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Work
- How (some) good corporate engineering blogs are written (danluu.com)
Dan Luu dissects what make a good corporate engineering blog.
- Managing My Motivation, as a Solo Dev (mbuffett.com)
Marcus Buffet explains some tactics to stay motivated as a solo dev.
Software
- Eradicating N+1s: The Two-phase Data Load and Render Pattern in Go (brandur.org)
Brandur explains the N+1 problem with data loading and shows an elegant approach to fix it.
- Zig Interfaces (openmymind.net)
Karl Seguin explains how Zig interfaces work, and why tagged enums should actually be your first option.
- Opinions after a decade of professional software engineering (blog.thea.codes)
Stargirl Flowers shares opinions that changed, are new, or stayed the same after ten years of writing software.
Cutting Room Floor
- RFS: A Call for Software Handyman (trevoragilbert.com)
Trevor Gilbert argues there should be an equivalent to a handyman for software.
- Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it (gothamist.com)
Veronica de Souza got their phone stolen and shares the thief’s attempts to unlock it.
- Smartphones May Affect Sleep—but Not Because of Blue Light (wired.com)
Simon Hill explains why the blue light in our smartphones is actually not as bad as often portrayed.
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