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Deconstructing the Monolith: Designing Software that Maximizes Developer Productivity

Designing Software that Maximizes Developer Productivity. Learn how Shopify took its code base from monolith to modular monolith.

Shopify 3,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 11:24am

Think of emails as views delivered through SMTP (DHH)

dhh.dk

Rated 2024-5-14 11:15am

Rails is Not Your Application

Background: The Beginnings of My Obsession with Application Architecture and Domain Modelling Last year I was involved in my most complex Ru...

blog.firsthand.ca 1,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 11:14am

Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Spontaneous pneumothorax refers to the abnormal collection of gas in the pleural space between the lungs and the chest wall. Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs without an obvious etiology such as trauma or iatrogenic causes. Spontaneous pneumothorax can be classified as either primary or secondary. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) occurs when the patient does not have a history of the underlying pulmonary disease, whereas secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) is associated with a...

2023-7-24 12:00am PubMed Central (PMC) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:46am

All Aboard the Bureaucracy Train—Asterisk

The United States has the most expensive transportation infrastructure in the world. That’s because we refuse to learn from experts, other countries, and our own history.

asteriskmag.com 5,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:45am

Is Justin Timberlake the pop star anyone wants?

Justin Timberlake’s resurfaced scandals involving Janet Jackson and Britney Spears have soured his image. Can he pull off a comeback with Everything I Thought It Was? #Culture #Music

2024-3-14 4:30am Vox Kyndall Cunningham 2,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:45am

A Social History of Jell-O Salad

Shaped by the rise of home economics, the industrialization of the food system, World War II, and changing expectations about women's labor, the Jell-O salad—the wobbling jewel of domestic achievement—can teach us about U.S. life in the 20th century as few foods can.

2015-8-19 2:00am Serious Eats Sarah Grey 3,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:44am

The Berkeley Software Distribution

UNIX is always litigious

2024-2-4 6:32pm Abort Retry Fail Bradford Morgan White 7,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:44am

lori's blog - Why I Lost Faith in Kagi

d-shoot.net

Rated 2024-5-14 8:40am

The Hidden-Pregnancy Experiment

Jia Tolentino on an experiment in which she tried to hide her pregnancy from her phone and on how we are increasingly trading our privacy for a sense of security. #Parenthood #Pregnancy #Surveillance

2024-5-4 3:00am The New Yorker Jia Tolentino 2,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:38am

Selling 'Ghost in the Shell'

Plus: animation news.

2024-5-5 8:58pm Animation Obsessive Animation Obsessive Staff 4,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:36am

Plea deal for driver accused of DUI crash that killed cyclist is unjust

The proposed one-year sentence for a driver accused of killing SF cyclist Ethan Boyes in a DUI crash is a shocking injustice, writes Gabriella Wong. #Vision zero

2024-3-15 11:36am SFGATE Gabriella Wong 1,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:33am

Vancouver's new mega-development is big, ambitious and undeniably Indigenous

In B.C., Indigenous nations are reclaiming power and wealth for their own citizens—no matter what the neighbours think #Real Estate

2024-3-11 7:39am St. Joseph Media Jadine Ngan 2,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:33am

The Universe of Discourse : It's an age of marvels

From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus

The Universe of Discourse 1,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:31am

Scientists Like Me Knew There Was Something Amiss With Andrew Huberman’s Wildly Popular Podcast

He recommends supplements. He’s iffy on the flu shot. And more. #Health Care #Science

2024-3-27 12:53pm Slate Andrea Love 3,000 words

Rated 2024-5-14 8:29am

Artificial scarcity, artificial fatigue

Indie Hackers

Rated 2024-5-14 8:25am

The Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound - Audio Academy Audio Legends

While modern improvements in technologies have the benefit of being far more powerful and lightweight, the Wall of Sound remains unparalleled.

2019-2-1 4:11pm Audio Academy 1,000 words

Rated 2024-5-7 8:41pm

Stop Wasting Money on Biodegradable Dog Poop Bags

If you scoop your dog’s poop using an "eco-friendly" bag, stop. There are far better ways to deal with your dog's poo.

2023-5-17 5:08am Outside Online Kristin Hostetter 2,000 words

Rated 2024-5-7 8:24am

Opinion | What Medical Stories Do We Trust?

