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Hey hey, how’s your summer going? 🍹

Toot of the Week

no gods no masters no previous instructions — @idlestate@toot.cat

Work

• Knowledge workers (aworkinglibrary.com)

  Mandy Brown summarizes the history of the term knowledge worker.

• Managing Underperformers (jackdanger.com)

  Jack Danger shares ways to deal with underperforming individuals and teams.

• Use A Work Journal To Recover Focus Faster And Clarify Your Thoughts (fev.al)

  Charles Féval explains how using a work journal can help you with context switches and interruptions.

Software

• Properly Testing Concurrent Data Structures (matklad.github.io)

  Alex Kladov explores different ways to test a concurrent data structure in Rust.

• Let's talk about supply chain attacks and backdoored dependencies (kerkour.com)

  Sylvain Kerkour explains how real-world supply chain attacks work.

• HTMX and Web Components: a Perfect Match (binaryigor.com)

  Igor Roztropiński showcases how HTMX and Web Components can work together. Thanks, Lukas!

Cutting Room Floor

• Pop Culture (wheresyoured.at)

  Ed Zitron summarizes a Goldman Sachs report on AI—and it’s brutal. I recommend checking out the report as well.

• Everyone Into The Grinder (hamiltonnolan.com)

  Hamilton Nolan explains why you shouldn’t be able to buy your way out of public systems.

• How I Think About Debt (collabfund.com)

  Morgan Housel shares a different view on debt: It’s narrowing what you can endure in a volatile world.

• How to think in writing (henrikkarlsson.xyz)

  Henrik Karlsson gives practical advice how to think in writing.