Reading Log - June 23, 2023 (#33)
Two weeks worth of articles this week as I was in New York City last weekend. This log has a bunch of news out of the Microsoft-Activision acquisition, Reddit following the path of Twitter, and more.
In Depth
Marco Heine: The best tech stack for web development in 2023
I completely agree with Marco here.
The tech you use doesn’t matter. What matters is that you satisfy the needs of your users. Your users don’t care what tech you use, but they do care if your website or application works as intended and if they can achieve the task or find the information they came for.
Use the tech stack that works for you. There’s no one tech stack to rule them all. Use what makes sense for you. Use what allows you to create the features and the desired user experience for your customers in a fast and efficient manner.
Link Blast
👨🏼💻 Software Development & Design
F# is the .NET Rust - jkone27
JavaScript’s Backtick Strings are Likely the Wrong Tool for Your Job - Mattie Behrens
Next.js App Router Update - Delba de Oliveira & Lee Robinson
Overcoming Anxiety in Code Reviews - Melissa Piper
The Next Phase of Eleventy: Return of the Side Project - Zach Leatherman
🖥 Technology & the Internet
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens - Dell Cameron
What neo-Luddites get right – and wrong – about Big Tech - Tim Harford
DPReview will live, actually — under new ownership - Jess Weatherbed
Important And Needed New Report: Scaling Trust On The Web - Mike Masnick
The government is helping Big Telecom squeeze out city-run broadband - Sean Hollister
Reddit Experiments With Removing Mods, Blocking Attempts To Switch Subs To NSFW - Mike Masnick
🎮 Gaming
Star Wars Outlaws gameplay looks like Grand Theft Auto: Tatooine - Ash Parrish
FTC files to block Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard - Tom Warren
McDonald’s Just Dropped A Brand New Game Boy Game In 2023 - Anthony Wallace
FTC: Xbox-exclusive Starfield is “powerful evidence” against Activision deal - Kyle Orland
Beyond missing Titanic sub, handheld gamepads are a common military interface - Kyle Orland
Private email shows PlayStation chief unworried about Xbox-exclusive Call of Duty - Kyle Orland
📈 Business & Finance
Spotify’s podcast plan is going off the rails - Amrita Khalid
FTC sues Amazon for tricking customers into signing up for Prime - Makena Kelly
🔬 Science
Heatwaves are stressing out power grids all over the world - Justine Calma
⚾ Sports
Moneyball Broke Baseball - Mark Leibovich
The Athletic Decides Local News Doesn’t Pay - Lauren Theisen
🎧 Podcasts
Techdirt Podcast #354: Decentralizing Content Moderation
Stronger by Science #114: Sleep, Health, And Fitness
Techdirt Podcast #355: The Reddit Meltdown
99% Invisible #523: Six-on-Six Basketball
.NET Rocks #1831: Clean Architecture in 2023 with Steven Smith
On Point: Are return-to-office mandates backfiring?
🎒 Everything Else
The rebuilt heart of Jason Isbell - Jefferson Cowie
The Day the Lake Took the Edmund Fitzgerald - Martha Lundin