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List of resources (any medium) that caught my attention this year (2025 edition). If curious check also:
1. JAN-2026
Prepare for That Stupid World
- https://ploum.net/2025-12-19-prepare-for-that-world.html
normalising the fact that “even if it is completely stupid, AI will be everywhere, get used to it!”
I Program on the Subway
- https://www.scd31.com/posts/programming-on-the-subway Creative use of time. Like Ryan Holiday’s suggestion to be extremely careful about interstinial/do-nothing time.
Understanding Query Execution with the Analyzer
- https://clickhouse.com/docs/guides/developer/understanding-query-execution-with-the-analyzer Something I’m learning by heart these days. Combining with https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/the-evolution-of-databases-w-wolfram
Your Supabase Is Public
Creator of Go Crashes out - YouTube
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9i3VTFxd_Q Prime’s contrarian take. +1
Legendary Game Dev Jonathan Blow
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHfdUqLmPNU The only reasons why games may ever be interesting again and this is because of rants in The Future of Code podcast.
Assorted less(1) tips
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46464120 Learning less!
Be Wary of Digital Deskilling - Cal Newport
- https://calnewport.com/be-wary-of-digital-deskilling/
- I keep coming to this concept, it’s memorable and somewhat valuable
I’m addicted to being useful
How I estimate work as a staff software engineer
- https://www.seangoedecke.com/how-i-estimate-work/ Sean again :) The standard way of thinking about estimates is that you start with a proposed piece of software work, and you then go and figure out how long it will take. This is entirely backwards. Instead, teams will often start with the estimate, and then go and figure out what kind of software work they can do to meet it.
Introduction to PostgreSQL Indexes ::
- https://dlt.github.io/blog/posts/introduction-to-postgresql-indexes/ Bookmarking for later, because we started PG managed service starting 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpBA13nQxAk
Bridges - by Kent Beck - Software Design: Tidy First?
- https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/bridges important
Opinion
A Step Behind the Bleeding Edge: Monarch’s Philosophy on AI in Dev – Somehow Manage
- https://somehowmanage.com/2026/01/22/a-step-behind-the-bleeding-edge-monarchs-philosophy-on-ai-in-dev/ Looking at what a quick smartphone adoption done to the genZ, I’m not adopting AI too quickly. Only where it sharpens the old skills.
The future of software engineering is SRE
- https://swizec.com/blog/the-future-of-software-engineering-is-sre/?utm_source=changelog-news robustness, robustness, robustness