From the TL;DR in Tech archive, originally sent on Substack. Some links may have died since.

tl;dr in tech by Joe Karlsson - Issue #41

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tl;dr: When building cloud application leveraging more and more SaaS services like Lambda, SQS, and DynamoDB we are faced with an interesting dilemma: should we still try to develop locally or should we just embrace the cloud as a development environment? This article offers an interesting take on this question.

tl;dr: “Trailing dots on host names in URLs is the gift that keeps on giving. Let me take you through a dwindling story of how the dot is handled differently in different places through the stack of an Internet client. The evil trailing dot.”

tl;dr: “I can’t tell if the author was being clever or if it was a particularly lucky typo. Either way, I will continue putting - at the beginning: [-,.]. But if you feel the need to send someone down a rabbit trail [,-.] is an option for you.” Paul discusses how arrived at this conclusion.

tl;dr: “This is a partial story of what went wrong with the process and how it permanently damaged me. My hope is that this story will help people recognize toxic cultures in their own workplaces, or help new hires have a better career at Google.”

A Collection of application ideas which can be used to improve your coding skills. - GitHub - florinpop17/app-ideas: A Collection of application ideas which can be used to improve your coding skills.

tl;dr: App ideas which can be used to improve coding skills.

tl;dr: ‘“What if it changes?” isn’t just a question. It’s a powerful heuristic for software design that can be used to justify almost anything. Everyone should use it more. It’s great precisely because it’s rooted in pure speculation.’ Chris provides a guide for how to navigate this thinking.