Squishier ants are shaking out to be superior to strong ants. This is an interesting lens to think about civilizations too I think.
Smaller space rendezvous story. I love to see this type of thing. While “Old Space” was very government-oriented I feel like we’re finally reaching a point where the market can do its thing and this is exciting.
The terrifying ways social media is altering teenage brains. Incredibly long marketing ploy for a book but, also, pretty compelling on its own.
Ford kills their F-150 Lightning. Feels bad man. It was my favorite because it looked like a truck and could have functioned like one. Unlike some monstrosities that will remain nameless.
China to tax condoms to get more babies. I dunno, I feel like the folks that can’t do the math between raising a kid and paying extra for condoms aren’t the ones we want reproducing?
Retrospective on how inflation still sucks. Iglesias says this is boring but I thought this was a really interesting read because I do think this is the single biggest reason we ended up with Trump again.
An argument that editors kinda suck. I really enjoyed this and see where he’s coming from. I think it’s interesting that lots of these complaints are the same reasons I ignore chatGPTs “editing” too. I’ve never cared enough to ask someone to generally edit my stuff though.
Very crunchy write-up on Cloudflare’s IaC and policies. I enjoyed.
Nate Silver’s take on what might be going down with Las Vegas. Always learn things with his posts.
Nobody knows how large software works - especially the people who wrote it! I think Sean brings unique (and correct) viewpoints on lots of stuff in my industry.
Nate Silver’s list of 51 things important to America in the first quarter century. Solid read.
I agree with Sean Goedecke that software engineers should be somewhat cynical. I think it’s probably only pragmatic. Also, I think Sean is generally just nicer than me - go figure.
