How do you keep current with new trends/technologies?

[ItsAJackal]

I always considered myself current with technology, but I’ve realized in the last month or so I’m actually way behind on big data and how scaling/deployment is being handled these days. I had never heard of kubernetes but have started listening to some YouTube videos to explain it, and it's an entirely new concept to me but is not new in the industry.

How do you keep current with the insane fast pace of technology? That seems to be the best way to get in on a niche earlier than waiting for it to hit mainstream. Podcasts? Blogs? Newsletters?

 

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[Kevin88660]

Get hands dirty and dive in.

I tried Tikok, Medium and then back to Youtube and had some small success with YT.

YT is not entirely a new thing though.

I tried to create account and learn about NFT in April back then it was just about selling pixel arts on auction sites. Nothing much. Didn't find anything worth doing.

Fast forward in 2nd half of the year, gamefi becomes hot. In October I spend days studying the whole sector and decide to create an account in Axie Infinity and hire some Philippine players to play it.

It was a torture because I really do not like playing games. My attitude was if something smells like money/potential but taste like poo I have to eat it.

 

[SEBASTlAN]

Newsletters are the easiest way imo. Hustle, AngelList, TLDR, TrendsVC etc.

 

[Andreas Thiel]

In the case of Kubernetes, books like "Site Reliablity Engineering" help. Anything that goes beyond explaining the technology and dives into how to create workflows and incentives around it.

It is really hard to figure out how to filter out the relevant information with all the noise out there.

Understanding the AWS product portfolio can help, but I suppose you need to look past the marketing speak and figure out what the technological basis of those products (and the idea behind it) is.

Videos of talks at conventions can help. I don't think there is an easy answer. It depends.

One cool starting point for research stints are "Awesome" lists. Inspired my somebody who did this for one technology, others did the same for their technologies and concepts:

GitHub - vinta/awesome-python: An opinionated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources.

An opinionated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources. - vinta/awesome-python

github.com

GitHub - veggiemonk/awesome-docker: :whale: A curated list of Docker resources and projects

:whale: A curated list of Docker resources and projects - veggiemonk/awesome-docker

github.com

GitHub - ramitsurana/awesome-kubernetes: A curated list for awesome kubernetes sources :ship::tada:

A curated list for awesome kubernetes sources :ship::tada: - ramitsurana/awesome-kubernetes

github.com

...
you get the idea.

Of course these lists are just a piece of the puzzle.

Edit:
I suppose one good rule you can try is tracing buzzwords back to their origin and looking at it at the source.
Often core aspects get lost as the concepts are "retold" and what end up being commonly known about a new technology is a painfully watered down version of a powerful idea.

 

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