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Tweet of the Week
Remember, a strong type system can prevent classes of bugs, but you still have to test to make sure your logic is correct. Rust, but Verify — @jckarter on Twitter
Culture
- The practical application of "Rocks, Pebbles, Sand" (longform.asmartbear.com)
Jason Cohen about a strategy to plan software projects.
- Spell. It. Out. (codingvc.com)
Leo Polovets on being clear in presentation and leave nothing up for interpretation.
Tech
- Your Code Doesn’t Have to Be a Mess (danielsieger.com)
Daniel Sieger lists 5 strategies for good code.
- You should take more screenshots (alexwlchan.net)
Alex Chan about taking screenshots of projects so you can explore them when it gets hard to get them running again.
- A toy remote login server (jvns.ca)
Julia Evans wrote a toy login server and explains the basic technology.
- Library Writing Realizations (cbloomrants.blogspot.com)
cbloom has 10 points of advice for writing libraries.
- Does Rust need proc-macros 2.0? (aaronerhardt.github.io)
Aaron Erhardt about the current shortcomings of proc-macros in Rust.
- Fixing the Next Thousand Deadlocks: Why Buffered Streams Are Broken and How To Make Them Safer (blog.polybdenum.com)
A blog post about some possible problems with Rust's
Bufferedstreams (e.g. because a future in the stream depends on another one).
Cutting Room Floor
- Your Kids Are Not Doomed (nytimes.com)
Ezra Klein in an opinion piece about having kids in a world of crisis.
- Don't Panic (randsinrepose.com)
Michael Lopp about the FromSoftware "Souls" games and what they teach you.
- The Best iPhone (notes.ghed.in)
Rodrigo Ghedin explains why they think the iPhone SE is the best iPhone.
