ll learn how early adopters across the enterprise are using no-code tools to deploy autonomous #AIAgents. Save your free spot: bit.ly/4sNutDb
"The fundamental risk of AI “artists” is that they will become so commonplace that it will feel pointless to pursue art, and that much of the art we consume will lose its fundamentally human qualities." Check out new #Radar article by Anjali Ramakrishnan to learn more: bit.ly/4sLwbVD
The Problem with AI "Artists"
Their emergence threatens creative labor and undermines what makes us human.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:21 PM
"The fundamental risk of AI “artists” is that they will become so commonplace that it will feel pointless to pursue art, and that much of the art we consume will lose its fundamentally human qualities." Check out new #Radar article by Anjali Ramakrishnan to learn more: bit.ly/4sLwbVD
In this inaugural session of AI Product Lab on 1/21, you won’t watch another polished demo—you’ll see the experimental process of creating a prototype from start to finish. You’ll leave with a repeatable workflow and the confidence to start experimenting on your own. Save your seat: bit.ly/4sOwLlr.
AI Product Lab: Rapid Prototyping from Scratch with Aman Khan and Colin Matthews
Learn a repeatable, end-to-end workflow, from blank screen to functional, testable prototype
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January 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM
In this inaugural session of AI Product Lab on 1/21, you won’t watch another polished demo—you’ll see the experimental process of creating a prototype from start to finish. You’ll leave with a repeatable workflow and the confidence to start experimenting on your own. Save your seat: bit.ly/4sOwLlr.
"The next phase of enterprise AI won’t be defined solely by larger models or more data. It will be defined by how effectively teams design systems within the physical and economic limits imposed by GPUs—which have become both the engine and the bottleneck of modern AI." bit.ly/45VjNIA #Radar
GPUs: Enterprise AI's New Architectural Control Point
Over the past two years, enterprises have moved rapidly to integrate large language models into core products and internal workflows. What began as
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January 16, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"The next phase of enterprise AI won’t be defined solely by larger models or more data. It will be defined by how effectively teams design systems within the physical and economic limits imposed by GPUs—which have become both the engine and the bottleneck of modern AI." bit.ly/45VjNIA #Radar
"Unlike traditional learning platforms that recommend broad courses, O’Reilly verifiable skills maps defined competencies across five proficiency levels, with more-granular competencies defined at each level, creating a clear developmental pathway from foundation to full expertise." bit.ly/4qq9ULd
O’Reilly launches Verifiable Skills for competency-based learning
O’Reilly, launches verifiable skills, a competency-based skill development solution that maps specific capabilities in certain technologies
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January 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
"Unlike traditional learning platforms that recommend broad courses, O’Reilly verifiable skills maps defined competencies across five proficiency levels, with more-granular competencies defined at each level, creating a clear developmental pathway from foundation to full expertise." bit.ly/4qq9ULd
New from O’Reilly: Verifiable skills
Get a personalized skill plan, earn badges, and skip what you already know.
Now available in beta for Python, Power BI, Java, and Kubernetes.
Learn more → www.oreilly.com/online-learn...
Get a personalized skill plan, earn badges, and skip what you already know.
Now available in beta for Python, Power BI, Java, and Kubernetes.
Learn more → www.oreilly.com/online-learn...
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM
New from O’Reilly: Verifiable skills
Get a personalized skill plan, earn badges, and skip what you already know.
Now available in beta for Python, Power BI, Java, and Kubernetes.
Learn more → www.oreilly.com/online-learn...
Get a personalized skill plan, earn badges, and skip what you already know.
Now available in beta for Python, Power BI, Java, and Kubernetes.
Learn more → www.oreilly.com/online-learn...
Fully revised, this edition includes updated tooling, practices, and architectural patterns. You’ll explore key changes across five minor #Python versions, examine new features like dataclasses and type hinting, and evaluate modern tools such as Poetry, pytest, and GitHub Actions: bit.ly/49DjKCh
Hands-On Software Engineering with Python - Second Edition
Grow your software engineering discipline, incorporating and mastering design, development, testing, and deployment best practices examples in a realistic Python project structure.... - Selection from...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Fully revised, this edition includes updated tooling, practices, and architectural patterns. You’ll explore key changes across five minor #Python versions, examine new features like dataclasses and type hinting, and evaluate modern tools such as Poetry, pytest, and GitHub Actions: bit.ly/49DjKCh
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Do you want to learn more about using Excel PivotTables or Power Pivot? If so, join me for my Mastering Excel PivotTables course on January 21 on the #OReilly learning platform: www.oreilly.com/live-events/...
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Mastering Microsoft Excel pivot tables
Go beyond the basics to gain proficiency of this important skill
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January 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Do you want to learn more about using Excel PivotTables or Power Pivot? If so, join me for my Mastering Excel PivotTables course on January 21 on the #OReilly learning platform: www.oreilly.com/live-events/...
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"There’s another MCP feature that’s less talked about and arguably more interesting: sampling. Sampling flips the script. Instead of the AI calling your tool, your tool calls the AI." Read this #Radar article by Angie Jones to learn more: bit.ly/4pKZ5Ch
MCP Sampling: When Your Tools Need to Think
The following article originally appeared on Block’s blog and is being republished here with the author’s permission.If you've been following MCP, you've
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January 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"There’s another MCP feature that’s less talked about and arguably more interesting: sampling. Sampling flips the script. Instead of the AI calling your tool, your tool calls the AI." Read this #Radar article by Angie Jones to learn more: bit.ly/4pKZ5Ch