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February 3, 2023

Data for Decisions - Max Countryman
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Too often forgotten. Data is indeed a mean to an end. It's not outright knowledge and will require work to be useful. It better be aligned with your needs if you want to use it for decision making.

Estimating Square Roots in Your Head

Interesting method to estimate square roots. I didn't know about it, quite clever.

Undefined behavior, and the Sledgehammer Principle | The Pasture
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Excellent conclusion to the recent turmoil around undefined behaviors. The way they are currently used as definitely a problem, they shouldn't be ignored in your code (although that's admittedly not that easy). There's hopefully a path forward.

I’m Now a Full-Time Professional Open Source Maintainer
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Interesting business model. Could be a new path for at least some maintainers to be sustainably funded. Still a lot of unknowns though... probably worth keeping an eye on it.