Codespaces moves into public beta, the virtual real estate worth millions, and how microservices and CI/CD can hurt productivity

<p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/geriatric-millennials-pandemic-unemployment-rate-2022-1">Geriatric millennials</a> unite.</p><p>Learn more about GitHub’s move to <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/25/github_codespaces_beta/">put prebuilt Codespaces into public beta</a>, plus check out <a href="https://codesandbox.io/">CodeSandbox</a>, home of self-proclaimed lazy developers.</p><p>Meanwhile, in blockchain: Polygon, a solution designed to expand transaction efficiency and output for Ethereum, <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/polygon-raises-450-million-from-sequoia-india-others-to-scale-ethereum/articleshow/89413660.cms">raised $450 million</a> “to consolidate its lead in the race to scale Ethereum.”</p><p>Is <a href="https://decentraland.org/">Decentraland</a> the most annoying blockchain project? The competition is fierce.</p><p><a href="https://developer-tech.com/news/2022/feb/23/2022-java-developer-productivity-report-teams-promise-microservices/">The 2022 Java Developer Productivity Report</a> found that microservices and CI/CD are decreasing developers’ productivity, not increasing it. The team talks through what that means.</p><p>This week, Ben recommends the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Appleseed-Novel-Matt-Bell/dp/006304014X"><i>Appleseed</i> by Matt Bell</a>, Cassidy recommends the productivity app <a href="https://www.centered.app/">Centered</a>, Adam points listeners to Unix-like operating system <a href="https://serenityos.org/">SerenityOS</a>, and Ceora shouts out <a href="https://noidea.dog/glue">Tanya Reilly’s talk-turned-blog-post Being Glue</a>.</p><p>Find Adam on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aalear/">here</a>.</p>