This week was weird. Something happened to my RSS reader. Anyway … still some good stuff — the interview with Kelsey Hightower, and the piece on how Meta is messing up its culture.
Leadership
Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization? - sign of maturity :-)
The engineering manager role is splitting in two - I don’t agree. This makes a lot of assumptions.
Here’s The Rub: We Don’t Believe You - “nobody is going to give you permission”
Engineering
Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightower [Podcast] - amazing life story.
What chance do we have versus the machines? [Podcast] - this is quite pessimistic, and probably our future.
Over-reliance on chatbots can diminish critical-thinking skills, study finds - surprise!
Vibe Coding Economically: Which Framework Is the Cheapest? (Rails vs Django vs Laravel) - unsurprisingly Python wins.
The state of Fedora in 2026 - some depressing numbers, the comments are pointing to some reasons.
I Could’ve Rickrolled the Entire FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID. - nice.
Urbanism
The Bike Bus Intervention: A Growing Movement for Family Cycling - I love the idea of bike busses.
What is City Life? or lifesized cities.
Why Barcelona Is The Opposite Of Every European City [YouTube] - I wouldn’t say the opposite. It’s just a bit different.
Bikes overtake motor vehicles in City of London for the first time thanks to surge in dockless hire e-bikes - nice if a plan works.
Environment
Spanish households save €10 a month thanks to renewables expansion, report finds - once it’s about money, suddenly solar makes sense.
Barcelona to offer more than 500 climate shelters this summer - it’s pretty depressing that we need this.
What you don’t see about cruise ships [YouTube] - when the boat arriving is bigger than your town.
Random Mini Golf
putt.day - sorry for wasting your time.
How Brexit has made Britain poorer – in charts - some good data.
Ukraine and Moldova start first phase of EU membership negotiations - together is better.