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 #30

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Following a $30 million Series A, Viam Robotics is introducing a beta of its cloud-based tools designed to develop and deploy robots.

tl;dr: “All the language features in the examples above - classes, advanced types, and the borrow checker - have an important trait in common: They all feel like they emerge spontaneously from existing code independently of whether the language designer has thought about them. In that sense, they are the best kind of feature; instead of adding new things to worry about, they merely provide a vocabulary and tooling for dealing with already existing problems.”

tl;dr: “This article continues the long-lost series on how to migrate away from terminal protocols as the main building block for command-line and text-dominant user interfaces.” The value proposition and motivation is still that “such a critical part of computing should not be limited to device restrictions set in place some 50-70 years ago.”

tl;dr: At Kent’s company Gusto, the engineering team switched from private to public engineering levels and, as part of the transition, Kent wanted to emphasize to senior engineers and managers that power should not be misused. Here is Kent’s ways in which to exercise “power advantages” & experience power disadvantages.

tl;dr: “I am covering details from the vantage point of software engineers and engineering managers.” Gergely covers how Fast was able to hire engineers competing with the big tech companies, warning signs within the company as seen from an engineering perspective, the current situation within the company, and more.

tl;dr: Figma’s Head of Security is often asked how to approach security. Here he covers topics such as ransomware, cloud misconfigurations, credential stuffing, and more.

tl;dr: “Recently, though, some signs are emerging that Agile’s power may be fading. A new moment of reckoning is in the making, one that may end up knocking Agile off its perch.” Miriam discusses the negative impact and aspects of agile development on eng teams.

tl;dr: “If you can see the lotus flower emoji on your browser, then congratulations! You’re on a browser or operating system that supports Emoji 14.0, released in September 2021. If not, you might see something that looks like the scoreboard on an old 80’s arcade game.” Nolan discusses the flaws of native emojis.

tl;dr: “I’d like to show you some awesome web browser hacks to aid your web development workflow and how to convert those hacks into time-saving bookmarklets.”

tl;dr: “Allegedly, an 18 year old spammed an employee with 2FA via push notifications on an employee with a known password. They got into the VPN and scanned for servers, found a file share without any access controls, and a script that could access break-the-glass credentials. With the highest level of credentials available, they then got effective root access to Slack, AWS, Google Suite, and active directory at Uber.”