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THE INGREDIENTS OF A PRODUCTIVE MONOREPO

A monorepo is a powerful tool for institutional consistency. They are used to enforce engineering culture and organization standards and build a culture of code sharing. Achieving a productive monorepo is a continuous process as organizations continue to scale and tools begin to break, but it can be worth it if organizations are willing to commit to it. This post looks at some of the tools needed to set up a monorepo and discusses implementation strategies for them to paint a clear picture of what it is like to walk the monorepo path.

APPLE REJECTED ELON MUSK'S SATELLITE OFFER, NOW ITS PLANS ARE IN JEOPARDY

Elon Musk had approached Apple with an offer in 2022 after hearing the company was planning to announce a satellite feature with the iPhone 14. His offer was for SpaceX to provide exclusive satellite connectivity to iPhones for 18 months if Apple would pay $5 billion upfront. Musk had also threatened to announce his own satellite feature that would work on iPhones if Apple couldn't come to terms with SpaceX. Apple rejected the offer and Musk made good on his threat - SpaceX announced a partnership with T-Mobile to provide satellite services for users in areas with no reception. The company's satellite efforts will likely remain very limited moving forward as it could trigger the US government to regulate it as a telecommunications carrier.

THE RECURRING CYCLE OF 'DEVELOPER REPLACEMENT' HYPE

Shiny new technologies emerge every few years promising to make software developers obsolete. However, what actually happens isn't replacement, it's transformation. These technologies that promised to eliminate the need for technical expertise ended up creating entirely new specializations, often at higher salary points than before. The same pattern is playing out in AI-assisted development. The most valuable skill in software isn't writing code, it's architecting systems, and that's one skill AI isn't close to replacing.

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