“less code, more software: The principles of product development flow”
I’ve enjoyed all of Reinertsen’s books even if connecting the dots to software dev can occasionally take a bit of work.
“View Transitions Break Incremental Rendering — ericportis.com”
“Reloading a Document (and Preserving Query String Parameters) Using Only HTML - Jim Nielsen’s Blog”
“Progressively Enhanced Form Validation, Part 3: Validating a checkbox group – Cloud Four”
“The modern era of research-backed software delivery”
Essentially, making projects small has 3x more impact than making them agile.
I’m pretty much required by law to link to any essay that both cites the CHAOS reports and Gall’s law
“Lightweight software delivery methods”
Following the example set at Honda, the lightweight methods were based on cross-functional teams working together to deliver software, rather than work being passed between functional groups.
“Early software delivery models”
Though not the intention…
This phrase is pretty much the history of software dev models in a nutshell. Consequences rarely match the intentions.
“A brief history of software delivery”
These three essays provide a good overview of the history of software delivery.
Took this one using a Carl Zeiss Jena Werra about twenty years ago in Ashton Court, Bristol, IIRC.
“Dialogue Is Still Really Hard to Hear – Pixel Envy”
In my experience, there is generally a clear difference in dialogue audibility between older movies and shows and newer.
“The New Gatekeepers: How Disney, Amazon, and Netflix Will Take Over Media”
A report by the Writer’s Guild of America on the anti-competitive environment that is holding the US studio system back.
“Netflix and other streamers wield too much power over labor. Use antitrust law to break them up”
The old vertical studio system was broken up by the Justice Department. It may be time to do the same with these 21st century behemoths.
“Netflix and other streamers wield too much power over labor. Use antitrust law to break them up”
It’s hard to see how the strikes can be settled equitably and a relatively fair system restored without again invoking antitrust laws to force giant entertainment companies to separate production from streaming distribution.
“Death Spiral of Hollywood Monopolies - by Alena Smith”
Without regulation of these monopolies, Hollywood will succumb to a death spiral, planting a stake in the heart of the entertainment industry
Pro-competition regulation, known as “anti-trust” in the US, generate a massive amount of value for the economy.
“Make Hollywood Great Again - BIG by Matt Stoller”
The best way to understand what’s happening to the US studio system is that it thrived while regulations limited integration and consolidation and immediately began to decline once those regulations were disbanded.
“Artificial Intelligence Lawsuit: AI-Generated Art Not Copyrightable – The Hollywood Reporter”
This was exceedingly unlikely to go any other way as US law is pretty settled on this.
Interesting looking clouds over Hellisheiði.
