Issue #83
Curated list of blogs, videos, papers, podcasts on programming and distributed systems.
“The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.”
― Daniel Kahneman
Posts
Thinking Fast and Slow, Deep Learning, and AI - Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman is winner of the Nobel Prize in economics for his integration of economic science with the psychology of human behavior, judgment and decision-making. He is the author of the popular book “Thinking, Fast and Slow” that summarizes in an accessible way his research of several decades, often in collaboration with Amos Tversky, on cognitive biases, prospect theory, and happiness. - #lexfridman
Working for someone vs. doing your own thing
My goal here is simply to get my thoughts out so I can think clearly again and rationalize this thing that’s been nagging me. - #tik
Writing Software to Last 50 Years
You know what's crazy? grep was released 45 years ago. 45 years. To put that into perspective, I Googled (or rather, used DuckDuckGo) “headlines 1974”, and apparently people were talking about, among other things, Richard Nixon's resignation, Patty Hearst's kidnapping, and Frank Sinatra's performance at Madison Square Garden. - #bytes #yingw787
Why I Keep a Research Blog
Before I started taking writing seriously, I had a loose grasp of many mathematical and technical concepts; and I was not sure how to tackle open-ended problems. Maintaining this research blog has clarified my thoughts and improved how I approach research problems. The goal of this post is to explain why I have found the process so valuable. - #gregorygundersen #blog
The Status of HTTP/3
As mentioned, HTTP/3 is still being defined by IETF, with no official release date set yet. Meanwhile, adoption of HTTP/3 is growing worldwide, with almost 300,000 services using it across the world. - #infoq
Goodbye, Clean Code
My boss invited me for a one-on-one chat where they politely asked me to revert my change. I was aghast. The old code was a mess, and mine was clean!
I begrudgingly complied, but it took me years to see they were right. - #overreacted
A sad day for Rust
This story is not super clear-cut. I’m not going to link to a dozen citations, or try to prove that I’m some sort of neutral party here. I’m going to give you account of this story as I remember it and as I felt it. Because this isn’t really about playing judge. This is about thinking about the future. - #words #steveklabnik
Reverse engineering course by Z0F. Focuses on x64 Windows.
This course is going to teach anyone how to reverse engineer x64 Windows. We will start by covering some basics of binaries, then reverse some small samples, reverse a DLL and implement it into our own program, reverse some malware, then look at some realistic situations. - #github
Finding Time to Invest in Yourself
“You will need to rent your time to get started. This is only acceptable when you are learning and saving. Preferably in a business where society does not yet know how to train people and apprenticeship is the only model.” - #naval
The perils of constant feedback
When to accept criticism and when to ignore it - #tjcx