Marty McGuire

Marty Likes Things (Sometimes)

2023
Thu Aug 10
★ Liked https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/08/07/tactics-for-writing-in-public/
jvns.ca
post Some tactics for writing in public
Someone recently asked me – “how do you deal with writing in public? People on
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Wed Aug 9
★ Liked https://jacky.wtf/2023/8/4bFu
jacky.wtf
post from Giving Up on Corporate Outlets
After nearly a decade of social media; I've finally given up.
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Tue Aug 8
★ Liked https://todon.eu/@jalcine/110853749632168566
Jacky Alciné reads radically.
post from
Tech Won't Save Us: The Online Shopping Boom Is Over w/ Amanda MullEpisode webpage: http://techwontsave.us/Media file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/12954730-the-online-shopping-boom-is-over-w-amanda-mull.mp3Listening during my stationery run, @parismarx hits the head with …
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★ Liked https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/your-computer-should-say-what-you-tell-it-say-1
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Mon Aug 7
★ Liked https://adactio.com/journal/20377
Jeremy Keith
post from Relative times
Last week Phil posted a little update about his excellent site, ooh.directory:
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Sun Aug 6
★ Liked https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/07/just-normal-web-things/
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Sat Aug 5
★ Liked https://werd.io/2023/engineering-principles
Ben Werdmuller
post from Engineering principles
Code is cumulative overhead. The more you write, the more you have to maintain over time.Self-hosted infrastructure is cumulative overhead. The more you configure and run, the more you have to maintain over time.Always watch your overhead and keep it as light as possible.The only …
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★ Liked https://gomakethings.com/how-to-create-your-own-api-endpoints-with-php/
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★ Liked https://www.wired.com/story/the-cloud-is-a-prison-can-the-local-first-software-movement-set-us-free/
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★ Liked https://leebyron.com/snack-driven-development/
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★ Liked https://adactio.com/journal/20368
Jeremy Keith
post from Conduct
My week at the Belfast TradFest culminated in a cathedral.
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★ Liked https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/8325-Publs-insurmountable-technical-debt
fluffy
post from Publ’s insurmountable technical debt
Back when Publ was brand-new I was using a fairly common ORM for managing my database. It was okay but I had some issues with how the project was being run, particularly in how the core maintainer treated bug reporters who were reporting things that he didn’t personally agree …
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Thu Aug 3
★ Liked https://blog.adafruit.com/2023/08/03/why-doesnt-this-upload-a-debugging-tale/
Dan Halbert
post from Why Doesn’t this Upload? A Debugging Tale
This is a story of doing some debugging, and how various possibilities were eliminated.Last week an SSL certificate that is needed for access to Adafruit IO expired. The older certificate was embedded in CircuitPython and also in the NINA-FW firmware. The NINA-FW firmware runs on …
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★ Liked https://jamesg.blog/2023/08/03/help-build-the-social-web/
jamesg.blog
post from Help Build the Social Web
The Web is about enabling collaboration between people. I can write a blog post about coffee, publish it, and share it with coffee roasters around Scotland. That post can be referenced for years by people I will never meet who share my passion for coffee. People can respond to …
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★ Liked https://ericexperiment.com/post/02-11-2021-saas-is-bad-for-job-satisfaction
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★ Liked https://i-hope-u-dance.glitch.me/
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Wed Aug 2
★ Liked https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/its-time-to-build-resilient-communities
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★ Liked https://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.com/2023/08/02/clouds-in-a-blue-sky-above-lake-montebello/
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★ Liked https://ericz.me/blog/hello-indieweb
Eric
post from Hello IndieWeb!
Short update! My website now supports the following
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★ Liked https://ericz.me/blog/using-github
Eric
post from Why I Still Use Github
For the past few months, I have seen a lot of people discussing how they’re
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★ Liked https://manuelmoreale.com/i-ll-read-it
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★ Liked https://chriscoyier.net/2023/08/01/other-peoples-busted-software-is-an-opportunity/
Chris Coyier
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every day, i have several dozen interactions with software that is completely broken. it's not usually quite as bad as this, but this also isn't an outlier. nothing in the digital world fucking works.as an industry, we have completely and utterly failed. we're a joke. …
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★ Liked https://www.spicyweb.dev/farewell-jamstack/
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★ Liked https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2023/the-floss-transition/
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Tue Aug 1
★ Liked https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2023/user-feedback/
blog.jim-nielsen.com
post from User Feedback
I was listening to ShopTalkShow #544 where Dave mentions his craving for frank, almost brutal, user feedback on the app they’re building (Luro) and it reminded me of something I wanted to write down.
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Mon Jul 31
★ Liked https://www.twobraids.com/2023/07/reclaiming-agency-on-mastodon.html
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★ Liked https://the-ard.com/2023/07/31/gatekeeping-womanhood-and-why-trans-women-are-women/
the-ard.com
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Sun Jul 30
★ Liked https://michaelweinberg.org/blog/2023/07/29/AQI_sensor/
michaelweinberg.org
post from AQI Sensor WIP
The air quality in NYC has been . . . not great this summer. This presents and opportunity. Why settle for knowing that the air is not great in the city when you can know how not-great it is in your very own home?
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★ Liked https://karawynn.substack.com/p/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries
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★ Liked https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/worldcoin-a-solution-in-search-of
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