Weekly Reading List

This page contains a list of articles I've read and found interesting over the past week.

Over the past week, I have been reading about Google Analytics 4 on GOV.UK Spark ETL Chapter 10 with Lakehouse; recognition of open-source volunteering in Germany; an online petition; Error Substack; Letter Stop Hacklore; No Title; The Trust Equation; Paged Out; The AI workspace that works for you on Notion.

Friday - 28 November 2025

• A year of Google Analytics 4 on GOV.UK

  Discover what we’ve learned in the year since the GOV.UK website fully migrated to Google Analytics 4, and how our use of data is evolving as GOV.UK expands to multiple digital channels.

  Tags: Digital Government , data governance, web analytics, data analysis, Google Analytics 4

  Author: Anne Cremin, Senior Performance Analyst, GOV.UK

• Spark ETL Chapter 10 with Lakehouse

  Spark ETL with Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, and Apache Hudi

  Tags: Data Engineering, Big Data, ETL, Data Lakes, Apache Spark

  Author: Kalpan Shah

• Recognition of Work on Open-Source as Volunteering in Germany - Online petition

  Open-Source-Software builds the foundations of digital infrastructure in big parts - in administration, economy, science and daily life. Even the current coalition agreement of the Federal Government mentions Open-Source-Software as a fundamental building block for the achievement of digital sovereignty. However, the work done by thousands of volunteers for this goal is not recognised as volunteering, neither fiscally nor in terms of funding. This imbalance between societal importance and legal

  Tags: Digital Infrastructure, Open Source, Digital Sovereignty, volunteering, public good

  Author: None

• Error - Substack

  None

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  Author: None

Monday - 01 December 2025

• The Letter — Stop Hacklore!

  None

  Tags: Cybersecurity, digital security, password management, multi-factor authentication, security best practices

  Author: None

Tuesday - 02 December 2025

• No Title

  No Description

  Tags: government reform, accountability, public spending, value for money, policy framework

  Author: None

Wednesday - 03 December 2025

• The trust equation

  What is the trust equation and what makes you trust someone in a professional context? I liked this simple equation by Charles Green, which makes it a combination of how credible, reliable, and how intimate — or how safe you feel with that person — divided by the self-orientation of the person — are they focused on their interests, or simply paying more attention to themselves vs being genuinely interested in you and your success. Depending on how you scored this abstract model, I guess that would mean that trust is either undermined by someone focusing on their own interests or strengthened the more they are focused on yours. More at Trusted Advisor. Also see: The most beautiful equation HT: Buzz Pearce

  Tags: psychology, communication, trust, professional relationships, conceptual models

  Author: None

• Paged Out!

  Deeply technical zine. And it’s free.

  Tags: programming, hacking, security, retro computers, electronics

  Author: None

• The AI workspace that works for you. | Notion

  A tool that connects everyday work into one space. It gives you and your teams AI tools—search, writing, note-taking—inside an all-in-one, flexible workspace.

  Tags: productivity tools, team collaboration, AI workspace, note-taking, Writing Assistance

  Author: None