2024 Predictions: *Cloud will continue to dazzle execs and wreck sysadmins' days. *AI & LLMs can not do your job...though, your manager may think they can do your job. *Security will continue to be new hotness in tech, despite the erosion of basic troubleshooting skills and staff unable to function without an expensive 'security suite' to make decisions. *In: Federated services (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy) Out: Monolithic services (Twitter, Instagram, Reddit)