Humans need consistency in order to be able follow their second nature habits. When habits or repetitive functions are established, they are effortless.
This newsletter's development section editor was incredibly annoyed by the multitude of lame, handwringing thinkpieces about npm's left_pad debacle and how we must have all forgotten how to program. But this newsletter's development section editor still tips his hat to the troll who wrote is-thirteen in response. Read the source for a good smirk.
Finally, the Year of Linux on the Desktop. (This is actually really, really cool. We've linked up the best write-up we found on the subject, from someone with the expertise to tell you how it really works.)
A conversation with Ryan Freitas of Uber: the power of platforms to take opinionated products and distribute them for adoption.
Revelry will be hosting/attending events around New Orleans every night during the week of Collision. If you'll be in town, we'd love to say hello -- hello@revelry.co.