The Hillsman
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The Hillsman
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Let’s talk about “Move fast and break things.” First of all, Facebook itself changed its motto to “Move fast with stable infrastructure” in 2014. So much for breaking things, at least if you’re a soulless corporate behemoth.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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C++ Insights - Episode 68: C++20: Making constructors smarter with conditional explicit

In this episode, you'll learn about the power of C++20's conditional explicit.

https://youtu.be/Ly9rD6D5iew

#cppinsights #cpp #cpp20
C++ Insights - Episode 68: C++20: Making constructors smarter with conditional explicit
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November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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The latest Cloudflare and Amazon outages have got me thinking about utilities. We can't build modern software without dependencies. The days of running entirely on the client are over, which I see as a good thing. The cost is that we rely on infrastructure.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Book of the Day: Notebook C++: About Move Semantics by Andreas Fertig
meetingcpp.com/mcpp/books/b...
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Andreas Fertig
The idea of the Notebook C++ series is to share some tips and tricks about various C++ elements
meetingcpp.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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What if ALL the sun's power was focused in one place?

What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!

youtu.be/qu8nx1qUwEU
What if ALL the sun’s power was focused in one place?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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November 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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This December, I'll be posting an article & video each day until Christmas in the Advent of Compiler Optimisations! #AoCO2025
Each day we'll explore a fun optimisation in C or C++; some low-level, x86 or ARM-specific, some high-level. Hope you'll join me!
YT: youtube.com/mattgodbolt
Blog: xania.org
Matt Godbolt’s blog
xania.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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<rant> A periodic reminder that Sprints, Backlogs, Daily Scrums, Scrum Boards, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Points, Velocity, PIs, etc., have NOTHING AT ALL to do with "Agile." Agility comes from working small, delivering frequently for feedback from actual customers, and adapting based on
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November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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To me, any place that treats SM as a job title has it wrong on a fundamental level.

SM-as-job-title thinking quickly devolves into the SM-is-a-manager anti-pattern. All "Agile" (including Scrum) teams are self-managing/self-organizing.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Metric Tip

xkcd.com/3164/
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Ultimately, all that is shared is all that remains.
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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October 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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C++ Weekly - Ep 504 - Practical Reflection in C++26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg_T...
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#cplusplus
C++ Weekly - Ep 504 - Practical Reflection in C++26
YouTube video by C++ Weekly With Jason Turner
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October 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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NEW POST

Agentic AI systems are amazing, but so are the security issues they raise. Korny has written a great primer on the problem - and what we can do to mitigate it.
I've shared an updated version of my Agentic AI and Security article on @martinfowler.com's website:
martinfowler.com/articles/age...

(This is based on all the great research being done by others especially @simonwillison.net - my aim is to provide an accessible overview for others)
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Document Forgery

xkcd.com/3160/
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Here's a handy guide to some electronic components.
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Quick Tip: Don’t want people getting pinged when you post or reply?

You can turn that off by heading to: Settings → Privacy and Security → Allow others to be notified of your posts and toggling it off.
October 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Und der heutige Dank geht raus an #Bose, dafür, dass ab Mitte Februar die Funktionen der Lautsprecher mal massiv eingeschränkt werden! 😡 Nun denn, gut, dass der Kauf der Kopfhörer wenigstens bei einer anderen Marke erfolgt ist (obwohl man natürlich nie weiß ...). #SmartHome oder #Abhängigkeit2.0
October 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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New CppCast: Reflection and C++26, with Herb Sutter
cppcast.com/reflection_a...
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#cplusplus
Episode 402 : CppCast
Phil and Timur are joined by Herb Sutter to catch up on what's going in to C++26 which, let's be honest, is dominated by reflection.
cppcast.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Let's talk about the cost of a stand-up meeting.

Here in the SF-Bay Area, A senior programmer can make $300K/year or more. Starting salaries are more around $175K. Let's average at $250K to make the math easy.

Your cost to the company is higher than that.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The only answer to this can be Pietro Ferrero.
name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Physik: Nobelpreis für Grundlagen supraleitender Qubits verliehen
Physik: Nobelpreis für Grundlagen supraleitender Qubits verliehen
Der Physiknobelpreis 2025 wird für die Demonstration des makroskopischen quantenmechanischen Tunneleffekts vergeben - eine Überraschung.
www.golem.de
October 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM