#+title: the big picture

 #+author: Richard Westhaver <ellis@rwest.io>

 #+setupfile: ../../clean.theme

 * Get Off of My Cloud

   - industry has moved away from client-side, distributed compute in

     favor of centralized server-side compute resources behind API

     gateways.

   - entire businesses are built on a single Cloud Provider and are

     fundamentally incapable of moving off that Cloud.

     - they /think/ in terms of that Provider. The Provider influences

       all of their decisions.

   - users control very little compute power

     - personal computing hardware (consumer-grade) is limited in capability

       - non-servicable architectures, planned obsolescence, closed firmware

     - mainstream operating systems don't optimize for resource

       efficiency - they maximize for the volume of telemetry data they

       can collect and profit from

 * Death of the Programmer

   - The role of the programmer is changing

   - programmers are no longer required to understand how computers

     work to have a successful career

     - Cloud Providers wrap all low-level details in their own

       proprietary vocabulary and APIs

     - To program on the cloud, you need to use the Cloud vocabulary

       and are discouraged from thinking of computers as they actually

       exist in the real world

   - Cloud Providers influence college cirruculums, replacing compute

     and systems theory with courses designed to teach you how to

     configure Cloud Services.