148 / Async Rust Isn’t Bad: You Are

Hey hey, the last two weeks were super busy but we’re back this week with a packed issue! 💪🏻

Quote of the Week

“Stop asking people if they believe in climate change. Ask them if they understand it. It’s science, not Santa Clause” —Valorie Clark

Software

• Your API Shouldn't Redirect HTTP to HTTPS (jviide.iki.fi)

  @jviide argues your API should reject unencrypted requests instead of forwarding.

• Reclaiming CPU for free with Go's Profile Guided Optimization (blog.cloudflare.com)

  Colin Douch explains how the Cloudflare team applied profile guided optimization at their production service.

• Async Rust Isn't Bad: You Are (n8s.site)

  Nate is angry about Tokio infecting a large part of Rust crates and “framework developers” thinking async is always better.

Tech

• Things you wish you didn't need to know about S3 (blog.plerion.com)

  Daniel Grzelak lists 10 quirks of Amazon Simple Storage Service.

• tmux is worse is better (hiandrewquinn.github.io)

  Andrew Quinn about the benefits and drawbacks of using a terminal multiplexer.

• Orion – From idea to launch in 45 days (lux.camera)

  Sebastiaan de With shares a fascinating behind-the-scenes of the iPad monitor app, Orion.

Cutting Room Floor

• Systems: The Purpose of a System is What It Does (anildash.com)

  Anil Dash explains how a system is never broken—it works as intended and supporting it might not be the thing you want to do.

• To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language (news.mit.edu)

  Anne Trafton summarizes a new study which discovers that reading code activates the multiple demand network.

• A Gram-negative-selective antibiotic that spares the gut microbiome (nature.com)

  This article describes a new kind of antibiotics which doesn’t destroy your gut-biome.

• How it feels to get an AI email from a friend (mrgan.com)

  Neven Mrgan describes their feelings of getting an LLM-generated email from a friend.

• Communication Structures (kevinyien.com)

  Kevin Yien about the importance of free communications in a company.

• Watch out for Jury Duty scams (threadreaderapp.com)

  Joey Rosati explains how they almost fell for an elaborate jury duty scam, which apparently is still active in the USA (title by me).

• Kintsugi (fellerts.no)

  Fredrik Flornes Ellertsen shares their experience and mistakes of fixing a mug using the traditional Japanese technique “Kintsugi”.