arboretum seattle, a Series by Uwe — Glass glass.photo There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get Metaphors like "a sinking ship" are often used to describe codebases, but are misleading. A _business_ will sink long before code quality reaches a hypothetical floor. Technical debt has no bankruptcy, no clean reset, so metaphors that imply an end provide a false sense of security. zachkehs.com I like these tech documentaries. VS Code is my daily driver (at home and at work) so it was fascinating to see how it came about.
a love letter to san francisco
Burning Man
Burning Man, a Series by Christopher Michel — Glass Burning Man is happening again this week, and I’ve been going back through photographs I made on the playa years ago. The light is brutal. Dust gets into ever… glass.photo Mathematicians thinking about their profession in the age of AI.
Take one: Terence Tao
Take two: Geordie Williamson
Software Engineers thinking about their profession in the age of AI.
Mangystau - Mars on Earth, Kazakhstan, a Series by Manish Lakhani — Glass Mangystau, a hidden gem, is located in the southwest of Kazakhstan. It is a kingdom of breathtaking journeys through the wild landscapes of Mangystau, a hidden… glass.photo Trump’s Constitutional Dictatorship | Mark Danner Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s inside account of the Trump administration portrays a president with a vast appetite for power but who repeatedly backs down when the costs of his actions become too high. www.nybooks.com And then there’s this:
On Holiday — Glass How to vacation, according to Glass. glass.photo Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man The representation of Odysseus as a reluctant warlord makes a nonsense of The Odyssey’s imagined world. We are not... www.lrb.co.uk Here’s another take from Ezra Klein:
I have thoughts 🙂, mostly summarized as “Of course one would hope that humanity has evolved to a more collaborative, empathic and inclusive culture. It’s infinitely sad that this commentary and the movie are even necessary.”
Life in Rural Romania — Glass A slower life rooted in tradition. gls.photo Love these photos.
The Man in the Corduroy Suit by James Wolff “A wonderful, artful, absorbing espionage novel.” Adam Brookes, author of Night Heron The story of an internal investigation into the past of a British spy suspected of having been turned by Russian agents. British intelligence is in a state of panic. Cracks are appearing, or so a run of ... As expected, finished the third installment (see the spy novels section). This last one brings closure to the Gatekeeping universe and ties up the loose ends from book one and two. I’ll be watching James Wolff for more.
Inaugural post of this new collection. The idea is not original: I’m stealing from the best (and please don’t expect this sort of quality and consistency from me):
kottke.org — Jason Kottke, the original link blog Register Spill — Joy & Curiosity — Thorsten Ball, ~10 links a week with a sentence or two of opinion Simon Willison’s Weblog — linkblog plus “weeknotes” posts ongoing — Long Links — Tim Bray’s occasional long lists of worthwhile reads Michael Tsai — Apple/dev link blog, quotes plus commentary Daring Fireball — Linked List — John Gruber, the original link-plus-two-cents format Waxy.org — Andy Baio’s links It’s a (probably) futile attempt to revive a moribund blog. I noticed my posting frequency declining to zero, but despite this evidence and in a surge of misplaced blogging optimism I even gave this new collection a Hugo index page and a place on the blog menu bar.
