Microsoft's Road Map - Visual Studio

I think this is phenomenal that Microsoft is being so transparent with developers, customers, and even competitors on their roadmap. Amazing! This is a tech company driven on faith and relationship - not just their product or "secret sauce".

Yeah, I should have worked for Microsoft. #teamculture

Road Map - Visual Studio
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/productinfo/vs-roadmap

Microsoft's Blazor - Development Toolkit to build once for everything

This is an interesting read to see how Microsoft is contributing to toolkit options for building web apps that function on all devices.

Article
https://www.zdnet.com/article/ios-and-android-developers-microsofts-blazor-for-building-mobile-apps-gains-traction/

GitHub
I'm not sure if this is the official online repo for this toolkit, but seems like it.
https://github.com/Daddoon/BlazorMobile

More references
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/apps/aspnet/web-apps/blazor
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspnet/mobile-blazor-bindings-experiment/

Microsoft for Startups

Another good insight to see how Microsoft is contributing to the push for future tech in practical living.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/02/13/microsoft-for-startups-unlocks-1-billion-in-sales-opportunities-for-b2b-startups-adds-github-and-microsoft-power-platform/

Top Browsers in 2020

When I read this strange article about the top browsers for developers, I'm usually skeptical. But, seeing the expected browsers was logical to consider.

1. Firefox (Developer Edition)
2. Google Chrome (for Developers)
3. Opera (for Developers)
4. Polypane - never heard of this but will now consider and test
5. Blisk - never heard of this and am skeptical
6. Safari - like for real, in 2020?

Reference

https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2020/02/6-best-browsers-for-developers-in-2020/

O'Reilly's 5 key areas for tech leaders

This was an informative, useful article (thanks O'Reilly)!

5 Key Areas - Article

https://www.oreilly.com/radar/oreilly-2020-platform-analysis/

Rate of Change

This is a unique chart that really stood out to me. I hope this does for you to.

• Biggest increase - Rust
• Biggest drop - Scala

HBR on Locomotive Organizations

"Our results indicated that the language in mission statements could predict EEOC violations. Franchises whose mission statements emphasized locomotion (“just do it”) over assessment (“do the right thing”) were significantly more likely to be charged with discrimination."

"In other words, locomotion motivates action, but locomotion combined with assessment motivates conscientious action."

Read more

https://hbr.org/2020/02/research-organizations-that-move-fast-really-do-break-things

Google and OpenSK

This is a good read and also good to-know.
https://security.googleblog.com/2020/01/say-hello-to-opensk-fully-open-source.html