There are about a dozen German words that can’t be translated into English but are so important that I hope English speakers will start using them. Verschlimmbessern is such a word. The act of making something worse while trying to make it better.

Some really great things in this coalition contract. Moving environmental goals forward, cannabis legalization and sale, immigration reform. Overall, a very interesting and needed pivot. Seems like a lot of win-wins. p.dw.com/p/43R2z

Code review in a nutshell

It's harder for Mobile engineers to progress beyond the "Senior Engineer" title than it is for backend engineers. A thread on why this is and how to get promoted beyond “terminal roles” as a mobile engineer ⬇️ First, a few examples demonstrating why this phenomenon exists:

Dear Software gods, Any chance we could hold off on more fun surprises until, idk, after the holidays? Sincerely, All Security and SRE folks

US Army Creates Single Vaccine Effective Against All COVID, SARS Variants defenseone.com/technology/202…

As a software developer, you may be called upon to perform some of these tasks in your career. How well a CS degree prepares you for these tasks (and whether it even should prepare you for these) is left as an exercise to the reader. 🧵 1/

Like Prussia was considered an army with a state, the more I observe of present day America, the more I’m convinced that it is just corporations with a state. Everything that the govt does is geared towards corporations and shareholders.

I managed multiple engineering teams before quitting big tech. Now that I quit, I can speak freely. Here are 12 things your manager may not be telling you, but I know for a fact will help you. 👇

The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism announces that our beloved teacher Thich Nhat Hanh passed away peacefully at Từ Hiếu Temple in Huế, Vietnam, at 00:00hrs on 22nd January, 2022, at the age of 95. #thichnhathanh #Buddhism

This is Zelensky's message to Europeans for an oil and gas embargo. Not pulling any punches:

Why Macron matters economist.com/leaders/2022/0… economist.com/leaders/2022/0…

Emmanuel Macron will battle Marine Le Pen for the French presidency economist.com/europe/2022/04… economist.com/europe/2022/04…

Lebanon goes to the polls amid its worst-ever financial crisis economist.com/middle-east-an… from economist.com/middle-east-an…

When a junior developer works on a low priority ticket.

new little song: "The Re-Org Rag (I'm My Own VP)"