Colourful AI generated mastodon
Another Mastodon week. Seems like another wave of users is migrating to Mastodon.
I also looked into on-call … for reasons.
And I enjoyed the old Barcelona videos and the article about the USE method.
Mastodon
How OSI got to Mastodon - good to see more institutions and organisations joining and creating their own instances.
The Fediverse Could Be Awesome (if we don’t screw it up) - the EFF chiming in … without creating their own instance.
Fedi.Directory - the old school directory of Mastodon accounts
‘Could this be Twitter without the toxic slurry?’ My week on Mastodon - Zoe Williams
Verifying your GitHub profile on Mastodon - better than the hacks
Mastodon Is Like Twitter Without Nazis, So Why Are We Not Using It? - from 2017
#FediBbuzz - trends in the fediverse
Scaling Mastodon is Impossible - I can’t say I agree
Mastodon and federation - is it Twitter or Discord servers?
Leadership
How to Create a Developer-Friendly On-Call Schedule in 7 steps - quick overview
Being On-Call - from the SRE Book
Three ways to remove bias from technical interviews - structure, relevant questions, do deeper
“If only people stopped interrupting and started listening :)” - we all have been in these meetings
10x Disagree and Commit - you have to be good at disagreeing and committing
The flying wedge. - yes, I don’t like this either.
Engineering
Rust in the 6.2 kernel [$$$] - nice incremental approach
Using the cloud to scale Etsy - the consultants view
The USE Method - “The Utilization Saturation and Errors (USE) Method is a methodology for analyzing the performance of any system.”
Move faster, wait less: Improving code review time at Meta - improving the code review user experience with nudging
Sapling: Source control that’s user-friendly and scalable- looks nice, but how compatible, just command line?
Urbanism
Enderrocar per construir [YouTube] - Barcelona uploaded some videos about the construction around the Olympics.
Barcelona Connexió [YouTube] - Another Barcelona video. Some of this is great, some of it is still being fixed now.
Electric vehicle shift alone will not solve urban transport woes, says Portuguese minister - surprise
Wild boars: Catalonia’s growing feral pig problem - feral pigs still going strong in Barcelona
Over 400 Covid-era outdoor seating areas in bars and restaurants regularized in Barcelona - mostly taking space away from cars
Random Colours
A 900-Page Pre-Pantone Guide to Color from 1692: A Complete Digital Scan- this doesn’t seem accurate
Best WRC Game Ever? WRC Generations | Rally RACC Catalunya | Gymkhana Action [YouTube] - I was not aware that such rigs are for sale, this is amazing and amazingly expensive.
Poorly Drawn Lines - Never Give Up [Comic]
Meet your new two-factor authenticator: your Commodore 64 - fun!
Barcelona students to take mandatory climate crisis module from 2024 - protests do work!
The Scoop: Tech Layoffs in 2022 - this is looking pretty bleak
Other Links
- Ben Crowder: Links #52- Ben is even busier than me!
- Weekly Design Links – 11/15/22- love the pixelated clothing