Scripting News: Saturday, April 6, 2024

Saturday, April 6, 2024
Facebook, 3 years ago: "I want to use my own editor and have my writing emanate from there, without me having to copy and paste into various forms on different sites. I'm not a copypaste machine. Technically, it's an easy problem to solve, and I don't see how it hurts various tech companies to let users write in their favorite editor. This is severely limiting what we can do with networks, and there seems to be no reason for it. APIs let us build networks out of software. Devs, take a chance on other developers. Let the web expand. Let the web breathe."#
Sometimes it pays to start over#
I think you can save time by starting over sometimes, and rebuild the complexity, carefully testing at every step. #
Going back and fixing a poorly tested corner-turn, esp one you did a while ago, is a time-consuming and frustrating process. You need to have a fully consistent model to evolve. When you try to reorganize a complicated bit of code, and you find yourself scratching your head about how this or that works, that's a sign that it doesn't work. #
But it's much more fun to add new features to a broken foundation than it is to either fix the foundation or rip it out and put in a new one. #

Linkblog items for the day.

Tens of Thousands Rally Against Netanyahu. politicalwire.com
I imported Molly White's OPML file into FeedLand, here's the resulting feed list. Tomorrow I'll get it to display as a blogroll. Interop is the best. feedland.com
Update: Molly White's blogroll does have an OPML file. I ❤️ interop. mollywhite.net
Electric charging on NYS Thruway. I can't imagine it can handle the traffic to and from the eclipse over the next few days. ny.gov
This is such a great list. I'd love to have it in OPML so I could plug it into FeedLand. mollywhite.net
'Are you better off today than four years ago?' is the wrong question. thehill.com
We need a song like this for abortion in the US. youtube.com
Four Takeaways on the Race to Amass Data for A.I. nytimes.com
When a top Republican says Russian propaganda has infected the GOP. wapo.st
RSS in JSON. github.com
Nice new blogroll from Molly White. manton.org
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