Introduction

Looking back at my media consumption over the past few years I saw a few issues:

What I Read This Year: 2019: Books I read with my method are great for getting through a lot, but left me with a lack of deep understanding in the long run.
What I Played This Year: 2020: Less about games I enjoyed, and more about finishing what I started (same for 2021). I think it took away from my desire to read as much as I did in 2021.

Reading an hn post made me realize I’m not taking advantage of my youth. Forcing myself to get through games I’m apathetic for, or speeding through audiobook summaries I don’t care about. When I could do stuff that I might not be able to a decade or so from now.

This contradicts how I want to enjoy my free time, so I’m trying to find a balance. For now I’d like to merge these posts. And since this is more generic, I might included other media like movies, shows, and activities that are constant but don’t need their own posts like gunpla, bouldering, or disc golf.

Articles

Automation is the serialization of understanding: Kelsey Hightower explains that some fail at automation because they don’t have an understating of the fundamental task

Ask HN: Can I see your scripts?: A follow up to Ask HN: Can I see your cheatsheet?

Ask HN: How to improve as a struggling junior software engineer?

Extremely Linear Git History: Adds random strings to make git commits hashes incremental

How to communicate effectively as a developer: With remote work on the rise, communication needs to be clear to make up for non-verbal communication

How To Do Less

How to get the most out of your 1:1s

How to mentor software engineers

How to Walk (12 miles a day): More confirmation on the benefits of walking regularly

I have a few qualms with this app: A contemptuous comment about DropBox while it was still an incubatee in YC, and referenced with various degrees of effect (1, 2)

IBM’s asshole test

The Diátaxis Documentation Framework: The different types of documentation and why it’s important to distinguish between them

What’s the logic behind Google rejecting Max Howell, the author of Homebrew, for not being able to invert a binary tree?: Max Howell’s direct response to his infamous Google interview tweet