Join 📚 Josh Beckman's Highlights

A batch of the best highlights from what Josh's read, .

I owe a debt of gratitude to those whose knowledge helped me debug software, repair bicycles, choose camping gear, start a business, and deal with anything life throws at me. I repay that debt by marking my own trails. When I think “it should not have been this hard to find out”, I make it easier to find out.

The duty to document Posted on May 2, 2023

nicolasbouliane.com

With developers spending less than a third of their time actually writing code, developer experience includes all the other stuff: maintaining code, testing, security issues, addressing incidents, and more.

The Case for 'Developer Experience' - Future

future.a16z.com

Unlike simple machines, which cannot be copyrighted, software is automatically copyrighted by the creator and when it is licensed, the licensee cannot continue to use the software without obeying the terms of the license agreement. This allows for a flourishing software licensing market that works exactly as intended, no patents necessary.

Why Software Patents Are Bad, Period.

Why Software Patents are Bad, Period.

...catch up on these, and many more highlights