April 12, 2025, 12:01 a.m.

Weeknotes: 7 April to 11 April 2025

Creating from scratch, live coding, ASGI, how to diversify lineups, and carving space for contributions

Sandra's Weeknotes

Two boats sailing on the deep blue sea
The Aegean Coast (1904), Fausto Zonaro (Italian, 1854 – 1929)

What I have found gripping

  • Creating things from scratch brings some excitement

  • Live coding also means making music using code

  • ASGI stands for Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface

  • Diversifying lineups requires building and nurturing diverse networks to reach as many potential speakers as possible

  • Quality coaching leads to engaging and memorable performances for new speakers

  • Creating the right conditions for folks to tell their stories on their own terms makes a difference too

  • Carving space for making contributions means trying different ways of doing things and finding what works in a given context

What I have read

  • Ruby Weekly: 746 — APRIL 10, 2025

  • Ruby on Rails Trends 2025: Key Updates and Insights,  Ilya Bibikov

  • Hey developer tool teams, don’t copy these copywriting clichés! Olga Rusakova & Travis Turner

What I have listened to

  • Design Next Podcast: Mitzi Okou, from Disillusionment to Industry Activism | Craft

What I have watched

What are code smells really about? Sandi Metz

Featured quote

ASGI consists of two different components:

  1. A protocol server, which terminates sockets and translates them into connections and per-connection event messages.

  2. An application, which lives inside a protocol server, is called once per connection, and handles event messages as they happen, emitting its own event messages back when necessary. — ASGI Documentation

Further reading and resources

In English

  • ASGI Documentation

  • Wave energy’s huge potential could finally be unlocked by the power of sound – new research, Usama Kadri

In French

  • Retour sur le Sommet de Paris : l’IA « pour les gens et la planète » n’est pas celle que l’on croit, Victor Charpenay

  • Pourquoi les déchets plastiques ne se dégradent-ils jamais vraiment ? Aicha El Kharraf

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