Rand’s perspective on All Hands is worth a read this week. I did enjoy the interview with the airline pilot.
Leadership
In defense of AI mandates (xpost) - interesting perspective. You will lose people obviously, in some way or another.
So You Want to Fix Your All Hands - make it useful.
Engineering
Tim Bray 🇨🇦: OK, I’m impressed - it’s pretty, do we need it in the browser?
Changes to our Contribution Policies - everybody is struggling with this.
(comic) If it works don’t touch it - :-)
Urbanism
3CatInfo.cat: █ Els signes del col·lapse de l’AP-7: embussos, accidents i falta d’inversió i manteniment ▓▒░ [Catalan] - You remove tolls and suddenly there is too much use and no funding? Who would have thought?
The Complicated History of a Car-Free Street [YouTube] - another good insight in how it came about in the Netherlands.
„Dann schaffe ich mein Auto ab" [German] - that’s the best outcome.
Why Madrid’s Metro is Insanely Well Designed [YouTube] - nice history lesson.
What is the BEST Density for Cities? [YouTube] - it depends … on transit.
Environment
Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat - lovely, we will all burn.
Random Copenhagen
Where Copenhagen leads, the food world still follows - I would love to go again. The food is really great.
The 100,000 whys of AI - slop factory.
An Airline Pilot [Podcast] - I love the insights in other people’s jobs.
‘Genuinely changed my life’: why Groundhog Day is my feelgood movie - one of my favourite films too.
Steve Mason Experience Archiv - so much music!