https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/tag-systems
A taxonomy of various tagging schemes from hashtag, to tag=value to hierarchies.
Monday, February 6, 2023
Sunday, January 29, 2023
A faster way to build and share data apps
Open source python library for data visualizations and dashboards. Look more flexible than Tableau or Power BI
Machine Learning Simplified: A gentle introduction to supervised learning
Free (as in beer, for a while anyway) book about machine learning.
Thursday, January 26, 2023
A Framework for Prioritizing Tech Debt
https://www.maxcountryman.com/articles/a-framework-for-prioritizing-tech-debt
Applying the concept of interest to tech debt and seeing where it takes us.
We invested 10% to pay back tech debt; Here's what happened
https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/tech-debt-day
The many payoffs of paying down tech debt.
20 Things I’ve Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer
https://www.simplethread.com/20-things-ive-learned-in-my-20-years-as-a-software-engineer/
Some unexpected lessons, but seems spot-on to me.
AI Prompts and Tools
https://dev-doc.clickup.com/333/p/h/ad-1563600/ac0768d6b9afd1c
curated list of AI tools and prompts. I hope the curator can keep up.
Media companies abandon Drupal for a Jeff Bezos start-up
We'll see what kind of ecosystem it develops. It has a narrow but lucrative niche.
What if writing tests was a joyful experience?
https://blog.janestreet.com/the-joy-of-expect-tests/
an interesting take on tests. Is it still useful?
A Free, Open, and Documented Forecast API
now that weather underground got sucked up by the weather channel, is this the next best option?
Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to software companies
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2022/theory-building/
why software churn kills software companies: oral lore. Can documentation help?
Saturday, December 31, 2022
The Satisfaction of Mathematically Efficient Christmas Cookies
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/best-christmas-cookie-cutter
Not too many Escher-cookies yet.
The quiet disappearance of the safe deposit box
https://thehustle.co/the-quiet-disappearance-of-the-safe-deposit-box/
Sounds like time for an alternative
BirdNET-Pi: Using AI to identify Birds from their Songs
https://reefwing.medium.com/birdnet-pi-using-ai-to-identify-birds-from-their-songs-9770e39aced1
As soon as raspberry pis are available again, this would be fun.
The Zwicky box: a powerful method for problem solving and creativity
https://nesslabs.com/zwicky-box
Create virtual tables, and create a cartesian cross-product.
The three top-paying tech roles in 2022 and the skills you need to land them
https://stackoverflow.blog/?p=19588
Cloud, security, data. Strangely, I have all 3 and almost couldn't get hired.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Ten Minute Physics
https://matthias-research.github.io/pages/tenMinutePhysics/index.html
python-based physics simulations
Friday, December 2, 2022
Fallacies of Distributed Systems
https://architecturenotes.co/fallacies-of-distributed-systems/
I kept trying to convince my boss about #1
Saturday, November 19, 2022
How to Enable Creator Mode on LinkedIn
https://www.makeuseof.com/enable-creator-mode-linkedin
I didn't know that LinkedIn had a newsletter feature!
Hashgraph: The sustainable alternative to blockchain
https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/09/hashgraph-the-sustainable-alternative-to-blockchain/
A new generation of DLT that's not blockchain.
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