I cannot stress how unusual it is to have multiple women at Apple coming forward to say how disturbed they are by this hire. Feels like a pivotal moment in the company history:
I have been gutted, as many other folks at Apple were, with the hiring of Antonio García Martínez. I believe in the strength of community we have at Apple, & that the...
yo dawg, I heard you like HTML rendering so I implemented an HTML renderer in HTML workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/05/Google…
My boyfriend bought a unicomp keyboard, which is a modern copy of the IBM Model M keyboard from 1985. It's cool in theory, but I'm going insane listening to him typing. I like the idea of having a tactical keyboard, but it is so annoying to hear the clanking of the keys. ahhhh
So far this is the best overview of where Rails stands today vis-à-vis the whole Basecamp debacle.
Schneems 🤠 National Popular Vote Now https://twitter.com/schneems
New blog post! The room where it happens: How Rails gets made schneems.com/2021/05/12/the…
I hope either of these things happen. (But do I think they *will* happen? Not holding my breath.)
Since folks have asked, the only scenarios under which I’d consider contributing to Stimulus, Turbo, or Hotwire in the future are: 1. Basecamp transfers IP ownership o...
Apple employees are circulating a petition demanding an investigation into the hiring of Antonio García Martínez — a former Facebook PM seen by many as misogynistic. Read my latest w/ @CaseyNewton & @mslopatto — which includes the full text of the letter: theverge.com/2021/5/12/2243…

What’s between you and the outside world during eternal Caturday?

IT'S ALIVE!!! deadline.com/2021/05/adult-…
this makes me so happy #GoTeamVenture
IT'S ALIVE!!! deadline.com/2021/05/adult-…
Google has *not* said it's doubling the size of the Ethical AI team. It's doubling the larger Responsible AI team, led by VP Marian Croak. This article caused some confusion yesterday, particularly for Ethical AI staff: wsj.com/articles/googl…
Ruby isn't just a language for us old-timers. It's for beginners too! Careers in Ruby are being forged even now. We're not in decline, we're growing. And I'm thrilled to be working on tools to make the onboarding experience even better.
The next big release of @bridgetownrb provides an intriguing new environment for teaching and learning Ruby and trying out new tools in the Ruby ecosystem. ruby3.dev/jam...
TBF, I fkn miss it 😭
“Digital Nomads”—Expectation: Lying on a beach, coding up hackery stuff in a terminal & sipping cocktails. 🏖️ The Reality: Responding to emails & scheduling m...
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Couldn’t get someone to open the door for him? twitter.com/oregonian/stat…
Rep. Mike Nearman, criminally charged for opening Capitol to armed protesters, does not appear at 1st hearing trib.al/Z7akl8F
Why do I think this is bullshit?
1,000 feral cats released onto Chicago streets to tackle rat explosion hill.cm/2Ipkig5
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Nosocomial infections are interesting. They are simply: illness acquired while in a healthcare facility. In the US, they kill about 100,000 people each year, with 10% o...
This is a really fantastic, insightful piece by @JesseDavidFox about John Mulaney’s first post-rehab stand-up set last night. vulture.com/article/who-sh…
If you work at Google and have thoughts about this, my DMs are open.
Given the current violence in Israel, I wonder if we'll start to hear employee and customer backlash to Big Tech companies that work with the government and military. Tak...
Let’s do this, but the opposite. You’re on a first date with someone, and they tell you the name of their favorite book. You immediately propose. What’s the book?
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You’re on a first date with someone, and they tell you the name of their favorite book. You immediately leave. What’s the book?
Instacart employees on the central ops team are pissed. The company has said the vast majority of the company can be fully remote, but they need to come in 3x/week. The tension highlights a quandary that many tech companies will likely face as they seek to reopen offices:
Instacart tells entry-level team to return to office, senior managers can stay home theverge.com/2021/5/11/2242…