This week we feature articles by David Heinemeier Hansson, and Benedict Evans.

Additional reading from Karl Bode, Tushar Mehta, Patrick McFadin, and Gibbs Cullen.

News comes from Pinecone, Smartling, Access Innovations & Aptara, and Sonic Foundry.

If you’ve missed any of the past 63 issues you can see them here; those, as well as all earlier issues can be found here.

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Opinion / Analysis

Why we’re leaving the cloud

The cloud has never been the solution for everyone, but after years of marketing by cloud platforms, VCs, analysts, and the media, that may come as a surprise to some. We have covered some of the cost and control challenges before (here, here, here, and here). David Heinemeier Hansson explains why the cloud is not the right fit for his company and other “medium-sized” organizations. (4 min).

https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47e0

Ways to think about a metaverse

I hesitate to include anything about “metaverse” these days as there is little to recommend besides this, this, and this post where Benedict Evans provides his useful elevated analysis. (10 min).

https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2022/10/31/ways-to-think-about-a-metaverse

More Reading

• Ready or not, here comes net neutrality war 2.0, from the trolls-under-the-bridge dept. via techdirt
• Handy… How to send a PDF or any EPUB ebook to your Kindle via SlashGear
• An Apache Cassandra breakthrough: ACID transactions via The New Stack
• More details on the hybrid search news item below… Introducing the hybrid index to enable keyword-aware semantic search via Pinecone

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Pinecone launches hybrid search functionality

Keyword-aware semantic search solution enables advanced combination of semantic and keyword search results to businesses of all sizes.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/pinecone-launches-hybrid-search-functionality/

Access Innovations and Aptara partner to provide digital publishing solutions

Both Aptara and Access Innovations have extensive content experience, from structuring to conversion and metadata enrichment.
https://gilbane.com/2022/11/access-innovations-and-aptara-partner-to-provide-digital-publishing-solutions/

Contentful announces new capabilities to content platform

Includes their vision and the new Contentful Studio product, platform orchestration capabilities, and App Framework.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/contentful-announces-new-capabilities-to-content-platform/

Smartling expands Neural Machine Translation Hub

The NMT Hub is built to solve language translation issues difficult for single-engine approaches, to help web developers and content managers.
https://gilbane.com/2022/11/smartling-expands-neural-machine-translation-hub/

Sonic Foundry launches Video Solutions

Incorporates many services offered under Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite Events brand with a variety of additional enterprise-facing services.
https://gilbane.com/2022/11/sonic-foundry-launches-video-solutions/

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This week we feature articles by Alan Morrison, and Terry Crowley. 

Additional reading from Mike Loukides, Louise de Leyritz, Seb Joseph, and David Darnes.

News comes from Tridion, TransPerfect & Brightcove, Contentful, Acquia, and TigerGraph.

If you’ve missed any of the past 62 issues you can see them here; those, as well as all earlier issues can be found here.

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Opinion / Analysis

One big graph and the interorganization

Alan Morrison makes the case for a less-hyped version of web3 as an “evolution of P2P networking + shared file systems” that is achievable today — not that it will be easy given the huge technical debt we are currently saddled with. Morrison’s argument however is appealing and a worthy and easy read. (4 min).

https://www.datasciencecentral.com/one-big-graph-and-the-interorganization/

APIs don’t matter?!?

APIs are of course valuable for platform, application, and line-of business developers, but as API ecosystems evolve over time the value to each of these shifts. Terry Crowley explains, for example, how the moat value of APIs to platforms degrades over time. Crowley also looks at other ways the value changes that anyone in the API value chain ecosystem will benefit from understanding. (11 min).

https://terrycrowley.medium.com/apis-dont-matter-ac53d705ae50

More Reading

• The enterprise metaverse is about better collaboration, not virtual meetings via O’Reilly Radar
• Because they can… Why some of the largest publishers are breaking up with ad tech middlemen via Digiday
• Dbt labs’ event summary… Coalesce 2022: top 3 takeaways via Castor App
• How Nordhealth uses Custom Properties in Web Components via web.dev

