10 private links
Learning lxc
Retailers are Getting Better at Branding
Private Label Is Catching Up With Trends
I learnt that the Parkinson’s law of triviality is the other name of the bike shed effect
Un guide (French only) pour développeurs écrit par la CNIL
via https://sebsauvage.net/links/?PUu3cg
A French guy in the US (reminds me of someone) who enjoys bikepacking (noooope, not me, yet)
Interesting paper arguing against the current cloud-design in favor of stored procedures, for some use cases
Another static site engine, but this time in rust. A single binary file to generate the site. Interesting.
Looks like an interesting font
(...) the code that parses those events’ payloads only worries about the fields the application needs, and it ignores extraneous ones. A static type system doesn’t require you eagerly write a schema for the whole universe, it simply requires you to be up front about the things you need.
And I need to read more about the double-validation fallacy that the author is mentioning
A discussion that led to event sourcing at Kickstarter, with a focus on efficiency, and a six months roadmap!
TL;DR but to review since so much of a programmer work is about communicating a technical vision
Something to keep in mind for December 2020
Once a job is done — and credit cards do their jobs very well — it takes a 10x improvement to get users to switch, and, in a three-sided network, that 10x is 10^3.
Something to always keep in mind.
The human principles of software are truly timeless; The Psychology of Computer Programming was written way back in 1971, a year after I was born!
Haven't watched it yet, but this TED Talk was recommended in a communication article about not using powerpoint/slides to make your point
An interesting weekend project
Very interesting rules to live by in a work environment. Especially no. 5:
Meetings are the last resort, not the first option.
Good talk recommended by a friend.