What I have found gripping

• Getting to make a technical contribution, taking part in a code review, and noting that being able to do good work is environment-dependent

• Rewriting an RSpec test to include different scenarios after discussing them

• There is a class called Digest::SHA2 in Ruby

• Listening to understand

• Nuanced conversations

• Figuring out where to host a few live coded tracks

• Auroras over France

What I have read

• Weeknotes Jan 16, 2026, Emily Macaulay

• Des vœux et des recos, Apolline

• Accessibilité des documents bureautiques : prenez garde aux outils de tests automatiques ! Coryse Quibel

• My First Weeks as a Software Engineer, Juliette Sinibardy

• The One-Woman Dev Team Diaries #215, Nadia Odunayo

• Codeless: From idea to software, Anil Dash

• Front-End Testing in Rails with Capybara and RSpec, Sebastian Echegaray

• Testing is a skill. Quality is a discipline, Jessica Mosley

• Glamorous Christmas: Bringing Charm to Ruby, Marco Roth

• Backchanneling Is Becoming a Crutch, Cristina Cordova

• 5 Ally Actions - Jan 23, 2026, Better Allies

• Humanizing Others, Humanizing Ourselves, Lizabeth Roemer Ph.D.

• Location-based Platform Work Principles, Fairwork

• A guide to fair work, Gov.wales

• Etsy’s Journey to TypeScript, Salem Hilal

• Que faut-il savoir sur la transparence des salaires en 2026 ? Juliette Boulay (Payfit)

• Collaborer avec les bonnes personnes : le secret du flow au travail ? Laura Scognamiglio

• La QVCT, c’est quoi ? Stéphanie Davalo

• Qualité de vie et des conditions de travail : des pistes d'action pour votre entreprise, CCI (Chambre de Commerce et d’industrie)

What I have listened to

Episode 42 : William Shilton

« Ce n’est pas moi qu'ils voient, c'est juste leur perception »

William Shilton, double identité & privilèges | Podcast

William Shilton double identité britannique et française, entre passeport privilégié, Brexit, double regard sur le monde, sentiment d’appartenance complexe.

A small business worth watching

Grillé, arrow crosswords in French revisited for screen-free fun

Oups... il manquait juste la grille ! - Grillé ❤️‍🔥

Ici, pas de mots, juste la pièce jointe :)

What I have watched

A guide to creating a great code documentation culture, LeadDev

Featured quote

The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members. — Coretta Scott King

Further reading and resources

In English

• Cristina Cordova’s website

• Jessica Mosley (LeadDev)

• Fairwork

• Is all fair in the gig economy? - Fairwork Philippines

• Oxford Internet Institute

In French

• Podcast: Joyeux Bazar

• Alexia Sena on expertes.fr

• Grille.fr