Blogs

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2022-24.


The Cult in Google

Tags: google, cult, surprising

Such cults are freaky… I’m always baffled at their ability to put their fangs into an organization and grow in there.

https://medium.com/@kwilliamlloyd/the-cult-in-google-3c1a910214d1


Tags: tech, browser, firefox, surveillance

This is definitely a welcome move to improve protection from tracking.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-rolls-out-total-cookie-protection-by-default-to-all-users-worldwide/


Don’t be that open-source user, don’t be me

Tags: tech, foss, maintenance, economics

This is definitely well put, users shouldn’t feel entitled. Maintainers do what they can (even if there’s a company backing up your favorite FOSS project) and if you use the software for free with no support contract… things will be done when they’re done.

https://jacobtomlinson.dev/posts/2022/dont-be-that-open-source-user-dont-be-me/


Cool desktops don’t change 😎

Tags: tech, desktop, low-tech

I didn’t know about the Lindy effect, this is an interesting point. Obviously I have a different setup (Plasma has been around longer than XMonad after all) but the overall advice is good.

https://tylercipriani.com/blog/2022/06/15/choose-boring-desktop-technology/


Symbiote, a nearly-impossible-to-detect Linux malwareSecurity Affairs

Tags: tech, linux, security

Alright, this one looks somewhat concerning…

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/132113/malware/symbiote-linux-malware.html


⚡️ The computers are fast, but you don’t know it

Tags: tech, programming, python, c++, optimization, performance, data-science

And this is why you likely need to optimize your data pipelines at some point. There are plenty of levers available.

http://shvbsle.in/computers-are-fast-but-you-dont-know-it-p1/


Product Backlog Building Canvas

Tags: tech, agile, product-management

Good ideas to improve your user stories. I often see not so complete stories, it doesn’t stop at the title, there’s more to do. The proposed canvas is interesting and definitely helps.

https://martinfowler.com/articles/product-backlog-building-canvas.html


Cargo Culting Software Engineering Practices

Tags: tech, agile, engineering, craftsmanship

As always, what really matters in the end is the context

https://isthisit.nz/posts/2022/cargo-culting-software-engineering-practices/


Tune Software Development for Rate of Change, not Rate of Progress

Tags: tech, agile, project-management

Interesting take as usual. Utilization doesn’t matter, throughput is what you need to keep in mind.

https://medium.com/@kentbeck_7670/tune-software-development-for-rate-of-change-not-rate-of-progress-56f93c15a769


The Floppotron 3.0 » Silent’s Homepage

Tags: tech, funny

Alright, this definitely escalated beyond imagination. Still it’s a fun project.

http://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/



Bye for now!