Friday Links

Friday Links

Short one today, just a random collection of gems. I am very slow catching up with my podcast back-log. Technology Ruby 3.0 brings new type checking and concurrency features [LWN] - some good new stuff, but I don’t like of having type definitions in separate files. That was already annoying in C and C++. The concurrency features probably also need some work. ...

9 October 2020 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Double Friday Links

Double Friday Links

Another week of holiday and another missed Friday brings you the double amount of links for your weekend reading pleasure. A bit of everything today, the random links got a bit out of hand. Engineering Management TMB 40/53: 10 Tips for Sustainable Change Agency [LWN] - some good tips on encouraging change without stepping on other peoples toes Trouble hiring senior engineers? It’s probably you - I take some of these tips in consideration when we hire again in a few weeks ...

2 October 2020 · 6 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links

Friday Links

Strong on urbanism again this week, but also some interesting random tidbits. It looks like the remote working section will stay with us for a long time. I am so curious about seeing how it will look beginning of next year. Technology Rails Concerns: To Concern Or Not To Concern - the example from Basecamp and responds by DHH should really tell you everything about what to do ...

18 September 2020 · 5 min · Christof Damian
Early Friday Links

Early Friday Links

Early and short list today, as I am off tomorrow. Remote working seems to become a standard section now. It is interesting how the whole world is dealing with it and everybody having strong opinions about it. Plus the usual technology, bike lanes and random links. Technology Fun and Games with Exposure Notifications - I love this stuff. Exposure Notifications is an open protocol by Apple and Google, there are open source reference implementations, most of the code is already available on Linux and someone can be bothered to implement it himself and document it. ...

10 September 2020 · 3 min · Christof Damian
Double Friday Links

Double Friday Links

I was off cycling in the Pre-Pyrenees last week, so you are getting two Friday’s worth of links today. I caught up a bit with my podcast backlog and some of the longer articles. Especially the Random section is a bit long this time. Engineering Anti-IF framework - if/else based on type - I do get annoyed by lots of nested if/else or case statements, this is one way to approach it. The question always is if the refactoring is easier to understand. ...

4 September 2020 · 7 min · Christof Damian