On (No) Code
Couldn't have put it better: IMO the problem with low code is, that the hard part about solving most problems isn't usually the way you write or execute it. The hard part is avoiding weird e…
Computing with Water
TIL (thanks to a HackerNews comment) about this very early (1936 !) model of a "water integrator". Link here…
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The power of art
From a book I’m slowly reading right now, “The Creative Act”…
Fraying
The UN and associated bodies are nearing an end of an era…
Two interesting takes
(Sharing articles I read this week) Getting a paper newspaper subscription has its benefits! Reading things slowly, or skimming through pages, is it’s own reward.…
On War & Propaganda
I found an apt user comment in the New York Times comments section for an article this week: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/world/europe/ukraine-missile-kostiantynivka-market.html?smid=nytcore-io…
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Making a floating pyramid in Minecraft :-)…
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The time of VS Code
After a decade of Vim, Emacs and SublimeText, I think it's time to switch to a text editing environment that is both powerful, customizable, and shared with the vast majority of everyone I'm g…
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Monthly Recap -- August 2023
Major update(s) * Finished my seventh 1000-piece puzzle (will share details soon, and … gonna take a break from these now) * Watched a performance of Matilda at MVCPA Minor update(s) * Beach tr…