“Should you use an SSG or SSR to build your static site? | Go Make Things”
“Cold-blooded Software - Jim Nielsen’s Blog”
This still remains one of the better analogies on software design I’ve seen in recent years
Most tech cos are founded by guys who don’t understand what management is for and when they’re forced to implement a management structure they reach for authoritarianism
“NPM registry prank leaves developers unable to unpublish packages | SC Media”
Making this single registry that foundation of all node and web development remains a supremely bad idea.
“Harmful complexity: using React for static content | Go Make Things”
That people do this is honestly a bit mind-boggling.
“Reflections on 2023. Reflections on changes, work, home… | by Sarah Drasner | Jan, 2024 | Medium”
“#AudioEye Has Dropped Its Suit Against Me — Adrian Roselli”
Thank $DEITY. I have to hope that with this gross attempt at intimidation AudioEye has thoroughly nuked their own reputation
“Only you can give meaning to your career: How to mark moments that matter by planting a flag”
Controversial web dev opinion of the day: view transitions are amazing but honestly not worth worrying about until we get broader browser support.
“Level Access crosses the line; buys accessibility overlay company · Eric Eggert”
“The I in LLM stands for intelligence | daniel.haxx.se”
Yet more evidence that the AI Bubble overwhelmingly causing more harms than benefits to society.
‘”Inheriting” grid dimensions from siblings with subgrid’
Really enjoy this blog design as well.
“Not all automated testing tools support Shadow DOM in web components - Manuel Matuzovic”
“2023 book review | Read the Tea Leaves”
😎
Not a huge fan of fireworks.
“Reflections on a Month with BBEdit and Nova — Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho”
If I ever switch back to to the mac, it’ll be because I miss the indie apps on the platform. Windows, Linux, the web, and mobile/tablet apps don’t really compare, IMO.
“Shadow DOM and the problem of encapsulation | Read the Tea Leaves”
I really enjoyed this post but it’s triggering many thoughts on teamwork and collaboration in web dev. Mainly that the field has a management problem that we’re trying to solve with technology and specifications
This may be excessively Icelandic* of me, but I strongly prefer the term “platform decay” over “enshittification” because it’s much more descriptive.
- Our words for “breakfast”, “lunch”, and “dinner” are “morning meal”, “noon meal”, and “evening meal” respectively.
The whole vibe with LLMs is “wow, this is much better at language than anything else, surely it must be great for something?”
The problem is that “this will create much more value than it costs or destroys” is a completely unproven hypothesis and early data is not promising.
“Big layoff at Duolingo : r/duolingo”
Pretty sure that the AI Bubble is kicking of a round of massive platform decay in every sector of tech and big chunks of the media industry
This is going to overwhelmingly destroy more value than it creates.
“Tech issues: The myth of inevitable technological progress - Vox”
The myth of inevitable technological progress is one of the more insidious myths commonly held to be true in tech.
(Or, it would be if it weren’t, y’know, for the return of fascism.)
I really should be writing blog posts and updating the newsletter but I honestly haven’t had the emotional energy to do so for a couple of weeks.
That I have the nagging feeling that the stuff I want to be writing isn’t what people are “hiring” my writing for doesn’t help.
“Increased probability of a new eruption | News | Icelandic Meteorological office”
As magma accumulation continues under Svartsengi, the likelihood of another magma intrusion and an eruption increases with each passing day.
The odds of a new eruption in January look pretty high.