A simpler alternative to deleted_at, rules of thumb for better software, faking it until you automate it, the only civilized way to read online & AI and the big five (News)

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Brandur Leach’s easy, alternative soft deletion strategy, Lane Wagner’s zen of proverbs, Nicolas Carlo says fake it until you can automate it, Felix A. Crux thinks feeds are the only civilized way to read online & Ben Thompson analyzes AI and the big five tech companies.

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Featuring:

• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

• Easy, alternative soft deletion
• The Zen of Proverbs
• Fake it until you automate it
• Feeds: The Only Civilised Way to Read Online
• AI and the Big Five

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. A simpler alternative to deleted_at (00:00:15)

https://brandur.org/fragments/deleted-record-insert

3. Zen of proverbs (00:01:14)

https://wagslane.dev/posts/zen-of-proverbs/

4. Fake it until you automate it (00:02:24)

https://understandlegacycode.com/blog/fake-it-until-you-automate-it/

5. The only civilized way to read online (00:03:50)

https://felixcrux.com/blog/feeds-the-only-civilised-way-to-read-online

6. AI and the big five (00:06:24)

https://stratechery.com/2023/ai-and-the-big-five/

7. Outro (00:07:58)