Things that I find interesting and fun around the internet.
The term “astrophotography” is new to me, but Rod’s work is gorgeous. I had read Rod’s story about how his art got into Project Hail Mary before seeing the film, so it was nice background to look out for when the end credits rolled.
A cool way to share/embed your terminal sessions.
Wordle meets hang man.
I was particularly taken by this piece from Heydon Pickering’s generative art gallery.
An interesting bug fixing tale.
Vercel is slowly being the placed by a time traveler stuck in Internet Explorer 6.
Reilly Chase played 1,000 hands of online poker, used PokerTracker4 to analyze those hands, then built this pretty neat site to review the results.
Hacker News users share stories about the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for them.
A partial archive of Anthony Bourdain’s lists published to the now-defunct li.st website.
A gorgeously constructed article about the history of science fiction in India.
My first true introduction to the crafting video game mechanic. Hours of fun.
What a lovely site by Sophie which harkens back to the internet of old.
Ibrahim Diallo on leadership:
By definition, leading is knowing the way forward. But in reality, in a room full of experts, pretending to know everything makes you look like an idiot.
Instead, “I don’t know, but let’s figure it out” becomes a superpower. It gives your experts permission to share uncertainty. It models intellectual humility. And it keeps the focus on moving forward rather than defending ego. It’s also an opportunity to let your experts shine.
The next time you hear “it’s just one line” pause for a moment. Just one line for who? You the developer to write? Future you (or your teammates) to debug and maintain? Or the end-user to download, parse, and execute?