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Content technology news

Tridion now available for small-to-medium sized businesses

Developed in partnership with EXLRT, Tridion Sites Editions support businesses web content management needs throughout global expansion.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/tridion-now-available-for-small-to-medium-sized-businesses/

TransPerfect debuts MediaNEXT integration for Brightcove

The integration pulls source material automatically and securely from Brightcove into MediaNEXT for translation and localization.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/transperfect-debuts-medianext-integration-for-brightcove/

Contentful announces new capabilities to content platform

Includes their vision and the new Contentful Studio product, platform orchestration capabilities, and App Framework.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/contentful-announces-new-capabilities-to-content-platform/

Acquia announces updates to Acquia Code Studio

New updates integrate Code Studio with the Acquia Cloud Platform UI, reducing effort during the procurement and configuration processes.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/acquia-announces-updates-acquia-code-studio/

TigerGraph to support openCypher in GSQL

Gives developers more choice to build or migrate graph applications to TigerGraph’s scalable, secure, and managed graph database platform.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/tigergraph-to-support-opencypher-in-gsql/

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This week we feature articles by Adwait Mathkari, and Ben Weintraub, Katelyn Salvatori & James Lawrie.

Additional reading from David Pierce, Daniel Waisberg, and Feifei Liu.

News comes from ApostropheCMS, Adobe, Altova, Sitecore, and TransPerfect & Hiventy Group.

If you’ve missed any of the past 61 issues you can see them here; those, as well as all earlier issues can be found here.

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Opinion / Analysis

Designing a content management system backend

I will present a case study of the development of a ‘Content Management System’ backend which was developed for the website of a leading UK based journal.

Adwait Mathkari describes the CMS his development team created for one of the The Economist publications. The requirements were relatively straightforward, allowing Mathkari to be delightfully succinct (4 min).

https://medium.com/@addyvmathkari/designing-a-content-management-system-backend-f9e10f7c1c61

Effortless alerting for platforms and their tenants

How The New York Times Publishing Pipeline team is harnessing the power of defaults to make the right path the easy path for tenants of our shared platform.

This case study by the NYT Open Team explains how they were inspired by Choice Architecture to benefit both themselves and their clients. (15 min).

https://open.nytimes.com/effortless-alerting-for-platforms-and-their-tenants-8bba32c3e9ca

More Reading

• Bluesky built a decentralized protocol for Twitter — and is working on an app that uses it. There is a private beta waitlist, and apparently Musk likes the idea. via The Verge
• A deep dive into Search Console performance data filtering and limits via Google Search Central Blog
• Tricky UX issues… Translate user-generated content for global audiences, via Nielsen Norman Group

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Content technology news

ApostropheCMS launches Document Versions tool

The Document Versions tool facilitates the use and management of multiple versions of a document with multiple editors across multiple sites.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/apostrophecms-launches-document-versions-tool/

Adobe delivers new creative, document, and marketing capabilities

Automation and collaboration features across the Adobe product portfolio help SMBs modernize workflows in creativity and productivity.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/adobe-delivers-new-creative-document-and-marketing-capabilities/

Altova announces Version 2023

The updated desktop developer tools, server software, and regulatory solutions include Dark Mode, a Schema Manager, and new ESEF XBRL tools.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/altova-announces-version-2023/

Sitecore releases new public cloud products

Sitecore Search, a search and discovery function; Content Hub One, a CMS for modeling, authoring and consumption; and Sitecore Connect for integration.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/sitecore-releases-new-public-cloud-products/

TransPerfect acquires Hiventy Group

Hiventy specializes in technical audiovisual services including post-production, localization, distribution, and film restoration.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/transperfect-acquires-hiventy-group/

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This week we feature articles by Chase Roberts, and Bogdan Semenov.

Additional reading from Bagavath Subramaniam, M.G. Siegler, Daniel Tunkelang, and Diego Zavala, Christiaan Brand, Ali Naddaf, & Ken Buchanan.

