Labnotes
August 10th, 2024 13 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Momala and Popala

This week we do a screen recording, restart WordStar, take our printer to space, play medieval tunes, sample the LLM, and watch out for the blow-nado.

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August 3rd, 2024 11 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Emotional support billionaires

This week we watch the olympics, make a todo list, propose new password rules, purchase a domain for > $1M, get an AI massage, shot with hand in pocket, save 100% by not buying anything, and measure our height in corgis.

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July 27th, 2024 9 min read

Weekend Reading β€” πŸ₯₯🌴 Canadian Dogs

This week Jupyter and Notion have a baby, we play mockup in the browser, we can’t talk much β€” fish in the car, we get to keep our cookies, we use an LLM to do math, and we embrace our childless cat lady hero!

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July 20th, 2024 9 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Bumpy safety yellow

This week we test a new test framework, get a smartwatch from 1984, become a pet psychic, use AI to get funnier, realize Cellebrite is not breaking into our iPhone, not fall in love with our first theory, drink Modelo Negra, and tour through an underground village.

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July 13th, 2024 7 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Tactical Assault Shiba

This week we’re headed to the JSON station, we find a lighter and faster alternative to lodash, steal like an artists, generate better prompts than an Oath Keeper, discover Britain’s new ruler, and read the funniest Reddit story about cheese.

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July 6th, 2024 9 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Gesturing wildly and in every direction

This week we kick start the Slow Software Movement, CTRL+F the Spice Rack, walk over the kitchen table, slop the book, hide behind a tree, skip leg day, and hide under the weighted blanket.

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June 29th, 2024 9 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Legally prohibited from complaining

This week we write 200 lines of code, play breaker with the calendar, sprint plan our week with the spouse, teach Claude to SQL, blur the cat’s face, patch our Oreo cookies, and apologize for how hot it is.

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June 22nd, 2024 7 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Occam's shaving kit

This week we work around our ErrorBoundary, ignore our \\TODO, write in Sans Bullshit Sans, pay $500/hour to dress the same as always, count succors borne every minute, and name a dinosaur after Loki.

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June 15th, 2024 9 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Move slow and improve things

This week we upgrade out clock, get a bumper sticker, practice the RTO of layoffs, convince HP to buy us for $25B, listen where we look, have a sad day indeed, enjoy spicy ramen, and ravel at the new defender.

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