20 / The Rise Of User-Hostile Software
Welcome to this weeks issue, hope you had a good week! 🙌🏻
Tweet of the Week
If a programmer gets an interview because of a recommendation from a friend, are they being passed by reference?
— @CarlaNotarobot on Twitter on Twitter
Culture
The Rise Of User-Hostile Software
Den Delimarsky about user-hostile design choices in modern everyday life, with some examples that really hit home.
Possible by default
Linus talks about the importance of the correct mindset when thinking about new ideas.
Software Engineering
Home Lab Beginners guide
Hayden James about his homelab and what components he recommends when getting started.
scoped-arena-allocator
Roman writes about an arena allocator he's written in Rust.
Hexagonal architecture in Rust
Cutting Room Floor
Why are hyperlinks blue?
Elise Blanchard starts from the beginning of the internet to find who started the trend of blue hyperlinks.
Electric cars and batteries: how will the world produce enough?
Davide Castelvecchi about the importance of recycling, especially when it comes to batteries.
Fighting Like Taliban
Tanner Greer about the fighting culture in Afghanistan.
The Myth of a Superhuman AI
Kevin Kelly about five misconceptions when talking about a "superhuman" AI.
Collapse, Renewal and the Rope of History
Angus Hervey tells us how real-life isn't a moral arc and how it's up to us to make a difference.
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