Labnotes
October 17th, 2015 5 min read

Weekend Reading — Exponential growth

Duck Wearing Bow-Tie Walks Into Pub, Drinks Pint, Fights Dog, Loses This week we say goodbye to mixed content; dance like ᕕ(⌐■_■)ᕗ ♪♬; we troll ES5 developers; we take a hike and fix a bug; we play murder mystery; we decide ethics in programming is a thing; 5 reasons we

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October 10th, 2015 5 min read

Weekend Reading — This is a REST-room

"This is a REST-room" via @danveloper This week we bring our style guide to life; we learn the CI tricks of the Volkswagen masters; help.wtf is a domain that exists; we discover the Turing Machine equivalent for a keyboard; we call them "undocumented admins", thank

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October 3rd, 2015 5 min read

Weekend Reading — @NSAGov has a new follower!

@joaomdmoura gives us the best door sign. This week we learn how to compare fonts; we send IPv6 packets on the scenic route; we watch a competitive coding event (warning: nail biter!); we learn how to do privacy right; we follow Snowden but he won't follow us back;

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September 26th, 2015 6 min read

Weekend Reading — Hi, I'd like to add you …

@SWildlifepics "What's your mother yelling about?" This week we investigate the illusion of time; we find a free microwave oven; we separate the JavaScript from the Scheme; we find solace in ad blockers; we pay tribute to the central planning committee; we get better at hiring

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September 19th, 2015 4 min read

Weekend Reading — Shower Thoughts

Shower Thoughts I don't normally link to Reddit, but this is just too good. This week we swap out the m-dot site for responsive one; we look in the mirror, an Android powered mirror; we dodge array holes; we learn to be content with technology; and we pair

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September 12th, 2015 5 min read

Weekend Reading — CSS can kill you

@old_sound "CSS can kill you" This week we learn to tell stories with data; we time travel and npm install linux; greet our new Node 4.0 overlords; click-bait with commit messages; SoundCloud teaches us to microservice the right way; we crack some Ashley Madison passwords; ad-blocker

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September 6th, 2015 5 min read

Weekend Reading — Adult supervision

@waxpancake how we shared cool GIFs in the 80s This week, babies teach us how to write great error messages; it's Wiki vs README; we learn that most errors hide in error handling code; and how best to onboard engineers; we quack like a USB keyboard; we read

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August 29th, 2015 5 min read

Weekend Reading — The biggest function in the yard

@derekf03 "Headline of the day." This week we hide submarines in the sea; say death to bullshit; go retro with mechanical typewriter Vim; backdoor other people's JavaScript; pick the biggest function in the yard and refactor it; watch web ads go up in flames; hack in

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August 22nd, 2015 5 min read

Weekend Reading — Work hard, live well

@newscientist This week we experiment with date pickers and learn about algorithm bias; we hack an Amazon Dash; we bring Cobol to Node; we watch other people code; we decide work hard and live well; we hire a lousy mountain climber; we campaign to end police violence, and we find

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