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Toot of the Week

Maybe the real treasure is the microplastics we ingested along the way... — @catsalad@infosec.exchange

Favourites

• This is the most powerful word in the world. (anthonyvicino.com)

  Anthony Vicino explains why the way you think about yourself affects your future.

• My rude-ass car (neverbeclever.org)

  The author hilariously demonstrates the sometimes annoying features of a 2023 car.

Software

• Why You Should Write Your Own Static Site Generator (arne.me)

  I wrote my own static site generator and describe why and how.

• How Bear does analytics with CSS (herman.bearblog.dev)

  Herman Martinus explains their no-JavaScript approach to analytics.

• A day with Zig (pierrebeaucamp.com)

  Pierre Beaucamp shares their experience going from Go to Zig.

• I Accidentally Saved Half A Million Dollars (ludic.mataroa.blog)

  Ludicity saved their company half a million dollars by clicking a button that should’ve had been clicked years ago.

Cutting Room Floor

• Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts (vox.com)

  David Zipper explains how EV adoption hindered more environmentally friendly technologies like bikes and public transport.

• Tech doesn’t make our lives easier. It makes them faster (brettscott.substack.com)

  Brett Scott explains how new technology like cars a few decades ago and now LLMs don’t make our lifes easier, even if that’s how they’re sold.

• The Other Side of Money: On the Stories We Tell about Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality (lithub.com)

  Bette Adriaanse tells an inspiring story, going from poor to becoming a landlord and about the importance of community.