Etchings

A massive list of articles that I found interesting this year.

For years, I've been using VirtualBox to run Linux virtual machines (currently using Arch [btw]), but I've gotten started with WSL, and it's fantastic. Microsoft is certainly trying to make the developer community like them, and here's another win for everyone.

In today's world, it's difficult to learn about cryptocurrencies without falling into deep pits of people absolutely screaming that it's the "next best thing" that will "revolutionize the way we live" and "disrupt the _______ market" or whatever. In trying to get into the space myself, I'm putting resources here that I found to be informative.

I've moved posts from my old blog over here. They can be found via the "old_blog" tag. Due to not having the information about when each article was posted any more precise than the year, I've just assigned each article the posting date of Jan 1 at midnight of the year I wrote it.

How fast could a group of mages make a chunk of steel move?

The SmarterEveryDay YouTube channel launches a Kickstarter for "4Privacy", an "app [that] helps you privately communicate and securely organize your important information". Sounds like a good win for privacy, right?

Can Amazon Games actually put out a game that works? Apparently so, though not without controversy and wounds along the way.

You'll certainly end up with a fast, safe, and easy-to-deploy service, but is it worth the tradeoffs?

WARNING: this is a bit of a rant and not likely helpful.

Creating custom libraries, frameworks, tools, and products can bring great value in the workplace but putting time, effort, and money into these customizations can bite back.

Thoughts on how to (and not to) make developers productive in the workplace.