Ironfroggy Reads Things on The Internet

This blog is an archive of things I've read online. I post things here when I read them, and automatically when reading articles through Pocket (http://getpocket.com). A link here does not mean I agree with the article, only that I read it. I read a lot of things I don't agree with to keep myself from being in a bubble.

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Beloved painter Bob Ross died in 1995 due to complications from lymphoma, but before he passed away he made it very clear to the world that he didn’t want his likeness used for profit. via Pocket

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But that belief of mine has been severely shaken by several things happened this week, things which also made me reconsider things that happened further in the past as well. First, the log4j vulnerabilities happened. The maintainers worked to fix it, and what do they get? via Pocket

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Load per project environmental settings and runtimes while ridding yourself of multiple runtime managers (rvm, nvm, etc.) Each software project exists in its own world, particularly with web applications. via Pocket

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In the wake of Ubisoft, EA, Square Enix, Sega, and Zynga announcing their interest in or direct support of blockchain tech and NFTs, things are looking pretty bleak for anyone who enjoys living on a hospitable planet. via Pocket

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Habit trackers are just that: a method by which you notate each day you do a thing. Say you want to track your exercise: you might mark that in your calendar. Say you want to track drinking 8 glasses of water a day. You might mark that down, too. via Pocket

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A narrative has developed about the position of transgender people today that has become so widely accepted as to be assumed as fact: that it is only in the past few decades that trans people have begun to enjoy any rights; that trans women have always been more prominent than trans men; and most of via Pocket

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I wanna tell you that you need to stop being guilty of not actively working on side-projects. Don’t take this in the negative way of not doing any projects at all but if you have been beating yourself for not being good at it, I am here to assure you that it’s fucking okay!! via Pocket

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A North Carolina judge has ordered state officers to transfer $1.7 billion from reserves in the state general fund to support an improvement plan for public education within 30 days. The order is the latest milestone in the landmark Leandro court case over public education funding in North Carolina. via Pocket

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When most developers talk about “refactoring the code”, they really mean “restructuring the code”. Rewriting it. Certainly to make it better and fix some bugs. That will be a mix of re-organizing the code, changing the modeling, and modifying some behavior along the way—for the best! via Pocket

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When adult swim canceled The Venture Bros. after a solid seven-season run over a year ago, the reaction was pretty strong. via Pocket

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Which of these sounds like a more desirable outcome at the end of an iteration? It’s hard to imagine too many customers or other stakeholders who would be happy with the second option. via Pocket

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Bond: This is an absolutely academic debate. via Pocket

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Too many meetings. I had said those three words way too many times that month. Sometimes as a fleeting comment to myself. Other times in the form of self-pity as this excessive, self-absorbed unhappiness over the current state of my work. via Pocket

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As I’m sure you already know, monorepos are awesome! If you don’t know, a monorepo is a repository with multiple applications and libraries, together with the tooling for managing them. via Pocket

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Around the time of the subprime mortgage collapse, I was working in an enterprise software company. I worked in a large open space full of cubicles. Several times a week, I would hear a slightly panicked voice say, “oh god!” via Pocket

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For the better part of a decade, I’d get frustrated at myself for not being able to make popular productivity systems to work for me. GTD, the Bullet Journal Method, Day Designer, The Franklin Covey planner, the Ivy Lee Method, time-blocking — I tried them all. via Pocket

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Anyone who follows any social media with writers or authors in it knows that the author ego is fragile. Impostor syndrome looms large at the most inappropriate and unexpected of places. It is a constant struggle not to feel like you couldn’t write yourself out of a paper bag. via Pocket