News comes from AvePoint & Microsoft, MongoDB, Squarespace, Fivetran & Microsoft, and Crownpeak & ilumino.

If you’ve missed any of the past 60 issues you can see them here; those, as well as all earlier issues can be found here.

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Opinion / Analysis

WebAssembly (Wasm): The future looks bright

Rather than describe the technology and its features, I will focus on why Wasm represents a technology that rights a few of the wrongs of software architecture design patterns. Said another way, Wasm resolves a handful of software development anti-patterns.

So says Chase Roberts, and Wasm is something software developers should be paying attention to. Roberts provides useful resource links, and adds his own view of WebAssembly’s value along with Amazon’s reasoning for adopting Wasm. (6 min).

https://chsrbrts.medium.com/webassembly-the-future-looks-bright-6c76a0afc621

Introducing open-source indexes: databases, headless CMSs and static site generators

Daily-updated indexes for open-source databases, headless content management systems and static site generators. Based on active contributors and other metrics. 

Bogdan Semenov describes this useful resource for anyone evaluating open source solutions. (7 min).

https://medium.com/runacapital/introducing-real-time-open-source-indexes-databases-headless-cmss-and-static-site-generators-5b53cbf87188

More Reading

• About that Meta Connect conference… The Petal to the Metavia 500ish
• Joining iOS and MacOS… Bringing passkeys to Android & Chrome via Android Developers Blog
• Case study… element: Walmart’s machine learning platformvia Walmart Global Tech Blog
• Information extraction making it more findable, via Content Understanding

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Content technology news

AvePoint partners with Microsoft to launch Microsoft Syntex

Microsoft Syntex cloud computing and artificial intelligence transform how content is created, processed, and discovered in Microsoft 365.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/avepoint-partners-with-microsoft-to-launch-microsoft-syntex/

MongoDB announces pay-as-you-go offering on Azure

Developers can access a free trial along with streamlined billing and procurement experience using Azure accounts to pay for Atlas usage.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/mongodb-announces-pay-as-you-go-offering-on-azure/

Fivetran adds support for Microsoft’s Intelligent Data Platform

Fivetran supports the Intelligent Data Platform by integrating with Azure Synapse and providing high-quality data movement across the ecosystem.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/fivetran-adds-support-for-microsofts-intelligent-data-platform/

Squarespace announces Refresh

with 100+ new product capabilities and features to monetize an audience, build a brand, and manage a business with monetization and design.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/squarespace-announces-refresh/

Crownpeak acquires ilumino

Expanding Crownpeak’s automated accessibility technology with ilumino’s subject matter expertise in digital accessibility and usability.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/crownpeak-acquires-ilumino/

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This week we feature articles by Kingsley Uyi Idehen, and Avi Bar-Zeev.

Additional reading from Emily M. Bender, Sana Behnam & Raluca Budiu, Mimi Chen, Calvin Lei, & Amit Yadav, and Stephen O’Grady.

News comes from Apollo, Optimizely, Confluent, and Elastic.

If you’ve missed any of the past 59 issues you can see them here; those, as well as all earlier issues can be found here.

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Opinion / Analysis

What GraphQL brings to data access

Data remains the fundamental fuel that drives computing while emerging trends paradoxically remain an area rife with confusion. This post covers the role of GraphQL in the grand scheme of data access across the enterprise and world wide web.

Kingsley Uyi Idehen explains the role and value GraphQL brings to data access and digital transformation initiatives, and provides helpful context for IT and technical business analysts who are in the early stages of modernizing. (5 min).

https://medium.com/virtuoso-blog/what-graphql-brings-to-data-access-ae6eaa4ded2d

The road to all-day XR glasses

Avi Bar-Zeev wrote this article in July, but it is especially relevant this week given Meta’s Connect event and announcement of their Quest Pro headset. Bar-Zeev has been involved in “about ten different XR headset projects”, and is especially interested in what it will take to deliver consumer-ready all-day wearable AR glasses — he does not think we are close. This probably won’t be a surprise to many if you, but if you want to be well-informed on this topic you need to read this. (14 min).

