Hello, my friends! Happy New Year! Yes, It’s been a while since the last edition of inkelinks, lots of stuff happened since, but here I am again, not promising any regularity but, hey, I’ve got interesting stuff to share. Enjoy!

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• The amazing tale of a test certificate and the Unix timestamp that traveled through time [3m]
  Regardless of what you think of Novak Đoković, this is a fantastic investigation on forged certificates, outing an anti-vax that made lame excuses to compete in an event putting others at risk.
• What goes into making an OS to be Unix compliant certified? [5m]
  I always knew compliance certifications were hard, but I never realized how hard they actually are.
• Eight Terminal Utilities Every OS X Command Line User Should Know [5m]
  Some of these I use all the time, I cannot live without them.
• Why are hyperlinks blue? [10m]
  I love this History of the Web kind of posts. I never wondered why links are blue, honestly, but now I know why 😬

Video of the week

Hello, wonderful people, how are you? As you can clearly realize, I’m being lazy as hell with this newsletter. What can I say? I’m a programmer.

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• The code worked differently when the moon was full [3m]
  Who doesn’t love a good bug?
• The myth of self-documenting code [4m]
  A good take on writing comments or not, even if it mentions Robert Martin in a good way.
• Brain implant gives blind woman artificial vision [2m]
  Science will never stop to amaze me.

Video of the week

Hello, my dear subscribers! It’s been a while, I know. What can I say? Anything will just be excuses, so with no further ado, here are some links for you. Enjoy!

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• Why are hyperlinks blue? [10m]
  Nowadays links aren’t blue anymore because we keep changing the visual aspect of each and every page, but if you stick to the defaults, they are blue, and here’s why.
• Now That Machines Can Learn, Can They Unlearn? [5m]
  Machine learning is starting to creep everywhere, and thus this question is more relevant than ever.
• Reflections on 10,000 Hours of Programming [4m]
  Some strong opinions here, I won’t deny it… but after more than 10,000 hours programming, I agree with most of them.
• Eight Terminal Utilities Every OS X Command Line User Should Know [7m]
  Only two of the eight mentioned weren’t under my radar (pbpaste and pbcopy, I love you both), and I can’t recommend enough starting using this in your daily work.

Videos of the week

Happy Friday to you all! Yes, once again I failed to deliver you a new episode last week, but did I really failed or am I just slowly moving towards a biweekly pace? Who knows.

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• Exploring Clang/LLVM optimization on programming horror [8m]
  Fascinating deep dive into how a compiler optimises the wrong way to calculate if a number is even. It definitely feels like magic.
• Alan Kay’s answer to How does one get as close as possible to mastering software engineering? [3m]
  Interesting read. I always struggle calling myself a software engineer, and this answer doesn’t really helps.
• Encryption in groups of unknown order [5m]
  I find public key encryption methods fascinating, and this way to explain how RSA works is fantastic:

  […] RSA encryption takes place in a group where everybody knows how to multiply but not everyone knows how to divide.

Video of the week

Hello, everyone, it’s been a while.

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• [3m] Monitorama has always been one of my favourites conferences. I’m sad it was postponed again due to this fraking pandemic, but I was also surprised that they thought it was safe enough to try and have one.

Hello, inkelinkistas (?)! I hope you had a great two weeks, I know that myself I enjoyed my vacations in a place with almost no Internet pretty much.

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• [5m] I miss Thunderbird.

Hello, folks, I hope you’re doing well. Next week I’ll be in vacation mode, meaning it’s likely there won’t be an inkelinks episode for you.

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Hello, amigos, what a week! I finally got my first COVID vaccine jab, and I was lucky to not experience any side effects other than a mild sensation when I put my arm up. I call that a win.

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• [2m] A collection of modern/faster/saner alternatives to common Unix commands like , , and others. Worth taking a look.

Hey, friends! It’s nice seeing you again.

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• [3m] Now you know. You’re welcome.

