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Joy & Curiosity #6
Interesting & joyful things from the previous week
Sep 7
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August 2024
Leave something for tomorrow
Did I get it from Holman, or Hemingway?
Aug 31
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No, really: YAGNI
Friday evening I had dinner with Felix. Among other things, we talked about good code. Good code, we both agreed, is simple. It's code boiled down to…
Aug 25
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Second's an Eternity
Text rendering is mind-blowing
Aug 17
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It's in the stories
It’s been a few weeks since I listened to this German podcast episode about the downfall of a company called Schlecker and I keep thinking about an…
Aug 10
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Things you can do with codebases
It's easy to forget that we're surrounded by millions and millions of lines of code that we can access and build and run and modify and tweak — whenever…
Aug 4
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July 2024
Database Indexes & Phone Books
One of the best analogies I’ve ever been taught
Jul 27
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Did you know about Instruments?
For the longest time, I thought Instruments on macOS wasn’t for me.
Jul 20
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Matrix Theory of Mind
A few months ago I listened to this episode of the Search Engine podcast in which PJ Vogt, the host, talks to Ezra Klein about the internet and media…
Jul 13
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With Nothing to Do
It was eight years ago that I lived through some of the worst weeks of my life as a professional software engineer.
Jul 6
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June 2024
Note From the Bouncy Castle
In one of my more philosophical moments two years ago, I said to a friend: you don’t need much more for a good time than a grill with bratwurst on it…
Jun 8
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Be findable
“But isn’t that self-promotion?”, said with a disgusted face.
Jun 1
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