https://medium.com/predict/the-road-to-all-day-xr-glasses-46063af34285

More Reading

• A running list of #AIhype take-downs, via Emily M. Bender
• A case study… LinkedIn’s GraphQL journey for integrations and partnerships via LinkedIn Engineering
• Open source bait and switch -> The dead end via RedMonk
• For a better AR user experience… Augmented-Reality calibration in mobile apps: 10 guidelines via Nielsen Norman Group

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Content technology news

Apollo GraphQL introduces GraphOS

A platform to build, connect, and scale any supergraph, a runtime that connects backend and frontend systems in a modular way.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/apollo-graphql-introduces-graphos/

Optimizely announces Orchestrate

The new Orchestrate solution combines its Content Marketing (CMP), Content Management (CMS), and Digital Asset Management (DAM) products.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/optimizely-announces-orchestrate/

Confluent launches Stream Governance Advanced

To extend data streaming across the business with point-in-time lineage insights, sophisticated data cataloging, and global quality controls.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/confluent-launches-stream-governance-advanced/

Elastic announces updates to search platform

The data analytics platform for search-powered solutions aims to transform the way enterprises search, observe and protect data.
https://gilbane.com/2022/10/elastic-announces-updates-to-search-platform/

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This week we feature an article by Carrie Hane.

Additional reading comes from Rachel Andrew, and Elena Burger, Bryan Chiang, Sonal Chokshi, Eddy Lazzarin, Justin Thaler & Ali Yahya.

News comes from Adobe, Veryfi, AtScale, and Grammarly.

If you’ve missed any of the past 58 issues you can see them here; those, as well as all earlier issues can be found here.

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Opinion / Analysis

Structured content 101

Many of you don’t need an explanation of structured content or its value potential, but you’ll appreciate Carrie Hane’s effort to educate a broader audience of content-focused and business professionals that do. Her guide might also facilitate communication and collaboration between content pros and data science colleagues. (14 min).

https://www.sanity.io/structured-content

More Reading

• All the content from last week’s Google Search On 22 event – includes a 9 min recap… Search outside the box via Google
• Useful for those who really need to know… Zero Knowledge Canon, part 1 & 2 via a16z crypto
• New to the web platform in September in Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. via web.dev

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Content technology news

Adobe updates Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements

The new releases incorporate new Adobe Sensei AI-powered features to enable streamlined editing, step-by-step Guided Edits to help beginners.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/adobe-updates-photoshop-elements-and-premiere-elements/

Grammarly announces general availability of its Text Editor SDK

Grammarly for Developers allows builders to easily add grammar checking and real-time writing support into their web or desktop applications.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/grammarly-announces-general-availability-of-its-text-editor-sdk/

Veryfi offers free platform to transform documents into structured data

Companies can turn unstructured documents into structured data can add AI-driven OCR capabilities to their apps without typical startup costs.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/veryfi-offers-free-platform-to-transform-documents-into-structured-data/

AtScale adds enterprise AI capabilities to semantic layer platform

New capabilities support developer productivity and business adoption to accelerate the deployment of Data-Centric enterprise AI.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/atscale-adds-enterprise-ai-capabilities-to-semantic-layer-platform/

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This week we feature an article from Lak Lakshmanan.

Additional reading comes from Adam Langley, Fabio Chiusano, and Jing Huang, Mingang Fu, & Minghui Liu.

News comes from Apptek & expert.ai, Fivetran, Cloudflare, and Stardog & Databricks.

If you’ve missed any of the past 57 issues you can see them here; those, as well as all earlier issues can be found here.

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Opinion / Analysis

No, you don’t need MLOps

Well you might. But either way Lak Lakshmanan provides lots to think, or re-think, about. (14 min).

