This week I enjoyed the podcast about Venezuela, the blog post about asking, and the one from Lara Hogan about employees getting stuck.
Leadership
How can we make asking easier? - if you want public question, you have to make it safe, otherwise accept private ones.
Creating momentum when an employee is stuck - this was more helpful than I expected :-)
I’m Going to Dig a Hole - sometimes you have to let people do stupid things.
Engineering
Story: Inside Early Google - Race Conditions, Java Pain, and the Birth of AdWords [Podcast] - Google war stories!
Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane? - I am sure we do a bit.
ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering - that’s some pretty neat shit.
GitHub Copilot now supports OpenCode - nice, I like the idea of OpenCode.
Environment
In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels - and keeps growing.
Urbanism
The Netherlands: 10 new cities? [Podcast] - that does sound less than sure.
How can a NEW Transit Line be THIS BAD!? (Finch West LRT) [YouTube] - slow and bad!
Random Tools
A life of bikes with Calvin Jones [Podcast] - Legend!
Margaret Atwood, writer [Podcast] - I like her down to earth way of talking.
The Venezuelan Curse (Part 1) [Podcast] - I have to confess, I didn’t know much of this.
Job Title Maxxing - fun to play with for a bit