Tags: web-review, python, design, tech, japan, command-line, leak, farming, gaming, blending, art, twitter, history, gui, cloud, collaborative, tests, agile, programming, business, pairing, management, linux, microsoft, production, server, hr, sql, sqlite, safe, ecology, security, coverage, criticism, feedback, origami, casual, blog, graphics, culture
Very much later in the day than the usual, I was busy doing things with interlocking brick somehow… Anyway, let’s go for my web review for the week 2022-43.
Tags: tech, cloud, microsoft, security, leak
Let’s put all our data in bigger and bigger silos… what could possibly go wrong?
https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/microsoft-confirms-server.html?m=1
Tags: tech, twitter, blog
Hear! Hear! Let’s have the blogs back pretty please… I hate those threads.
https://pierre.equoy.fr/blog/posts/2022/10/stop-writing-twitter-threads/
Tags: tech, gaming, casual
OK, this is a funny concept for a casual game. I wish it’d be Free Software of course.
Tags: tech, linux, production, server
OK, that looks like cool challenges to train your troubleshooting skills.
Tags: tech, sql, sqlite, security, tests, coverage
Interesting bug in SQLite. In particular look for the conclusion regarding tests and coverage. It’s something I often have to remind people of.
https://blog.trailofbits.com/2022/10/25/sqlite-vulnerability-july-2022-library-api/
Tags: tech, graphics, blending, gui
Nice summary of the various blending modes you can use in graphics. Well done.
https://typefully.com/DanHollick/blending-modes-KrBa0JP
Tags: tech, design, command-line, gui, programming
Very interesting musing about the UX divide between GUI and CLI/text and how this could be approached to have both interacting better.
https://maggieappleton.com/programming-portals
Tags: tech, design, programming, python
OK, the writing is sometimes a bit biased in my opinion (didn’t you know Python is superior to any other language?). That being said, this is an interesting resource to get ideas on how the GoF proposed set of design patterns apply in the Python world. I like this kind of “how do things relate” resources.
https://python-patterns.guide/
Tags: tech, pairing, programming, culture
Very thorough article with plenty of tips and ideas on how to run nice pair programming sessions.
https://shopify.engineering/a-flexible-framework-for-effective-pair-programming
Tags: tech, agile, criticism, safe
This feels odd to be hosted on a Google Doc, but this is an interesting list of case studies and opinions around SAFe. I learned a few things, I didn’t realize it’s creation was so disconnected from the pre-existing agile community. It all seems to confirm my opinion that it’s better to stay away from it though. The few organizations I know of which use it are clearly very much in a command and control mode. This is going backwards.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EdkoKpURZREBOmArg4aopWTzOhvEPfCgTD-aLNMSTgg/edit
Tags: management, hr
As I could experience both, I concur. Anniversary reviews are just much better for everyone involved.
https://jacobian.org/2022/oct/25/against-performance-seasons/
Tags: management, business, feedback
Interesting point. It’s clearly not easy to get proper feedback depending the size of the group we’re reaching out to.
https://vanschneider.com/blog/why-you-feel-uncertain-about-everything-you-make/
Tags: management, collaborative
Maybe a bit heavy handed in the way it is presented in this piece. Still, constant brainstorming can get in the way of true focus or getting in the zone. This is definitely needed for some problems.
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/what-work-looks-like/
Tags: tech, history, gaming, farming
Very interesting article. The medieval pig is totally not like we imagined, both on how it looked or how it behaved.
https://www.leidenmedievalistsblog.nl/articles/whats-wrong-with-medieval-pigs-in-videogames
Tags: art, origami, japan
Wow, now that’s a serious body of work about origamis being in the public domain! Rejoice!
https://origami.kosmulski.org/blog/2022-10-23-fujimoto-books-public-domain
Tags: ecology
The best plastic remains the one which wasn’t produced in the first place. Time for more returnable and reusable containers for a start?
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-plastic-recycling-myth-greenpeace.html
Bye for now!