From 27b0f25cc643b137115ac5effe3f90f46a7cfda6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 13:24:53 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Links for 2020-05-24 --- content/links/20200524.md | 228 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 228 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/links/20200524.md diff --git a/content/links/20200524.md b/content/links/20200524.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f8f079b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/links/20200524.md @@ -0,0 +1,228 @@ ++++ +title = "Links for 2020-05-24" +date = 2020-05-24 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["links", "rust", "zuckerberg", "facebook", "work from home", +"open source", "europe", "universities", "documentation", "culture war", +"pull requests", "dokuwiki", "licenses", "apis", "dark patterns", "zshell", +"zsh", "git", "git ignore", "monologues", "devops", "mocking", "testing"] ++++ + +Rust Unix Commands, Learning Rust (yes, again), Zuckerberg, Facebook and +Working Remotely, Open Source in European University, Open Source Your Shitty +Library, Writing Documentation, Open Source Culture War, Building Applications +With No Invalid State, Show How You Solve Problems, Pull Requests, Dokuwiki, +Things Wrong With Rust, Unofficial APIs, Selling Yourself, Dark Patterns, +Picking Licenses, ZShell Tricks, Global Git Ignore, Internal Monologues, +DevOps Lessons, Mocking in Rust. + + + +## [Common *nix commands written in Rust](https://gcollazo.com/common-nix-commands-written-in-rust/) + +I know I posted something like this recently, but I feel this list is a bit +more complete. + +## [Getting Started with Rust by Building a Tiny Markdown Compiler](https://jesselawson.org/rust/getting-started-with-rust-by-building-a-tiny-markdown-compiler/) + +A good introduction to Rust. I really like how things that are interesting but +could get in the way of learning the language are collapsed and just if you +really want to know what they are talking about, you can expand it. + +## [Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's $800,000 donation to their 8 favorite restaurants is like the median US family giving 13 cents to each](https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-800000-donation-restaurants-us-family-equivalent-2020-5) + +Let's rant a bit, shall we? + +There are a lot of news about billionaires helping small business or people, +sharing some expressive amount of money. + +But then, when you check how much they are "helping", it is just some really +small drop of everything they had. + +On the other hand, it's not like Zuckerberg had $76.3 billion on his bank +account (or pocket). It's based on the value of Facebook (the company) and the +Zuckerberg stock. + +So, saying "Rich person shared a huge load of money" is wrong, as is "it's +just peanuts" is also wrong -- although I must reckon the first is more wrong +than the second. + +## [Facebook employees may face pay cut if they move to cheaper areas to work from home](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-employees-may-face-pay-cut-if-they-move-to-cheaper-areas-to-work-from-home-2020-05-21) + +And just to put some more perspective into what Zuckerberg does, here is +another facet: Due COVID, Facebook allowed workers to work from home, but now +comes the warning: Just because you're working from home, you can't just take +your salary to a cheaper place. You must suffer, SUFFER! + +Ok, I may have gotten over my head on that. + +But there are a bunch of things you can take from this: You're not allowed to +improve your life while not taking more from the company; cheaper places +should mean cheaper payment; and on, and on. + +Dunno what Zuckerberg idea is behind this (except maybe make more money). + +## [Why European universities are choosing open source software](https://opensource.com/article/20/5/open-source-higher-education) + +This is actually good news. When I was on Uni, one of the problems I faced was +the incongruent idea that you need some specific software to do your +homework, but those were paid, closed source options and, thus, the only +option was to either stay at uni (something really hard when you have to work +to pay for it) or pirate it. + +Now, honestly, that's the "free as in beer" part of the "free software" (which +is not actually true, but it happens), but in the long run, I guess people +learning to code can also gather more accustomed to having the source around, +and maybe even used to see how things works. + +## [It’s OK for your open source library to be a bit shitty](https://www.drmaciver.com/2015/04/its-ok-for-your-open-source-library-to-be-a-bit-shitty/) + +That's one of the things most developers still are afraid of: You're working +on an open source license, but you fear into making it available everywhere +'cause "it's not perfect". + +There are reasons to keep an open source content not available yet: You're +working through licenses and copyrights. Apart from that, you can really +released a version that is not up to scratch, 'cause showing what it is -- and +update as necessary -- is way more impressive than releasing a perfect version +in the first shot. + +## [RFCs and asynchronous-first culture](https://notes.eatonphil.com/rfcs-and-asynchronous-first-culture.html) + +One of the things that really caught my eye here is the idea that, when doing +some graphical design, people go to sketches and mockups instead of jumping +directly into the final design. And doing documentation (and emails, for that +matter) we need some sort of "sketches" for it. + +## [The Culture War in Open Source is On](https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-culture-war-in-open-source-is-on) + +Oh boy, here we go again... + +Yes yes, there is something going inside the open source culture: Stallman was +forced out