This week, give the podcasts about Uber’s AI infrastructure and the Serbian student movement a listen.
Leadership
The revised rules of engineering management with Will Larson [Podcast] - It is a bit depressing, but he is probably right that it isn’t as much about people any more.
A sidebar on Code Review - I still believe that code reviews are about communication and learning. We will lose that, but we are losing even more skills now.
AI
Self-reinforcing quality / adopting verification pattern - it’s like we invented iterations.
Uber’s AI infra, from the inside [Podcast] - This is pretty amazing and proves the point that you can be better with AI if you have a solid base.
The Pulse: Details of incident.io’s AI spend - really good data from a startup using AI. The costs are mindblowing.
After 7-months, Glasswing Overwelms Maintainers with Underwhelming Findings - AI is flooding maintainers with security findings, a lot of these are not exploited, and nobody is keeping up with fixing them.
Urbanism
Amsterdam Is Removing Its Bike Lanes - We Cycled Around To See Why [YouTube] - because speed is slow and there are a lot of cyclists, which makes it safe.
Dutch Eye on Pamplona [YouTube] - it’s quite nice.
Barcelona Closes Major Streets to Traffic Weekends - nice. I didn’t know about this.
PP Demands Halved Metro Wait Times in Barcelona - In today’s news: right wing party demands things they never managed to solve themselves.
Port of Barcelona’s takes step to reduce cruise tourism - good progress.
Random Booknooks
datarama: Anyway. This is THE MOST AWESOME PRESENT EVER IN TIME. - mindblowing.
Random to Whom? Dice, Tetris, and a lunch bet over what random means [Podcast] - another good episode, this time about random numbers.
Sónar 2027 releases its full lineup: dates, artists, tickets, and the latest news on the festival’s “rebirth” and its beach stage - back in the city!
Serbia shows us how it’s done [Podcast] - The Europeans looking at the success of the students.
The Side of London NOBODY Warned Us About… [YouTube] - I miss London.
Other Links
- Tim Bray: Long Links (with Pangram)
- John Freeborn: Weekly Design Links – 11/10/26
- Jason Yip: What I’ve been reading week ending 8 November 2026