The Linked List (6)

Welcome back! This week I'm going to carry on the tactic of splitting all these juicy links into categories.

Career Insights

Even if I'm rather happy with my job, complaining about it is still pretty fun. I suppose these people think so too:

The hidden cost of shipping too fast: https://www.antonsten.com/articles/the-hidden-cost-of-shipping-too-fast/
I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-work-for-an-evil-company-but-outside-work-im-actually-a-really-good-person
Always Be Ready to Leave (Even If You Never Do): https://andreacanton.dev/posts/2025-11-08-always-ready-to-leave/
"Good engineering management" is a fad: https://lethain.com/good-eng-mgmt-is-a-fad/

Understanding Unicode (from Longhorn PHP 2025): https://evanhahn.com/longhornphp2025/; Lots of cool built-in functions here from PHP. This is good knowledge to have for accommodating UTF-8 throughout our applications.
The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/the-eu-made-apple-adopt-new-wi-fi-standards-and-now-android-can-support-airdrop/
The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026: https://infrequently.org/2025/11/performance-inequality-gap-2026/; It's still especially important to save those bytes as the globe doubles down on mobile browsing. These reports are great for seeing what device and network conditions you should optimise for.
TinCan: https://tincan.kids/; Shipping to the US only for the moment but it's crazy that this exists.
2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web: https://cybercultural.com/p/lastfm-audioscrobbler-2002/; As an avid scrobbler, its great to read up on the history of the platform.
How Google Is Shifting AI From the Cloud to Your Browser: https://thenewstack.io/how-google-is-shifting-ai-from-the-cloud-to-your-browser/; Get ready for your device batteries to get slammed from all the on-device AI models in the near-future.