115 / Ask vs guess culture

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Toot of the Week

"Shitposting" is an anagram of "Top Insights" — @qurlyjoe@mstdn.social

Peopleware

• How to sabotage your salary negotiation efforts before you even start (interviewing.io)

  Aline Lerner showcases two mistakes for salary negotiation and how to avoid them.

Software

• The four types of software in the future (proofofconcept.pub)

  David Hoang introduces four classifications of software in the future: Commercial, Boutique, Personal, and Disposable.

• Why you should consider Rust for your Lambdas (loige.co)

  Luciano Mammino explains why Rust is a great fit for AWS Lambda.

• Why Tailwind CSS Won (matt-rickard.com)

  Matt Rickard lists four reasons why Tailwind is so popular.

• No one actually wants simplicity (lukeplant.me.uk)

  Luke Plant explains why if you won’t sacrifice anything for simplicity, you don’t care about it.

Cutting Room Floor

• Ask vs guess culture (jeanhsu.substack.com)

  Jean Hsu explains two different approaches to asking for something and how they sometimes clash.

• We’re All Just Temporarily Abled (blog.jim-nielsen.com)

  Jim Nielsen explains how 100% of people will have some form of disability in their lifetime.

• How a startup looses its spark (blog.johnqian.com)

  John Qian explains what makes a startup intoxicating and how these qualities are eroded with more employees. Thanks, Lukas!

• E-ink is so Retropunk (rmkit.dev)

  This article is a love letter to open e-ink devices like the reMarkable or Kobo.