Notes for week 46 of 2022

Short week, but that was compensated by intensity. Productboard laid off 20% of its workforce, and I found myself suddenly reporting to the CTO directly. Dust is to settle yet, but it was an interesting follow-up to the leadership offsite from the last week. From structural perspective, this was one of the most making-sense layoffs I saw, so kudos to the founders.

This particularly affected my life as I also lost some team members and the branch I’ve been looking to relocate to closed down. But then, I wanted adventures.

Compensated by the long weekend with extended family. Good to chill, particularly the part in which I completed the summer tire drive before the snow fell upon us.

Random

• </> htmx - high power tools for html if you want SPA without the SPA
• OK I gave up fediverse a try, again. Currently @almad@fosstodon.org, I will probably run my own instance at one point. I am happy to see the mix of Atom and ActivityPub revived, and getting interest of people trying to figure out good algorithmic timelines in the open
• I’ve walked 13 km. I’ve been active for 3.4 hours during 5 activities. This week’s max speed was 18.7 km/h and I conquered 68 elevation meters.

Recommended Readings From This Week

• The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox: Even clouds are trade-offs
• Research Proves Your Brain Needs Breaks: Intuitive, but backed by some researchers now (although n=14). For me, the main case is the emotional contagion: carrying over a mood from one meeting to another, creating unfair conditions.
• Grappling with the Fait Accompli: A Classical Tactic in the Modern Strategic Landscape: How to navigate a line
• Feeding the Bear: A Closer Look at Russian Army Logistics and the Fait Accompli: This aged well
• Was Einstein Wrong?: Oooh, MOND!
• The Age of Social Media Is Ending: No, but articulating the difference between social media and social network makes sense
• The imagination gap, part 2: Trump examples