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20 links from the last 24 hours ยท 18 October 2026

If it hurts, do it more!

The phrase “if it hurts, do it more often” has bee applied variously to software teams and processes in the last fifteen years, and is a means to improve team processes and efficiency, but must be wielded carefully! This post covers my application of, and expe…

Bitter Lessons and Premature Optimizations

Donald Knuth wrote “premature optimization is the root of all evil” in 1974, in a paper called “Structured Programming with go to Statements”. It’s high…

Writing is no longer proof of work

Tech companies structurally depend on writing to serve as evidence, in the same way that Bitcoin depends on proof-of-work hashing. However, in the last few…

Let's Write About Writing

Why it's so hard to gain momentum at writing. A reflection post as much as it is an advice post.

Inline rendering with document​.currentScript

Lean Rada describes a neat trick that takes advantage of the document.currentScript property. You can use that to drop in a tiny inline <script> element that replaces itself when the …

Why Math Dumped OpenAI

Honest people cannot "embrace change" when that change is a lie.