# The Pulse #191: a new trend of CPU shortages

DevFeed: [The Pulse #191: a new trend of CPU shortages](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-pulse-191-a-new-trend-of-cpu-shortages-18180.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-pulse-191-a-new-trend-of-cpu>)

Author: Gergely Orosz

Published: 2026-09-10T17:13:44Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Pragmatic Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-pragmatic-engineer.md>)

Topics: [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [covid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/covid.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cpu.md>), [growth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/growth.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

This issue discusses a new trend of CPU shortages and suggests reserving more compute for compute-intensive services. It also covers COVID-era unicorns, engineers losing touch with systems when AI handles incidents, and related topics.

## Source excerpt

For compute-intensive services: it's worth reserving more compute now. Also: growth dreams end for more COVID-era unicorns, engineers losing touch with systems when AI handles incidents, and more