¡Hola, amigos! I hope you had a great week. I know I did, one of the reasons being that I’ve been finding time lately to cure a weekly episode. Before continuing with the regular links section, though, I’ve an important announcement to make.

On your privacy

When I created this newsletter my solely goal was to share the vast amount of links I’ve collected through the years. And while I confess sometimes I’ve found the basic analytics provides me quite useful, I don’t really care to know who opened which email, or what are the most engaging links, so I decided to .

Hello, hello! How’s everyone doing this week?

Some folks reached out to me to let me know they didn’t receive last week’s episode. I’d like to apologise if you were one of the unlucky subscribers, and also you should have finally delivered to you on Wednesday. Justin from Buttondown is awesome and solved my issue in 5 minutes.

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Good Friday, my dear subscribers! I hope you are all doing well. I’ve got to confess, I found it funny that the most visited link in last episode was the end of Internet. Thank you for not being serious about consuming this newsletter! You make me proud <3

This week I couldn’t find the time to watch and recommend a nice video to you, so I’ll leave you with just a couple of links. Take this time to go outside and enjoy some sunshine :D

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Welcome, friends! I hope you’re all doing well.

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• [4m] I have to admit that the title is a little bit of a clickbait, nevertheless, it’s interesting to see that even big companies like SpaceX take a very traditional way for testing software… even if their use cases aren’t very traditional.

Hello, friends! I hope you had a great week. This week I feel giving, so I’m sharing a couple more links than usual. I hope you enjoy them!

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• [2m] Sometimes the unexpected happens.

Heya, folks! How’s life treating you this week? I for one can’t believe I’m preparing this week’s episode with time!

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• [7m] My first reaction when reading this article was that of , but then the implications finally came and now I think it’s one of the best demonstrations I’ve found about the power of WebAssembly. Having said that: please, , don’t do this for your website’s unless you have a very good reason for it.

Hi! Long time no see. Yup, you’re receiving this on a Monday instead of the usual Friday. I’ve been busy, pandemic is striking closer every day, though luckily we are all healthy. I even didn’t have the chance to watch and pick a video for you. I hope you enjoy these links, and thanks for understanding!

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• Couldn’t agree more. Boolean columns in DB tables make no sense.

My dear subscribers, I apologise for leaving you without quality content (?) past week. Things are going right at my new gig, not so much in Argentina where I live, so whenever I’ve a free moment I’m usually away from my computer and cannot curate the list of links to share with you as I’d like to. But that won’t stop me, so even if the cadence changes from weekly to every 15 days, I’m still happy to work on inkelinks!

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¡Hola! I hope you’re doing well. Today we’ll dive a bit into what a Docker image is, and a little bit of history about two odd things all programmers seem to get wrong.

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• [11m] Did you ever wonder how does a Docker image work and how are they created? Wonder no more and read this article to demystify all the magic that happens when you run .

Good , my dear subscribers! Long time no see, I know. Sorry for leaving you without an episode last week, as I mentioned, I’m onboarding into my new job and thus very distracted to keep this and my blog updated. Nevertheless, this week I’ve brought you some of the things that caught my attention these past days and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Hello, subscribers. Today will be mostly about the practice of better delivering software, but also, I’ll recommend you some great books that you would like to have in your bookshelf.

Oh, and yeah, last week I made the same typo again (damn you, autocorrect!) and the subject was inklings instead of inkelinks. I promise it will happen again :yey:

Welcome to a new episode of inkelinks! This week all the articles are a little longer than usual, but not too long so your coffee goes cold, so grab a mug, pour some coffee and enjoy!

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• [8m] I was always interested in knowing more about and this post gives a great introduction while talking about a real usage examples like in a database.

Hello, my dear subscribers. Today’s issue contains the usual sections, plus a bit of news about me. If you want to find out, keep reading until the end!

I want to take the time to say thank you to Lucas for pointing that an already sent link feel through the cracks and was repeated in the last issue. Sorry about that, it will probably happen again (hey, I’m not gonna lie.)

