25 / Work Is a False Idol

Greetings from rainy Germany, hope you’re enjoying your weekend 🛋

Tweet of the Week

"Electron is Docker for GUI" is an entirely correct take that I was nonetheless not emotionally prepared for — @Lucretiel

Favourites

• Rust for the Polyglot Programmer (chiark.greenend.org.uk)

  If you’re an experienced programmer that want’s got get their feet wet with Rust, check this out.

• Work Is a False Idol (nytimes.com)

  Cassady Rosenblum about the Lying flat movement and people embracing the freedom of rest.

• Briefing a Delegate (jacobian.org)

  Jacob Kaplan-Moss on the most important things when it comes to delegation.

Culture

• How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of Scrum (blog.pragmaticengineer.com)

  Gergely Orosz about project management techniques and how Scrum can get in the way of shipping.

• We deserve better than Confluence and Notion (blog.luap.info)

  Paul why often used enterprise documentation software doesn’t cut it.

Software Engineering

• Reading Code is a Skill (trishagee.com)

  Trisha Gee about the aspect of reading code and how readable code is subjective.

• Practical Makefiles, by example (nuclear.mutantstargoat.com)

  John Tsiombikas has some practical advice on writing Makefiles.

• Common Newbie Mistakes and Bad Practices in Rust: Bad Habits (adventures.michaelfbryan.com)

  Michael-F-Bryan has collected some common pitfalls for people starting with Rust (esp. coming from C/C++).

Cutting Room Floor

• An ultimate guide to memory palaces (metacognitive.me)

  Sergiy about memory palaces and good ways to get started.

• Parallel Play Isn't Just for Kids (nytimes.com)

  Sophie Vershbow explains why spending time in the presence of other people while doing your own thing is a great thing, not just for children.

• Dude, Where’s My Stuff? (am.jpmorgan.com)

  Michael Cembalest explains the “global supply chain mess” with tons of graphs.