Every time I post a new behavioral experiment, or share a personal resolution of some kind, I get a few emails telling me not to be so strict with myself.

They always say something like “It’s not good to be so hard on yourself!” or “We shouldn’t be forcing ourselves to do things!”

This is a common thing to hear in our improvement-focused culture. I used to think it was a reasonable caution, but now I think it’s generally bad advice.

It seems well-meaning in most cases—people sometimes do go overboard with exercise, frugality, and personal efficiency. But I think it’s much more common for people to go under-board in some or all of those areas, and you can bet the person giving you a hard time is one of them.

We often hear about the importance of “balance” in our self-improvement efforts. But what exactly are we balancing? Good behaviors and bad ones? Are we looking for lives that are equal parts wisdom and recklessness?

Can you imagine someone saying “I don’t think we should force ourselves to brush our teeth every day. You have to live a little!”

DevCrowd вместе с Авито провели исследование рынка Go-разработчиков, 2024

People have different names for the colors they see. Language can affect how we memorize and name colors. This is a color naming test designed to measure your personal blue-green boundary.

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This brief highlights key statistics on men’s health. Men face significant health challenges, including shorter life expectancies, high suicide rates, and substantial losses due to drug overdoses and COVID-19. Despite these issues, there aren’t many public health goals that target men, and only one male-specific preventive measure is covered by the ACA. These facts underscore the need for focused attention on men’s health.

Equity or cash? These days, it seems that working for equity is the way to become a millionaire. I don't think it's true.

A new generation of collaborative software that allows users to retain ownership of their data.

While other applications on the system threw up errors (“offline! warning!”) and blocked the user from working, the local-first prototypes function normally regardless of network status

Бывает, проблему можно поправить функцией или макросом, но в код тянут библиотеку. Или можно купить готовое решение, но тимлид говорит: мы напишем свое через три месяца. Или разработчик насмотрелся видосов со свежей конфы и хочет проверить чужие идеи.

The disappearance of the sex scene in American cinema, the suppression of the body under the moral imperative of commodities in neoliberal capitalism, and Verhoeven as antagonizer.

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If you want a single piece of advice to reduce your bug count, it’s this:
Re-read your code frequently. After writing a few lines of code (3 to 6 lines, a short block within a function), re-read them. That habit will save you more time than any other simple change you can make.

Пришло время рассказать о том, как устроена геополитика. Как и почему страны конкурируют между собой, строят и разрушают союзы, захватывают соседей или сами исчезают с карты. Для удобства и наглядности объяснять будем на простейших примерах — на кружочках.

Рич Хикки рассказывает о различиях простоты и лёгкости в контексте проектирования и написания программ.

Говорит, что многие выбирают лёгкость, забывая про простоту. Со временем комплексность превращается во что-то такое, что сложно поддерживать и в чём сложно разобраться новичкам.

Нужно стремиться искать лёгкие способы делать простые программы.

Илья рассказывает про свой движок блога. Акцент на заботу о пользователе и невидимых фичах.

Оверпасс с человеческим лицом или лицом нейросети.

Можно написать, что ты хочешь видеть на карте, а нейронка обработает запрос и выдаст результат.