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Our Productivity Went Up. Why Aren't Our Hours Going Down?
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Workers are producing more per hour, but without adjustments to pay or hours the gains are defaulting to employers. Now is the moment for workers to renegotiate for a 4‑day week while maintaining output and pay.
#ai#opinion#soft-skills

The $1 Blog Stack: Go, Static HTML, HTMX, and No Regrets
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I rebuilt my blog from Angular SSR and Firebase to Go, static HTML, and HTMX. Now it’s 10x faster, costs 90% less, and actually scales properly. Turns out, you don’t need a bloated SPA framework to render some f*cking text.
#go#programming#system-design#htmx#aws

You’re Using Puma Wrong (and It’s Costing You)
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A deep dive into why Puma's default configuration can hurt your Rails application's performance, and how proper server configuration can prevent timeouts and optimize resource utilization.
#ruby-on-rails#programming