MLOps started from a straightforward problem statement — that the technical debt associated with ML models becomes intolerable if the models are not adjusted over time to account for changes in the environment. Since that 2015 observation, ML models and frameworks have been built that make it relatively easy to avoid the most glaring potholes in the way of the ML practitioner. However, in the past year or so, the MLOps buzzword has taken on a life of its own. At this point, most things sold as MLOps are overkill and unnecessary for most teams.

https://lakshmanok.medium.com/no-you-dont-need-mlops-5e1ce9fdaa4b

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• Might be just what you need to get business analysts and management thinking… What tasks can I solve with NLP today? via NLPlanet
• Passkeys… A quick start guide for web developers via ImperialsViolet
• Not everybody’s problem, but an interesting example of using Tabu search… Holistically solving vehicle routing and container loading problems for middle mile grocery deliveryvia Walmart Global Tech Blog

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Content technology news

Stardog joins Databricks Partner Connect

The integration means organizations can add a unified semantic layer atop Databricks to accelerate data analytics for more data-informed decisions.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/stardog-joins-databricks-partner-connect/

Fivetran introduces Metadata API

Customers can integrate with governance and observability tools to give data teams more control over who has access to what data.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/fivetran-introduces-metadata-api/

Apptek and expert.ai announce strategic partnership

To help companies augment intelligent automation by extending AI-based text analytics to audio content, even across multiple languages.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/apptek-and-expert-ai-announce-strategic-partnership/

Cloudflare launches Data Localization Suite in Asia

To help businesses comply with data localization obligations by using Cloudflare to set rules and controls on data storage ad access.
.https://gilbane.com/2022/09/cloudflare-launches-data-localization-suite-in-asia/

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This week we feature articles from Ben Dickson and Kurt Cagle.

Additional reading comes from Jack FitzGerald, Ignacio de Gregorio, and the IAB.

News comes from Adobe & Figma, Progress, Acquia, and Santa Cruz Software.

If you’ve missed any of the past 56 issues you can see them here; those, as well as all earlier issues can be found here.

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Opinion / Analysis

AI scientists are studying the “emergent” abilities of large language models

I was fascinated with emergent properties in grad school, and argued for their relevance and value when “big data” became a thing. It’s good to see a disciplined look at emergence in large language models. Ben Dickson’s useful summary of a new study includes helpful background links. (6 min).

https://bdtechtalks.com/2022/08/22/llm-emergent-abilities/

Imaging the web with Scalable Vector Graphics

Being a good data visualization artist does not necessarily require strong artistic skills, but it does depend upon understanding the tools and technologies that are out there. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is becoming an essential technology in the data space, useful for building maps and charts that can work well on the web, creating detailed diagrams with rich metadata, and even laying the foundation for effective data presentations to clients or customers. SVG really is the foundation for intelligent graphics.

SVG has been around for a long time, but as Kurt Cagle points out in this excellent piece, it is still unknown to many and under-utilized. (11 min).

https://www.datasciencecentral.com/imaging-the-web-with-scalable-vector-graphics/

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More Reading

• View from Alexa crew… Scaling multilingual virtual assistants to 1,000 languages via Amazon Science blog
• How it works… IAB Europe releases new guide to ecommerce via ExchangeWire
• SoulBound Tokens?… Crypto’s most fascinating innovation is happening now via Ignacio de Gregorio

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Content technology news

Adobe to acquire Figma

Figma’s web-based, multi-player capabilities to accelerate the delivery and collaboration of Adobe’s Creative Cloud technologies on the web.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/adobe-to-acquire-figma/

LinkrUI adds DAM syncing for Microsoft Office

LinkrUI for synchronizing digital assets stored in a DAM system now compatible for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Excel.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/linkrui-adds-dam-syncing-for-microsoft-office/

Acquia adds new Channel Portals capabilities to Acquia DAM

Channel Portals allow businesses to create and share branded, secure, and up-to-date digital product catalogs with individual partners.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/acquia-adds-new-channel-portals-capabilities-to-acquia-dam/

Progress updates developer tools

The new release of UI developer tools includes new components and enhancements for Blazor, .NET MAUI, Angular, React.
https://gilbane.com/2022/09/progress-updates-developer-tools/

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