Pocket 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. Engineering Microservices Are a Tax Your Startup Probably Can’t Afford - very long read about the pitfalls and some advantages of microservices. Formally verified cloud-scale authorization [Paper] - fascinating. Maybe only do that if you have a billion calls a second. ...
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. Leadership The best culture book of 2025: The Power of Mattering [Podcast] - I am not 100% convinced, but it is on my to-read stack now. TBM 351: The 4 Prioritization Jobs (And Why It Matters) - I would say they are very much related. ...
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. Leadership Kent Beck on why software development is an exercise in human relationships [Podcast] - great interview with Kent, he is so humble and down to earth. Meaning: why showing work matters has such an impact [Podcast] - interesting discussion round. ...
Modern building with glass front Have a listen to Greg Korah-Hartman about the kernel development process. Some good and uplifting topics in urbanism this week too. Leadership The Product Engineer - I agree with some of it. Every engineer should be a product engineer, but I still think there is a place for product managers. Who gets to do strategy? - everybody. Ok. So, You’re Failing - how to receive performance feedback, and probably also how to give it. ...