URLs handcrafted by Adam
2024-12-16: I decided not to update this site anymore. I believe it’s better to make the links part of the “main” content, most likely the #bullets.
When I boost something on Mastodon 🐘, or mark as favorite in my read-it-later app ⭐️, items are automatically added to my linklog.
Enjoy browsing through this random collection of links curated by hand by me, Adam.
August, 2024
2024-08-29
#dev
#omnivore
Discover how the Twelve-Factor manifesto is evolving to reflect modern cloud practices. Join the community effort to update this essential app methodology.
2024-08-07
#interesting
#Lego
#omnivore
Brick Technology’s new video features increasingly powerful Lego machines designed to topple ever stronger towers. I love their iterative engineering videos (and those from Brick Experiment Channel). As I’ve written about these videos before
2024-08-02
#blog
#personal sites
#omnivore
This post is a response to Do people IRL know you have a blog?
July, 2024
2024-07-24
#interesting
#productivity
#omnivore
I suggest following ThePrimeagen’s advice on approaching your configuration. He recommends revisiting your configuration only once every couple of months, which I think is a very healthy and sustainable approach. In the meantime, take a mental note...
2024-07-24
#interesting
#omnivore
Falling fertility rates, migration movements, and China’s population decline.
2024-07-06
#health
#interesting
#life
#omnivore
“Why did this happen to me?” is the question we all have when something bad happens in our life. Since we’re the protagonists of our life it makes sense to wonder why something awful had to happen to us. Of course we know that bad things happen all the time, but when something bad happens to us we …
June, 2024
2024-06-15
#interesting
#omnivore
Ever wonder why the airport in New Orleans is MSY? Airport Codes tries to make sense of those unique three-letter codes.
2024-06-08
#interesting
#omnivore
From Practical Engineering, this is a video explaining every type of bridge in just 15 minutes…or at least attempts to. Without listing every bridge, there’s no true way to list every type of bridge. There’s too much nuance, creativit
May, 2024
2024-05-10
#people
#management
#leadership
#communication
#omnivore
The first rule of managing high performers is that you must manage them.
2024-05-08
#interesting
#omnivore
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
April, 2024
2024-04-25
#interesting
#omnivore
Welcome to Micromouse, the fastest maze-solving competition on Earth. Join Onshape’s community of over 3 million CAD users by creating a free account here: https://Onshape.pro/Veritasium. Special thanks to our Patreon supporters! Join this community to help us keep our videos free, forever: …
2024-04-24
#interesting
#omnivore
I love when people over-engineer things! But the wedding?! Why not!
2024-04-04
#interesting
#fun
#omnivore
This video is more than 10 years old, but I hadn’t seen it before: a version of Bonnie Tyler’s music video for Total Eclipse of the Heart where the lyrics describe what we literally see. Pan the room Random use of candles, empty bottles, an
2024-04-04
#interesting
#omnivore
Cutting and polishing a morganite stone into a 294 caret gem. It looks *amazing* when he’s done — skip to the 33:35 mark to see it sparkle in the outdoor light.
2024-04-01
#tech
#omnivore
I was considering using Substack, but I was turned away by the amount of features outside of my interests. Initially I thought it's a platform that allows subscribing to websites, but it's heading in the direction of becoming just another social media platform.
2024-04-01
#cycling
#omnivore
Even pros push their bikes from time to time!
2024-04-01
#interesting
#tech
#omnivore
Malicious updates made to a ubiquitous tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream.
2024-04-01
#interesting
#omnivore
Seeing KMs on signs in America must feel really weird. It turns out to be part of an old pilot program aimed at bringing metric units to USA…
March, 2024
2024-03-31
#blog
#perfectionism
#writing
#communication
#omnivore
> Just write poorly. Continue to write poorly, in public, until you can write better. 🙈 Great advice, need to put that in practice!
2024-03-30
#leadership
#omnivore
As always, Michał shares his leadership tips with addition to NASA content. And I finally know why Michał uses so many astronaut references on his site!
2024-03-30
#dev
#omnivore
Worth taking a look. I always google for solution when I approach that and as authors pointed out - there's a lot of outdated stuff out there and it's better do things the smart way.
