2023 October. Blogging and Reading
Finishing things up before a new job.
Blogs Posts #
Fasting Diet. Some notes on using fasting for weight loss.
Techno-optimist. Notes on techno-optimist manifesto.
An Intuitive Approach to Understand Electricity. Hydraulic analogy helps you to finally understand electricity.
Open-Source. Collection of interesting articles about open-source software.
Astroturfing. Beware of fake grassroots organizations without knowing who finances them.
Proof that Technical Debt is Slowing You Down: Code Red.
The resulting technical debt is estimated to waste up to 42% of developers’ time.
System Design Interview. Book review of System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide by Alex Xu
Books I'm reading #
Midlife: A Philosophical Guide by Kieran Setiya.
Books I've read #
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. It's the fourth book in the Hainish Cycle, but I read most of them around 20 years ago. It was worth it to read it again. Highly recommended! One of the reasons I picked it up was The dangerous philosophy of Ursula Le Guin | Science Fiction with Damien Walter which I can recommend regardless if you're familiar with her or not.
System Design Interview. Book review of System Design Interview – An insider's guide by Alex Xu. I'm not a huge fan, but it's good if you want to get some basics.
Elsewhere on the Web #
We should all be Luddites now | DAVE KARPF. A review of Brian Merchant's "Blood in the Machine".
Do you ever tell a meteorologist: "Your forecast for tomorrow is wrong, I can't bring this back to my people, give me a better one!"
Tech #
Modern web apps without JavaScript bundling or transpiling | David Heinemeier Hansson
Modern CSS in Real Life | Chris Coyier
Productivity #
Is this a good book for me, now? | Mary Rose Cook
I Was Wrong About Speed Reading: Here are the Facts | Scott H Young
The 12 Week Year approach to productivity and planning | Philippe Araujo
YouTube #
The dangerous philosophy of Ursula Le Guin | Science Fiction with Damien Walter
Niklas Luhmann: A Super Theory of Society | Carefree Wandering
John Cleese on Creativity In Management | Video Arts
"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress and Health" by Dr. Robert Sapolsky | BeckmanInstitute
This is a Cult (and I'm tired of pretending it's not) | struthless. You will get warned by YouTube about this video, but if you can I recommend watching it.
Tech #
Code Red: The Business Impact of Code Quality • Adam Tornhill • GOTO 2022
AGI Revolution: How Businesses, Governments, and Individuals can Prepare | David Shapiro
The Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Plain Text | No Boilerplate
The Uiua Programming Language Caught Me By Surprise | Code to the Moon. You can also visit Uiua homepage.
An array-oriented tacit programming language.
An intuitive approach for understanding electricity by AlphaPhoenix
Health #
You Can And SHOULD Train Every Day! | The Bioneer
The Goblet Squat is the Squat Exercise You NEED | The Bioneer
Prioritize Protein OR You'll Overeat Junk Food (SCIENCE) | High Intensity Health
Personal Thoughts #
While it's not easy to find a new job right now it didn't take me that long as well. I mentioned last month that there are a lot of Fake Jobs out there and it seems to be true.
October summary: #
- Orthodontist/Dentist
- Catching up on articles and blogs
- Fasting -> weight maintenance
- Found a new exciting job and will start in November
- Boardgames on Saturdays
- Reading Ursula K. Le Guin again
- Family trips
- Watching way too much YouTube
Plans for the next month: #
- Focus on onboarding
- Mindful eating - as daily meditation
- Track Deep Work with Pomodoros
Music #
Bonus: How to Use Music to Boost Motivation, Mood & Improve Learning | Huberman Lab. Turns out fast music makes us happier.
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