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Management
The Sabotage List - nice idea to collect the stuff you are probably not going to do for reasons
Always do Extra - if you have slack, do extra, not more of the same
How to Understand the Power Structure [Comic] - funny :-)
How Amazon Raised the Hiring Bar and Leveraged Narratives for Decision-Making (with Colin Bryar, Former Amazon VP) [Podcast] - interesting, but most things probably don't apply to my or your job
Want a More Productive Morning Routine? “Pay” Yourself First - I have to work on this, though I already improved a bit. "No mobile before work" for example.
That Burning Feeling When You’re Right - being right alone is not enough
Engineering
Lessons from 10k hours of programming [Podcast] - this is a fun discussion about learnings from too many years of programming
Incident Review and Postmortem Best Practices - some good practices and ideas for incident reviews
Dungeon 251 - talking about the "Second System Syndrome"
A complete guide to code reviews - very good overview ... you have to figure out what you want to optimise for
Worst Case - planning for worst case AWS outages
The Original Remote Developer [Podcast] - fun story about Paul Lutus the developer of Apple Writer
Technology
You Can Now Directly Read Data Logs From Tesla Vehicles (Jalopnik) - this would be even nicer if it would really be open
Adventures in Amiga land part 1 - so great people are still writing code for the (virtual) Amiga
Security Risks of Client-Side Scanning - Schneier provides some more context
Try Out YJIT for Faster Rubying - Ruby gets a bit less slow
Using Machine Learning to Predict Hard Drive Failures - not very useful at this time
The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance - go Europe!
Work
Make the most of hybrid work with Google Workspace - some new and old features from Google to improve hybrid work
Set aside time for focus in Google Calendar - did we really need a pandemic for this feature?
Remote teams will always need in-person interaction to succeed - interesting to see this from a company that is quite vocal about remote
Could a shorter workweek be in your future? - I can't imagine it working for myself, but this will come
Desigual workers vote in favor of 6.5% pay cut in exchange for four-day workweek - I take up to a 20% cut, no problem
Does the 4 Day Work Week Really Work? Gallup and real companies have the true answer. - interesting stats, but then it derails a bit
Environment
UK public now eating significantly less meat - still too much though
What made us doubt climate change? [Podcast] - lies
Updating our ads and monetization policies on climate change - Google is doing something about the lies. See also Google and YouTube will cut off ad money for climate change deniers
Urbanism
Vision Zero Reporting - I hope this catches on in the international media
The +1/-2, biking to a suburban hardware store challenge, in Barcelona! [YouTube] - Barcelona didn't do so well
Barcelona’s ambitious plan to transform the city for pedestrians and green space - slow moving plan
Europe’s best walking cities: Six wonders of the wandering world - I thought Barcelona be on there, but while it is walkable it isn't nice with all the cars
Random Lego
Lego to remove gender bias from its toys after findings of child survey - nice ... this should be normal
Teen Spirit: Nevermind at 30 [Podcast] - maybe I am just a bit too old, but I never really got into it. Rereading Generation X is on my list though.
In Place of War: Around the World in 80 Raves - Techno for a good cause
Puppy perks: should workers get three weeks of paid leave to bond with a new pet? - yes please, but also at least two months per puppy and consecutive if you have more at once
Intro to Cassette Recorder Operation, Maintenance, and Repair - this will be useful in the future. I still have two decks to fix
On an Endless Loop: Tracking the Cassette Renaissance in 2021 - fun to see the new kids joining
This makes a change - a Boombox with a unique feature [YouTube] - I seem to have developed an addiction to tape changers
When Facebook went down this week, traffic to news sites went up - interesting
Other Links
- Weekly Design Links – 10/19/21 - now I feel bad about the look of my links
- Read Something Great - curated link jukebox
- brucelawson: Reading List 282
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