2024-03-28
#omnivore
Wow! A lot of interesting info about the Japanese craft... "Polishing a sword might take even a month"
February, 2024
2024-02-14
#mastodon
Short story on how one Microsoft Excel spreadsheet changed my life. Kinda.
January, 2024
2024-01-29
#readwise
Right in the center of the island nation of Madagascar there's a strange, almost perfectly circular geological structure.
2024-01-23
#readwise
Urodził się w 1924 roku. Miał 9 lat gdy Hitler przejmował władzę. Na wojnę poszedł jako szesnastolatek. Jako dziecko spędzałem z nim dużo...
2024-01-14
#leadership
#management
#readwise
And what can you do about it
2024-01-09
#chatgpt
#writing
#productivity
#readwise
editGPT is a free browser extension that allows you to proofread, edit, and track changes to your content in chatGPT
2024-01-09
#writing
#readwise
Just 3 steps for better communication. Here is my recipe for business writing that has helped me communicate with my teams over the years.
2024-01-07
#web
#readwise
The Bored Horse, written by Thord D. Hedengren, explores the intersection between technology and culture, with all that entails.
2024-01-07
#rss
#web
#blog
#readwise
Some notes on how to style RSS and Atom feeds with XSLT stylesheets
December, 2023
2023-12-18
#mastodon
Prosimy nie regulować odbiorników! TO wciąż ten sam blog, ale w zupełnie w nowej odsłonie, na nowym silniku i na nowych zasadach.
2023-12-13
#readwise
This year is the first time I've participated in Advent of Code, and it's caused me some problems and highlighted some issues I need to address. Content warning for discussions of my mental health. My Problem I was planning to explore some of this in my EndOfYearPost™️, but now's as good a time as …
2023-12-11
#makefile
#develoment
#readwise
I like to automate common workflows when I can, particularly for web projects. As an example, I may have different Docker Compose setups for development versus production, and having to remember to add the -f {compose file name} argument can be tedious and error prone. Being a long-time Linux user, …
2023-12-05
#social media
#readwise
Listen along with the audioblog:
2023-12-05
#readwise
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
November, 2023
2023-11-30
#life
#happiness
#readwise
We live in a world of comparison. We scroll through social feeds coveting other people’s highlights. We question our lives. Why don’t I have that?
2023-11-21
#health
#burnout
#readwise
Or how I went through 3 burnouts. And what help
2023-11-20
#personal
#social media
#readwise
Intimacy is the best word I can find to describe the feeling I have when I see a letter from my friend. Intimacy that isn’t present in social media which are public by definition. Intimacy that I cannot find in instant messaging apps. This magical part of slow correspondence is something I miss …
2023-11-19
#mastodon
This post contains everything you need to know about alt-texts! When to use them and how to perfectly craft them. By me, Daniel, a web…
2023-11-16
#readwise
Aplikacja do śledzenia sportów i przygód, która chroni Twoją prywatność i daje Ci kontrolę nad swoimi danymi. Brzmi jak żart, prawda? Otóż istnieje taka aplikacja: OpenTracks OpenTracks OpenTracks to aplikacja do śledzenia aktywności sportowych i na świeżym powietrzu, która w pełni szanuje …
2023-11-15
#css
#readwise
In this edition, we lean in to the power of what CSS gives us for free — relative units — to make a complex-looking build really straightforward.
October, 2023
2023-10-17
#blog
#writing
#readwise
Writing, blogging, life, tech and mental health with a philosophical/psychological slant
2023-10-13
#adhd
#productivity
#readwise
Just wanted to lay out a thought that’s been bouncing around my head now for a while. As I left school and confronted the pressures and ...
2023-10-11
#mastodon
My response to a fairly common compliment. Because you see, it's complicated.
2023-10-05
#mastodon
Why side projects are essential for creatives—and employers should embrace them
2023-10-02
#writing
#readwise
Five lesser-known benefits of thinking out loud
August, 2023
2023-08-21
#devex
#readwise
The key components of trust formation when developers are adopting tools.
