Links for 2020-05-03

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+title = "Links for 2020-05-03"
+date = 2020-05-03
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+[taxonomies]
+links = ["links", "data-oriented designs", "clean air", "covid", "europe",
+"managers", "playbook", "1x developer", "rust", "winrt", "wasm", "kubernetes",
+"kublets", "tmux", "javascript", "storage", "awk"]
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+Data-Oriented Designs, Clean Air on Europe, A Playbook for Managers, Rules for
+1x Developer, Rust/WinRT, Rust+Wasm for Kublets, Tmux, Cost of JavaScript,
+Storage Systems, Awk.
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+
+# [Data-Oriented Design](https://www.dataorienteddesign.com/dodbook/dodmain.html)
+
+I always looked at software as a flow of data: Data comes in, it is
+transformed and it gets out -- sometimes, the transformation part is just a
+collection of a sequence of transformations.
+
+This is a whole book about looking at the data instead of the code. And it's
+free.
+
+# [Clean air in Europe during lockdown ‘leads to 11,000 fewer deaths’](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/30/clean-air-in-europe-during-lockdown-leads-to-11000-fewer-deaths)
+
+Yet another silver lining in this quarantine: The reduction of polution it
+causing people with asthma to have less attacks, reduced the deaths of
+respiratory problems and so on.
+
+I'm not saying "Hooray for COVID!", but governments need to take a look at
+this kind of reduction and start working on ways to keep it more permanent.
+
+# [Manager's Playbook](https://github.com/ksindi/managers-playbook)
+
+A few years ago, I got the opportunity to become a technical leader in two
+different teams and I really enjoyed. Since then, I've been reading everything
+I can about leadership, management and such. But I've never seen a such
+succinct and direct list like this.
+
+# [Rules of thumb for a 1x developer](https://muldoon.cloud/programming/2020/04/17/programming-rules-thumb.html)
+
+While I don't agree with a lot of points here, I think it is worth sharing it.
+
+In general, while the business rules you learn in one job do not automatically
+transfer to another -- for example, the way a pharmaceutical company works,
+and its business rules, do no translate directly to an auto shop -- some
+aspects do transfer: Both of those have to manage their resources, specially
+money; both of these have to deal with customers and give them a good
+experience. Again, those do not translate directly, but knowing what they
+tried and didn't work, no matter what it was, is _always_ good knowledge.
+
+But some are really gold: "Estimates serve more for creating pressure than for
+project planning" is actually a hell of a truth. 
+
+# [Rust/WinRT Public Preview](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2020/04/30/rust-winrt-public-preview/)
+
+After pointing most of the problems with [Windows are memory safety
+issues](https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-70-percent-of-all-security-bugs-are-memory-safety-issues/)
+(one thing Rust aims for) and after working on its own version of the borrow
+checker with [Project Verona](https://github.com/microsoft/verona), now
+Microsoft released a version of the Windows Runtime Libraries aimed for Rust
+developers.
+
+It seems Microsoft is getting _really_ in love with Rust.
+
+# [Microsoft: Why we used programming language Rust over Go for WebAssembly on Kubernetes app](https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-why-we-used-programming-language-rust-over-go-for-webassembly-on-kubernetes-app/)
+
+... and that's not only it.
+
+Microsoft is checking the use of Rust and WebAssembly to make Kubernets
+"kublets" -- the worker parts of a Kubernets cluster.
+
+The interesting part is "For the first week or so, we lost much of our time to
+learning how borrows worked. After about two weeks, we were back up to 50%
+efficiency compared to us writing in Go. After a month, we all were
+comfortable enough that we were back up to full efficiency (in terms of how
+much code we could write)," writes Thomas.
+
+This is not related to the speed of the resulting app, but the speed of
+development. And the learning curve of Rust is well known, but the curve is
+not permanent, with the final results pointing that you have better security
+in the end.
+
+And I'm left wondering how long till Microsoft starts sponsoring Rust
+development, as [AWS did in the end of last
+year](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/aws-sponsorship-of-the-rust-project/).
+
+# [Tmux for mere mortals](https://zserge.com/posts/tmux/)
+
+The configuration I was always looking for Tmux: Using alt to switch between
+contexts, no leading key.
+
+Maybe I still need to mess a bit with my terminal emulator, but that's
+basically it.
+
+# [The Cost of Javascript Frameworks](https://timkadlec.com/remembers/2020-04-21-the-cost-of-javascript-frameworks/)
+
+A long study on the price we pay for adding JavaScript on our sites.
+
+This is _not_ a rant against JavaScript -- it is here and it won't go away.
+But having this information can give you some pointers on deciding what is
+and what is not worth adding to your site.in the beginning of this year.
+
+# [Storage Systems for Cheap but Capable Bastards](https://securedata.fyi/2020-05-01-storage-choices/)
+
+Where do you want to keep your files? Do you have lots of money? What kind of
+data you want to keep?
+
+# [Awk in 20 Minutes](https://ferd.ca/awk-in-20-minutes.html)
+
+Awk. The first time I saw Awk, I though it was simple a text processing of
+sorts, a `sed` on steroids. But there is a lot more about than just that. And
+here is a short intro about the language itself.
+
+---
+
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