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Engineering Management
The Tech Debt Playbook - how to manage technical debt
Maximizing Developer Effectiveness - focused on feedback loops and organizational effectiveness
Make Boring Plans - I am all for keeping everything boring
Creating Security Decision Trees With Graphviz - Graphviz is pretty underused for these kind of things. It is too easy to go for some WYSIWYG diagram tool, that then becomes a maintenance nightmare
From Heartbreak, Through Resilience, To Equanimity - with Chad Dickerson & Jerry Colonna [Podcast] - I am looking into coaching at the moment. This is an interview with Chad Dickerson and his coachEngineering
Improving how we deploy GitHub - it is good to see everybody is progressing and adapting to their growth. Even grown ups like GitHub are no different
Wayland support (and more) for Emacs - after many years of a break from Emacs I am back, so expect more Emacs news in the future
RefinementCodeReview - Martin Fowler about code reviews outside the Pull Request cycle.
Elastic Saga continues
- Elastic promises "open"—delivers proprietary [LWN] - at least one SSPL proponent in the comments
- The problem with Amazon and Open Source isn’t Amazon - some introspection by companies which make up new licenses required
RBS: A New Ruby 3 Typing Language in Action - this still feels so wrong. It is C/C++ headers all over again
Police Have Disrupted the Emotet Botnet - I would like to more detail, but it seems they somehow taken over the control servers
Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020 - the only place I still have hard drives is my Synology NAS, but I am still fascinated by the stats
The endless browser wars [LWN] - this is about Google turning off sync for Chromium. If you like a free internet, use Firefox.
The rise of Rocky Linux [Podcast] - interview with Gregory Kurtzer
Environment
Dairy farmers get paid below production costs — is it really worth it? - no?
BREAKING: NYC Pension Funds Begin Historic Fossil Fuel Divestment - I think Norway and Denmark are also doing this. Another nail in the coffin of oil.
Urbanism
POST-MORTEM: Cyclist Victims Killed In 2020 Were Low-Income, Essential Workers - NYC isn't brilliant either
Random Islands
Remote workers are flocking to Hawaii. But is that good for the islands? - maybe this is the future. High earners are taking over the nice spots and leave the sprawl for the rest
DATA: Post-Pandemic Silicon Valley Isn’t A Place - "Post-pandemic, the Bay Area will be the second leading technology hub after the cloud."
Doomscrolling at Scale - I got to remember this for the next crisis
Atención conductor, la DGT anuncia cómo tendrás que adelantar a los ciclistas a partir de este año [Spanish] - rules for overtaking cyclists might change again in Spain. They are already good, but more can't hurt. (English link from road.cc)
La imposible misión de llevar tu bicicleta a bordo en un tren de Renfe [Spanish] - I never even tried to take a Renfe train with my bicycle. So far I stuck to the local trains. I really would like to see this work. The bike-in-a-bag requirement is so silly that it won't even allow my Evoc bike bag.
When You Know - Tim Bray knows stuff, like Bitcoin sucks for example. I agree.
Bond film delays are reportedly causing product placement havoc for brands - maybe not delay it so much?
- What the Hell Is Going On With GameStop’s Stock?
- GameStop's three largest shareholders earn over $2bn amid stock surge
- GameStop shares plunge after ban by Robinhood app
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