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Toot of the Week
Everyone’s having a hard time dealing with all the everything— @donni@mastodon.social
Software
- My Washing Machine Refreshed My Thinking on Software Effort Estimation (cosive.com)
Chris Horsley installs a new washing machine and compares the process to unknown unknowns in software development.
- Death of a thousand nits (bitfieldconsulting.com)
John Arundel gives advice on writing code reviews.
Cutting Room Floor
- The midwit home (dynomight.net)
Incredible article about the midwit smart home: Using low-tech devices like timers and sensors that work without a phone or a hub.
- What is USB Club? (usb.club)
Yatú Espinosa and Norm O'Hagan explain their USB memory network.
- Can I ethically use LLMs? (ntietz.com)
Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya explores the ethics of using an LLM.
- It Never Gets Easier (shripriya.com)
Shripriya explains how business never gets easier, but the challenge and the perspective changes.
- Goodbye Surveillance Capitalism, Hello Surveillance Fascism (maxmurphy.xyz)
Max Murphy explores the idea of surveillance fascism, and how we can resist.
