Christopher Alexander has died https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2022/03/18/christopher-alexander-1936-2022
CNU
Christopher Alexander, 1936-2022
Christopher Alexander, a towering figure in architecture and urbanism—one of the biggest influences on the New Urbanism movement—died on Thursday, March 17, after a long illness, it was reported by Michael Mehaffy, a long-time collaborator and protege. Alexander…
First images from James Webb telescope exceed expectations https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/exploration/first-photos-james-webb-telescope/
Cosmos
James Webb telescope: first images better than expected
The James Webb telescope has sent back its first focused images, and they have exceeded all hopes and expectations. Read on for details.
Show HN: A game that tests how well you know your local area https://backofyourhand.com/51.89863,-8.47039
Back of Your Hand
How well do you know your area? Test your knowledge by locating streets on a map.
Mourning loss as a remote team https://www.sofuckingagile.com/blog/mourning-loss-as-a-remote-team
Sofuckingagile
Mourning loss as a remote team
This is a hard one to write about. Last year our team lost Pete, a long time engineer. Pete took his own life. He had battled mental health issues for some time.
The wild world of non-C operating systems https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/29/non_c_operating_systems/
The Register
The wild world of non-C operating systems
You can't fool me, young man. It's C all the way down!
A few things to know before stealing my 914 https://www.hagerty.com/media/advice/a-few-things-to-know-before-you-steal-my-914/
USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021) https://overengineer.dev/blog/2021/04/25/usb-c-hub-madness.html
overengineer.dev
USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert
A short story of me trying out different USB-C hubs, taking them apart, and slowly descending into madness.
Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf https://jinyuz.dev/posts/tips-and-tricks/switching-from-pyenv,-rbenv,-goenv-and-nvm-to-asdf/
jinyuz.dev
Switching from pyenv, rbenv, goenv and nvm to asdf
So, there was a time when I was only developing applications using Python. And so I found out about virtual environments.
I thought I’d have accomplished a lot more today and also before I was 35 (2020) https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/i-thought-i-would-have-accomplished-a-lot-more-today-and-also-by-the-time-i-was-thirty-five
The New Yorker
I Thought I Would Have Accomplished a Lot More Today and Also by the Time I Was Thirty-Five
When I think about all the time I frittered away today, it agitates me, and I jump on Wikipedia to look up famous nineteenth-century circuses.
The 0.5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files (2020) https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/apple-music-nullbytes.html
www.ctrl.blog
The 0,5 MB of nothing in all Apple Music files
Six percentage of each music files you’ve bought from Apple Music (iTunes Store) contain, literally, nothing. Why is Apple padding their music with zero-bytes?
Dall-E 2 illustrations of Twitter bios https://twitter.com/nickcammarata/status/1511861061988892675
Twitter
dall-e 2 illustrations of my friends' twitter bios
I must announce the immediate end of service of SSLPing https://sslping.com
U+237C ⍼ Right Angle with Downwards Zigzag Arrow https://ionathan.ch/2022/04/09/angzarr.html
⟨ortho|normal⟩
U+237C ⍼ RIGHT ANGLE WITH DOWNWARDS ZIGZAG ARROW
Inside the longest Atlassian outage https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/scoop-atlassian
Pragmaticengineer
The Scoop: Inside the Longest Atlassian Outage of All Time
Hundreds of companies have no access to JIRA, Confluence and Atlassian Cloud. What can engineering teams learn from the poor handling of this outage?
Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/elon-musk-launches-43-billion-hostile-takeover-of-twitter
Bloomberg.com
Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Take Twitter Private
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk offered to take Twitter Inc. private in a deal valued at $43 billion, lambasting company management and saying he’s the person who can unlock the “extraordinary potential” of a communication platform used daily by more than…