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sunshine and rainbows and f-bombs 🌈 she/her @redmonk
@rstephens.meThanks for this! I just sent a message to our local school!
@allthingsopen.bsky.socialReposted by @rstephens.meWe're excited to have Rachel Stephens (@rstephens.me), Research Director for @redmonk.com, presenting "When Code Costs Nothing: Tech Debt in the Age of GenAI" at #AllThingsOpen! 2026.allthingsopen.org/sessions/whe...
@rstephens.meSalesforce spent the Dreamforce keynote telling customers they might never need to log into Salesforce again.
My takeaways from the event are up at @redmonk.com: personas are flattening, the interface is up for grabs, and 'our product is trust' is about to get tested.
@rstephens.meyou're gonna have to fight me
@rstephens.merude, quite frankly. accurate, but so rude. :)
@rstephens.medo you still have any?!
@rstephens.meYAY!
@rstephens.meThe announcement that interested me most at VMware Explore was TrueSource, a collection of products designed to help devs and agents use open source packages more safely.
In the vid I talk about the announcement and broader industry trends around it.
@rstephens.meIf I were writing an essay about Animal Farm it would be about Boxer, and the difference between possessing strength vs. possessing power. And I would tie Boxer/Napoleon to today’s toxic beta/alpha male discourse. And how being indispensable doesn’t protect you from power-hungry assholes.
@rstephens.meboth are beautiful, but I like 2 best!
@rstephens.meYAY!!!! Go you!
