So yeah... not a great two weeks or so since my last Links post. If you missed the announcement, my time at Foxit was unceremoniously cut short which came as a complete shock. This may end up being the year I spend more time without a full time job than with. To be honest, I'm a really, really bad place right now, but, trying to maintain, and trying my best to once again find a job in the worst market I've seen in my career. One way or the other I'll get through this again, but I'm really, really tired of this. Let me pretend to think positive for a moment and maybe in the next Links post I'll have better news. Maybe. Ok, enough complaining, let's get to the links.

Even more HTML you may not know about

First up is a post by Jim Nielsen discussing some aspects about the mighty anchor element you may not be familiar with. His post, "A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s href You Might Not Have Known", mentioned at least 4 things I didn't know so it's definitely worth your time.

Context Windows Explained

I'll often (and the link above is an example) click on things where I'm pretty sure I know the topic anyway because I figure there's always a chance I'm missing something important. Context windows are an important factor when working with GenAI systems, and Rizel Scarlett does a great job introducing the topic in, "The AI Skeptic’s Guide to Context Windows". I liked her coverage of the topic, but even more so, she talked about how Goose has some fascinating ways to help manage those windows. (I've been hearing about Goose for a while now but hadn't had the chance to check it out - now I'm motivated to do so.)

The Anti Low/No-Code Manifesto

Ok, "manifesto" is a strong word, but the next link is one that is firmly in the "anti" low/no code space: "Every Visual Workflow Tool is Just Excel for Developers Who Gave Up". This is a post I 100% disagree with, strongly, firmly, etc. That being said, I think it's a good thing to challenge your own beliefs about development and this post does just that. I think the author gets pretty much every part of their post wrong and the whole thing comes off as the strongest piece of technical gate keeping I've seen in a while, but I wanted to share it as it was, like I mentioned, thought-provoking. Let me know what you think.

Finally

Life sucks right now, but one bright spot from the past week was this excellent mashup. Enjoy.