Reading List
- An unlikely database migration
Brad Fitzpatrick
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13 Jan 2021
When I first joined Tailscale, I was horrified to learn that “the database” was a single JSON file that was rewritten on any change. We migrated to something better.
- Legacy Code Should Be Respected, Not Hated
Steven Wade
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1 Jan 2021
Developers hate legacy code. It’s dirty, it’s crowded, it’s ugly, it’s messy, it’s… old. But we shouldn’t have a negative outlook on legacy or old code. It’s there for a reason, we just need to appreciate that reason.
- 100 daily blog posts
And here’s to thousands more!
- If it will matter after today, stop talking about it in a chat room
Live chat is for things that can get lost.
- Exact match domain vs brand domain
Johnathan Nader
I was talking with a friend of mine about the benefit vs drawback of a exact match domain vs a brand domain.
- The Paradox of Abundance
David Perell
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13 Jan 2021
Information abundance, like all markets of abundance, is bad for the average person but great for a small number of people. Abundance is a paradox. Environments of abundance are bad for the median consumer but extremely good for a small number of conscious ones.
- Get Ready For ESM
At the end of April 2021, Node.js 10 will be end-of-life, which means that package maintainers can target Node.js 12. This Node.js version has full support for JavaScript Modules, also known as ESM.
- Reminder: Please be nice
Adam Piggott
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12 Jan 2021
I have seen a significant uptick of people posting or joining the forums and using belligerent language, making unilateral demands and insulting the process that is open source software. “The fact you haven’t done x is stupid”. “How can you write a piece of software that doesn’t do y?”.