89 / Use the Wrong Tool for the Job

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Toot of the Week

and the brain-genius typed "no one would do anything without a profit motive!" and hit send on a button rendered by an open source front end framework firing off an event handled by an open source programming language that sends a packet in a format conforming to an open specification over a protocol developed at universities with public funding until it reaches a web server running an open source operating system that files the hot take away into an open source database for safe keeping — @computerfact@botsin.space

Peopleware

• Bricks of Love: create purpose and engagement with weekly updates (world.hey.com)

  João Alves about a way to create motivation by providing purpose through weekly updates.

• How to use ADRs (Thread) (mastodon.social)

  Kevlin Henney has some tricks for effective ADRs (Architecture Decision Records).

Software

• 20 Things I've Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer (simplethread.com)

  Justin Etheredge has 20 pieces of great advice for software engineers.

• Use the Wrong Tool for the Job (buttondown.email)

  Hillel Wayne about using complexity and what it means to use the “right” tool.

• Examples of problems with integers (jvns.ca)

  Julia Evans asked on Mastodon and collected 9 examples of problems with integers.

• Fallible - The Lost Sibling of Result and Option (datavirke.dk)

  Mathias Pius about the rarely used Fallible<T> type in Rust.

• Rust concepts I wish I learned earlier (rauljordan.com)

  Raul Jordan about a bunch of Rust concepts they wish they learned earlier.

Cutting Room Floor

• Someone stole my car and now I own hundreds of vinyl records (mkaic.substack.com)

  Kai Christensen explains how they became a Vinylhead because their car got stolen.

• The Quest for a Dumber Phone (every.to)

  Fadeke Adegbuyi about digital minimalism, it’s perks and it’s challenges.

• Inside Elon’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter (theverge.com)

  Zoe Schiffer, Casey Newton and Alex Heath tell the story of the Twitter acquisition and the shitshow that followed.

• The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget (kentnerburn.com)

  Kent Nerburn tells the story of a sweet cab ride that made a big impact on their life.