This week, we discuss the shifting world of observability, the nightmare of “Configuration Hell,” and OpenAI’s latest valuation. Plus, a surprise Broadway musical review!
Runner-up Titles
We say we’re friends, but I don’t really know them
Observability 2025
I don’t have any sympathy for anyone
If you want to win observability, put on a musical
Just is THE trigger word
It’s a well-known Hell
The blog posts are making me angry
Rundown
CISO MUSICAL | Official Broadway Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W17F9Ho_38)
Monitoring is back
Observability 3.0 - bitdrift Blog (https://blog.bitdrift.io/post/observability-3-0)
Another observability 3.0 appears on the horizon (https://charity.wtf/2025/03/24/another-observability-3-0-appears-on-the-horizon/)
ControlTheory Secures $5M Seed Funding to Bring Controllability to Observability (https://www.controltheory.com/blog/controltheory-secures-5m-seed-funding-to-bring-controllability-to-observability/)
What is (https://www.controltheory.com/blog/what-is-controllability/)
Cloud veterans launch ConfigHub to fix 'configuration hell' (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/26/cloud-veterans-launch-confighub-to-fix-configuration-hell/)
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse (https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/)
OpenAI
Exclusive | The Secrets and Misdirection Behind Sam Altman’s Firing From OpenAI (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-real-story-behind-sam-altman-firing-from-openai-efd51a5d?st=GmdXEX&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink)
OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/openai-closes-40-billion-in-funding-the-largest-private-fundraise-in-history-softbank-chatgpt.html)
Relevant to your Interests
How vibe coding will affect Engineering Managers (https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/effect-of-ai-on-engineering-managers)
Mastering GitHub Copilot: When to use AI agent mode (https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/mastering-github-copilot-when-to-use-ai-agent-mode/)
Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Important Changes and Updates (https://spring.io/blog/2025/03/27/spring-ai-update-to-snapshots)
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Makes a Few More Long-Shot Bets (https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-makes-a-few-more-long-shot-bets-01e7337f)
Pat Gelsinger has joined VC firm Playground Global (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-ad45da7c-2daa-4290-b379-bba556718155.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2)
Amazon Is Canceling a Major Alexa Privacy Feature on March 28: Should You Worry? (https://www.cnet.com/home/security/amazon-is-canceling-this-alexa-privacy-feature-on-march-28-should-you-worry/)
oneAPI: A New Era of Heterogeneous Computing (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/overview.html#gs.kqodnv)
Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/amazon-unveils-nova-act-an-ai-agent-that-uses-a-web-browser/)
Ransomware Found in VSCode Extensions Raises Concerns Over Microsoft’s Security Review (https://www.cysecurity.news/2025/03/ransomware-found-in-vscode-extensions.html?m=1)
Lip-Bu Tan says Intel will spin off non-core units (https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/lip-bu-tan-says-intel-will-spin-off-non-core-units/)
Announcing Chainguard VMs: Minimal, Zero-CVE Container Host Images (https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/announcing-chainguard-vms-minimal-zero-cve-container-host-images)
Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners (https://on.ft.com/4iXhAkG)
Nonsense
This couple is obsessed with Costco. Why do they love it so much? (https://www.deseret.com/2024/1/10/24031947/joy-of-costco-susan-and-david-schwartz-king-husein-utah/)
CISO MUSICAL | Official Broadway Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W17F9Ho_38)
Conferences
DevOps Days Atlanta (https://devopsdays.org/events/2025-atlanta/welcome/), April 29-30
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