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10/30/2021
22 : 14

Weekend Reading — BOO-lean operators 👻

This week we're learning UI design in real time, learn to wake up at the right time, play cat and mouse, and find new use for old jeans. Weekend Reading — BOO-lean operators 👻 By Assaf Arkin – 30
10/24/2021
1 : 34

Weekend Reading — 🦴 A bones day to you too

This week is a bones day kind of week, we Excel with a glass half full, workout in AR, and discover the third gender. Weekend Reading — 🦴 A bones day to you too By Assaf Arkin – 23 Oct 2021 – View
10/16/2021
19 : 34

Weekend Reading — 🤦‍♂️ Decoding the HTML

This week we're the spooky arcane oldhat sysadmin, playing checkboxes of DOOM, pinning down the location independent, and decoding the HTML. Weekend Reading — 🤦‍♂️ Decoding the HTML By Assaf Arkin
10/9/2021
21 : 44

Weekend Reading — 👋 Could be fun to fix

This week we triple our displays, struggle with CSS math, blame the DNS, commit to ending finsta, and brave all four. Weekend Reading — 👋 Could be fun to fix By Assaf Arkin – 09 Oct 2021 – View online
10/2/2021
18 : 44

Weekend Reading — 🖼️ Modern accidental renaissance

This week in accidental renaissance, we budget our bandwidth, park our car with 500 lines of code, and treat executives like elderly relatives. Weekend Reading — 🖼️ Modern accidental renaissance By
9/25/2021
19 : 44

Weekend Reading — 🧺 Laundry baskets

This week we drop folders, party with sync XHR, add more developers to a late project, get a puppy, and feel the pun. Weekend Reading — 🧺 Laundry baskets By Assaf Arkin – 25 Sep 2021 – View online → AI
9/18/2021
18 : 44

Weekend Reading — 25% fewer tweets

This week final_final2.psd, the more emails you send … AI hallucinate us some art, and we learn that squirty cream is a thing. Weekend Reading — 25% fewer tweets By Assaf Arkin – 18 Sep 2021 – View
9/11/2021
19 : 44

Weekend Reading — 🛏️ If you love someone, let them nap

This week we crack the naughty word list, reduce drag, make it rain, and use this one hack to improve the relationship with our ISP. Weekend Reading — 🛏️ If you love someone, let them nap By Assaf
9/4/2021
20 : 14

Weekend Reading — ☕ Ffrothi Coffi

This week we game and watch, sweep the floor, design a green & black protocol, hallucinate New Yorker cartoons, and date the #vanlife. Weekend Reading — ☕ Ffrothi Coffi By Assaf Arkin – 04 Sep 2021
8/28/2021
20 : 34

Weekend Reading — Rime of the Ancient Mariner

This week we water houseplants using a dehumidifier, listen to tales of woe, build in public, and interpretive dance to hydraulic press. Weekend Reading — Rime of the Ancient Mariner By Assaf Arkin –
8/21/2021
18 : 54

Weekend Reading — 🖨️ In dialogue with the printer

This week we hallucinate some art, redesign the Macbook, all the regrets, watch the great race, and keep an eye on that Wikipedia entry. Weekend Reading — 🖨️ In dialogue with the printer By Assaf Arkin
8/14/2021
21 : 34

Weekend Reading — 📖 Open Book Bar

This week we have a story about some points, we rewind and watch the web tapes, we read with our eyebrows, and watch the starry skies. Weekend Reading — 📖 Open Book Bar By Assaf Arkin – 14 Aug 2021 –
8/7/2021
18 : 34

Weekend Reading —🦙 To Prank a Llama

This week we draw from memory, watch the video inception, take a pop-up vacation, order some pants, rewatch Brazil, and prank a llama. Weekend Reading —🦙 To Prank a Llama By Assaf Arkin – 07 Aug 2021 –
7/31/2021
22 : 24

Weekend Reading — Working with real data

This week we Kanban our job search, change our strategy vision to fix a bug, ride the bike, and mind the duck! Weekend Reading — Working with real data By Assaf Arkin – 31 Jul 2021 – View online → 🪑
7/24/2021
19 : 54

Weekend Reading — Goodhart Resistant

This week we elbow our way into a CPU, dump email for Google Docs, mix Neopets and cryptocurrency, and deal with an airplane infestation. Weekend Reading — Goodhart Resistant By Assaf Arkin – 24 Jul
7/17/2021
20 : 4

Weekend Reading — Errlang

This week we go err …, we're tested by software, we look at the Ransomware Economy, find the perfect job, and the dress to match. Weekend Reading — Errlang By Assaf Arkin – 17 Jul 2021 – View
7/10/2021
17 : 44

Weekend Reading — 🤷‍♂️ 9000% APR technical payday loans

This week we use QR codes all wrong, give our $0.0200000000042, turn a profit on every $1 sold, and get our hoodie back. Weekend Reading — 🤷‍♂️ 9000% APR technical payday loans By Assaf Arkin – 10 Jul
7/3/2021
20 : 14

Weekend Reading — pAIr Programmer

This week we pair program with AI, get certified on Infinidash, learn about unintended consequences, herd some sheep, and play with Lego. Weekend Reading — pAIr Programmer By Assaf Arkin – 03 Jul 2021
6/27/2021
17 : 54

Weekend Reading — 🐶 Smelling Ground

This week we run a highly available three-node Meow-Meow cluster, subtitle a formula F1 race, and discover sniff media. Weekend Reading — 🐶 Smelling Ground By Assaf Arkin – 27 Jun 2021 – View online →
6/19/2021
22 : 44

Weekend Reading — 📥 Integration Test Email #1

This week we check our spam folder, witness a passing integration test, swoop and poop, and a trip to Waffle House. Weekend Reading — 📥 Integration Test Email #1 By Assaf Arkin – 19 Jun 2021 – View