52 / The Return of the 90s Web

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Tweet of the Week

Enough content creators, now time for content destroyers. — @jackcorrbit on Twitter

Culture

• The Return of the 90s Web (mxb.dev)

  Max Böck about techniques of the 90s web that are now coming back. Who wants to start a webring with me?

• Getting credit for invisible work at the Staff+ level (leaddev.com)

  Ryan Harter about invisible work (planning, thrown-away prototypes, etc.).

Software Engineering

• Futures Nostalgia (fasterthanli.me)

  Amos dives deep into async Rust HTTP code using hyper, tower and a few Rust crimes.

• When To Use Generics (go.dev)

  Ian Lance Taylor shares some tips on when to use Go generics and when to prefer interface types or reflection.

• What I learned from making a DNS client in Rust (blog.adamchalmers.com)

  Adam Chalmers shares what libraries he used and what he learned implementing a DNS client in Rust.

• A list of new(ish) command line tools (jvns.ca)

  Julia Evans has a lot of new CLI utilities to spice up your terminal.

• Unikernels 🏍️ (unzip.dev)

  Agam More about the pros, cons and applications of unikernels.

Cutting Room Floor

• Find the Place You Love. Then Move There. (theatlantic.com)

  Arthur C. Brooks about topophilia, the love for a place.

• Fast fashion: European Union reveals fast fashion crackdown (bbc.com)

  Helen Briggs about a new EU strategy that requires clothing producers to create longer-lasting and easier-to-repair products.

• The Complete Argument Against Crypto (stephendiehl.com)

  Stephen Diel about the technical and societal impacts of crypto.

  Crypto is like an evil genie that only fulfills neoliberal grifters’ darkest wishes.

• Find More Ways to Be an Outsider (theatlantic.com)

  Arthur C. Brooks about the advantages of being an outsider.

• An Ode to Apple's Hide My Email (empty.coffee)

  Mike Lapidakis explains why he loves Hide My Email.