Reading Log ForAugust 31, 2026 (#187)
This week it's some thoughts on polyfills with CSS and JavaScript, a hot take on XML vs. JSON, Flock vigilantes, and more.
.NET
- Improvements to reading Process outputs - Andrew Lock
- C# Tip: Use required members to prevent invalid object initialization (beware of SetsRequiredMembers attribute!) - Davide Bellone
Web Development
- In defense of polyfills - Lea Verou
- A New Browser Vision? - Brian Kardell
- Why the accept attribute degrades file upload UX - Adam Silver
- Progressively enhancing Grid Lanes - Manuel Matuzovic
General Development
- 5 Software Architecture Mistakes That Make Systems Hard to Change - Derek Comartin
- The Best Code is the One You Shift+Delete - Ayende Rahien
- The code review bug hunt is dead. Here’s what developers get wrong. - Adrian Bridgwater
- Code is a Medium for Thought - Amelia Wattenberger
- Worse is better: JSON versus XML - Mark Seemann
- Why Good Architecture Still Fails in Production - Ivan Pelivanovic
- What are git worktrees, and why should I use them? - Cassidy Williams
Privacy
AI
- I Think I Have LLM Burnout - Alec Scollon
- Replication Is Not Innovation - Christopher Butler
- AI can write the code. Your team still owns the debt. - Robert Curlee
Space
Gaming
- The Need For GTA 6's Success Is A Symptom Of A Broken Industry - Joshua Rivera
Business & Finance
- What Akron's tire collapse can teach us about the AI economy - David Brancaccio
Sports
- The New Women’s Pro Baseball League Offers Hope—And Frustrations - Jen Ramos Eisen & Frankie de la Cretaz
- The 2026 College Football Offseason Recap - Israel Daramola & Ray Ratto
Books
- Why Reading Matters - Cal Newport
Everything Else
- Blogging Can Just Be Stating The Obvious - Jim Nielsen
- We took away psychological safety and then told everyone to be more productive - Liz Dugan
- Thinking About Nothing Takes a Lot of Work - Kin Lane
- The new bottleneck - Eira May