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¡Hola, amigos! As you might have noticed, last week there was no issue of this newsletter; I want to apologise for that. There are some things going on in my life that I’ll make public soon that got me distracted and never scheduled the issue to be delivered. Let’s get into it!

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• [4m] Interesting article that discusses the difference in being a programmer and a developer. Great to accompany your morning coffee and get you thinking.

Hello, hello! Friday means a new issue of my newsletter! This week we have a security advise that you don’t want to ignore, plus some tricks and science. I hope you enjoy it, and as always, feel free to leave your feedback and share it with your friends.

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Happy Friday! My vacation time is about to end, next Monday I’ll resume my work obligations, which means I’ll be behind my computer more often and hopefully I’ll dedicate more time to this newsletter too.

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• [5m] Warning: this is not a technical article! However, I’d argue that programming is what happens when you’re typing on your keyboard, and in that regards, taking notes is very important, and something that I know I could improve. This article does a great work showcasing the different options with the right amount of links to continue expanding your abilities.

Good morning, sunshines! Or afternoon, whatever suits you better.

As some of you noted in last issue I started adding an estimated reading time right next to each article. I’ll try to keep the total reading time to less than 20, 30 minutes tops, not counting videos or podcasts, so the number of links is probably not going to be fixed anymore, although it’ll never be more than 5.

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Twenty twenty-one second issue comes with the usual interesting links, but also now you can help me improve this newsletter! I’ve created a discussion page on GitHub, feel free to leave your comments and suggestions.

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We made to 2021! I hope this year is far better than last year. One thing is for sure: this newsletter will continue to deliver weekly links to your inbox for your entertainment and pleasure!

As said in last email, I’m going to try a few different things with this newsletter, one of those being how many links per issue you will find.

In the meantime, I’ll be sitting right next to the swimming pool, beer in hand, curating links for the next issue!

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Last one of the year! This newsletter has been a great way to go through my bookmarks and Pocket account instead of just hoarding links. I hope you’re enjoying them as much as I do.

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• I fully agree with this list. Throughout my two decades working as a programmer I’ve seen these axioms emerging in every place and project that I worked on. And it is no surprise that only one or two are technical and the rest more human or thoughtful. Great read.

Hello, dear subscribers! Yes, this week inkelinks is delivered to you on Wednesday instead, as this Friday is Christmas, so… Merry Christmas! Or not, I don’t want to impose on you. You’ll find the regular 5 links, a podcast episode, and a surprise. Happy Halloween!

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• I was a chaser of shining new things, but as I grew more experienced I started to see the value of older, boring things. This article express that feelings in a much better way that I could do.

#inkelinks S01E04

Four issues already! This has been really fun, I’m enjoying myself too much collecting all these links and crafting each newsletter issue. I want to express my gratitude to all of you who subscribed, and as always, please send me your feedback and suggestions by replying this email, and share the newsletter with your friends!

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¡Hola, amigos! Friday means a new issue of inkelinks. Today I bring you some links on design and history of the program and utilities we, or at least I, use mostly.

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• Old but gold. Kyle Neath was one of the original designers at , and in this essay he talks about how to build good URLs and why that’s important. I keep coming back to this article from time to time, because it’s timeless.

Yes! Welcome to a new issue of inkelinks. Last time it was the first one and of course I had a typo on the subject 😞 but all the links were working, so there’s that 💪🏽

In this issue you’ll find the regular links section plus a new Podcast Episode of the Week section where I’ll share a single link to an episode of the many podcasts that I listen to that I think has value for sharing. I hope you like it!

As always your feedback and suggestions are welcomed!

Welcome to the first episode of inkelinks! I hope the title is clear, but in case it doesn’t: this is a collection of links that I’ve found useful, fun, or interesting. I’m planning on releasing a new episode weekly on Fridays at around 14:00 UTC.

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