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On the limits and perils of being data driven: https://twitchard.github.io/posts/2022-08-26-metrics-schmetrics.html (Worthwhile improvements are often not amenable to A/B testing, and metrics can harm intrinsic motivation.)

OpenBSD replacing sudo with doas, as a simpler, easier to reason about alternative: https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/doas The motivation resonates with me too: I only ever use sudo for personal usage, not managing complex groups of users with different permissions.

Delightful talk on teaching programming to children: https://youtu.be/g1ib43q3uXQ Explanations are important, teaching them to read code aloud helps, and skill development begets motivation!