Are Book Summaries Worth It?
TL;DR Every now and then, a “shortcut” to learning shows up and promises to save us time, money, and maybe even a bit of guilt about the unread…... Take me to this post.
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The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess: Work
Table of Contents This is a long article, so I'm breaking it up into a series of posts which will be released over the next few days. You can also read the full work as a PDF or EPUB; these files will be updated as each section is released. Introduction Dynamics Culture Information Ecology Annoyances Psychological Hazards Safety Work New Roles for Humans Where Do We Go From Here Software development may become (at ... Take me to this post.
April 14, 2026Bestest security tip for updating packages with Bun
I don't know when this was added but if you use Bun in your TypeScript project, you might be familiar with bun upgrade which is a CLI tool for upgrading the packages you pin and depend on. You can now pass it a "cool down period" which means a certain package update doesn't count unless it's been published for at least X hours. This is critical for avoiding installing compromised NPM packages. Sometimes a package gets hacked. If you were to be unlucky and upgrade to it at that window of time, yo... Take me to this post.
April 14, 2026Why was there a red telephone at every receptionist desk?
Not a direct line to Bill Gates's office. The post Why was there a red telephone at every receptionist desk? appeared first on The Old New Thing.... Take me to this post.
April 14, 2026They Call Me Giulio: The Making of a Cinematic Cyberpunk Portfolio
A deep dive into four cinematic scenes, exploring how film-inspired ideas evolved into a cohesive and immersive portfolio experience.... Take me to this post.
April 14, 2026Running AI agents with customized templates using docker sandbox
In this post I describe how to create custom templates for Docker Sandboxes, so that your sandboxes start with additional tools immediately available... Take me to this post.
April 14, 2026A Hole in Your Plan
Theresa works for a company that handles a fair bit of personally identifiable information that can be tied to health care data, so for them, security matters. They need to comply with security practices laid out by a variety of standards bodies and be able to demonstrate that compliance. There's a dirty secret about standards compliance, though. Most of these standards are trying to avoid being overly technically prescriptive. So frequently, they may have something like, "a process must exist f... Take me to this post.
April 14, 2026Watch people work
We talk a lot about outcomes over outputs and how engineers are supposed to get us over the water, not blindly build a bridge because someone asked for a bridge. But how do you do that in practice?... Take me to this post.
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