Richi Jennings

Richi Jennings is a foolish independent industry analyst, editor, and content strategist. A former developer and marketer, he’s also written or edited for Computerworld, Microsoft, Cisco, Micro Focus, HashiCorp, Ferris Research, Osterman Research, Orthogonal Thinking, Native Trust, Elgan Media, Petri, Cyren, Agari, Webroot, HP, HPE, NetApp on Forbes and CIO.com. Bizarrely, his ridiculous work has even won awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, ABM/Jesse H. Neal, and B2B Magazine.

Best of 2023: ‘Scrum == Cancer’ ¦ Plus: Linux 6.5 Ships

In this week’s #TheLongView: Scrum sucks, sources say; and here comes the Linux 6.5 kernel.

3 months ago

Best of 2023: Microservices Sucks — Amazon Goes Back to Basics

In this week’s #TheLongView: Amazon Prime Video has ditched its use of microservices-cum-serverless, reverting to a traditional, monolithic architecture. It…

3 months ago

Microsoft kills Python 3.7 ¦ … and VBScript ¦ Exascaling ARM on Jupiter

In this week’s #TheLongView: VS Code drops support for Python 3.7, Windows drops VBScript, and Europe plans the fastest ARM…

6 months ago

Meta Mayhem: Hybrid Work FAIL ¦ Yet More Layoffs

In this week’s #TheLongView: Meta’s enforced hybrid work plan is failing badly, and Meta makes more layoffs.

6 months ago

Raspberry Pi 5: Faster, Better, Stronger — Spendier

In an extra #TheLongView: Everyone’s favorite single-board ARM computer, the Raspberry Pi, has a new generation coming soon.

6 months ago

FCC: Net Neutrality is a ‘Thing’ Again ¦ Meta Shutters Big UK Site

In this week’s #TheLongView: Network neutrality is back on the FCC’s agenda, and unused London office gets Zucked.

6 months ago

Google De-Recruits 100s of Recruiters ¦ ARM Valued at $45½B in IPO

In this week’s #TheLongView: Google fires hundreds of recruiters, and ARM gets a sky-high valuation.

7 months ago

Oracle Bill is 5x Client’s Budget ¦ Toyota Out of Space

In this week’s The Long View: Birmingham looks like the Detroit of the UK—is it Oracle’s fault? Plus: Was Toyota’s…

7 months ago

IBM LLM AI: COBOL to Java ASAP ¦ ARM IPO is GO!

In this week’s #TheLongView: Translating legacy COBOL code to a slightly more modern language, and Arm will go public (again)…

7 months ago

80% of Bosses ‘Regret’ Stopping WFH ¦ PSA: Disable STS!

In this week’s #TheLongView: Rethinking return-to-office mandates and a ridiculous, ancient Windows bug.

7 months ago