Leadership
We Pay Out Unused Sabbaticals When Someone Leaves Buffer, Here’s Why - interesting choice.
With or without shared-component team - I don't really like specialised teams in general
Engineering
Story: From Project Management to Data Compression Innovator [Podcast] - from the creator of LZ4 and ZStandard
Scaling up the Prime Video audio/video monitoring service and reducing costs by 90% - "The move from a distributed microservices architecture to a monolith application helped achieve higher scale, resilience, and reduce costs."
The beginning of the end of the password - Google going passkeys. See also: So long passwords, thanks for all the phish
Sensenmann: Code Deletion at Scale - dead code deletion.
Environment
Many Europeans want climate action – but less so if it changes their lifestyle, shows poll - surprise!
Still fine!
- Drought in Spain: 'If water management doesn't change, the country will become a desert'
- Canal Segarra-Garrigues water canal closes irrigation only to serve 'strictly necessary' water
- Faced with an early heat wave and a major drought, Spain questions its water management
- Weather tracker: Spain’s spring heatwave breaks April records
Urbanism
Ian Lockwood: Thoughts From an Engineer [Podcast] - conversation between two urbanists
Can cities help us fight climate change? [Podcast] - yes
Using a bicycle to carry a week's worth of groceries in four different ways [Podcast] - I would prefer the baskets over the bags.
David Byrne Rode His Bicycle to the Met Gala - How is this choice "bizarre"?
Random Art
Miniature landscapes inside mint tins – in pictures
The Man Who Invented Happiness Science: Marty Seligman [Podcast] - interesting how psychology just focused on the negative parts.
Bluesky Facts and Opinions - I'll stick with Mastodon
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