I Used The Web For A Day On A 50 MB Budget
- Chris Ashton tl;dr: Data can be prohibitively expensive, especially in developing countries. The author puts himself in the shoes of someone on a tight data budget and offers practical tips for reducing our websites’ data footprint.featured in #150
The Weird History Of JavaScript (Video)
- Fireship tl;dr: 12 mins video of how JS started with the rise of the Netscape browser, how it got its name, why it grew so widely and quickly and much more. Fun viewing.featured in #146
Brian Kernighan Interviews Ken Thompson (Video)
tl;dr: Ken Thompson is the co-creator of the original Unix operating system. Brian worked on it with Ken at Bell Labs. Fascinating hour long interview.featured in #142
Why I (Still) Love Tech: In Defense of a Difficult Industry
- Paul Ford tl;dr: The author expresses his love for technology and the conflict he sees in an industry that's evolved from small, marginal communities of programmers and technologists who share his love to what it's become.featured in #141