The Joy of Being Rejected: Cloud and Agentic AI Proposals
DavidLinthicum · x · 2026-08-23
The author shares a rejection letter for a cloud computing book proposal where the publisher doubted its long-term value. Comparing it to past rejections, including those for enterprise application integration and agentic AI proposed five years ago, the piece argues that rejection often reflects timing or market readiness rather than a bad idea.
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