2023-08-18
#mastodon
Czy kiedykolwiek zdarzyło ci się, że jadąc rowerem musiałeś się ciągle oglądać za siebie, aby sprawdzić, czy nie zbliża się jakiś samochód? Czy nie czułeś się niespokojny i niepewny na drodze? Jeśli tak, to mam dla ciebie dobrą wiadomość. Istnieje urządzenie, które może zwiększyć twoje …
2023-08-18
#readwise
Ever find yourself drowning in a sea of negativity, wondering how you can escape the relentless tidal wave of self-doubt and judgment? Well, you're not alone. We all suffer from negative thoughts, and it's about time we learned how to deal with them effectively. In this comprehensive guide, we'll …
2023-08-15
#diy
#inspiration
#readwise
After bringing you Blueprints to build your own cabin in the wild, and your own Garage, Den Outdoors have now introduced package plans for the Backyard Office, small, ultra-adaptable spaces for sleep, work, play, and everything in between. Crafted to offer focus and tranquility, these offices serve …
2023-08-08
#service
#paperless
#readwise
Paper is a nightmare. Environmental issues aside, there's no excuse for it in the 21st century.
2023-08-03
#readwise
There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think. We all wish we could be impervious to others' opinions, like Superman deflecting bullets. But instead of bullets, we're out here trying to deflect the fucks we wish we didn't give. We imagine a perfect …
July, 2023
2023-07-16
#blog
#readwise
I started writing on my blog some years ago, and since then I’ve had a lot of reasons to stop writing. Here’s a list of why nobody cares about your blog
June, 2023
2023-06-26
#devex
#devops
#readwise
A new DevEx approach to developer experience looks to answer: What should leaders measure and focus on to improve developer productivity?
2023-06-25
#web
#blog
#readwise
Personal sites are sick as hell, so this site was built so we can all discover each other's. This directory of links are by folks that want to share their site with the world.
2023-06-25
#mastodon
Personal sites are sick as hell, so this site was built so we can all discover each other's. This directory of links are by folks that want to share their site with the world.
2023-06-17
#readwise
A unique multiplayer game built on a free Web API. The best sandbox platform to learn a new skill or apply your knowledge in a fun and meaningful way. Use any programming language with our RESTful API to control the most powerful fleet in universe.
2023-06-05
#readwise
Much to the chagrin of my partner, I’m an obsessive creative tinkerer. Not in the sense that I creatively tinker with technology, but I constantly tinker with other types of creativity.
2023-06-03
#pocket
Our obsession with being informed makes it hard to think long-term. We spend hours consuming news because we want to be informed. The problem is, the news doesn’t make us informed – quite the opposite. The more news we consume, the more misinformed we become.
May, 2023
2023-05-26
#mastodon
Oh this is so nerdy and great: Veritasium introduces us to Micromouse, a maze-solving competition in which robotic mice compete
2023-05-23
#pocket
For many people the first word that comes to mind when they think about statistical charts is “lie.” – Edward R. Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information William Playfair, 1801, Statistical map showing the extent, population and income of the principal nations of Europe.
2023-05-11
#pocket
One morning in January 2023, 'Clerks' director Kevin Smith awoke in terror, convinced he was losing his mind. The next day, he checked into Arizona's Sierra Tucson Treatment Center, where he spent a month in intensive therapy and learned how childhood sexual abuse and bodyshaming over his weight by
April, 2023
2023-04-12
#project management
#readwise
Post # 64 - For me, the last few weeks leading to the launch of a program are the most terrifying. For Technical Program Managers, this is where we must shine. Read on to learn how.
March, 2023
2023-03-22
#pocket
Years and years ago, I helped the Weekly World News make a book. While their periodical was weekly, it certainly wasn’t news. They were just four people in a small office in Florida. They gleefully made stuff up every week.
2023-03-22
#productivity
#pocket
Software engineers are, if not unique, then darn near unique in the ease with which we can create tools to improve our own professional lives; this however can come at a steep cost over time for people who constantly flit back and forth between different tools without investing the time to learn …
2023-03-17
#mastodon
The best printer to buy is the one that works without you needing to think about it or subscribe to some nonsense ink refill thing. For most people, that’s the Brother HL-L2305W or something like the MFC-L2750DW that adds a scanner.
