Episode 415: You can buy a lot of Nagios with that

This week we discuss Coinbase's $65 million DataDog bill, the factors that drive developer experience, and Google Bard. Plus, some tips on London Airports and the ideal airport arrival time.

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Runner-up Titles

• Two hours before boarding
• $65 million is a lot of nines
• You can buy a lot of Nagios with that
• Just write the check for $65 million
• Boxes
• Inciting chaos
• Steady state is stopped
• Developers are just like the rest of us
• Unsummarizable
• AI in the Streets

Rundown

• Datadog’s $65M/year customer mystery solved
• Google drops waitlist for AI chatbot Bard and announces oodles of new features
• DevEx: What Actually Drives Productivity

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