Barrels and Ammunition

Welcome to this weeks issue, hope you enjoy it!

Tweet of the week

feeling unaccomplished 101

• start to many side projects
• end nothing
• constantly improve half-made things
• watch movies to decompress
• feel guilty
• buy books
• never read it. put it on the shelf so you feel miserable crossing by
• take even more new responsibilities

— @krzyzanowskim on Twitter

Culture

• Barrels and Ammunition — Conor Dewey summarises a great concept by Keith Rabois: The output of your organization is dependent on the number of people that can own projects and see them through to the end.
• If Apple is the only organisation capable of defending our privacy, it really is time to worry — John Naughton about the danger of weak privacy regulations.
• What’s the best thing a manager has ever done for you? — This tweet by Julie Zhuo has lots of inspiring answers.

Software Engineering

• Uber’s Crazy YOLO App Rewrite, From the Front Seat — Gergely Orosz about the “two months of hell” Uber engineers went through for an artificial deadline.
• Why I prefer making useless stuff — Austin Z. Henley about his “useless” side projects and why they are more fun than “useful” ones.
• Focus on Your First 10 Systems, Not Just Your First 10 Hires — Hashicorps Chief of Staff Kevin Fishner about how crucial systems are in early startups.

Cutting room floor

• Weeknotes #2 — My good friend Jan Früchtl started weekly posts about the things he learned or found interesting, be sure to check this out!
• Blog about what you’ve struggled with — Julia Evans about writing about learning in public.
• Than Average — Do you think you have better ideas than average? 67 % think that. Super fun page by Fred Wordie and Jae Perris.