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Toot of the Week

Butane floats on water because it's a lighter fluid. — @catsalad@infosec.exchange

Work

• Explore vs Execute (longform.asmartbear.com)

  Jason Cohen about the important cultural shift that has to happen when a company hits product market fit.

• Dear Software Engineer: It's Time to Reclaim Your Role (annievella.com)

  Annie Vella argues we should reclaim the software engineer role to include what product engineers do, to stay safe from growing AI influence.

Software

• What's involved in getting a "modern" terminal setup? (jvns.ca)

  Julia Evans talks about important parts of having a modern terminal (24-bit colors, clipboard sync, etc.)

• Great things about Rust that aren't just performance (ntietz.com)

  Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya lists 7 reasons to use Rust, apart from performance.

• The future of htmx (htmx.org)

  Carson Gross and Alex Petros explain why htmx is the new jQuery.

Cutting Room Floor

• Amund's note on home server security (raniseth.com)

  Amund Raniseth got malware after exposing a Postgres container to the internet.

• They squandered the holy grail (xeiaso.net)

  Xe Iaso about the failure of Apple Intelligence, even though the foundation of it is nearly invincible.