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Podcast backlog: 19h 44m.
Management
Why we may be measuring burnout all wrong - interesting view in diagnosing burnout. I agree that a scientific approach makes sense if possible. I also think that over-diagnosing is probably less harmful than under-diagnosing.
A hybrid approach to work - Google is going hybrid, as I expect most companies will. The all-remote crowd is complaining about it, but I would argue that Google probably has some numbers to back this up.
The Sustainable Workload Loop - another approach to organising your work
Efficiency is the Enemy - about how slack can help making work better
CTO from startup to scaleup - nice overview what CTO means in different company sizes/stages
Amazon: creating the 'invention machine' culture [Podcast] - reducing communication, single threaded leaders, ... interesting titbits
A bit more on the Basecamp train-wreck. I reached a point were I am thinking about the lessons I can learn from this. I would hope that I am better at listening and receiving input though.
- Effect of the Last Week on Ruby on Rails - looks pretty safe
- Basecamp implodes as employees flee company, including senior staff
- Inside the all-hands meeting that led to a third of Basecamp employees quitting - this is much worse than I could imagine
- An Update - an "appology" from Jason Fried
Engineering
Semantic blind spot in Ruby case statement - I haven't heard about "mutant" yet, but with this kind of license I an not too keen to try
How we use Web Components at GitHub - another thing I never looked at
Turbolift — a tool for refactoring at scale - Skyscanner certainly are doing some cool stuff. I guess this solves one of the problems with microservices
How does Airbnb track and measure growth marketing? - they kind of reinvented utm tracking? But they obviously use their own storage. They also explain why they don't use utm.
Technology
Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2021 - I don't even use many hard drives any more, but I am still strangely attracted to these posts
Signal Founder May Have Been More Than a Tech Adviser to MobileCoin - shocking!
Exclusive: Hackers Break Into Glovo, Europe’s $2 Billion Amazon Rival - I am mostly suprised by the valuation
The Amiga 2000 You Always Wanted - someone build an A2000 from scratch!
Announcing Hanami v2.0.0.alpha2 - I wish we had some use for this at work
More doorbell adventures - "Searching for the port number led me to the Doorbird LAN API and a complete description of the format and encryption mechanism in use" - this might have been a good first step :-)
Hosting SQLite databases on Github Pages - weird, but cool
Identifying the Person Behind Bitcoin Fog - Bitcoin ... maybe also not perfect for crime?
Environment
Which form of transport has the smallest carbon footprint? - includes an interactive graph ... if you are in the UK, don't use black cabs.
Multimodality - Tim Bray looking at how he uses vehicles and what it means for the environment
Carbon offsets used by major airlines based on flawed system, warn experts - this comes as a surprise to no one #murderoffsets
The Danish climate minister closing down the oil industry for good - 2050, they are already a net importer of oil anyway
Urbanism
Spain plans to turn highways into toll roads in 2024 - "maintaining such a network is increasing and can no longer be assumed by the public budget" - which is true for all countries, but most don't dare to ask drivers for money. Roads are basically technical debt.
The Driver [Podcast] - a driver explains on The War On Cars podcast how she killed a cyclist without consequences. Everybody's nightmare, but always present.
Is San Francisco more conservative than Moscow? Top San Francisco official says yes
"Though he mostly stuck to discussing transit, the idea holds true on a host of major issues including housing, climate change, small business reform and addressing our drug crisis. The traditional hallmark of conservatism is embracing the status quo, and San Francisco seems nearly incapable of major change."
Random Lighthouses
A Blinking Map of the World’s Lighthouses - Norway is basically just lighthouses
Amazon Q1 2021 - the pandemic is certainly helping out. One day I will check how much I spend in the longest March 2020 on Amazon
Philips crazy Ski Slope Cassette Deck [YouTube] - I did mention my weird obsession with cassette decks. I like them working though, not having to fix them.
Other Links
- Tim Bray - Long Links - I always find some good stuff in there
- Ben Crowder -Links #43
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