Hey there! I’ve just updated my blog with some fascinating reads. Dive into the influence of AI with an intriguing piece on the Bus Factor of 0, discover urgent arguments from “The Last Human Job,” and check out a legendary book list. There’s also a spotlight on doing things that don’t scale, a look into fairness in power dynamics, high-performance geocoding in Rust, and the untold history of Tor. Enjoy!
- “AI First” and the Bus Factor of 0: “AI first” leaves humans nowhere. Learn about the Bus Factor and how the launch of ChatGPT has changed the landscape on knowledge sharing.
- The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World by Allison J. Pugh: A timely and urgent argument for preserving the work that connects us in the age of automationWit…
- The Greatest Books of All Time: . This list is generated by aggregating 664 lists from various critics, authors, experts, and readers.
- Do Things that Don’t Scale:
- Fairness is what the powerful ‘can get away with,’ psychologists find: The willingness of those in power to act fairly depends on how easily others can collectively push back against unfair treatment, psychologists have found.
- How we replaced Elasticsearch and MongoDB with Rust and RocksDB: Radar offers geocoding, place search, and fraud detection APIs, powered by HorizonDB, a Rust-based engine delivering 20k QPS and sub-millisecond latency.
- The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy: A story of secrecy, resistance, and the fight for digital freedom.