All Things Distributed 5 days ago

Tech predictions for 2026 and beyond

We’ve caught glimpses of a future that values autonomy, empathy, and individual expertise. Where interdisciplinary cooperation influences discovery and creation at an unrelenting pace. In the coming year, we will begin the transition into a new era of AI in the human loop, not the other way around. This cycle will create massive opportunities to solve problems that truly matter.

Science AI Business

All Things Distributed 1 months ago

What is USSD (and who cares)?

While many of us chase the latest tech trends, innovative builders in Sub-Saharan Africa are leveraging a nearly 30-year-old messaging protocol to process hundreds of billions in transactions annually, reminding us that the best technology isn't always the shiniest, it's what actually solves customer problems.

Business Finance

All Things Distributed 2 months ago

Development gets better with Age

Career

All Things Distributed 3 months ago

Removing friction from Amazon SageMaker AI development

Building with Amazon SageMaker AI should be about innovation, not wrestling with development environments or building bespoke observability systems. Here's how we're removing roadblocks so builders can focus on what matters most.

AI DevOps

All Things Distributed 4 months ago

Building with purpose: Stories from the Now Go Build CTO Fellows

This new five-part mini-series follows technology leaders from social impact organizations solving humanity's hardest problems - from crisis zones to community centers. Watch how they use drones to map disaster zones, AI/ML to predict food shortages, and open data to save lives.

AI Data Business Go

All Things Distributed 5 months ago

The next batch of CTO Fellows are reimagining healthcare

These seven Now Go Build CTO Fellows are reimagining healthcare from the ground up. Proving that the most effective solutions emerge when technology is shaped by the communities that use it.

Career Business Healthcare Go

All Things Distributed 6 months ago

Just make it scale: An Aurora DSQL story

AWS Senior Principal Engineers, Niko Matsakis and Marc Bowes, take us inside Aurora DSQL's development: scaling write operations without two-phase commit, overcoming garbage collection hurdles, and embracing Rust for both data and control planes.

Database Cloud Rust

All Things Distributed 7 months ago

Alexa+ gets us a step closer to ambient interfaces

The vision was to build the Star Trek computer. 10 years ago that was an ambitious goal. We’ve come a long way since then - from basic voice commands to much more conversational interfaces with Alexa+.

AI Design Technology

All Things Distributed 8 months ago

In S3 simplicity is table stakes

From simple object storage to sophisticated table management, builders have always shaped S3's evolution. Andy Warfield discusses why making complex systems simple remains our north star at AWS.

Cloud Backend DevOps

All Things Distributed 9 months ago

Thinking like a fox: A reading list for the future

Here are a few of my favourite books to help you think like a fox - from sci-fi classics to the importance of doing nothing at all (it's a Dutch thing).

Books Culture

All Things Distributed 12 months ago

Tech predictions for 2025 and beyond

We've entered an era of unprecedented societal challenges and rapid technological advancements. Harnessing technology for good has become both an ethical imperative and a profitable endeavor. These are the areas where I see technology shaping society in 2025 and beyond—and it all starts with mission-driven work.

AI