2024 Week 49 - Weekly Notes
US Department of Transportation
I was watching an interview with Pete Buddigeg about the different transit programs
Transit Costs Project – Construction Costs of Urban Rail Projects All Over the World
Corridor Identification and Development Program | FRA
Corridor Identification & Development Program - This is the OG of program development
Your own adventure
You Exist In The Long Context - Steven Johnson
- This is really interesting, creating an adventure game given the text of the book the author wrote about the fingerprinting system used in crimes back in the 1910s. I would love to simulate some other scenarios from history. Apparently, the author has done the same thing for the cuban missile crisis.
Costco says bye bye to books
To be clear, they are going to still have books during the holiday season. From what I can tell, the previous buyer for Costco retired, and this might be one of those consequences.
Food Deserts
The Atlantic - The Hidden Cause of Food Deserts
Estimations
Dave Stewart - The work is never just “the work”
The visuals are great (and I won’t reproduce here). It goes over what is beyond the implementation and how it’s visualized.
Related: Twitter Thread - ~9.5% of software engineers do virtually nothing: Ghost Engineers (0.1x-ers)
And something about complexity - I Didn’t Need Kubernetes, and You Probably Don’t Either
While there is a reason we need to slow down. Ness Labs - The Art of Wintering: How to Find Strength in Slowing Down
The Next Day
The Verge - Dia is the The Browser Company’s AI-powered follow-up to Arc
Photos of the year
AP News - Associated Press 100 Photos of 2024: An epic catalog of humanity
Skill Trees
I love skill trees. Here’s a repo on a repository of Maker Skill Trees and templates to make your own.
And on mentorship - ShiftMag - I have 30 years of experience and still need a mentor. You do too.
Meanwhile, in South Korea
CNN - South Korea president declares emergency martial law
While here in the states, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Is Fatally Shot in New York City
It’s all opposite in the family
The New York Times - He Was One of New York’s Busiest Shoplifters. His Mother Was a Cop.
Those damn lights
The Ringer - Inside the War Against Headlight Brightness. The wonderful and consequential issues with high beam LEDs
Finally, React has custom element support
Oh, major news outlets
Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times
Recommended
Book - Good Nature - Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing, and Touching Plants is Good for Our Health By Kathy Willis
Book - Marcelo Gleiser: The Island of Knowledge
Podcast - The Nathan Barry Show - How to Turn Your YouTube Channel Into a $100,000+ Business (2024) - Jo Franco | 050
PDF - Seth Godin - The Thanksgiving Reader
And the NYTimes Guide to 100 Notable Books of 2024
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