89 / Use the Wrong Tool for the Job
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Toot of the Week
and the brain-genius typed "no one would do anything without a profit motive!" and hit send on a button rendered by an open source front end framework firing off an event handled by an open source programming language that sends a packet in a format conforming to an open specification over a protocol developed at universities with public funding until it reaches a web server running an open source operating system that files the hot take away into an open source database for safe keeping
— @computerfact@botsin.space
Peopleware
Bricks of Love: create purpose and engagement with weekly updates
João Alves about a way to create motivation by providing purpose through weekly updates.
How to use ADRs (Thread)
Kevlin Henney has some tricks for effective ADRs (Architecture Decision Records).
Software
20 Things I've Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer
Justin Etheredge has 20 pieces of great advice for software engineers.
Use the Wrong Tool for the Job
Hillel Wayne about using complexity and what it means to use the "right" tool.
Examples of problems with integers
Julia Evans asked on Mastodon and collected 9 examples of problems with integers.
Fallible - The Lost Sibling of Result and Option
Mathias Pius about the rarely used Fallible<T> type in Rust.
Rust concepts I wish I learned earlier
Raul Jordan about a bunch of Rust concepts they wish they learned earlier.
Cutting Room Floor
Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records
Kai Christensen explains how they became a Vinylhead because their car got stolen.
The Quest for a Dumber Phone
Fadeke Adegbuyi about digital minimalism, it's perks and it's challenges.
Inside Elon’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter
Zoe Schiffer, Casey Newton and Alex Heath tell the story of the Twitter acquisition and the shitshow that followed.
The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget
Kent Nerburn tells the story of a sweet cab ride that made a big impact on their life.
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