Interesting alternative to plain isort, with a lot more flexibility (can be good or bad, tbh). github.com/seddonym/…

Fun npm sentinel value Easter egg: blog.izs.me/2021/10/m…

Al has lots of good content. This post is on Microsoft deliverability, which is always a fun challenge. www.spamresource.com/2022/06/b…

Another one of the text generating tools that seems fun and maybe useful, but doesn’t make me convinced it will absorb everything in the future. twitter.com/gd3kr/sta…

The SpamExperts system had many of these elements. slack.engineering/remote-de…

We use SphinxSearch (not to be confused with Sphinx the speech to text tool, or Sphinx the documentation tool) but have never done it particularly well (even though it’s been 12 years now). It’d be interesting to experiment with something like this, as well as (obviously) Elastic. manticoresearch.com/blog/mant…

I remember studying REST in depth when first trying to do a better API (2008ish?) and very much ending up doing REST-ish. htmx.org/essays/ho…

Another piece in the micro-service debate. itnext.io/you-dont-…

I never remember the name of this but I come across the thinking all the time. fs.blog/chesterto…

Someone at work tried this using Slack huddles, and it was moderately successful, I think. Interesting idea. twos.dev/thepopin….. h/t Kostas

Weird bug fixing stories are fun: devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthi…

I love posts like this and wish there were more. Everyone (good?) has something similar, but all quite different in the details. charity.wtf/2022/08/1…

Two great estimate comics from Work Chronicles:

workchronicles.com/verifying… workchronicles.com/pop-quiz/

SPF seems so simple, but … www.netmeister.org/blog/spf….

Interesting thoughts on self-hosting email: cfenollosa.com/blog/afte…

And a related post (h/t Ash) vadosware.io/post/its-…

This always seemed like a flaw that Google exemplified particularly well. twitchard.github.io/posts/202…

Interesting thoughts on types of executive 1-1s. leaddev.com/managing-…

I came across this, somewhat ironically, just before N-able did its re-org last year: leaddev.com/managing-…

I also love Commit Strip: www.commitstrip.com/en/2022/0…

I love Work Chonicles: workchronicles.com/timing/

In my limited experience, this is all much worse at larger orgs, which is (one reason) why moving back to a small one is appealing. charity.wtf/2022/09/2…

No commentary, just interesting: www.newyorker.com/tech/anna…

Another fun Brazeal song: twitter.com/forrestbr…

There may be bias showing through here, because most of what’s included have been common at my work for quite a long time, but I really liked this list: simonwillison.net/2022/Oct/…

The solutions here sound easier than they are in practice, in my opinion. The measuring piece is interesting. lethain.com/fewer-hap…