183 / Creating a Sense of Stability

Hey, hope you had a good week. Smol issue today, but some good stuff!

Work

• Creating a Sense of Stability (newsletter.canopy.is)

  Claire Lew gives advice how to shepherd your team through a reorg, downsizing or strategic shift.

Software

• How Core Git Developers Configure Git (blog.gitbutler.com)

  Scott Chacon shares very useful config settings for Git, some of which should arguably be the default.

Cutting Room Floor

• iMac G4(K) (jcs.org)

  Joshua Stein upgraded an old iMac G4 to internally use a Mac mini.

• It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds (berthub.eu)

  Bert Hubert explains why using the US cloud is no longer a good idea.

• The Second Trump Administration’s New Forms of Distraction (newyorker.com)

  Kyle Chayka about the impact of doom scrolling news.