They said #COVID19 was minor.
They said plexiglass sheets would stop it.
They said we'd reach herd immunity.
They said masks didn't work.
They said kids couldn't spread it.
They said the pandemic was over.
They said Long COVID wasn't real.
They said reinfections were rare.
They only cared about the economy and normality, not about your health.
They won't be there to help you if you get chronically ill or disabled.

Stop listening to "they." Start getting better info and making better decisions.

tech is dominated by cis white dudes, and tech blogs more so. in more specialized domains (like accessibility), it's even worse.

when writing my last blog post, 90% of the resources i linked to were written by white dudes.

if you're part of a group that's underrepresented in tech, i would love to see your blog. if you don't have one, consider starting one (i can help!)

Exactly 14 years ago , Satoshi Nakamoto designed the most pathetic / inefficient system ever invented by humankind : the blockchain.

Today, it weights 60 000 tons, wastes constantly 10 gigawatts (more than Belgium or Chile) to process less than 7 transactions per second :

Less than a 33 bps modem from 1990.

This could be a joke if it didn't have such gigantic environmental impact, wasn't enabling billion dollars ransomware industry and was not crushing thousands of lives in the process.

I'm starting a new role next week, almost the union of my past two roles, and have been thinking about the piece I wrote when deciding to leave Stripe a lot: https://lethain.com/forty-year-career/

While I disagree with most stuff I've written 3+ years ago, this one still holds true for me.