
“Special Interests” and Negativity
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Finding a community that loves something is getting increasingly harder.
A chronological view of *everything* I've posted here, since the beginning of time (or the blog's inception, whichever comes first).

“Special Interests” and Negativity
2 min read
Finding a community that loves something is getting increasingly harder.
The Whale
Reviewed on Feb 02, 2025
Amazing drama with great acting by Brendan Fraser and some good thought-provoking messages. Got really emotional by the end.

Cool Links Vol. 7: January, 2025
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Links to the best stuff I've read or watched during the month of January, 2025
Supernatural (Season 6)
Reviewed on Jan 31, 2025
I had watched this one many years ago and remember not liking it very much. After rewatching it, I was surprised… it’s actually pretty good!
It’s kind of a soft reboot after the series’ story ending in Season 5, so it’s understandable that most people didn’t like it back then. But when you’re not expecting a continuation and instead understand it’s a reboot, it’s actually pretty enjoyable.
Fun episodes and interesting arcs (that honestly could have lasted a bit longer). I might even say it’s better than seasons 2 and 3.
Incredible article that not only explains the new-ish text-wrap: balance and text-wrap: pretty CSS properties in-depth, it also goes into the caveats those properties have. It’s well-written, well illustrated, and interactive. What else could you want?
Henry’s personal website is absolutely stunning! It has an unique design that is, above all, fun to explore. I miss exploring websites, instead of being guided through them.
Ahmad once again writing the articles I wish I did. Another well-written and interactive article going in-depth on the also new-ish overflow: clip CSS property. clip has helped me implement designs more than once and it’s so nice to have something that works just like I always expected overflow: hidden to work.
Most of what Neal makes is pure gold and this is no exception. This game is no different than most of what you can find on your App Store, it’s just more honest about it…
Nosferatu
Reviewed on Jan 25, 2025
Holy shit, what an incredible movie.
Tense, intense, beautiful, terrifying.
Young Sheldon
Reviewed on Jan 20, 2025
A surprisingly good show, a far cry from The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon is in the title, but the supporting characters are what really steal the show. They’re varied, complex, and above all, funny. It ended at the right time and in a beautiful way.
Balatro
Reviewed on Jan 14, 2025
The idea of this being a “Poker Roguelike”, two things I don’t really like, kept me off the game for a while. Luckily, it being included on Apple Arcade gave me the nudge to try it out. And I’m glad I did!
It’s so easy to start, and hard to stop. Addictive, satisfying, and overall so fun to play.

Cool Links Vol. 6: December, 2024
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Links to the best stuff I've read or watched during the month of December, 2024
The Platform 2
Reviewed on Dec 31, 2024
Whatever this movie had working on its favor on the first half is completely lost on the latter half. A lot of disjointed narratives that don’t seem to go anywhere.
A really well-designed post from the Chrome team showing the coolest new things that were introduced to CSS in 2024. A lot of the things in there are really cool! The sad part is that, unless you’re running an up-to-date Chromium browser, you might not be able to see them in action. I initially saw this blog post on my iPhone (which only has access to Safari) and almost none of them worked.
This is such a good article that resonated very deeply with me. As someone who wished could do more to help the world and as a software developer who thinks about scalability, it’s a hard realization when you get older and don’t see yourself as someone who’s made a big difference.
But turns out that caring for someone or something doesn’t scale. It can’t, otherwise it’s not care anymore.
A self-guaranteeing promise does not require you to trust anyone.
Steph Ango is the lead developer behind Obsidian, and I’ve mentioned him before on my Owning your stuff is pretty cool, actually post earlier this year. On this article he talks about how the only way to guarantee ownership of your data is if the service can never access it in the first place. Terms of service guarantees are based on trust that the company’s priorities will never change, and that trust has been broken again and again.
It’s always fun to see these “State of…” surveys. Noteworthy thing being Astro completely dominating the framework numbers (except for usage, but I can totally see it becoming #1 soon).