Too many random links this week. The interview with the creator of Praise You (sampled by Fatboy Slim) is pretty good, what a strong woman. If you need some inspiration to get on a bike, watch the video about riding 2500 km in London. Leadership Expert Generalists - “But we’ve found that our most effective colleagues have a skill in spanning many specialties.” ...
Today is apparently the Urbanism YouTube edition. I also really liked the podcast about Hindenburg, and the video about the bikepacking trip (in Germany, sadly). Engineering Annotation Mono v0.2 - a pretty new mono font Libxml2’s “no security embargoes” policy [LWN] - It is a pretty drastic move, and I wonder if anything will change after this. Setting Up MCP Servers in Claude Code: A Tech Ritual for the Quietly Desperate - I have to give some of these a go. ...
My YouTube links got lost because of my new workflow. It is working now. This week I enjoyed the Podcast about copyright and the video about cycling couriers in Seoul. Leadership The Heart of Innovation: Why Most Startups Fail - long read about demand. Your Manager Is Not Your Best Friend - your manager should be thinking about the company and the team, then the individuals. ...
This week I enjoyed the podcasts about Lise Meitner and Korea. OpenRailwayMap is also nice to play around with, if you are interested in railways all over the world. Engineering The Work of Building for Other Engineers: Platform & SRE Mindset Anatomy of a Recruitment Phish - the things jobseekers have to deal with nowadays. Environment Climate action literacy interventions increase commitments to more effective mitigation behaviors [Paper] - people don’t know which individual actions are useful. I should get rid of my pets. ...
First post curated via Readwise Reader. I am creating some scripts to help replicate what I did with Pocket. I enjoyed the Komoot goodbye video this week. It is lovely and a bit sad. Leadership Stuff I learned at Carta. - lots of good stuff, maybe not applicable in all organisations. Early Days of Agile Development & Is Design Dead? • Martin Fowler & James Lewis • GOTO 2024 [YouTube] - nice chat. ...