Sept. 3, 2021, 7:34 p.m.

🧶 ICYMI #19: September 3, 2021

🧶 ICYMI

Well. It’s Friday.

It’s sure been a hell of a week, and I am mad and tired. Short one today.

✏️ Writes

  • How DNS works (DNS Simple) - A neat comic to explain what happens when you type a website address in your browser.
  • The history of “typeof null” (Axel Rauschmayer) - A short dig into a JavaScript bug. Very not new – new to me via an outlink from Just JavaScript.
  • Design for Safety, An Excerpt (Eva PenzeyMoog) - An excerpt from the A List Apart book of the same name - On creating a strategy, a plan of action, to make our tech safer.

🔨 Projects

  • The History of the Web - As the title suggests – a project recording the web’s timeline.
  • Peaceful Notes - A peaceful, simple text editor project for uninterrupted writing.
  • grep.app - Search across a half million git repos.

💬 Tweets

A couple tweets that generated some interesting responses, I think.

Luke Metro
@luke_metro

Why does tech seem to burn people out so quickly despite most jobs being objectively extremely cushy


Aug. 30, 2021, 5:28 p.m.
Bryan Liles
@bryanl

What is the biggest scam in tech that is deemed acceptable?


Sept. 1, 2021, 3:55 p.m.

🌵 Personal

  • Texas. One of the most restrictive abortion bills took effect in Texas this week after the Supreme Court refused to block it. I just have no words. I love my home state but part of me wants to get out as fast as humanly possible. But no, I’m gonna stay here and vote.
  • My heart hurts for every single person affected by the recent hurricane and extreme weather fallout, from Louisiana up to New York. Climate change, y’all.
  • Just one of those weeks where making clicky clacks on a keyboard feels so empty.
Madeleine L’Engle
@MadeleineLEngle

“Stay angry, little Meg,” Mrs Whatsit whispered. “You will need all your anger now.” A Wrinkle in Time


Sept. 1, 2021, 11:56 a.m.

So… yeah.

Amberley

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