This week, we discuss the shifting world of observability, the nightmare of “Configuration Hell,” and OpenAI’s latest valuation. Plus, a surprise Broadway musical review!Runner-up TitlesWe say we’re friends, but I don’t really know themObservability 2025I don’t have any sympathy for anyoneIf you want to win observability, put on a musicalJust is THE trigger wordIt’s a well-known HellThe blog posts are making me angryRundownCISO MUSICAL | Official Broadway Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W17F9Ho_38)Monitoring is backObservability 3.0 - bitdrift Blog (https://blog.bitdrift.io/post/observability-3-0)Another observability 3.0 appears on the horizon (https://charity.wtf/2025/03/24/another-observability-3-0-appears-on-the-horizon/)ControlTheory Secures $5M Seed Funding to Bring Controllability to Observability (https://www.controltheory.com/blog/controltheory-secures-5m-seed-funding-to-bring-controllability-to-observability/)What is (https://www.controltheory.com/blog/what-is-controllability/) Cloud veterans launch ConfigHub to fix 'configuration hell' (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/26/cloud-veterans-launch-confighub-to-fix-configuration-hell/)DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse (https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/)OpenAIExclusive | The Secrets and Misdirection Behind Sam Altman’s Firing From OpenAI (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-real-story-behind-sam-altman-firing-from-openai-efd51a5d?st=GmdXEX&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink)OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/openai-closes-40-billion-in-funding-the-largest-private-fundraise-in-history-softbank-chatgpt.html)Relevant to your InterestsHow vibe coding will affect Engineering Managers (https://newsletter.manager.dev/p/effect-of-ai-on-engineering-managers)Mastering GitHub Copilot: When to use AI agent mode (https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/mastering-github-copilot-when-to-use-ai-agent-mode/)Using Spring AI 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT: Important Changes and Updates (https://spring.io/blog/2025/03/27/spring-ai-update-to-snapshots)Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Makes a Few More Long-Shot Bets (https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-makes-a-few-more-long-shot-bets-01e7337f) Pat Gelsinger has joined VC firm Playground Global (https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-ad45da7c-2daa-4290-b379-bba556718155.html?chunk=2&utm_term=emshare#story2)Amazon Is Canceling a Major Alexa Privacy Feature on March 28: Should You Worry? (https://www.cnet.com/home/security/amazon-is-canceling-this-alexa-privacy-feature-on-march-28-should-you-worry/)oneAPI: A New Era of Heterogeneous Computing (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/overview.html#gs.kqodnv)Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/amazon-unveils-nova-act-an-ai-agent-that-uses-a-web-browser/)Ransomware Found in VSCode Extensions Raises Concerns Over Microsoft’s Security Review (https://www.cysecurity.news/2025/03/ransomware-found-in-vscode-extensions.html?m=1)Lip-Bu Tan says Intel will spin off non-core units (https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/lip-bu-tan-says-intel-will-spin-off-non-core-units/)Announcing Chainguard VMs: Minimal, Zero-CVE Container Host Images (https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/announcing-chainguard-vms-minimal-zero-cve-container-host-images)Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok’s Chinese owners (https://on.ft.com/4iXhAkG)NonsenseThis couple is obsessed with Costco. 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