Thinkpieces, this week.

• The Magic Arrow: A talk about the SIP2 protocol and the purpose of REST.
• Testing LLVM
• git apply --palimpsest=3 --rewind-sprocket
• 25 useful web developer tools.  Not clickbait as you’d expect.
• FAP80, A retro computer without the retro baggage.  (via)
• Modern propaganda is distraction, not argument.  (PDF, via)
• Ransomware takes a nasty turn
• Lock-Free Bugs
• Related: The compendium of database ransomware. A scientific approach to measuring a disaster.
• “…the open source developer tools market is one of the worst markets one could possibly end up in…”  RethinkDB post-mortem.  (via)
• Maintainers Don’t Scale.  Applies to far more than the Linux kernel.  (via)
• Introduction to Precision Farming.  I have seen this up close, so to speak, as there’s a company that does this around the corner from my workplace.

Your tea link of the week: Scary photo of an Indian tea plantation