Friday, August 29, 2025

Friday Links 25-17

TI 99/4A home computer original box for European market

This week I enjoyed the post about dealing with abandoned EV charger hardware and of course, the video about the TI 99/4A. 

Leadership

Nobody Wins at Calendar Tetris - busy doesn't mean productive 

Tech debt isn’t an ‘IT issue.’ It’s a business strategy - yep.

The Management Skill Nobody Talks About - how to fail good. 

Engineering 

Building your own CLI Coding Agent with Pydantic-AI - lots of them are popping up now. It is a good intro to the tools and libraries. 

mise-en-place - I hate having multiple environments. But I have to, this seems nice. 

Escaping the chains of tethered products: the Juice Rescue project - hardware and software hacking of abandoned hardware

Urbanism

What is the real cost of free parking?  [YouTube] - all the NIMBYs you expect. 

This Might Just Be the World's Best Metro System [YouTube] - that is massive 

Random Home Computers 

How the TI-99/4A Home Computer Worked  [YouTube] - my first computer was the TI99/A4 - it was so much fun, and weird. It also was the first assembler I learned.  

Possible Causes Of Your Problems [Comic] - you can adapt the right side to different minorities. 

Spy Novels: A Starter Pack - some more for my long reading list 

Heatwave that fuelled deadly wildfires was Spain’s ‘most intense on record’ - it didn't feel that hot here, but it was long.  

Other Links

Friday Links Disclaimer
Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though.
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