25 / Work Is a False Idol

This is issue #25 of Arnes Weekly from

Greetings from rainy Germany, hope you’re enjoying your weekend 🛋

Tweet of the Week

"Electron is Docker for GUI" is an entirely correct take that I was nonetheless not emotionally prepared for

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Favourites

Rust for the Polyglot Programmer

chiark.greenend.org.uk

If you're an experienced programmer that want's got get their feet wet with Rust, check this out.

Work Is a False Idol

nytimes.com

Cassady Rosenblum about the Lying flat movement and people embracing the freedom of rest.

Briefing a Delegate

jacobian.org

Jacob Kaplan-Moss on the most important things when it comes to delegation.

Culture

How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of Scrum

blog.pragmaticengineer.com

Gergely Orosz about project management techniques and how Scrum can get in the way of shipping.

We deserve better than Confluence and Notion

blog.luap.info

Paul why often used enterprise documentation software doesn't cut it.

Software Engineering

Reading Code is a Skill

trishagee.com

Trisha Gee about the aspect of reading code and how readable code is subjective.

Practical Makefiles, by example

nuclear.mutantstargoat.com

John Tsiombikas has some practical advice on writing Makefiles.

Common Newbie Mistakes and Bad Practices in Rust: Bad Habits

adventures.michaelfbryan.com

Michael-F-Bryan has collected some common pitfalls for people starting with Rust (esp. coming from C/C++).

Cutting Room Floor

An ultimate guide to memory palaces

metacognitive.me

Sergiy about memory palaces and good ways to get started.

Parallel Play Isn't Just for Kids

nytimes.com

Sophie Vershbow explains why spending time in the presence of other people while doing your own thing is a great thing, not just for children.

Dude, Where’s My Stuff?

am.jpmorgan.com

Michael Cembalest explains the "global supply chain mess" with tons of graphs.

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