Jan-Lukas Else

Thoughts of an IT expert

🔗 Links: 2020-12

This is a collection of links I stumbled across and found worth sharing. Also see the blogroll for links to blogs I regularly read.


“My Adventures in Leaving Big Tech – A Status Update”

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Chris Wiegman shared a status update about his journey to replace big tech with small tech.

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Telegram’s monetization plans

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Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov is thinking about ways to monetize Telegram, which until now he mostly paid from his own savings:

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LeechBlock

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I am currently in the process of writing my bachelor thesis and my goal is to finish it as soon as possible. What I sometimes have problems with is distraction. If I don’t immediately enjoy a task, but have to overcome myself, then I get easily distracted. “Just check out something else for a minute…”

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“The Shame: A Personal Essay About Autism”

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Jeffrey Zeldman’s daughter Ava wrote this really powerful essay called “The Shame”.

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“Make it Personal”

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Matthias Ott wrote this article called “Make it Personal” on CSS-Tricks.

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“Why The Web Is Such A Mess”

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Tom Scott made a great video about “Why The Web Is Such A Mess”, explaining cookies and GDPR in a simple way.

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Spotify review of 2020

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It’s time for Spotify Wrapped (I think it’s not called Wrapped anymore) again. Let’s see to what music I listened in 2020.

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Advent of Code

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This project has been around for a couple of years, but this time I’m taking part in the Advent of Code for the first time. Every day there is a small programming puzzle (with two parts). I found today’s task pretty easy to implement, let’s see how it will be the next days.

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