of the FSF and Eric Raymond was kicked out of OSI maillist. + +But here is the thing: Even if Stallman started the GNU project and kick +started the whole free software movement, he also saw no problem in underage +girls with older men, only changing position days before being kicked out of +the FSF board; Eric Raymond may have written "The Cathedral and the Bazaar", +but also became a gun nut, claimed gay men are, basically, paedophiles and +that a cop shooting a suspicious black man is not racism, but self defense -- +and nobody found it weird when he mentioned "black man" and not simply "man"? + +Open source and free software won. There is a lot more people coming in the +movement than before, and showing that people are welcomed here is the point. +When people are actually damaging the image of the movement, they are not +helping. + +On another note, I remember that in early 2000s, we were already discussing +how Raymond's attitudes and opinions were actually harmful to the ecosystem. +That was more than 20 years ago, and it seems he didn't change a bit. Good +riddance. + +Honestly, the "war" we have is simply "You may be a cool, technical person, +but your shitty attitude won't be allowed here anymore." + +## [Constructive vs Predicative Data](https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/constructive/) + +I really like this kind of posts, which explores how information could be +accidentally wrong, while a different approach can prevent a wrong state. + +## [To get a better programming job, explain your problem-solving skills](https://codewithoutrules.com/2020/05/18/job-search-skills/) + +You know, there is something deeper here than it seems. + +The interviews I did on bigger companies, I didn't feel they were trying to +find the way I solved problems; they were looking if I knew the answer right +away. + +So, one can see the title in two ways: Either you can get a better programming +job by showing your problem solving skills OR better jobs want to see your +problem solving skills (poor jobs do not). + +## [On Writing a Great Pull Request](https://blog.codeminer42.com/on-writing-a-great-pull-request-37c60ce6f31d/) + +More people should read posts like this. I had to deal a lot with pull +requests with no information whatsoever about what was being done. Worse, +sometimes, the title of the pull requests was actually the branch name. + +## [Argon Dokuwiki Template](https://github.com/IceWreck/Argon-Dokuwiki-Template#argon-dokuwiki-template) + +I used Dokuwiki a long time ago, and even then the interface felt a bit +outdated. Now there is some pretty theme for it -- although I'm not sure I'm +in need to Dokuwiki at this point. + +## [Things I hate about Rust](https://blog.yossarian.net/2020/05/20/Things-I-hate-about-rust) + +Sure, no language is perfect and ranting about the wrong things is a way to +improve it, but some points are actually without merit. + +For example, complaining about Rust multiple string types: I understand the +problem with `&str` and `String`, but `OsString` has a reason to exist -- +operating systems that are UTF-8 while their filesystem is not. So how do you +deal with it? You make everything UTF-8 and let the filesystem create stupidly +named files? + +## [Unofficial APIs](https://github.com/Rolstenhouse/unofficial-apis) + +A list of services APIs that are not official. Just in case you want to play +with something that doesn't offer a real API. + +## [Sell yourself, Sell Your Work...](https://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/SellYourselfSellYourWork.html?te20hn) + +That's one thing I do really bad: I don't know how to sell myself. I just hope +this blog -- and opinions, and technical posts and even stupid ideas -- can +serve as a way to do it so. + +## [Dark Patterns: Past, Present, and Future](https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3400901) + +I've been seeing a lot of those patterns recently. There is one missing bit, +though: How do we get rid of them? + +## [Choose A License](https://choosealicense.com/appendix/) + +Want to check what each license allow you to do? Here is a neat table with +several licenses and what you need to do and what you _can_ do with them. + +## [Some zshrc tricks](https://www.arp242.net/zshrc.html) + +I may have switched to ZShell recently, so this kind of post is actually +pretty damn useful. + +... but the thing that caught my eye was the way to put aliases for +directories, which helps a lot in getting to the right place, but I'm using +[Scotty](https://github.com/wdullaer/scotty) and that makes something like +that somewhat useless. + +## [Global Gitignore Files Are Cool and So Are You](https://www.viget.com/articles/global-gitignore-files-are-cool-and-so-are-you-1/) + +Ah, that's one thing I have been missing: Global ignores. That would allow me +to ignore VIM swap files on every project at once. + +## [Today I Learned That Not Everyone Has An Internal Monologue And It Has Ruined My Day.](https://insidemymind.me/2020/01/28/today-i-learned-that-not-everyone-has-an-internal-monologue-and-it-has-ruined-my-day/) + +Far from ruining my day, but I also found this really... curious, to put +mildly. + +But lacking a internal monologue may also explain why some people don't +like books -- the dialogues may be a bit missing, and it may be hard to follow +the story. + +## [(A few) Ops Lessons We All Learn The Hard Way](https://www.netmeister.org/blog/ops-lessons.html) + +Ah, some awesome things we think it always true with devops but aren't. + +## [Introducing faux](https://nrxus.github.io/faux/#--introducing-faux--) + +A nice looking Mocking library for Rust. + +--- + +This post was built with the help of + +* [Freddy](https://social.privacytools.io/@freddyym) +* [HN Tooter](https://mastodon.social/@hntooter) +* [Michael J. 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