Five for Friday – June 23, 2023

We all made it through another week. That’s all. We survived. Here’s some stuff I found while we were surviving.

  • Aahhh – something I could (and may) write about a lot. One person’s take on Microsoft’s Shitty Stack System
  • Speaking of my writing, I don’t think it’s a secret that I use AI for images on my substack posts. Yes, I know it’s derivative and it takes away work from artists (or not, since the alternate is no pictures). Brent and I have talked at length about this on the podcast. This week, Matt Schellhas writes about a similar experience here – The Anti-Hero Photo
  • Jesper Ottosen wrote a great article this week called Don’t Overthink Test Cases.
  • I planned on linking to a John Cutler article before Jesper linked to one of his tweets, but felt it was worth calling out the coincidence. John’s article this week on Explicit vs. Implicit Strategy is excellent and timely
  • I’m very happy to be in a fully remote work-wherever-I-want role. At the same time, it’s fascinating to see that Seattle is a ghost town compared to 2019. Companies want people back – but for the wrong reasons. Anyway – here’s an article from the Seattle times on the subject – Return to office in Seattle and beyond enters the desperation phase

Thanks for reading – have a great weekend,

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