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Toot of the Week
genie: please no js dev: more frameworks — @DavidDarnes@mastodon.design
Peopleware
- Bricks of Love: create purpose and engagement with weekly updates (world.hey.com)
João Alves about purpose, motivation and the magic of weekly updates.
Software
- Emacs From Scratch, Part 1: Foundations (arne.me)
I started a blog series where I configure Emacs from scratch. This post is the first and sets some foundations we can build upon.
- Rust is growing (flawless.dev)
Bernard explains how Rust is growing faster than any other language and the effects of that.
- How I Have Fun With Rust (thoughtbot.com)
Matheus Richard gives great advice for Rust beginners.
- Advice for new software devs who've read all those other advice essays (buttondown.email)
Hillel Wayne has 13 points of advice for programmers starting out.
Cutting Room Floor
- Holiday Detour (hexeditreality.com)
Marty Schoch talks about various things he's spending his holiday time one, from local ML to search, magazines and a lot more.
- Just 2023 Things (rknight.me)
Robb Knight wrote a summary of everything they did this year.
- Reclaiming the Web with a Personal Reader (olano.dev)
Facundo Olano built their own indie web reader to recover from burnout.
- How To Learn Chess As An Adult (or, how I went from 300 to 1500 ELO in 9 months) (alexcrompton.com)
Alex Crompton explains that you need tactics more than strategy on lower ELO games and how to learn them.