2023-03-15
#design
#design system
#readwise
In scaling digital platforms, maintaining design consistency becomes a challenge. To uphold visual coherence, you might want to consider building a design system from scratch.
2023-03-13
#mastodon
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
2023-03-13
#career
#readwise
Learning about roles you work with can provide a meaningful competitive advantage in the modern tech world
2023-03-12
#boss
#goalsetting
#readwise
Here is a basic test to know if you’ve picked the right goals for your team. Start with a simple question — Can you explain your goals to your boss and their peers in simple terms? If yes, you may be heading in the right direction, but keep going. Then ask if your boss can explain and sell at least …
2023-03-10
#documentation
#pocket
When I joined Shopify last year, I knew its engineering culture was top class. What I didn’t know was the company’s documentation culture was even more developed than I previously experienced.
2023-03-08
#fly.io
#reliability
#pocket
The last four months have been rough. We’ve had more issues than we’re OK with. I’ve hesitated to share this because, well, I’m fighting a debilitating feeling of failure. Fear, too. If we don’t improve, our company ceases to exist, and I really like working on this company.
2023-03-06
#fun
#pocket
Where in the World is it 5pm right now? South Georgia, South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands🔄 Now, say 🍻cheers🍻 in a new language () Sounds like: [ MERCH STORE ] Prost T-Shirt - Black $19.99 BEER! T-Shirt - Black $19.99 SKÅL! T-Shirt - Black $19.
2023-03-06
#pocket
My highlighted a number of sites that are taking a new approach to the way we publish personal knowledge on the web. They're not following the conventions of the "personal blog," as we've come to know it.
2023-03-06
#mastodon
You might have noticed I’ve spent more time on Twitter recently. I was chatting to a new client for my agency recently and — as I always do — I asked where they found us. They said their team…
2023-03-06
#communication
#culture
#leadership
#pocket
In large organizations, culture is key. The values and habits of an organization, and what it rewards and punishes, are the background radiation driving towards discrete outcomes in a world of infinite possibility.
2023-03-06
#passwords
#security
#pocket
The conclusion of my blog posts on the LastPass breach and on Bitwarden’s design flaws is invariably: a strong master password is important. This is especially the case if you are a target somebody would throw considerable resources at.
2023-03-05
#cycling
#fun
#pocket
Na 16km przed metą Strade Bianche Donne doszło do bardzo kuriozalnej sytuacji. Między jadącą na czele Kristen Faulkner a goniącą ją Demi Vollering… znalazł się spłoszony koń, który chwilę później upadł na zakręcie. Są takie tematy, o których ciężko coś napisać.
2023-03-05
#mastodon
Sixteen years ago to the day, I started RailsCasts, a screencast series teaching web development using Ruby on Rails. It began with free weekly episodes and eventually grew to make over $1M a year, but it wasn't sustainable. This is the first of a th...
2023-03-05
#mastodon
20K Likes, 171 Comments - BOLD (@boldberlin) on Instagram: "Fashion doesn’t know age or gender! ❤️ Special thanks to @whoisbou and @_____kingd for sha..."
2023-03-05
#pocket
Postman – Build APIs together — More than 20 million developers use Postman for building and using APIs. Postman simplifies each step of the API lifecycle and streamlines collaboration so you can create better APIs—faster. Square – Develop on the platform that sellers trust.
2023-03-04
#pizza
#pocket
If you’re trying to make pizzas that look like this baby, then you’re in the right place. Everyone has their own personal take on what an ideal pizza should be – and that’s what makes pizza so great.
2023-03-02
#mastodon
#pocket
There is a very nice JavaScript library available that makes it easy to add a Share to Mastodon link to your website or blog. It is also on GitHub if that is how you roll. The library gives you a significant amount of flexibility to make the button display in a way that works with your site design.
February, 2023
2023-02-28
#mastodon
There’s no public commons on the web. It’s a race to the bottom, and the bottom is gross. You want me to log in to read? I think I simply will not read.
2023-02-22
#mastodon
Midjourney to sztuczna inteligencja do generowania grafik. Skoro w jej czwartej wersji tak bardzo ulepszono postacie, a szczególnie twarze, to postanowiłem napisać artykuł skupiający się na fotorealistycznie wyglądających osobach i generalnie na fotorealiźmie w Midjourney. Natomiast jak wycisnąć …
2023-02-17
#design
#pocket
You do not have to follow these rules every time. If you have a good reason to break any of them, do. But they are safe to follow every time. Pure black looks unnatural on a screen, and pure white is too bright. Use close-to-black and close-to-white instead.
2023-02-11
#dx
#pocket
Recently someone asked me what my principles are for DevEx. Over the past 15 years shipping products for Heroku, GitHub, and now Vercel, I've learned a lot about what developers need to succeed.
2023-02-06
#life
#pocket
For the last handful of years I’ve been too busy to do a lot of things. Too busy to launch new products on my free time, too busy to go on trips for fun, and too busy to spend time with family and friends.
January, 2023
2023-01-06
#communication
#pocket
A teacher friend of mine told me that this year students were different. If she asked to see a hall pass from a freshman, they’d give her the finger. They swore at her and were generally rude. The behavior was so out of line that seniors would step in and tell them not to talk to her like that.
November, 2022
2022-11-08
#writing
#pocket
Magic can be dangerous. Sometimes when folks ask me for advice at work, I write them very long emails to answer their question. Sometimes, those emails are generally interesting and not work-specific, so I share them here.
July, 2021
2021-07-21
#communication
#pocket
This article is part of a series on remote working. Consider this: what’s one of the most impactful skills that you can improve as an engineer? Is it your programming? Maybe it’s your debugging? I’d like to make the case that it’s your communication.
May, 2021
2021-05-08
#devops
#dx
#pocket
A recent paper by researchers at GitHub, University of Victoria, and Microsoft delves into developer productivity to propose a new approach to defining, measuring and predicting it.
April, 2021
2021-04-21
#management
#pocket
DigitalOcean provides cloud products for every stage of your journey. Get started with $200 in free credit! I’ve been a manager for many years at companies of different scale.
March, 2021
2021-03-18
#goalsetting
#management
#pocket
Without goals, no one will do anything! There's no accountability on the team. People don't take their commitments seriously. They give me silly excuses. Whenever I turn around, they are chatting on Slack or on Reddit. I'm not sure what they do all day. It feels like we are going in circles.
February, 2021
2021-02-08
#delegating
#management
#pocket
Maybe it’s a piece of code that we’ve shepherded for many years, or maybe it’s a program or project that has special importance. And, while many times we will have confidence in the person to whom we are delegating, it may still feel uncomfortable letting go.
December, 2020
2020-12-19
#decisionmaking
#mentalmodels
#pocket
Life is full of complex decisions: capital purchases, such as a car or a house, planning a vacation, choosing a new job, picking a product strategy, prioritizing roadmaps, hiring someone.
November, 2020
2020-11-01
#ideas
#inspiration
#pocket
The person who tells the most compelling story wins. Not the best idea. Just the story that catches people’s attention and gets them to nod their heads. Something can be factually true but contextually nonsense.
October, 2020
2020-10-31
#ideas
#inspiration
#life
#pocket
Here are the 50 ideas that changed my life. These are my guiding principles and the light of my intellectual life. All of them will help you think better, and I hope they inspire curiosity.
2020-10-31
#management
#planning
#pocket
This article is by Lenny Rachitsky, a former product lead and head of consumer supply growth at Airbnb, and Nels Gilbreth, former Head of Global Revenue Strategy at Eventbrite. It's almost the end of Q3, which means annual (and quarterly) planning is just around the corner.
2020-10-26
#pocket
You should use punctuation in Slack. You should also use complete sentences and proper grammar. You should expand acronyms[1] and — when communicating emotion — even mix in some emoji for effect. You should do that not just in Slack, but in all of your professional communication.
2020-10-24
#pocket
I turned 30 last week and a friend asked me if I'd figured out any life advice in the past decade worth passing on.
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