Free Money Got You Fired | DCD Dispatch #03

The AI transformation eliminating jobs across tech didn't start with AI. It started with a government check nobody had to pay back, and a narrative that made the cleanup easier to sell than the truth.

The AI transformation eliminating jobs across tech didn't start with AI. It started with a government check nobody had to pay back, and a narrative that made the cleanup easier to sell than the truth.

Europe is in the middle of a coordinated rebuild of the software stack out from under American hyperscaler dependency. The licensing extortion got the procurement teams' attention. The open source apps and the sovereign cloud are finally ready.

A year ago I hit a moment every infrastructure veteran eventually hits. I didn't know what I was looking at. Here's what I did about it, and why your 20 years of experience matter more than ever if you start now.
