Brent's Bookmarkshttp://iblbookmarks.blogspot.com/ How to Do Great Work Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:45:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-560384003256890405 http://paulgraham.com/greatwork.html Long-form, old-school piece, but still great advice.  Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:36:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-3170869487689509914 https://cerebralab.com/Imaginary_Problems_Are_the_Root_of_Bad_Software Amen! One of the previous engineers where I once worked had spent lots and lots of time solving problems that didn't actually exist.  There’s a new form of keyless car theft that works in under 2 minutes Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:34:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-5841634732588112282 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/crooks-are-stealing-cars-using-previously-unknown-keyless-can-injection-attacks/ Scary stuff: clearly automotive networks need better security The Extraordinary Ways Rhythm Shapes Our Lives Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:33:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-7550333092934930607 https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-extraordinary-ways-rhythm-shapes-our-lives/ Like I've said since college "everything resonates" The modern way of serving images Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:12:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-338602592418263620 https://kurtextrem.de/posts/modern-way-of-img Making images truly responsive is hard. Here's the current thinking on the subject.  Linear Algebra Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:10:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-5804828091714406961 https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/pages/syllabus/ Apparently one of the standout open courses from MIT. Linear Algebra.  Librarian is a static site generator inspired by Hugo and built in PHP Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:09:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-743616524281643437 https://librarianphp.dev/ Yeah, I know. Why not just use Hugo? For all us PHP heads out there.  Crafting Songs with ChatGPT and Sonic Pi: A Creative Collaboration Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:07:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-3021950893693272311 https://dev.to/philipjohnbasile/crafting-songs-with-chatgpt-and-sonic-pi-a-creative-collaboration-4p3d Let's face it, almost all the purely AI-generated music is unlistenable. This is a more promising path: human and AI collaboration.  Superhuman: What can AI do in 30 minutes? Thu, 25 May 2023 13:52:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-5775871623394297980 https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/superhuman-what-can-ai-do-in-30-minutes Tour-de-force of what AI can help with in a half hour in business and marketing.  Top Small-Business Podcasts: 27 Picks Thu, 25 May 2023 13:50:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-8093895039228188222 https://blog.hubspot.com/the-hustle/best-entrepreneur-podcasts Some of the usual suspects, (Duct Tape Marketing, etc) but some new faces as well.  How to host your side-projects for free in 2023: from Auth to Database Thu, 25 May 2023 13:47:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-2296240249479483800 https://dev.to/livecycle/how-to-host-your-side-projects-for-free-in-2023-from-auth-to-database-42im A couple of these I hadn't heard of and look promising, such as Clerk.  PyBroker Algorithmic Trading in Python with Machine Learning Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:09:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-7111784438059394127 https://www.pybroker.com/en/latest/index.html Don't see any bank statements as proof, but still interesting Visualizing Home Heating Sources Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:07:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-2685654543802146283 https://datainnovation.org/2023/03/visualizing-home-heating-sources/ Who knew propane was so big in the upper plains? 16 little UI design rules that make a big impact Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:04:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-9194004926097296422 https://www.adhamdannaway.com/blog/ui-design/16-ui-design-rules Nice little case study on applying basic design principles.  The labor shortage is pushing American colleges into crisis, with the plunge in enrollment the worst ever recorded Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:02:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-1304803828849542953 https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/american-skipping-college-huge-numbers-pandemic-turned-them-off-education/ But with the demographic cliff coming, you ain't seen nothing yet! A Dismal Guide to AWS Billing Tue, 21 Mar 2023 18:54:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-1137379576012446008 https://carlos.bueno.org/2023/03/aws-dismal-guide.html The title says it all. There are some 3rd party tools, but the native tools suck.  More than half of Republicans support Christian nationalism, according to a new survey Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:03:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-8063469191152052621 https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1156642544/more-than-half-of-republicans-support-christian-nationalism-according-to-a-new-s Just a reminder: Christian Nationalism isn't Christian.  Documents Show Gas Industry Knew Gas Stoves Were a Problem Over 50 Years Ago Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:02:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-2929180134525780579 https://factkeepers.com/documents-show-gas-industry-knew-gas-stoves-were-a-problem-over-50-years-ago/ Another case of "they knew" Softr vs Glide: Which Is the Best Low-Code Platform? Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:12:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-5843004205080936487 https://blog.lowcode.agency/softr-vs-glide-which-is-the-best-low-code-platform/ A good comparison of two leading platforms. tl;dr: in most things glide wis, but softr has more integrations.  Which web frontend architecture fits best? Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:09:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-3471066682072333448 https://www.workingsoftware.dev/frontend-rendering-techniques/ Good comparison of front-end web architectures, but leaves any conclusion to the reader.  Drive growth with newsletter sponsorships at scale. Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:39:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-3898772611382938294 https://www.swapstack.co/ matching newsletter publishers and advertisers Email Groups. Supercharged. The most advanced email groups service. A complete collaboration suite. Mobile ready. No ads, no tracking. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:51:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-4749345262117606532 https://groups.io/ yes, email groups are still a thing.  Streamlit vs. Dash vs. Shiny vs. Voila vs. Flask vs. Jupyter Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:49:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-1460673889246176212 https://www.datarevenue.com/en-blog/data-dashboarding-streamlit-vs-dash-vs-shiny-vs-voila Good compare of various dashboarding data systems. I still like streamlit.  Tag Systems Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:20:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-4834299196973658431 https://buttondown.email/hillelwayne/archive/tag-systems A taxonomy of various tagging schemes from hashtag, to tag=value to hierarchies.  Welcome to Ctfreak! A centralized task scheduler Sun, 29 Jan 2023 22:50:00 +0000 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925277536528391814.post-2700297266324139627 https://ctfreak.com/ Maybe a lighter alternative to Rundeck?