Clearly, work hasn’t been on my mind this week. The podcast about the future of work is a nice crossover between work and urbanism. The drought in Spain is still depressing and has been going through all the news. Environment Barcelona’s beaches could vanish as authorities abandon ‘enhancement’ - that would change Barcelona quite a bit. Still dry Unprecedented €2.2bn drought response plan approved in Spain Drone footage shows Spanish reservoirs dry amid hottest April on record – video Drought spells ‘catastrophe’ for Spain’s olive harvest Fruit growers arrested for using illegal wells in drought-hit Spain Drought prompts French ban on garden swimming pools Urbanism Why are 15-minute cities so unpopular? [Podcast] - because people don’t understand them and hate change. ...

The podcasts about the creator of LZ4 and the one about happiness science were interesting and entertaining. Leadership We Pay Out Unused Sabbaticals When Someone Leaves Buffer, Here’s Why - interesting choice. With or without shared-component team - I don’t really like specialised teams in general Engineering Story: From Project Management to Data Compression Innovator [Podcast] - from the creator of LZ4 and ZStandard ...

I enjoyed the long read about Germany’s flat-rate train tickets and the podcast about a British cult. Leadership TWH#56: Becoming a Startup VP Engineering - While I am looking for a position like that, it does mean something different for everybody. How We Handle Severance In Cases Of Mutual Separation - interesting concept. Environment German police call for crackdown on growing climate protests - “preventive detention and longer prison terms” ...

For some fun, watch the “Best croissant in Paris” video. Less fun: Cory Doctorow about capitalism. Leadership Balancing your CEO, peers, and Engineering. - I like the supported/tolerated/resented framework. Before your next offsite Interviewing engineering executives. - “Avoiding the unicorn search” Engineering How We Built a Multi-Task Canonical Ranker for Recommendations at Etsy - these are so hard to get right. ...

Many videos about urbanism from the last two weeks. The articles from LinkedIn about measuring developer productivity and happiness and the one about slack by Marting Fowler are also great. This week we also have a short “Music” section. Leadership thedecider.app - a simple tool to choose a decision process … mostly useful for the overview of processes. Inside Look: Measuring Developer Productivity and Happiness at LinkedIn - both difficult to measure, this is one approach. ...