Web

• Paper: You Want My Password or a Dead Patient? (Fred Hebert) "endemic circumvention of password-based auth" Yikes!

Software

• Coding in the Shadows: Hidden Gems of Lisp, Clojure, and friends (Adam Schmideg) "Lisp just clicked with me." Ditto.
• What developers should know from the OpenAI saga "3 key takeaways: a multi-model strategy's necessity, emerging AI infra, LLMs as abstractions."
• Dependency rejection (amontalenti) DI: "programmers fretted about a future that usually never arrived" and "meta-distraction". Valid points, but as always, it depends on the situation.
• Why “API-first” might not be a good idea (Stefan Tilkov) 46 minute talk. Again, one size does not fit all.
• How to Build a Google Chrome Extension in 6 Steps Using ChatGPT (Bradley Owen Moodley) Sometime the urge surfaces, but then quickly subsides. Reference for scratching the future itch.

Emacs

• Irreal: Interactive Java (jcs) REPL driven development package

Med Dev

• ‘Fire, smoke, burns’: FDA warns about new safety risks for Philips CPAP machines (Elise Reuter) More trouble.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday. 🦃

Med Dev

• Vital Signs: Digital Health Law Update | Fall 2023 - Lexology The regulatory landscape is overwhelming!
• Golden Years, Digital Gears: Digital Health For Aging Populations (Andrea Koncz)
• Q3 recap: Medtech firms grapple with layoffs, GLP-1s and China slowdown (Elise Reuter)
• Addressing cybersecurity risks in medical devices
• FDA-ordered report tackles how to manage cybersecurity risks of legacy devices

Software

• Project Valhalla: A look inside Java’s epic refactor Java language overhaul.
• The Roots of Today’s Modern Backend Engineering Practices (Gergely Orosz) A blast from the past!
• Why I Prefer Trunk-Based Development (Koen van Gilst) It's not a branching strategy, it's a feature management strategy.
• 20+ Years of .NET and Me (jeremydmiller) Time flies when you're having fun!
• Clever code is probably the worst code you could write "...great code is very clear and readable."
• Data-Driven Development is a Lie (Ivan Grishaev) Despite the clickbait, an informative Clojure data map design walk-through.

Emacs

• Eric MacAdie: 2023-11 Austin Emacs Meetup (Eric MacAdie) Always some fun Emacs tidbits.

Artificial Intelligence

• How Should Developers Respond to AI? (David Cassel) [Software]
• AI is about to completely change how you use computers (Bill Gates) A personal assistant (agent) for everyone. Lots of good discussion in the comments.

Software

• Your database skills are not ‘good to have’ "Performance IS a feature"

Med Dev

• The Unique Cyber Vulnerabilities of Medical Devices - InformationWeek "Cyber attackers love medical data."
• Navigating Organizational Tensions in Medical Device Companies’ Digital Health Initiatives TIL about: Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method Collection
• Resmed overhauls C-suite, creating 3 posts and parting ways with 2 execs (Nick Paul Taylor) Never a dull moment!

Software

• Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did (Gergely Orosz) If "orange jumpsuit" ever comes up in a meeting, run!
• Do Architects fit today’s software world? (Brian Chambers)
• The most valuable trait of top software engineers Become a "Product Engineer".

Startups

• My Company Died—Learn From My Mistakes (Kate Lee) Regulated industries are full of surprises!

Med Dev

• Cybersecurity Vulnerability Discovered in EEG Medical Device NeuroWorks Natus
• Microsoft’s Multi-Tenbillion Dollar Bet On Healthcare (Pranavsingh Dhunnoo) "... Microsoft appears to be currently concentrating on cloud computing, AI, and the more efficient integration of healthcare data."

Software

• Current thoughts on social media (Martin Fowler)
• Wait, is cloud bad? (Forrest Brazeal) What about "undifferentiated heavy lifting"?

Med Dev

• Regulatory Compliance in Medical Device Software Development: A Comprehensive Guide
• Drilling down on obesity drugs: What medtech executives are saying (Susan Kelly) Includes ResMed's response.
• Four ways to meet the new FDA guidance for medical device security