July 2024 Reading List

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Why Is Chile So Long?

Chile is so long, it’s curved.

In this article full of various maps, the unique position of Chile, which leads to its unique shape, is explained. I love maps.

How the Stream Deck rose from the ashes of a legendary keyboard

I remember the original Optimus keyboard, which featured a display under each key. Of course, I never had one, as I was a student in those days, and it was ridiculously expensive. Cool how it was reborn in a gadget owned by millions now.

The Math of Card Shuffling

How many times do you have to riffle a deck of cards before it is completely shuffled?

Getting buy-in to get things done

When you have buy-in, people will actively work toward the goal instead of just agreeing to it. Getting buy-in is hard.

Senior to Staff Engineer

The higher you climb the career ladder, the more it is about soft skills rather than hard skills.

How “Exit Traps” Can Make Your Bash Scripts Way More Robust And Reliable

Read this if you’re writing shell scripts as part of your automations.

App of the Month

I haven’t highlighted Spotify here yet, but it is an app I can’t image my life without. I’m listening to music all day long on, when I work or work out, during commutes, when I’m relaxing at home or getting asleep.

With all music streaming services having more or less the same catalog, Spotify is a clear winner for me in terms of their suggestions. My Monday starts with Discover weekly and 99% of my current rotation I discovered thanks to Spotify.

GitHub Highlight of the Month

paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx

Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper.

I’m working on organizing my document storage, and so far I’ve been delighted with Paperless. More on it later, after I fully convert my document archive.

Once upon a time on Wikipedia

Angzarr

Angzarr (⍼) is the name of a ghost character-like Unicode symbol of unknown origin.

This is post 15 of #100DaysToOffload

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