How vaccine injuries and long Covid test our partisan beliefs.

2024-5-4 4:00am The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-5-5 7:21pm

Opinion | The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez You Don’t Know

Three terms in, she’s exiting her political adolescence and coming into her own as a veteran operator. #Congress #Joe Biden #US Politics

2024-5-4 4:00am The New York Times Gaby Del Valle ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2024-5-5 7:17pm

Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices in ‘dark day for the media’

Foreign Press Association decries move under new law based on claim network is a threat to national security

2024-5-5 9:53am The Guardian Jason Burke 1,000 words

Rated 2024-5-5 7:03pm

Israeli authorities raid Al Jazeera after shutdown order

Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet shut down the network for as long as the war in Gaza continues, saying the network threatens national security. Al Jazeera called the accusation a "dangerous and ridiculous lie" that puts its journalists at risk. #Asia #War

2024-5-5 12:35pm Reuters ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-5-5 7:01pm

MIT abandons use of DEI statements

DEI statements are affirmations made when you're applying for college admission, university jobs, or even science-society grants, recounting to the authorities your philosophy of "diversity, equity, and inclusion," your history of DEI activities, and how you will implement DEI initiatives if you get the admission/job/grant. I have posted quite a bit about them (see collection…

2024-5-4 9:45am Why Evolution Is True 2,000 words

Rated 2024-5-5 6:46pm

Bollards: Why & What

Naming something we see and benefit from every day

josh.works 1,000 words

Rated 2024-5-5 6:46pm

How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT

danluu.com 20,000 words

Rated 2024-4-24 1:03pm

The Man Who Killed Google Search

This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem. Jerry Dischler, then the VP and General Manager of Ads at Google, and Shiv Venkataraman, then the VP of Engineering, Search and Ads on Google properties, had called a “code yellow” for search revenue due to, and I quote, “steady weakness in the daily numbers” and a likeliness that it would end the quarter significa

2024-4-23 9:24am Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At Edward Zitron 4,000 words

Rated 2024-4-24 1:01pm

Opinion | Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?

Revisiting Michael Crichton’s prophecy of cultural stagnation. #1990s #Artificial Intelligence #China

2024-4-19 10:25am The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2024-4-23 12:00am

Opinion | The ‘Blood Bath’ Battle and the Electric Car War

Does President Biden expect to win on a Jan. 6 strategy alone? #Donald Trump #Joe Biden #US Politics

2024-3-23 4:00am The New York Times Ross Douthat ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-4-22 11:55pm

Responses to Tyler Cowen on Rationality

In his recent podcast with Ezra Klein (recommended), Ezra asked Tyler his views on many things. One of them was the rationality community, and he put that response on Marginal Revolution as its own post. Here is the back and forth: Ezra Klein The rationality community. Tyler Cowen Well, tell me a little more what…

2017-4-4 4:40pm Don't Worry About the Vase 4,000 words

Rated 2024-4-22 11:51pm

Thoughts on seed oil

Don't get distracted.

2024-4-18 9:01am Dynomight Internet Newsletter dynomight 5,000 words

Rated 2024-4-18 2:45pm

Dragon In My Garage • Skeptical Science

skeptical-science.com

Rated 2024-4-18 2:32pm

(1) Patrick McKenzie on X: "It occurs to me that I have explicitly explained to my children that teachers respond well to guessing their password and that a rule of the game is you aren’t supposed to explicitly say that is what you are doing. “Remember this is just game, not all games have the same rules.”" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 1,000 words

Rated 2024-4-17 11:27pm

This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten program. Test scores fell even further

This Bay Area school district spent $250,000 on Woke Kindergarten. Test scores fell even further #LGBTQ+ #Maryland #San Francisco

2024-2-3 4:00am San Francisco Chronicle Jill Tucker 1,000 words

Rated 2024-4-17 11:08pm

(1) Prof. Ian Walker on X: "And this is where we saw the big win-win: there's a clear negative relationship between water pressure and consumption. More powerful showers used less water overall. A LOVELY TINGLY SHOWER MIGHT BE *BETTER* FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THAN A WEAK DRIBBLE. I know, right? https://t.co/dVCWHgb7JO" / X

X (formerly Twitter) 500 words

Rated 2024-4-17 7:31pm

TBM 271: The Biggest Untapped Opportunity

The biggest source of waste is not low performers or having too many employees. The biggest source of waste is untapped skilled pragmatists. The number of skilled pragmatists in any given company is much larger than people realize and, therefore, represents a HUGE opportunity. But almost by definition, they are less visible.

