Zibaldone

zi‧bal‧dó‧nen • a book containing writings collected in a scattered fashion.

  1. Handwritten code | Katherine Yang — But what a privilege it is to read your code. Saved
  2. Your documentation is still in your Mum's filing cabinet — It's kind of wild that we're still organising knowledge like it's sitting in a 1970s filing cabinet. People and AI don't think in folders. They find information through search, context and connections. Saved
  3. Substack writers, you need a website! — Substack is convenient, but treat it as a distribution tool for your content. Your content should live on an independently owned website, which has a domain name you control and own. This way, you … Saved
  4. I didn't set a cookie. — Everything this page knows about you, it learned in under two seconds. Without a cookie, a permission prompt, or a click. Saved
  5. Treat your to-read pile like a river | Oliver Burkeman — I'm going to take a wild guess here and say that you, like me, have a large pile (or digital equivalent) of books or articles you've been meaning to get around to reading, plus maybe a long queue of podcast episodes to which you'd love to listen, if only you had the time. It's the archetypal "first-world problem", I know. But one worth reflecting on – because it's a microcosm of a broader mista... Saved
  6. Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible — No One's Happy — Why native apps have become privacy liabilities, and why the browser is almost always the better choice. Saved