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Toot of the Week

tiny gender-affirming things you do are micro trans actions 🏳️‍⚧️ — @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

Software

• Fish 4.0: The Fish Of Theseus (fishshell.com)

  A report on the Fish Rust rewrite.

• Axum-style Magic Handler Functions in Go, Part 1 (kubuzetto.github.io)

  Devrim Şahin explores building Axum-like handlers in Go.

• How Do You Like What You’ve Built? (morrisbrodersen.de)

  Morris Brodersen shares a technique to encourage quality by asking engineers how they like what they built.

• Glue work considered harmful (seangoedecke.com)

  Sean Goedecke explains why glue work, which improves team efficiency, is often not rewarded.

• Web page annoyances that I don't inflict on you here (rachelbythebay.com)

  Rachel Kroll lists annoying patterns websites employ, which you won’t see on their website.

Cutting Room Floor

• Scientists may have discovered how to fight drug-resistant bacteria (bgr.com)

  Joshua Hawkins about new research, exploiting a weakness in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

• Most people don’t care about quality (shkspr.mobi)

  Terence Eden explains why mediocre is good enough for the hoi polloi.