A psychiatrist discusses why Devs are in the top 10 for suicide. youtu.be/XW-02QiiHDM?...

I love PocketCasts. Been using it for years, and I still use it (even though I have Spotify), because Spotify inserts ads into podcasts, which already have their own Native ads... It's too much. It's nice to see they're now free.

Highly recommend giving them a look. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

I wrote about ephemeral preview environments on Kubernetes. They can be a lot of work to get up and running*, but they are so worth it. If accelerating the developer feedback loop is important to you (and you don't have preview envs yet), then this post is for you.

northflank.com/blog/the-wha...

Good, nerdy fun arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

A bit of fun and interesting science news arstechnica.com/science/2024...

SQLite & Rust enthusiasts rejoice turso.tech/blog/introdu...

FYI! It's a good time to check your security setup. arstechnica.com/security/202...

A good looking book bundle for any SRE or Platform Engineer.
www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-...

Spotify is doing their year end wrap up, and I think I need some time to process whatever this means

@jonobacon.bsky.social thanks for the exercise on the CNCF Marketing call today. I'm writing to share this research from Paul Slovic, which suggests that in addition to avoiding calamity, our brains are wired to relate risks with benefits. Always good to discuss both together.

Solid haul of coding books on the cheap
www.humblebundle.com/books/math-f...