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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.
