DeveloPassion's Newsletter - Midweek Links #10

How I debate – Daniel Lemire's blog lemire.me  •  Share

The Technium: Ideas Want to be Shared kk.org  •  Share

Most advice is pretty bad - by Sam Atis I think that lots of advice given is bad - it isn’t practical, it isn’t insightful, and it is often something that is amazingly obvious to the person who is receiving it. Take, for example, these two pieces of advice from Sam Altman (someone who I admire and think can be very insightful - his atis.substack.com  •  Share

Mortgages are a manufactured product Mortgages are popularly thought of as loans, but to understand the industry, it’s better to model them as complex manufactured products. bam.kalzumeus.com  •  Share

How does Audio Fingerprinting work - Emysound An intuitive explanation of how audio fingerprinting works helping users in identifying music from short snippets emysound.com  •  Share

Why Authorization is Hard There’s a fundamental tension in authorization. Is it business logic or authorization logic? Should it be in the app, or separate? Let’s talk about what makes a www.osohq.com  •  Share

Getting Started With CSS Cascade Layers — Smashing Magazine Cascade layers introduce the new at-rule of @layer. The intent is to help CSS authors be more intentional about ordering the “layers” of CSS rules as a new method of cascade management. www.smashingmagazine.com  •  Share

Why I'm working on Open Source full time www.willmcgugan.com  •  Share

That grumpy BSD guy: What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD bsdly.blogspot.com  •  Share

Top 10 CSS Tricks You Didn't Know! My new HTML5 & CSS3 COURSE IS OUT NOW!https://developedbyed.com/In this episode we are going to take a look at 10 awesome css tricks that you probably didn’t… www.youtube.com  •  Share

Self-handicapping: when we avoid effort to protect our self-esteem Self-handicapping is an insurance policy for our public personas. When we don’t have the confidence to take on challenges in our lives, we put obstacles in our way. nesslabs.com  •  Share

Hard Edges, Soft Middle - by Coleman McCormick Res Extensa #16 :: The value of setting hard objectives, with space for experimenting with solutions; falling in love with the problem; setting boundaries & appetites resextensa.substack.com  •  Share

The Price of Discipline - David Perell David shares how discipline can lead to unhappiness and stifle learning for both children and adults. Read now. perell.com  •  Share

Figma - Social Branding Templates | Use this template to quickly and easily generate a consistent brand image across the web. See ho... Use this template to quickly and easily generate a consistent brand image across the web. See how your creative assets look in context using componentized live updates. Video walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9WbGAMbDRE Message me on Twitter if you have suggestions for improvements… www.figma.com  •  Share

Copywriting Examples — The world's best copy. In one place. The only swipe file you’ll ever need. 330+ handpicked examples. Broken-down. marketingexamples.com  •  Share

The Ideal Design Workflow. Tools and processes to create products… | by Keaton Herzer | Prototypr As designers, we are constantly experimenting with tools and processes in an attempt to find the one that works best. After a great deal of experimentation, I’ve discovered the perfect design… blog.prototypr.io  •  Share

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