🧭 How to Run Effective 1:1s as an Engineering Manager
An insightful and practical read that balances empathy with structure—ideal for engineering leaders looking to strengthen team connections and drive performance in remote or scaling organizations.
A comprehensive guide for engineering managers on conducting impactful 1:1 meetings using the ‘People, Product, Process’ framework. It outlines conversation scripts, structures, and best practices to ensure accountability, support growth, and surface challenges early. The author highlights the importance of consistency, documentation in shared tools like Notion, and treating 1:1s as the foundation of strong team leadership.
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🚨 Google Mistakenly Flags Immich Sites as Dangerous
A cautionary tale about how large-scale automated trust systems can unintentionally penalize open innovation—calling for greater transparency and responsiveness in web security oversight.
Immich’s developers revealed that Google’s Safe Browsing system incorrectly labeled all *.immich.cloud subdomains as unsafe, blocking users from accessing them. The problem stemmed from automated scans of preview environments for pull requests. Despite successful reviews via Search Console, each new deployment triggered re-flags. The team plans to host previews on a separate domain and criticizes Google’s opaque review process as unsuitable for open-source and self-hosted ecosystems.
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📚 Remembering Greg Newby, Visionary Behind Project Gutenberg
Newby’s legacy reminds us that visionary leadership and openness can sustain cultural innovation for decades—a model for future stewards of public digital knowledge.
Dr. Gregory B. Newby, the long-serving CEO of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, passed away after a short illness. For over 20 years, he championed the expansion of Project Gutenberg’s free digital library and partnered with institutions like Microsoft and MIT to launch the AI-narrated Open Audiobook Collection, named one of TIME’s ‘Best Inventions of 2023.’ His dedication to open access and digital preservation profoundly shaped modern online literature.
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