Mike Burns

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Software dev at thoughtbot • Ruby, Rust, C, sh, Kotlin, security • he/him, xennial, NYC/Squamish •
Professional: @mburns • Non-professional: @mikeburns • Outside: @mikegoesout
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Mike BurnsSep 21, 2023
Phil GyfordNov 23, 2022

Here's the latest of my #projects: https://ooh.directory , a collection of hundreds of blogs.

I was tired of hearing "no body blogs any more" and wanted to show that there are so. many. blogs!

I have loads more blogs and features to add yet, and I hope you find something interesting.

ooh.directory: a place to find good blogs that interest you

A collection of 2,392 blogs about every topic

Mike BurnsMar 16, 2023
/brúno antúnɛs/Nov 22, 2022
How can you not be romantic about programming? https://thorstenball.com/blog/2020/09/08/how-can-you-not-be-romantic-about-programming/
Thorsten Ball - How can you not be romantic about programming?

Mike BurnsMar 10, 2023

Some nice reminiscing (navelgazing?) by @amyhoy . Shoutout to everyone who still maintains home pages.

> the dominant metaphor was table of contents rather than diary entry.

https://stackingthebricks.com/how-blogs-broke-the-web/

How the Blog Broke the Web

I first got online in 1993, back when the Web had a capital letter — three, in fact — and long before irony stretched its legs and unbuttoned its flan

Mike BurnsDec 25, 2022
MarianJul 24, 2022

When deciding for the programming language to use for a project, do you take climate impact into account?

Some notes on the energy efficiency of programming languages in my blog. https://www.sendung.de/2022-07-24/programming-languages-energy-efficiency/

The research data it's based on has circulated quite a bit, yet I wonder whether it has become common knowledge yet.

Energy efficiency of programming languages

More and more server side applications are constantly contributing to the global electricity usage. As a developer, you might be responsible for such applications. Have you ever considered the impact which the selection of the programming language has on the energy consumption?

Mike BurnsDec 25, 2022
Sumana HarihareswaraFeb 7, 2019
New blog post: https://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2019/02/07/1 sometimes we misuse cool-looking tools, like Socratic questioning or the Devil's advocate position, by using them when we don't yet have a trusting relationship, a defined question & decision framework, or a magic circle
Socratic Questioning, Devil's Advocacy, and Conversational Power Tools

Show threadMike BurnsDec 22, 2022

Been reflecting lately on puzzles. For a noticeably large number of people, programming is a fun puzzle. A new library presents itself as something to be solved, a new framework is like settling down in front of a 3000-piece gradient jigsaw puzzle.

I think some library authors play into this, too, unintentionally. Any clever design or smart abstraction is both part of the puzzle solving _and_ the puzzle making process.

This is, of course, a terrible way to run a business. But what a great way to spend the time!

Mike BurnsDec 22, 2022

> How to enable not users but adaptors? How can people move from using a product, to understanding how it hangs together and making their own changes? How do you design products with, metaphorically, screws not nails?

https://interconnected.org/home/2020/08/26/adaptive_design

Revisiting Adaptive Design, a lost design movement

Posted on Wednesday 26 Aug 2020. 1,505 words, 17 links. By Matt Webb.

Interconnected, a blog by Matt Webb
Mike BurnsDec 17, 2022
Paul FordDec 17, 2022
If it behooves you, instead of thinking any more about Twitter—hit us with some PDFs, some incomprehensible sociology, a fact about your town, some poetry no one cares about, political theory that will never land, obscure social history, climate links, math things, some tech so obscure 20 people use it. We want your inner noise. Just push the gas on your own ephemeralism and launch us into the future.
Mike BurnsDec 15, 2022
Show threadDimiter PetrovDec 15, 2022

The #rust hackathon project was a success! As usual, the software we wrote is rudimentary and useless in itself. The real value was in learning from each other and discussing tradeoffs.

Thanks @mburns and @gkosmo !

Mike BurnsDec 13, 2022
 Stlex Dec 13, 2022

The best thing I've ever done as an IT professional is install adblockers for elderly and non-computer-literate clients. Everyone should use them. It's not even just an aesthetics thing, it's an "ads are responsible for serving tons of malicious scripts that trick people into calling numbers or clicking links that lead to scammy shit" thing.

Fuck ads.