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The Need to Read

November 2022In the science fiction books I read as...

The safety of speed: How we ship code 180 times per day

“Speed is not the enemy of safety; it is...

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March 2021The secret curse of the nonprofit world is...

Fierce Nerds

May 2021Most people think of nerds as quiet, diffident people. In ordinary social situations they are — as quiet and diffident as the star quarterback would be if he found himself...

OxidizeLabs/cachekit: High-performance cache policies (FIFO/LRU/LRU-K) and tiered caching primitives for Rust systems, with optional metrics and benchmarks.

High-performance cache policies and tiered caching primitives for Rust systems with optional metrics and benchmarks. CacheKit is a Rust library that provides: High-performance cache replacement policies (e.g., FIFO, LRU, LRU-K). Tiered caching...

A Project of One’s Own

June 2021A few days ago, on the way home from school, my nine year old son told me he couldn't wait to get home to write more of the story...

New research: Customer service team evolution

We analyzed 166 interviews with support leaders, managers, and frontline specialists to understand what changed once AI Agents like Fin became part of everyday work.  There’s anecdotal evidence that customer...

Logistics is Dying; or – Dude, Where’s my Mail?

↳ Pony Express Rider, oil painting possibly by Lloyd Branson (1853-1925)In March 1860, William H. Russell established the Overland Express Route, colloquially called the Pony Express, to carry express mail...

How to Get New Ideas

January 2023(Someone fed my essays into GPT to make something that could answer questions based on them, then asked it where good ideas come from. The answer was ok, but...

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Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New...

Stephnie Weir Joins Rachel Bloom In ABC Pilot ‘Do You Want Kids?’

Co-created and executive produced by Bloom and writer-producer Dan Gregor, the single-camera Do You Want Kids?, from...

Sledges, bears and a hotel with Wes Anderson vibes: Switzerland’s quirkiest family ski resort | Switzerland holidays

On the approach to Arosa in the Graubünden Alps, the road is lined with mountain chapels, their stark spires soaring heavenwards; a portent, perhaps,...

The AI deployment gap is widening, don’t get left behind

It’s interesting to see how much AI adoption has accelerated over the last year. Our latest research shows that 82% of senior leaders invested in...

‘I’m not going to parent my adult sister’: Helicopter parents demand their adult son let his sister live with him as supervision, after accidentally...

A few months pass, with nothing to report on. That was until one day, when Cleo was left baking alone at her house, and...