42 / Settings are not a design failure
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Tweet of the Week
security engineer: we're going to start moving towards zero trust
developer: oh cool. how does that work
security engineer: [narrows eyes] why do you ask
— @ctrlshifti on Twitter
Culture
Settings are not a design failure
Adrien Griveau explains how to "make settings sexy again" and the importance of settings to create a comfortable environment
The unreasonable effectiveness of one-on-ones
Ben Kuhn did regular one-on-ones with their partner to talk about the projects she's working on and shares the topics they talked about and what made the biggest impact.
Software Engineering
Yes, I can connect to a DB in CSS
mrlee wrote a page that can open an SQLite db and query it from CSS. Thanks, Eric!
Building host implementations for WebAssembly interfaces
Radu Matti about wit-binding-wasmtime, a Bytecode Alliance project that generates bindings for your WASM host and module and how to use it.
Diving Deep: implied bounds and variance
lcnr goes in depth to explain lifetime elusion with implied bounds and variance in Rust.
Async Rust vs RTOS showdown!
Dion compares Embassy (Rust) with FreeRTOS (C) on a microcontroller.
Cutting Room Floor
The Worst Day of Mark Zuckerberg’s Reign
Kevin T. Dugan about the day Facebook Meta stock lost 25 % and the reasons why. Thanks, Jan!
The last design you'll ever make
George Cave about two things that make your physical product last as long as possible: Design for re-assembly and accessible documentation.
The five Levels of Hype
Johannes Klingbebiel about the phenomenon of "hype".
Beware the FOMO Bullies of Technology
Charlie Warzel about the FOMO that techbros try to create for the so-called "web3" and the often-shared David Letterman clip (YouTube) where he interviews Bill Gates about the internet.
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