We announced a change to how we pay writers, shifting more towards writers who bring their audience to Medium. This is the first of many changes that shift the narrative to the Partner Program being a real partnership between great writers and a great platform.
Partner Program update: Starting October 1, we’re rewarding external traffic
The start of a series of small-scale changes to make the Medium Partner Program a better fit for more writers
medium.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We announced a change to how we pay writers, shifting more towards writers who bring their audience to Medium. This is the first of many changes that shift the narrative to the Partner Program being a real partnership between great writers and a great platform.
😳 as far as I’ve heard from devs close to this, this is accurate
After listening to about a dozen first-hand accounts, I’ve published what I know about the RubyGems takeover.
Shopify, pulling strings at Ruby Central, forces Bundler and RubyGems takeover
Ruby Central recently took over a collection of open source projects from their maintainers without their consent.
joel.drapper.me
September 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
😳 as far as I’ve heard from devs close to this, this is accurate
Reposted by Jacob Bennett
Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.
July 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.
If the cost of software ~= coupling, does the same cost scaling principle apply to orgs?
December 30, 2024 at 6:47 PM
If the cost of software ~= coupling, does the same cost scaling principle apply to orgs?
Friday story time.
I was part of a team (not at Medium) that demo’d an AI chat product for large healthcare providers.
But the demo happened way before we were ready.
So what did we do?
Watch for messages coming in and respond manually.
The demo was a hit.
The product flopped.
Never again.
I was part of a team (not at Medium) that demo’d an AI chat product for large healthcare providers.
But the demo happened way before we were ready.
So what did we do?
Watch for messages coming in and respond manually.
The demo was a hit.
The product flopped.
Never again.
December 6, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Friday story time.
I was part of a team (not at Medium) that demo’d an AI chat product for large healthcare providers.
But the demo happened way before we were ready.
So what did we do?
Watch for messages coming in and respond manually.
The demo was a hit.
The product flopped.
Never again.
I was part of a team (not at Medium) that demo’d an AI chat product for large healthcare providers.
But the demo happened way before we were ready.
So what did we do?
Watch for messages coming in and respond manually.
The demo was a hit.
The product flopped.
Never again.
Reposted by Jacob Bennett
Those engineers are literally doing Glue Work as defined by @whereistanya.bsky.social. www.noidea.dog/glue
Being Glue — No Idea Blog
Slides and notes for the Being Glue talk.
www.noidea.dog
December 1, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Those engineers are literally doing Glue Work as defined by @whereistanya.bsky.social. www.noidea.dog/glue
I’m part of the 9.5%. As my title has gone up, the amount of code I write has gone down. Most of my impact—removing roadblocks, building consensus, architectural design—doesn’t make it into github.
My job isn’t to write code. It’s to bring value to the users.
My job isn’t to write code. It’s to bring value to the users.
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 AM
I’m part of the 9.5%. As my title has gone up, the amount of code I write has gone down. Most of my impact—removing roadblocks, building consensus, architectural design—doesn’t make it into github.
My job isn’t to write code. It’s to bring value to the users.
My job isn’t to write code. It’s to bring value to the users.
The discussion on accidental vs essential complexity is the basis for most of my opinions on complex architecture.
This book (The Mythical Man Month) is an example of why books can be so important and influential even decades later.
Written in 1975, in a very different time, about software engineering: some parts are still relevant today.
The parts that don’t change that much.
Written in 1975, in a very different time, about software engineering: some parts are still relevant today.
The parts that don’t change that much.
December 2, 2024 at 2:18 PM
The discussion on accidental vs essential complexity is the basis for most of my opinions on complex architecture.
Reposted by Jacob Bennett
the internet sucks in part because no one makes their own personal websites anymore aftermath.site/website-musk...
For Love of God, Make Your Own Website - Aftermath
The internet felt like a limitless expanse of free expression. Now I usually end up at the same three or four websites.
aftermath.site
November 27, 2024 at 5:15 PM
the internet sucks in part because no one makes their own personal websites anymore aftermath.site/website-musk...
We spent the rainy Sunday putting up lights for the chickens ♥️
November 24, 2024 at 9:19 PM
We spent the rainy Sunday putting up lights for the chickens ♥️
How low can storage costs realistically go? There’s a physical limit to the data we can store in a space. We’re not there yet but how soon until that becomes relevant? 🤔
Historical price of computer memory and storage
This data is expressed in US dollars per terabyte (TB), adjusted for inflation. "Memory" refers to random access memory (RAM), "disk" to magnetic storage, "flash" to special memory used for rapid…
ourworldindata.org
November 24, 2024 at 6:47 PM
How low can storage costs realistically go? There’s a physical limit to the data we can store in a space. We’re not there yet but how soon until that becomes relevant? 🤔
Readers on Medium read 18 years worth of stories every day! So far in 2024 readers have read 6,000 years of stories written by over 6M writers.
November 22, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Readers on Medium read 18 years worth of stories every day! So far in 2024 readers have read 6,000 years of stories written by over 6M writers.
My personal 2024 stats ---
2,015 stories viewed
588 stories read < I bounced a lot 😬
662 paywalled posts viewed
1,126 minutes spent reading
2,015 stories viewed
588 stories read < I bounced a lot 😬
662 paywalled posts viewed
1,126 minutes spent reading
November 21, 2024 at 6:47 PM
My personal 2024 stats ---
2,015 stories viewed
588 stories read < I bounced a lot 😬
662 paywalled posts viewed
1,126 minutes spent reading
2,015 stories viewed
588 stories read < I bounced a lot 😬
662 paywalled posts viewed
1,126 minutes spent reading
My most-used Slack feature by an order of magnitude.
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
My most-used Slack feature by an order of magnitude.
Medium's mission is "deepen understanding by building community around shared stories"
community == conversations == comments?
Medium built Responses (not comments) in 2014 to have more thoughtful discourse. We're working on this area again, and I dug up some prior art from Ev and others.
community == conversations == comments?
Medium built Responses (not comments) in 2014 to have more thoughtful discourse. We're working on this area again, and I dug up some prior art from Ev and others.
November 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Medium's mission is "deepen understanding by building community around shared stories"
community == conversations == comments?
Medium built Responses (not comments) in 2014 to have more thoughtful discourse. We're working on this area again, and I dug up some prior art from Ev and others.
community == conversations == comments?
Medium built Responses (not comments) in 2014 to have more thoughtful discourse. We're working on this area again, and I dug up some prior art from Ev and others.