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A batch of the best highlights from what Josh's read, .
Seeing your website’s actual server is the virtual equiv of the [Overview Effect](https://interconnected.org/home/2021/07/20/overview_effect) and I want to have that feeling the whole time!
I Wish My Web Server Were in the Corner of My Room
Matt Webb
If a `swear` ever fails, **the function is deleted from the source code.** This guarantees that only functionally correct remains in the codebase.
> *But isn’t a language that deletes code crazy?*
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> No, wanting to keep code that demonstrably has bugs according to its own specifications is crazy. What good could it possibly serve? It is corrupted and must be cleansed from your codebase.
Funny Programming Languages
Hillel Wayne
But effectively using renewable sources also means capturing the electricity at the moment it's produced and keeping it available for use when demand is high or because weather events like dunkelflaute, "dark doldrums," periods of cloud cover with little wind, mean that production is low. This requires energy storage, whether it's for hours, days, or even weeks.
How Infrastructure Works
Deb Chachra
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