You hear the word “log” a lot when talking about databases. This is because databases are fundamentally comprised of sin. (Shared mutable state).

Compaction

We are all guilty of the following: We mistake motion with action. We read about taking action instead of actually doing something. That’s motion vs. action.

Action vs. Motion

I have been working 4 days a week for a number of years and in this blog post I want to share my experience and some pros and cons.

4-Day Workweek

This investigation into email tracking attempts to deconstruct tracking links and pixels and highlight the data that is being collected. It covers Mailchimp, …

What’s in email tracking links and pixels?

I was talking to Jemma recently about what stops people from blogging. One barrier that stood out to me was: it’s hard to identify which things you know will be useful to other people!

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