Links by Friday 027 - Let's take a Break
I love working on this newsletter. It’s a creative escape for me and I have learned quite a bit from doing it for these 28 issues. I used to run a newsletter...
Links by Friday 026 - Stop Using Opera
I have been learning more about business and selling through a Copywriting course. I’ve joined a few communities where I’m learning from the Pros. I feel...
Links by Friday 025 - Write Good Commit Messages
I’ve been thinking about Microsoft’s mis-steps with Windows and AI lately and what it means for Linux and alternative Operating Systems and wrote a thing to...
Links by Friday 024 - Patching globals considered harmful
Demon Slayer, an Anime series I quite enjoy, is back with another season; the Hashira Training Arc. I’m quite picky about which Anime to watch. Since Jujutsu...
Links by Friday 023 - The Mastodon Effect
I watched a video yesterday in which someone said, something like if you stick with something long enough, you will become lucky. I’ve thought about what...
Links by Friday 022 - The Problem with Passkeys
Sometimes I think we make new things not because they solve a need we have but simply because they’re new. Maybe it’s age but I find myself fighting against...
Links by Friday 021 - Rails Dev at 38
I've been thinking about the posts I link on this newsletter and naturally I feel like I need to track it some how so that I don't repeat them or at least I...
Links by Friday 020 - Why Elixir
It's April, the solar total eclipse has happened, Ramadhan is over, Automattic acquired Beeper not long after they acquired Texts.com, there's so much...
Links by Friday 019 - Home Cooked Apps
On my desktop, I'm running Debian Bookworm after being frustrated with how slow Windows 10 runs on my 8 year old laptop. Prior to running Debian I was on...
Links by Friday 018 - What's better than csv
This week we have a mix of design and development articles. I hope you find them valuable. News Honeypot.io finally has released the Node.JS documentary. If...
Links by Friday 017 - Don't be the best
LBF is 5 links each week. I find it to be a nice sweet number. It makes it feel more like a kopitiam than a large food court. It could be me getting old but...
Links by Friday 016 - Don't Set Base Font Size
Do you use Duolingo? What language are you currently learning? What other apps have you found helpful. I'm particularly interesting in Japanese. Duolingo...
Links by Friday 015 - Devaluing Frontend
We have a frontend focus in this issue, so it makes sense to point out that the 4th edition of Eloquent JavaScript is live. It's free to read online, but if...
Links by Friday 014 - Seasonal Refresh
Easter is the season Christians celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It's a time of somber reflection on the sacrifice that Jesus...
Links by Friday 013 - Running a Billion Dollar Business
It's March 1, 2024 Tinyletter has officially been shut down by Mailchimp, Digital Ocean's neglect of CSS-Tricks.com causes a stir in the frontend community,...
Links by Friday 012 - The Long Hard Stupid Way
I had a subscriber unsubscribe and I've got to say, it hurts but I'm committed to doing this work because I believe in it. If you are subscribed to LBF, I...
Links by Friday 011 - UI = f(everything)
I have been taking a tutorial on Go, I plan to do more coding in the coming months. Go is very interesting and sufficiently different from JavaScript. These...
Links by Friday 010 - Wah HAH-kah
I made a boo boo and scheduled two issues to the same day. It hurts, but oh well. My goal for LBF is to promote indieweb. As a result, I consciously don't...
Links by Friday 009 - All Art is a copy
Intro This is the 10th issue of LBF. Links by Friday is not my first attempt at a Newsletter, previously I authored Hyperlink Weekly on the now defunct...
Links by Friday 008 - RSS is still great
Intro I don't usually check the stats on this thing but I noticed I have new subscribers, you're welcome and thanks for joining me on this journey. This week...
Links by Friday 007 - Return of the Indie Web
Intro The early 2000s saw the launch of some notable internet products like WordPress, Basecamp, Facebook, Flickr among others. It have been 20 years and I'm...
Links by Friday 006 - The Cost of Personalisation
Intro This week's issue is great if you love to read. There is something for everyone. If you are a Rails developer or simply curious you appreciate one...
Links by Friday 005 - Apple won't Love you back
Intro This week we look at the evolution of the Xbox console design, why corporations are not your friend, a new filesystem API for JavaScript and more. FSX...
Links by Friday 004 - Escalating Streaks
Intro How do you get good at something? I mean really good? What does it take? What must you do? In Escalating Streaks Simon Willison shares some ideas from...
Links by Friday 003 - VanillaJS Doesn't Scale
Intro This week we have a development heavy issue featuring Ruby, Rails, JavaScript and a bit of design from a database company. I love Ruby Elise Shaffer...
Links by Friday 002 - The Cost of Layoffs
The Hidden Cost of Layoffs The Hidden Costs of Layoffs It can take years for companies to bounce back from these setbacks. </div> You have probably lost your...
Links by Friday 001 - Three Tribes
The Three Tribes of Programming 3 tribes of programming There's an old joke that computer science is a lie, because its not really about computers, and its...
Links by Friday - Prelude
Hello World! Links by Friday is my sometimes weekly, sometimes not, publication of some of the best tech content. Content is curated in favour of personal...