I really like the podcast with Charity Majors about teams, and it made me rediscover her blog.
Some interesting posts about security and LLMs and LLMs in general this week.
Leadership
Thoughts from LeadDev NYC 2025 - good high-level summary. I should have a look at the videos.
Vibe Engineering: A Field Manual for AI Coding in Teams - this got updated.
In Praise of “Normal” Engineers - it's about the team and enabling them.
Everything is identity [Podcast] - identity not just about the individual, but the group.
How to Lead and Scale a Distributed Team That Actually Works with Charity Majors [Podcast] - I really like Charity's approaches. She also brings up the "normal engineers".
We need to tackle workplace loneliness [Podcast] - it's not just related to working remotely.
Engineering
How I Reversed Amazon's Kindle Web Obfuscation Because Their App Sucked - Annoyance-driven development. That is a weird way of obfuscation.
Unlock Your App's Full Potential for Free with AppSignal - I really like AppSignal. It is worth a look if you have a small project and want to get some monitoring.
What caused the large AWS outage? - DNS.
Agentic AI and Security - it's not great currently, you have to be careful.
BaxBench: Can LLMs Generate Secure and Correct Backends? - not really.
New trend: programming by kicking off parallel AI agents - I sometimes let them compete on the same problem. I am still limited myself by context switching.
Environment
Lifetime theft - How much lifetime do you kill when driving or flying.
Can we build better cities for mental health and the climate? [Podcast] - examples from the Netherlands and Egypt.
Urbanism & Transport
More on US Pedestrian Deaths - Lots of statistics. The increase in deaths seem to be mostly at night. Also interesting that homelessness could play a role in the US.
I Cycled London and Paris the Same Day – Here’s What I Learned [YouTube] - it's the infrastructure.
Traveling back in time to visit Barcelona's Correus metro ghost station - I didn't even try to get a ticket. Some nice photos.
Speed cameras lead to 31% reduction in traffic accidents with injuries or deaths on Catalan roads - not bad.
Unió del tramvia per la Diagonal: així quedaran els carrils entre Verdaguer i Francesc Macià [Catalan] - Connection of the Diagonal Tram is in the works.
The European train that travels by sea - so cool.
What happened to Britain’s great transport experiment? [YouTube] - I never took the big one, maybe I can take the smaller one at some point.
Why is it SO HARD to Take a Train Across the Border? (w/Jon Worth) [Podcast] - borders are awful. Jon explains the hurdles well.
Random Rowing
‘Those final few hours were brutal’: British duo end epic journey in Australia after rowing across Pacific Ocean - what an achievement.
Spain to push for end of daylight savings at European level - nice. Not so nice: "Spain would most likely keep winter time."
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies - intriguing.
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program - Good!
Sony RM-65 - Probably the least relevant video you’ll watch today. [YouTube] - there were some weird contraptions in the 80s/90s.
34 Years Of Strandbeest Evolution [YouTube] - so odd, so pretty.
15 Worst Audiophile Snake Oil Products That Break the Laws of Physics but Still Sell in 2025 - some new ones for me.
Housing policy: Who Does It Best? - Part 1 and Part 2 [Podcast] - surprising, to me, winner.
Intellivision Sprint - Pre-Orders Open! [YouTube] - most old-school console ever?
Other Links
- Ben Crowder Links #146
- Jason Yip: What I’ve been reading this week ending 19 October 2025
- Jason Yip: What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 26 October 2025
No comments:
Post a Comment