#3 - Mines, Money, Mono & More
Hey you! Stop that! Stay with me, do not switch. Yes, come follow along. Let's focus. Single-task.
This is I'm A Teapot, an newsletter about #ideas, #digital and #engineering and today I would like to share with you:
ENGINEERING - Nobody ever got fired for buying using React? Well you might be as to choose a classic JS framework might mean to go fast (first) to go slow (later): JS-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals and to choose classic React/Next over more modern contenders might cost you dearly: Svelte vs React: I Built the Same App in Both — Here’s What I Learned
Once we got that out of the way, let's learn what worked an what did not work in infra and backend for Jack Lindamood (Antrophic, xAI, Twitch, ...): (Almost) Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years running infrastructure at a startup · Jack's home on the web
DIGITAL - If only you knew what your software team, that feature, that sprint, that quick change or call cost you... Well, now you can know, let's dive deep with Victor Cessan: The Economics of Software Teams: Why Most Engineering Organizations Are Flying Blind - Viktor Cessan
Now that you know, you wonder: How to make those expensive af teams faster? Well, Avery Pennarun (Tailscale) has some ideas about making them slower... to make them faster: Every layer of review makes you 10x slower - apenwarr
IDEAS - This is super tricky, what to recommend more... An amazing (and exhaustive) overview of super-great art projects: Unruly Play — Curated by Imagination of Things Like, I really friggin love this. Or do I love more this really, really good piece about the power of mono-tasking: The Secret to Success Is 'Monotasking' - The Atlantic.
Maybe you read both? One after the other!
Now: Just look at the sky. Enjoy the limitless shades of soft blue. And then - Enjoy your tea.
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