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It’s worth remembering that the CTO’s primary role is to work with ...
from Anna Shipman
Assumptions of balanced effort and presumed trust are no longer gua...
from stopsloppypasta.ai
the Spec-Driven Development Triangle. As each node moves forward...
from Drew Breunig
I’m glad I wrote those dot diagrams by hand all those years ago. B...
from 2389 Research, Inc.
Even if Secretary Hegseth backs down and narrows his extremely broa...
from Dean W. Ball
I have watched death as it happens, and I have watched birth. What ...
from Dean W. Ball
This is the feeling I have watching the war start in Iran.
from Sam Kriss
Enrolling in Hourly Pricing for ComEd Electricity
I had somehow just assumed that I was enrolled in hourly rates for ...
If whatever I was doing on the kitchen counter is now called “softw...
from Ben Sigelman
My favourite recent saying to replace “less is more” is this, by Pa...
from Marcin Wichary
Today I’m trying Current, the new RSS feed reader app by Terry Godi...
I know my dad has given me this information in bits over the years,...
from Technology Connections
Say hi to mist! • .md only • share by URL • real-time mult...
from Interconnected
In “The Social Photo,” Nathan Jurgenson puts forth the useful propo...
from Nausicaa Renner
These are all 100% true and I should review this list monthly to en...
from AddyOsmani.com
When I first started as a software engineer, I was a search engine ...
GovTrack.us is a Good Source of Congressional Updates
I have really started to enjoy and learn from the GovTrack posts on...
Check back in a year to see if this was true.
from occupywallst.com
I feel like Alex Webb’s work here is seminal and inspiring but stil...
from Magnum Photos
Later, when it came time to present this work, I was conflicted abo...
from Joel Sternfeld
This is a wonderful dissection of Joel Sternfeld’s Stranger Passing...
from Jamie Windsor
Apparently this achieves a carbon rating of A+ on the Website Carbo...
Swedish perfume brand Koyia has opened a forest-based perfumery whe...
from Liesbeth den Toom
This guy makes lots of clocks. They’re fun to browse.
from vasilis.nl
A compound engineer orchestrates agents running in parallel, who pl...
from Dan Shipper and Kieran Klaassen
Reaction formation, where you replace a unbearable feeling with its...
from Scott Alexander
Adams knew, deep in his bones, that he was cleverer than other peop...
from Scott Alexander
Jeff Dean’s PIN is the last 4 digits of pi. Jeff Dean’s calendar...
from https://github.com/LRitzdorf/
My Starting Point for Jekyll Themes
When setting up a new site for someone, I peruse JekyllThemes.io wh...
abetusk’s neatocal is a great little web app for generating a singl...
When you sell stock [1] you pay capital gains tax, but there’s no t...
from Jeff Kaufman's Writing
This piece distinguishes “meritocracy” (rewarding achievement) from...
from Non-Zero Sum Games Blog
Mr. Sachs is determined to perfect his uniform. Since 2007, he has ...
from jacob gallagher
But what is the optimal level of software piracy? The naive answ...
from matthewbutterick.com
Weasel words are words and phrases aimed at creating an impression ...
from wikipedia.org
Reading this broght tears to my eyes. I’m so lucky to have had a go...
from Mike Monteiro’s Good News