Web Review, Week 2026-02
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-02.
How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem
Tags: tech, foss, community, ecosystem, github
Github is definitely entrenched by now. Students and beginners hardly look for projects outside of it. Sad state of affair.
https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html
Rust At Scale: Scaleway’s Big Bet To Become THE European Hyperscaler
Tags: tech, cloud, business, hardware, rust
Wondering what’s on the mind of people working on an hyperscaler? This podcast and its transcript gives good insights.
https://filtra.io/rust/interviews/scaleway-jan-26
‘Bizarro World’
Tags: tech, gaming, culture
An odd but interesting article. When a journalist randomly discovers that his wife is the best Tetris player in the world.
https://archive.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/08/19/bizarro_world/
Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026
Tags: tech, email, security, privacy, politics, gafam
Email encryption is indeed still an open issue. There’s no fix in sight for it. It’s mostly a lack of political will though, so none of the big players are going to change anything.
https://soatok.blog/2026/01/04/everything-you-need-to-know-about-email-encryption-in-2026/
Improving the Flatpak Graphics Drivers Situation
Tags: tech, system, linux, flatpak, graphics
Interesting point… What to do when there’s no good option in the application runtime for the needed graphics drivers and kernel combination?
https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/flatpak-graphics-drivers/
Functors, Applicatives, and Monads: The Scary Words You Already Understand
Tags: tech, functional, programming, type-systems, learning
Functional programming is made scary due to its jargon. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
https://cekrem.github.io/posts/functors-applicatives-monads-elm/
Python Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Tags: tech, python, performance
A very comprehensive view of Python memory consumption and the speed of common operations. Some of the numbers are higher than I expected.
https://mkennedy.codes/posts/python-numbers-every-programmer-should-know/
Stop Forwarding Errors, Start Designing Them
Tags: tech, rust, failure, debugging, monitoring, logging
Error handling is still not a properly solved problem in my opinion. At least the Rust community discusses the topic quite a bit. This is good inspiration for other ecosystems as well I think.
https://fast.github.io/blog/stop-forwarding-errors-start-designing-them/
Embassy
Tags: tech, embedded, rust
Looks like an interesting framework for embedded projects.
[uv] OnceMap: Rust Pattern for Running Concurrent Work Exactly Once
Tags: tech, rust, performance, design, multithreading
More interesting design ideas in uv. Didn’t know about the dashmap crate they’re using here it looks like a nice one too.
https://codepointer.substack.com/p/uv-oncemap-rust-pattern-for-running
Getting Real With LLMs
Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, copilot, architecture, complexity
This looks like an interesting way to frame problems. It can give an idea of how likely they can be tackled with LLMs. It also shows that the architecture and the complexity greatly matter.
https://www.giladpeleg.com/blog/getting-real-with-llms
Coupling from a big-O perspective
Tags: tech, programming, complexity, design
OK maybe a longer piece than it should be. Still the idea is interesting. Clearly you want to mind the O(n) coupling in this context.
https://blog.ploeh.dk/2026/01/05/coupling-from-a-big-o-perspective/
We Need to Stop Calling Everything a Mock
Tags: tech, learning, tests, tdd
Indeed, the terminology has been greatly confused. I think I’ll die on this particular hill though. I think it’s important to name things properly. That said the trick of going through a verb might just work?
https://coding-is-like-cooking.info/2026/01/we-need-to-stop-calling-everything-a-mock/
Stop Guessing, Start Improving: Using DORA Metrics and Process Behavior Charts
Tags: tech, processes, metrics, data
Interesting short article. Shows the use of DORA metrics and process behavior charts. This is a good way to test hypothesis and see the impact of processes changes or introduction of new practices. It needs to be done over time and be patient of course.
https://www.infoq.com/articles/DORA-metrics-PBCs/
Improve Your Work System
Tags: management, organisation, team
Good questions to consider to gauge how you work. Can improve the organisation if you really get to the bottom of it.
https://www.congruentchange.com/improve-your-work-system/
worstofbreed.net - We make bad software
Tags: tech, complexity, satire, funny
This is a very nice satire website about the problems in our industry. Want to work in a resume driven context? Here is how!
Why Are There No Holes Around Trees?
Tags: science, biology
The biology of trees is just fascinating. And there’s so much we still don’t know about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHJIhxZEoxg
Bye for now!