There are 3x more AI/ML talks than any other category at re:Invent this year.

Elder sysadmins: share your ridiculous server naming schemes. I'll go first: Dune. Mailservers named after guild navigators, all-purpose utility server that changed identities all the time was "Scytale," 40 DHCP servers all named "Duncan Idaho," etc.

Two big updates from Andy Jassy today: - Taking a buzzsaw to middle management - Return to Office 5 days a week $AMZN has been dead money for 4 years. Time to crack some skulls

For my birthday I asked everybody to come prepared with a PowerPoint presentation about any topic they wanted and BY GOD THEY FUCKING DELIVERED. These are just some highlights 🧵 (Pic of mine for tax)

SOFTWARE ESCROW IS FUTILE FOR SAAS COMPANIES YOU HAVE NO HOPE OF RECREATING THESE TWISTED NIGHTMARE PLATFORMS THIS IS NOT A PLACE OF HONOUR NOTHING VALUED IS HERE WHAT IS COMMITTED WAS DANGEROUS AND REPULSIVE TO US THESE REPOSITORIES ARE BEST SHUNNED

As a Brit who has lived in Las Vegas for the last 18 months, I humbly submit this thread of recommendations and advice for anyone coming to black hat and def con. Feel free to ask questions and add any other recommendations!

By 2034, your 9-5 job will be extinct. Everything will be so cheap you won't have to work anymore. That's Marc Andreessen's latest prediction — the billionaire investor who predicted the rise of the internet in 1993. Here's what he said next:

Almost anyone in B2B SaaS could dominate their category by achieving frontend rendering speeds below 150ms. Yet, less than 1% of the industry masters this. There's a significant arbitrage opportunity right in front of you. Capitalize on it before everyone else catches on.

The rise of the Chief AI Officer is incredibly fascinating to me. It's this new role where someone is hired to specifically keep up with everything happening in AI and implement it into certain operations within the company. For example, this person might: - Find a ChatGPT prompt that makes the Finance team work 10% faster - Get the Marketing team using Midjourney to work 25% faster - Implement AI tools to streamline HR processes and save teams hours a day Every major org is hiring one. Just recently, NASA, Dell, LVMH, Morgan Stanley, and the Dubai government hired 22. Why? The potential impact of having someone increase the efficiency of an entire department by 10% is pretty unheard of, but totally possible now. It also makes sure the org is thinking AI-first into the future and doesn't fall behind. Everyone talks about AI not just taking jobs, but creating new ones, and this is a perfect example of a role we'll see a whole lot more of. But that leads me to a couple of unanswered questions (that many orgs likely struggle with too): - How does an org find someone to do this role? - Do they need a technical background, or do they just need to know how to deploy new AI tools effectively? - Are there any education platforms building certifications for CIAOs? If you recently were hired as a Chief AI Officer or a similar role, I'd LOVE to ask you a few questions. It can be completely anonymous, and I'll pay for your time. Please send me a DM or email me rowan@therundown(dot)ai

The switch() statement, in general, is a crutch for the feeble-minded programmer: