Jimmy Cerone
@jrcii
Software Dev who loves to write, read, and hang with doggos.
Jimmy Cerone
We would all do well to live a little more in tune with our surroundings. That or change our surroundings.
Lately, when I’m stuck on a piece, I will print everything I’ve written and re-read it with a pair of scissors in hand. As I go, I will cut out the pieces that feel like they’re working: a phrase here, a sentence there, entire paragraphs if I’m lucky. Then I’ll lay out all the cut-out pieces on my desk and move them around, trying to find the right... See more
Mason Currey • Seek funny leaps
In this instance, it’ll involve a mix of ingenuity around supply chains (like using blockchain to improve traceability) and materials science (like using alternatives such as niobium from Canada or Brazil).
International Intrigue • 🌍 Tantalising
Supply chain is going to be everything when it comes to renewables. How do we make it sustainable and ethical to make energy sustainable?
I wanted to share this with you because I know a lot of aspiring software devs worry about whether they have enough passion to succeed as a developer. Is programming really for you if you don’t wake up on Saturday morning excited to learn about TypeScript or hack on a side project?
Josh Comeau • “I Don’t Get Excited About It”
At this point, I think that following your passion is nearing anti-life advice…
The first month we spent in the house, my grandfather would walk straight in every day without knocking. After a month, he settled for the cellar. We sat in the kitchen and heard him go around down there, moving tools about. Later still, we saw him lurk on the path down the hill, watching the house from afar. He stopped a little further up the hill
... See moreHenrik Karlsson • Relationships Are Coevolutionary Loops
I think this is my favorite paragraph. i wish we could all say goodbye to places and people like this. slowly and with care.
Two challenges: first, yes, this does make life harder for Slack etc, but, if we took this logic at face value then your word processor would not be allowed to include a spell checker and your spreadsheet could not do charts (in the 1980s both of these were separate purchases). What’s the coherent theory for how we choose the trade-off between
... See moreBenedict Evans • Benedict's Newsletter: No. 547
The EU is doing things, but not the right things, about anti-trust. What’s a better way of framing this? More specific and less subjective?
And while that conflict doesn’t make headlines, it’s displaced around 7.3 million people, making it one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises . It’s also spiked recently after a ceasefire with the ‘M23’ rebels collapsed.
International Intrigue • 🌍 Tantalising
The sheer human toll of mining in the DRC is wildly underreported.
Heating and air conditioning account for half of residential consumption, which is why the single best thing we could do for the energy budget is to keep the heat