The 2023 Tech Year in Review [CL87]

Ned and Chris review their predictions for 2023 and evaluate their abilities to accurately (or not so accurately) predict the future... of tech.

Show Notes

The 2023 Tech Year in Review

Episode: 87 Published: 1/4/2024

Prognostications, Auguries, and Soothsaying: Oh my!

In this special episode of Chaos Lever, Chris and Ned sit down to review their predictions for 2023 to see if they have proven to be accurate, or at least amusing. Ned provides compelling evidence for why most of his predictions were somewhat correct, although Chris challenges some of his results. Chris also shares headlines and data to support his claims, though ultimately, both aspiring prognosticators have to compare their abilities to the legend himself: Nostradamus.

• The top 15 outages of 2023
• The annual outage report for 2023 from Uptime Intelligence
• CXL has not been widely adopted by the major cloud providers yet
• The mysterious new CEO of Twitter
• Elon Musk���s latest message to advertisers on X
• Growth (or lack thereof) stats for AWS in 2023
• Growth (or lack thereof) stats for Azure in 2023
• The interest in ���supercloud��� seems to have died down
• Is Platform Engineering crushing DevOps as Ned predicted?
• BlueVoyant���s report on supply chain security breaches
• Linda Yaccarino���s recent cryptic and cringey tweet
• Forbes is excited about passkeys
• Microsoft is making a big push to move passwordless forward
• Chris was right, regulations ARE coming to AI
• FTX���s infamous co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried���s testimony was… enlightening
• Did Nostradamus get it right about boiling fish in the Black Sea? Maybe?
• What about Nostradamus��� prediction for a ���celestial fire on the royal edifice���?

Intro and outro music by James Bellavance copyright 2022

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Chaos Lever examines emerging trends and new technology for the enterprise and beyond. Hosts Ned Bellavance and Chris Hayner examine the tech landscape through a skeptical lens based on over 40 combined years in the industry. Are we all doomed? Yes. Will the apocalypse be streamed on TikTok? Probably. Does Joni still love Chachi? Decidedly not.