I have been lazy and travelling over the last few Fridays. Today is a catch-up post, with quite a few links. I recommend the podcast about the Reiser story today and the video about the first BMX park in Nigeria. EngineeringThe Legacy of Unix - Unix: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan [Podcast] - The problem with Bookoverflow is the effect on my to-read list. ...
Two podcast recommendations today: the one about culture fit and the one about Escobar's hippos. LeadershipThe wrong way to think about culture fit [Podcast] - It is very hard to get this wrong. Similar as values. It is just to easy to abuse. ...
This week's recommendations: the podcast about lawns and why cars are so scary at Halloween. Leadership Why Your Meetings Suck (And How to Fix Them): Insights from Dr. Steven Rogelberg 6 | 37 [Podcast] - focusing on 1:1 meetings Measuring Developer Productivity with Diff Authoring Time [Podcast] - the use case is improving developer experience tools and not measuring developers. ...
Mostly urbanism links today. This week I recommend the talk by Cabel Sasser, it's weird and fun. Engineeringgptel - Emacs client for all kinds of LLMs SMURF: Beyond the Test Pyramid - everything is a tradeoff. EnvironmentTax on Europe’s frequent flyers could raise €64bn a year – study - unlikely to happen. ...
Many links today, as I skipped some Fridays due to business and problems with my local workflow for links, which should finally be fixed. This week I especially enjoyed the video about donated bikes for Ukraine and the podcast Shell Game about scary AI stuff. LeadershipTBM 313: Chat, Breathe, and Reflect - how to deal with uncertainty, don't pretend you don't have to change your approach. ...