Reasons for you to move on from iTerm. https://iterm2.com/downloads/stable/iTerm2-3_5_11.changelog Check the remote /tmp if using ssh integration

More predictions for 2025 with an ounce of healthy pessimistic. Although space tech is looking good imo. https://rodneybrooks.com/predictions-scorecard-2025-january-01/

"database engineers are some of the best programmers in the world." Love this tuple. Some amusing Andy Pavlo to kick off 2024. Learnings on everything from rap music to redis alternatives, DuckDB integrations, Larry Elison's personal life and a spectrum of databases to look out for in 2025 […]

This looks interesting. Nix dev envs with "Everything from the compiler and services to the IDE is provided when installing a code machine" with isolated jailed and containerised envs; all with the power of nix expressions. "Often enterprise projects are quite complex (multiple services, IDEs […]

Chapters 7 and 8 of the Staff Engineer's Path should be read by all leaders, whether technical or not. Good formalisation of vision and strategy, and taking everyone on the journey.

At the risk of getting New Zealand banned for life, one of my son and I have been laughing our heads off at Malibal's post below. Just search for 'banned'. https://www.malibal.com/features/dont-support-the-coreboot-project/

Great read for leaders by @mipsytipsy on fair-comp, retention and being real about SPOF's and rockstars needs, and all this whilst striving for transparency and equity. https://charity.wtf/2024/10/11/how-hard-should-your-employer-work-to-retain-you/

Most exciting. An easy catalogue for those 'how do I visualise this?' moments. https://datavizcatalogue.com/search.html

Loved this rrecent data engineering podcast. Very relevant to thoughts in my head. Discusses the need for, often missing, basic engineering and observability rigour in data eng. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5YmdYosqUMhp6IQs92kHDB Synq also sounds like a cool solution for modelling data […]

Remote first organisations are heealthier for staff and companies. Jassy needs to take a step back and optimize for remote.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/18/prof-coined-presenteeism-employers-force-staff-back-dinosaurs

A bit end of the world, but also some good reminders on transparency, moving fast and leading in a context where you need to remaim competitive. https://peterszasz.com/how-to-lead-your-team-when-the-house-is-on-fire/

Love @tastapod An awesome talk on being a polyglot, humanistic, jfdi, product centric builder! https://youtu.be/tgaKAF_eiOg?si=KJbWKq8mST5PwRks

Testing https://lifehacker.com/tech/bridgy-fed-connect-mastodon-and-bluesky And tagging @[email protected] on fedi, and @fiqus.mastodon.social.app.brid.gy on Bluesky.