The Bluffer’s Guide to The Mythical Man-Month
Someone posted a bluffer’s guide to The Mythical Man-Month.
Somehow, I Manage: Setting Expectations When Asking For Something
Today on Hacker News, I saw this article explaining how a manager should ask their direct reports to complete a task. In short, you need to be mindful of what kind of effort you expect them to put into the task, be explicit about how it should be prioritized against other work, and how you plan to use whatever they are doing for you.
Tracking sqlite3 changes in git
I saw a really neat way to track sqlite DB changes in a git repository.
Custom iOS Wallet passes
I found this article outlining how someone made a custom Wallet pass for their library card.
A deep dive on credit card debt collection
A fascinating deep dive on credit card debt collection.
milliondollarhomepage.com
Someone wrote about the Million Dollar Homepage and how it’s still online. I remember when it came out and he’d gotten a few bites—and how stupid I felt when it actually worked out for him. Man, I’m old.
oo - open recent Obsidian files with FZF
If you’re a fzf and Obsidian.md user, you might like oo to open recent
Obsidian files using fzf.
RIP Bram Moolenaar
I just read that Bram Moolenaar, the creator and BDFL of Vim, passed away on Thursday 😢.
Thoughts on Laravel from a Rails veteran
Random thoughts on my first production project with Laravel…
Sharing git repos between two system users
I needed a way for two developers to access a git repository on a Linux machine. Each developer has their own dedicated system user and logins require 2FA. Here’s how I got this going.