This week, we discuss measuring developer productivity, Unity licensing backlash, and some follow-up on Wireless Emergency Alerts. Plus, thoughts on coconuts.

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Runner-up Titles

One day an ice machine will run on RISC-V
Mo Developers Mo Problems
W3C my ass.
That’s almost an aggressive blue.
Wait. Do I live in an office complex?
You pay the same
Quarantine Quarters
Maybe I have too much mindlessness
Out of my way Costco, I’m going direct.
Candy Corn
Have you tried a bubble-sort?
Omerta for developers
Understand what you’re measuring, or you’ll just get measurements.
KCNA23VMWEO20
Just make the bed

Rundown

Developer Productivity
Reports
- Kubernetes at Scale: Challenges, Priorities, Adoption Patterns, and Solutions
- Announcing the 2023 State of DevOps Report
John Riccitiello is out at Unity, effective immediately
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

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Nonsense

Ice Is Not Necessary. So Why Do Hotels Provide It for Free?

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Episode 436: Understand what you’re measuring, or you’ll just get measurements

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Episode 436: Understand what you’re measuring, or you’ll just get measurements