Links

Whenever I find myself sending links repeatedly, I store them here.

The Night Watch

My favorite description of systems programming as a field.

Plain Language Guidelines

I have spent a lot of time writing dry material like manuals, policies, and memos; things that no one wants to read except to get specific bits of information. The US federal plain language guidelines are my favorite style guide for this kind of writing.

Manual Work is a Bug

An excellent piece of advice for how to automate processes in gradual fashion, focusing on incremental improvements rather than achieving complete automation in one step.