Links
Things that I find interesting and fun around the internet.
nicholascharriere.comNicholas has struggled balancing parenthood with his ambitions:
I know many ambitious parents; it’s not an uncommon combination. Most of them are willing to make a choice that I will not: delegate the parenting away. I do not believe the quality time theory. I firmly believe in maximizing the quantity of time spent with them; there are no diminishing returns for them on that front. This is somewhat problematic, and unfortunately it gets worse. The time spent is even more important when they’re young, which of course happens to coincide with the prime of my career.
However, he’s landed at a place that is very familiar to me:
I am not less ambitious. But I am also ambitious about being a great dad.
smbc-comics.com
danq.me…so Dan Q fixed it for you! I love this. As Dan says:
This should have been a webpage. Why do you want me to install a(nother) shitty app just to tell me something that could have been a (smaller, faster, more universally-accessible) document?
enclose.horseAnother daily puzzle game that has captured my attention.
hallucinate.siterpastro.square.siteThe 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.
asciinema.orgA cool way to share/embed your terminal sessions.
foximax.comWordle meets hang man.
mutable.galleryI was particularly taken by this piece from Heydon Pickering’s generative art gallery.
allenpike.comAn interesting bug fixing tale.
comicss.artVercel is slowly being the placed by a time traveler stuck in Internet Explorer 6.
rchase.comReilly Chase played 1,000 hands of online poker, used PokerTracker4 to analyze those hands, then built this pretty neat site to review the results.
news.ycombinator.comHacker News users share stories about the nicest thing a stranger has ever done for them.
greg.technologyA partial archive of Anthony Bourdain’s lists published to the now-defunct li.st website.
altermag.comA gorgeously constructed article about the history of science fiction in India.
neal.funMy first true introduction to the crafting video game mechanic. Hours of fun.
localghost.devWhat a lovely site by Sophie which harkens back to the internet of old.
idiallo.comIbrahim 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.
blog.jim-nielsen.comThe 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?