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== World-wide Web == | == World-wide Web == | ||
=== [https://neustadt.fr/essays/the-small-web/ Rediscovering the Small Web] === | === [https://neustadt.fr/essays/the-small-web/ Rediscovering the Small Web] === | ||
This essay is a nostalgic trip back to the 90s when the web was still free and for the people. It wasn't taken over by the marketing departments of corporations yet. There were no gatekeepers like Google back then. The web was a bit weird but it was diverse and thriving. It was like a solarpunk version of the current corporate web. I didn't really use the WWW till about 2005, but I wish I had seen the times when the web was completely indie. | This essay is a nostalgic trip back to the 90s when the web was still free and for the people. It wasn't taken over by the marketing departments of corporations yet. There were no gatekeepers like Google back then. The web was a bit weird but it was diverse and thriving. It was like a solarpunk version of the current corporate web. I didn't really use the WWW till about 2005, but I wish I had seen the times when the web was completely indie. | ||
== Software Engineering == | |||
=== [https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology Choose Boring Technology] === | |||
Every organization gets 3 innovation tokens. Every cool new technology you add to your application's tech stack uses up one token. We try to keep our language choices minimal, but somehow don't apply the same principle when it comes to other parts of the tech stack. A lot of our old boring tools can serve more than their primary purpose. You have to read the second page of the manual. Also, the old boring tools fail in predictable ways. New tools fail in unpredictable ways and are much riskier. Their unknown issues are far harder to deal with than the known issues of old boring tools. | |||
Revision as of 17:06, 28 May 2020
Articles and essays that I found on the web. These are articles of long-term value and worth re-reading.
World-wide Web
Rediscovering the Small Web
This essay is a nostalgic trip back to the 90s when the web was still free and for the people. It wasn't taken over by the marketing departments of corporations yet. There were no gatekeepers like Google back then. The web was a bit weird but it was diverse and thriving. It was like a solarpunk version of the current corporate web. I didn't really use the WWW till about 2005, but I wish I had seen the times when the web was completely indie.
Software Engineering
Choose Boring Technology
Every organization gets 3 innovation tokens. Every cool new technology you add to your application's tech stack uses up one token. We try to keep our language choices minimal, but somehow don't apply the same principle when it comes to other parts of the tech stack. A lot of our old boring tools can serve more than their primary purpose. You have to read the second page of the manual. Also, the old boring tools fail in predictable ways. New tools fail in unpredictable ways and are much riskier. Their unknown issues are far harder to deal with than the known issues of old boring tools.
