Productivity advice popped up on lobste.rs today but it got moderated. I managed to get the actual link from #lobsters on IRC. It’s a brief and mildly motivating article, I’m not altogether sure why it got moderated. The article’s main point is that if you want to be productive you just need to do the work!
The Wrong Abstraction
Read a great article today: The Wrong Abstraction. It talks about when it’s better to duplicate code that maintain an abstraction. Other things mentioned include:
Digital Tools I Wish Existed
Today I read (some of) Digital Tools I Wish Existed. I didn’t read the whole thing but I did find myself agreeing with the bits I read. I tried creating a reading database for myself but it quickly got clogged and unmanageable then fell into disuse. I think it’s a good idea but I haven’t found a workable solution to the problem yet… presently my notes and reading are strewn out all over the place.
Parse, don’t type-check
I read Parse, don’t type-check which referred to Parse, don’t validate; both are articles I would like to circle back to.
Readme Driven Development
Readme Driven Development popped up on HN today. Nice thought.
Drug danger and dependence
Found this great chart:
Vagrant
There are a bunch of great examples of using vagrant for testing purposes in
High Availability for the LAMP Stack: Eliminate Single Points of Failure and Increase Uptime for Your Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Based Web Applications by Jason Cannon which I have on my Kindle.
Single page website
This is great: A JavaScript-free way to easily make dynamic HTML sites.
Scattered Thoughts on Distributed Systems
Pat Helland has a new blog! Scattered Thoughts on Distributed Systems
Optimizing Your Web App 100x is Like Adding 99 Servers
An article that popped up on lobste.rs today: Optimizing Your Web App 100x is Like Adding 99 Servers, it has a few performance optimization tips.