Paperless News #7, 2026-10-18
Short & sweet, got to sleep.
- Daniele Procida explains Diátaxis in five minutes.
- Terence Eden showcases massive ROI in I paid people to try and follow my README. For anyone interested in user testing, I’d recommend Nielsen Norman Group’s many resources.
- Alex Wennerberg asks Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?
- Ethan Marcotte showcases just how bad recommendation algorithms have become in All watched over by algorithms of loving grace.
- Stefan Prandl discusses an interesting perspective on different modes of developers, and how LLMs basically only do one of them, in The Gardener vs the Winnower.
- “The Hack” explains how standardisation can go very wrong in Passkeys are a trap. Do not use them.
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