The Week In Links - Jan 19, 2019

These are the things that captured my attention in the past week.

» A story of an online stalker takes a bizarre turn down the rabbit hole

I watched this story unfold on Twitter over a weekend, and it kept getting crazier. You should also read Chloe’s own post on the matter..

» The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet

A story of a completely different sort, but no less interesting. With computers being so compact these days, it’s surprising this doesn’ happen more often.

» AWS For Everyone: New clues emerge about Amazon’s secretive low-code/no-code project

If this is true (seems likely), it will be massively successful. As described, it sounds like the spiritual successor to Yahoo! Pipes, which was way ahead of its time.

» How Airbnb is Moving 10x Faster at Scale with GraphQL and Apollo

I’m starting to experiment with GraphQL. It’s early days, but GraphQL seems like the right solution for a lot of problems.

» iOS Shortcut for Importing Photos into Lightroom

The iPad Pro is starting to play a bigger role in my photography. When I went to Florida on vacation this summer I didn’t take my laptop at all, only my iPad Pro. There are still some awkward bits about working with RAW files on iOS, but overall it’s become capable of handling a lot of things. Also, I’m starting to build/acquire a bunch of iOS shortcuts now. It’s so easy to build them, and I’ve already found a number that I’m using daily.

» Signal v Noise exits Medium

Their reasoning is similar to mine. Perhaps it’s just selection bias but I see this sentiment echoed all over lately.