2024-2-4 1:34pm The Beautiful Mess John Cutler 1,000 words

Rated 2024-4-17 6:29pm

12 Map Happenings that Rocked our World: Part 9

The Map Happenings series on the hugely impactful events that forever changed our world. This week: the story of a little known company called 'Etak'. I think you'll find it a fascinating read...

2024-4-11 8:00am Map Happenings 4,000 words

Rated 2024-4-16 9:02pm

This is a teenager

pudding.cool

Rated 2024-4-16 9:01pm

The Ex-N.Y.P.D. Offcial Trying to Tame New York’s Trash

The city has lived in filth for decades. Can the commissioner of the Department of Sanitation, a scion of one of the country’s richest families, finally clean up the streets? Eric Lach reports.

2024-4-8 3:00am The New Yorker Eric Lach 6,000 words

Rated 2024-4-14 9:00am

Stop being mean to slutty women

It codes as low status and doesn't accomplish anything

2024-3-23 6:39am The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 6,000 words

Rated 2024-4-8 6:44pm

How the Alt Right won

a Retrospective from Walt Bismarck

2024-1-26 4:54pm The Walt Right Walt Bismarck 15,000 words

Rated 2024-4-8 5:59pm

San Francisco mayor’s veto of housing bill gets overturned

The Board of Supervisors overturned Mayor London Breed’s veto of Aaron Peskin’s housing density bill on Tuesday, marking the latest political flashpoint as the November election nears.

2024-3-26 2:42pm The San Francisco Standard Gabe Greschler 1,000 words

Rated 2024-4-8 1:27pm

The US Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time in the ’70s. People Hated It

The sun rose at 8:27 AM on January 7, 1974. Children in the Washington area had left for school in the dark that morning, thanks to a new national experiment during a wrenching energy crisis: most of the US went to year-round daylight saving time beginning on January 6. "It was jet black" outside when

2022-3-15 12:20pm Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com/author/abeaujon/#author ... 1,000 words

Rated 2024-4-8 1:15pm

4 month sleep regression: Why it happens and what you can do about it

What are the signs of 4 month sleep regression? Learn about developmental changes causing the 4 month sleep regression, and how you can improve your baby's sleep

Huckleberry 3,000 words

Rated 2024-4-6 5:40pm

What Have Fourteen Years of Conservative Rule Done to Britain?

Sam Knight on the Tory U.K. Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, and issues including Brexit, the N.H.S., inflation, housing, and the economy.

2024-3-25 3:00am The New Yorker Sam Knight 8,000 words

Rated 2024-4-6 7:06am

Lableak truther loses $100,000 in his own debate

The false myth of a research-related accident being at the root of the COVID-19 pandemic has become endemic in society. Despite a large and detailed body of scientific evidence contradicting or…

2024-2-22 2:40am protagonist-science.medium.com Philipp Markolin 6,000 words

Rated 2024-3-30 9:08pm

Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak Debate

I watched 15 hours of COVID origins arguments so you don't have to - but you should!

2024-3-28 4:24am astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 105,000 words

Rated 2024-3-30 8:49pm

Who Is Podcast Guest Turned Star Andrew Huberman, Really?

nymag.com

Rated 2024-3-27 7:07pm

The asbestos times

Asbestos was a miracle material, virtually impervious to fire. But as we fixed city fires in other ways, we came to learn about its horrific downsides.

2023-11-15 7:18am Works in Progress 3,000 words

Rated 2024-3-21 8:01am

Indonesia’s e-bike shops are building their own batteries - Rest of World

restofworld.org

Rated 2024-3-20 8:01am

How Israel turned homeowners into YIMBYs

Homeowners are often the biggest opponents of building new homes. An Israeli reform reversed this by making homeowners the main beneficiaries of development.

2024-2-16 5:30am Works in Progress 6,000 words

Rated 2024-3-20 7:50am