If you have a weird fascination with trams, you should probably check out the full World Tramdriver Championship video. Otherwise, the podcast with the author of Code Complete is great, so is the one about a train ride through Canada. EngineeringHashed sorting is typically faster than hash tables - in case it comes up in the next interview :-) ...
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Quick selection. This week I liked the podcast with the whaler, and the Chinese cycling industry. Leadership Rate My Manager - Oh, no! It's pretty new. (Side note: This looks vibe coded) EngineeringBringing BASIC back: Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now Open Source - very nice. It is one, 7000 line file. Browsh - new text-based browser. ...
This week I enjoyed the post about dealing with abandoned EV charger hardware and of course, the video about the TI 99/4A. LeadershipNobody Wins at Calendar Tetris - busy doesn't mean productive Tech debt isn’t an ‘IT issue.’ It’s a business strategy - yep. The Management Skill Nobody Talks About - how to fail good. ...
Lots of good stuff again this week. I recommend listening to the history of TrainingPeaks and coding in the red-queen area. Leadership Using postmortems to break out of infinite loops | Adnan Karač | LDX3 London 2025 [YouTube] - a quick talking about how to make them useful. Team OKRs in Action - they have to be co-created, not top down. ...