Technology Commentary

In the spring of 2014, I walked across the street from our apartment building to our parking garage to get our car and drive somewhere. I can’t recall where I was headed that morning. But as I walked into the garage, I saw two EV charging kiosks had been installed in our parking garage. I […]

Hackers have stolen more than $2B from crypto applications this year. The problem will only get worse as the crypto ecosystem grows and…

Vast amounts of digital data is stored on computer servers and never used.

It’ll take an army of billions to hold them back. Let’s make one

What could you accomplish if your teammates were all excited and determined to hit some project timelines? What is it like for a group of people to give it all they have? That's what today is about. Chet Haase from the Android team is here to share the story of the early days of Android, the mobile operating system that... […]

lessons in UI design from an industrial supply company.

Why did you choose Scrum instead of Kanban? If you can’t answer that question, you didn’t choose Scrum. Someone else chose it for you.

A conversation with Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow

When workers automate their duties, who should reap the benefits?

Ethereum recently switched over cryptocurrency validation system to "proof of stake," which replaces the older "proof of work" system, which became unsustainable as the energy consumed by the process became a strain on electric grids

The news that Heroku is shutting down its free tier is frustrating for developers. It just needed better service design to keep it viable.

The HTTP Archive has published most of its 2022 web technology report, called the Web Almanac, based on a survey of over 8 million websites. Among its conclusions are that “WebAssembly isn’t widely used, and rather than seeing a growth in usage, we are seeing a modest contraction.” The report also shows how seemingly unnecessary […]

Posted on 2022-10-01

PLDB: a Programming Language Database. Build the next great programming language.

As more and more things are moving online, two problems became apparent to our collective consciousness: How do you know someone is really a person? How do you know someone is who they say they are? Initially, the “person” thing wasn’t a big issue, the internet was used for low-stake amicable activities, and impersonation, bots, and alternative accounts weren’t a big deal. As for the second issue, well, we used usernames and passwords.

Why we moved from Golang+GraphQL to Typescript+Prisma+tRPC

GraphQL will become the operational database counterpart, built for cloud native environments operating with microservices, where the need for simple, quick answers requires complexity that is buried under the hood.

When a brand is successful, there’s often a desire to extend it. Disneyland was an extension of Disney movies. It reflected some of the magic of the movies, but created something new and valu…

Posted on Thursday 29 Sep 2022. 1,737 words, 11 links. By Matt Webb.

I started a new job!

In this live stream excerpt, Tested members Daniel Wendt and Patricia Hogarty ask about creating first order of retrievability in a shop and how to create a more efficient shop space.

80 Brief Predictions for the Future

On August 22nd, I got an email out of the blue from Apple that notified me that I had a new App Review message. It was for my app, WorldAnimals, a light-hearted game for guessing animal onomatopoeia sounds in different languages.Usually, you receive a message after you submit a new version to the...

We share the story behind the world's largest mobile OS. Learn all about Android's journey from early development to its market dominance and future plans with Google.

Why engineering leaders also need to be great engineers.

Platform engineering is growing, but where is it going? Humanitec’s inaugural "State of Platform Engineering Report" explains.