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29 links from the last 24 hours · 11 October 2026

The Ticket Is Not The Work

When I said  tickets have almost nothing to do with agile software development,   I was greeted with some very odd looks and incredulous "hu...

We spent $1200 on a booth at HITEX 2026. Here's what we got

I had a booth for Message24 at HITEX 2026, a tech expo run annually in Erbil where local companies and startups show their products to businesses and the public. Message24 gives a business one inbox for all its social media messages, plus an AI agent that answ…

The Multitasking Trap ~ Andrea Canton

AI coding agents tempt us to fill every wait with another task, or to trade quality for speed. Some thoughts on multitasking, Slow Productivity and Kent Beck's view on quality, and why waiting is part of the work.

Why Just Passwords?

I get it, no one wants to be responsible for screwing up critical security, so authentication has become scary.

Testing database interactions in Golang

You can have a test for a method that executes an SQL query, but it won't tell you if the query is actually correct. Seeing a 100% coverage for it is a false assurance. You actually have to test your query against a real database.

We Need a "Verified Email" Standard — Vishnu's Pages

Email isn't personal anymore. Inboxes are flooded with automated mail, and real messages from real people are hard to find. We need a government-level verified email standard.

Welcome - IRCv3

Welcome to the IRCv3 Working Group. We're a group of IRC client and server software authors working to improve the IRC protocol.

Why I Get Bored

I've made a new video. It is just one minute. You will like it. It's a good video. You can also share it because it is a good video. Part two is 2 minutes long.

Don't diagnose your opponents

When you disagree with someone, there are two paths forward. The first is to try to engage with what they’re saying: what their reasons are, whether their…

Build your own decision model

"System one" decision models are models that infer and respond with calibrated probabilities or every allowed answer. Consider your everyday language model, to get typed output from it (JSON), you may use Structured Output to constrain the output to guarantee…

Discretionary Review

A city-building game about trying to get housing built in San Francisco. By Oliver Sin.

Dwarf Fortress uses version control now

I remember hearing a while ago that Dwarf Fortress didn't use version control. That fact has been lodged in my head, because given its inherent complexity I have trouble imagining …