194 / What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get

Hey hey, late edition, hope you find something good to read today!

Toot of the Week

I need a 20-year long nap to cope with the current state of the world. — @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

Working

• Experts have it easy (boydkane.com)

  Boyd compared novice vs expert work with escaping a maze as the example.

• 5 Powerful Persuasion Methods for Engineering Managers (newsletter.manager.dev)

  Chaitali Narla explains how persuasion is a big part of being an engineering manager, and gives examples of different techniques.

Software

• Mastodon Comments (beej.us)

  Beej walks you through how they added Mastodon comments to their blog posts.

• Static types are for perfectionists (mmapped.blog)

  Roman Kashitsyn argues your preference of programming preferences stem largely from your childhood.

• Falsehoods software teams believe about user feedback (thoughtbot.com)

  Fritz Meissner wrote a painfully relevant list of falsehoods for user feedback.

Cutting Room Floor

• What the Comfort Class Doesn't Get (theatlantic.com)

  Xochitl Gonzalez explains how policy makers often have generational wealth and live a different live than the people without. (Archive without paywall.)

• Spaced Repetition Systems Have Gotten Way Better (domenic.me)

  Domenic Denicola explains a relatively new scheduling algorithm for spaced repetition that is way more efficient.