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That makes sense, but wasn't mentioned as a core reason in the post, so I'm assuming it's not that for author.

Not trolling: How does your life feel different knowing your data is not being stored in some database?

Losing out on all those conveniences sounds miserable to me.

This is cool. What's the source data you use to generate clips?

How do you measure that your route was indeed faster?

> "You can figure out which lane is the fastest route, better than Google Maps can."

Why do you think so?

Given Google Maps has real time information about cars on both routes, I'd think it does a better job of aggregating this data than my intuition.

.. This would make sense if it worked. There's a fine line between "not-developed-here syndrome" and minimalism-as-you-mention-it.

If you can account for all the problems with the basic functionality the original big library tried to solve, this might work. But, if you're rediscovering all the problems again, and trying to solve them again, it's probably not the best use of your time.

Further, if something is big enough to become a norm (like Disqus for comments) - creating yet another sign-up form for comments has enough friction to discourage at least me from commenting. (And the one on this blog is broken).

I'm not saying your approach is wrong, but there's pros and cons to both, which don't seem to be captured here.

Good point, thanks! This will be fun to do.

Hey Leon, thanks!

I've updated the website :)

Haha, I had no idea. Thank you!

We've had the same name for the past 7 years, so going by the future estimates with no extra useful information, I expect us to have the same team name for 7 more years :P

This is awesome (and lots of projects - I love it!)

Interesting. I love the idea of generating documentation from code - it does a lot of things right: Single source of truth (right now we have 3), easier to update when changing code as it's right there.

But I'm not sure everything fits in there. Where do you document processes like how to test stuff that isn't possible to test in a local-dev environment?

Or .. what the IDs that have some business meaning, mean.

.. Nopes, but it was the quickest reference I could find for the joke. I don't like to put quotes in without the source.

Indeed! Thanks Everlag!

I think it's been the top productivity hack in my life.

Not only did it help me keep my thoughts in check, but it became a solid base for me to bundle other habits on top. If I keep a daily log of stuff (one I look forward to because it's super useful - not just a calendar) , all I have to do is add a new column for a new habit I'm tracking, and everyday I'm forced to put in a Yes or a No, which then snowballs into the "Don't break the chain!".

Existing discussion on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/cv6tnu/self_po...

According to the article, because teaching them together negates the effects. Phonics seem difficult at first, and given an easier option, the children wouldn't develop this, leading to losing this ability.

Ah, I see!

So, if you look at the line above the line you quoted, I quote this same link in the article :)

Is it not visible? ( I hope I didn't mess up deployment again :P )

Right, about the fusion reactors, I should link to this, too:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/02/26/molten-sal...

Exactly, something to bring to light. This is what I link to in the post: https://ourworldindata.org/what-is-the-safest-form-of-energy

Yes. It's a good option, safer than the rest, but a few incidents have blasted the risk out of proportion.

Is that not clear enough as I imagined? :$

I'm stumped... What makes these great? Is it excellent writing? -\0/-

Leafing through a few, they seemed pretty mediocre in terms of saying something new / teaching me something.

hahaha, I was too! (and I wanted to save people a google search :P

Thanks, looking forward to it!

Another monster book I just finished reading and want to do a summary of is Guns, Germs and Steel, which is similar, but focused on one time-section.

I found writing down a mind map of what the author wants to convey really helps distill down the ideas.

More than once, I'd read through one section of the book (again) - and be unable to make the connection to the overall theme. This post (and any summary I want to read) aims to solve that - do the hard work once of figuring out the progression, how things connected together, so I can draw upon them for future use.

Oh, also, for some more interesting stuff that doesn't fit into the overall flow of the blog post - you can have a look at the HTML comments!

There's usually some more interesting one-off gems in there!

Indeed, that's the plan! You can find others I've done already tagged "Notes" - https://neilkakkar.com/categories/

I realise now I should make that more explicit in my posts!

Thanks for taking out the time to let me know! :)

Thank you, Simone :)

Thanks, author here.

And for the other comments, no, I didn't update that right now. :)

Hey, yep, that's exactly right. I wanted to keep the artefacts, and regarding the image-map, sadly they aren't responsive, yet. They work perfectly fine on every screen with width > 700px though.

I haven't figured out a nice way to make them responsive yet.

and if you don't get time for the entire book: I did an almost lossless compression - https://neilkakkar.com/sapiens.html