Labnotes
September 17th, 2022 6 min read

Weekend Reading — 👋 Gifs are cringe

This week we’re all about forms, JSON, and CSS. We have some thoughts about Figma, Uber, and Dynamic Island. Gifs are cringe, and QR surprise.

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September 11th, 2022 7 min read

Weekend Reading — 👋 A quiet promotion

This week we email like a boss, find a true rockstar developer, converse with whales, and unredact Wikipedia.

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September 3rd, 2022 6 min read

Weekend Reading — 👋 git -m “Disagree and commit”

This week we wield the sword of legacy code maintenance, discuss quiet firing, draw with 4.2 GB, and play disco fever.

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August 27th, 2022 6 min read

Weekend Reading — 👋 Always have an exit condition

This week we have fun with AI art, unravel a scam drive, ask for an estimate do-over, and go viral on LinkedIn. Also Twitter drama.

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August 20th, 2022 7 min read

Weekend Reading — Level 5 Goose

This week we keep our code and docs in sync, play Rhythm Nation at the co-working space, ask “who’s Mark?”, and buy more journals.

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August 14th, 2022 6 min read

Weekend Reading — Lesser known workouts

This week we leak some memory, set up a recurring meeting, discover a new workout, and watch the great escape.

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August 6th, 2022 5 min read

Weekend Reading — “iterate but not invest heavily”

This week is 17th anniversary of my blog! We also play with Word, investigate regional dialects, jump on a quick seance, and eat the devil’s eggs.

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July 31st, 2022 4 min read

Weekend Reading — Suburban Sensationalism

This week we have not one but two new search engines for developers, four keys for devops performance, and 40% drop in avocado prices.

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July 23rd, 2022 7 min read

Weekend Reading — 10% actual coding

This week we have RVs that fly, monitor 6 packs, more quick takes on AI, naming scheme for heatwaves, and everybody’s a CTO.

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