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Hey hey, this is going to be the last issue of 2022 — I wish you happy holidays, see you next year 🎇
Toot of the Week
bavaria doesn't exist — @maia@crimew.gay
Culture
Staff archetypes
7 min · staffeng.com
Will Larson describes different roles that Staff engineers tend to take.
Tech
A simple stack for today's web hacks
5 min · neugierig.org
Evan Martin defines a very simple stack for simple web development without frameworks or complicated configuration.
Using Zig for Advent of Code
5 min · huy.rocks
Huy shows some Zig examples they've come up with for Advent of Code.
Just Use Postgres for Everything
2 min · amazingcto.com
Stephan Schmidt argues that unless you have a good reason not to, you should use Postgres.
What is in a modern code editor?
13 min · blog.meain.io
Abin Simon describes the must-have features of a modern code editor (with examples).
Rust
Rust in 2023
5 min · ncameron.org
Nick Cameron lists the things he wants to see for Rust in 2023.
Working with Rust in (neo)vim
6 min · ntietz.com
Nicholas explains how they use and configured NeoVim to write Rust.
Native Reflection in Rust
4 min · jack.wrenn.fyi
Jack Wrenn introduces deflect
, a reflection library for Rust and explains how it work an in which cases it's useful.
Composing an observable Rust application
24 min · blog.logrocket.com
This article explains how you can build custom Layers with the tracing
create in Rust.
Cutting Room Floor
Berlin is planning a car-free area larger than Manhattan
4 min · fastcompany.com
Adele Peters about Volksentscheid Berlin Autofrei, an organisation that wants a huge area of Berlin to be car-free.
The best things and stuff of 2022
12 min · blog.fogus.me
Fogus summarises their favourite things of 2023.
How to Improve Your Creative Thinking
8 min · every.to
Alice Albrecht explains a few techniques to improve your creativity and generate ideas.
The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies
30 min · ft.com
Helen Warrell interviews three women in top positions of the MI6 (one of them is Q!)
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