Which part of Michigan are you in? I know some people that live up in northern Michigan where they don't bother salting the roads in the winter and just put down sand instead which I would imagine contributes to better longevity

I'm in Grand Rapids. We use tons of salt here.

To me these blog posts seem more like a company that wants to differentiate itself from openAI and others by putting out high quality technical content to be consumed by developers so that they stay top of mind and seem more tech focused

Any executive who is fully bought in on the AI hype could see someone in their org recommending this as working against their interest and take action accordingly.

Yes. This is the issue.

"not on board", "anti-innovation", "not a team player", "disruptive", "unhelpful", "negative".

bye bye bye bye....

I see a lot of devs and IC's taking the attitude that "facts are facts" and then getting shocked by a) other people manipulating information to get their way and b) being fired for stating facts that are contrary to received wisdom without any regards to politics.

I never thought I’d see a discussion about the Underwood NIL drama on a databases blog post but here we are.

The yearly ruby release announcement getting to the top of hackernews every year certainly seems to imply that it’s not a dead language

I’ve thought the same in past years but for last year’s aoc I didn’t try to finish all the puzzles in December and let myself work on them whenever I had time throughout the year. It’s a bit less fun because the general zeitgeist isn’t focused on it outside of December but still totally possible to finish them at your own pace.

As a fellow first-time parent with a 1 month old at home this captured a lot of feelings that I’ve experienced recently. Thanks for taking the time to write such a thoughtful article

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro. Fascinating book about Robert Moses’ rise to power in New York and how he managed to exert considerable influence over the city and state for decades despite never being elected to office. Caro is an exceptional author who manages to present a huge amount of information without it feeling dry.

Wow I had no idea this behavior existed. Now I’m wondering how much time I’ve wasted trying to figure out why my pipelined greps don’t show correct output