The Daily Index — Monday, February 5, 2024 · TLDR Index

BIG TECH & STARTUPS

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THE FIRST REDDIT REVIEWS OF THE VISION PRO ARE IN

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theverge.com · 4 min

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REMAKING THE APP STORE

The iPhone proposed a new kind of tradeoff for the software industry - it put security, privacy, and reliability over the freedom to change anything and do anything. While this tradeoff is right for almost everyone, Apple uses its control for selfish reasons that are not about security, privacy, or reliability at all. The DMA appears to be trying to stop gatekeepers from abusing their control over competitors while also requiring them to control all sorts of other policy objectives. Apple's response to the DMA suggests that nothing much will change.

ben-evans.com · 13 min

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WHEN SHOULD YOU GIVE UP ON A PROJECT THAT DOESN'T WORK?

If you have an idea, you should test your hypothesis as soon as possible. Being afraid that your hypothesis may be wrong can lead you to spend time working on something that won't pay off. Early testing can validate an idea - you will know straight away if something is worth building. Procrastination can sometimes be a sign that you subconsciously know a project isn't going to work out the way you thought it would.

preethamrn.com · 5 min

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GENERATING CODE WAS NEVER THE HARD PART

The truly hard parts of being a software engineer largely happen before code generation - things like requirements clarification, negotiation, technical design, and tradeoff analysis.

nick.scialli.me · 2 min

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DECIDING WHETHER AN INVESTMENT IS WORTHWHILE

Most investments won't work out - you don't want to spend the next five years doing the wrong thing.

longform.asmartbear.com · 15 min

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AMAZON’S NEW AWS CHARGE FOR USING IPV4 IS EXPECTED TO RAKE IN UP TO $1B PER YEAR — CHANGE SHOULD SPEED IPV6 ADOPTION

Amazon now charges $0.005 per IPv4 address per hour for all public IPv4 addresses.

tomshardware.com · 3 min

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DAUNTING PAPERS/BOOKS AND HOW TO FINALLY READ THEM

This mathoverflow thread discusses how people successfully overcame whatever was stopping them from extracting the information they were interested in and how long it took.

mathoverflow.net · 8 min

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THE UNDERCOVER GENERALIST

This post discusses an independent contractor's struggles with being a generalist software engineer yet having to market themselves as a specialist.

ochagavia.nl · 8 min

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