Amiga 1000 by Blake PattersonPocket is a big part of how I collect the links for the Friday Links. Sadly, Mozilla has decided to shut Pocket down. My plan is to migrate to Readwise Reader, which seems to be a reasonable replacement. I am now migrating some of my helper scripts to make the change easier. You will see next week if I will be successful. :-) ...
A very random collection this week, with some prepping research. The Life-Sized City report from Berlin is pretty cool, so is the one about building a simple game in different engines, I also liked the post about microservices. EngineeringMicroservices Are a Tax Your Startup Probably Can’t Afford - very long read about the pitfalls and some advantages of microservices. ...
A few uplifting stories about urbanism and science this week. I also really liked the video about the empty virtual world and browsing through Moby's gratis track collection. LeadershipThe best culture book of 2025: The Power of Mattering [Podcast] - I am not 100% convinced, but it is on my to-read stack now. ...
This probably falls into the category of weird hobbies. Friends have asked me about it, so I figured it was time to write it down. Some history I grew up in the 80s and cassettes were a big part of how I experienced music. I remember recording bits of radio shows to create my own mixtapes. Furthermore, I also recorded records of friends and relatives to play on my Walkman. ...
Many podcasts this week. I really loved the one with Cyndi Lauper. I did enjoy the one with Kent Beck and basically all the engineering and leadership ones. LeadershipKent Beck on why software development is an exercise in human relationships [Podcast] - great interview with Kent, he is so humble and down to earth. ...