Happy April Fools Day!
No pranks here though, just meandering thought.
Reading
- I've been enjoying Gankra 's writing recently, https://faultlore.com/blah/defaults-affect-inference/ , and https://faultlore.com/blah/swift-abi/ .
- Learned how to write parser combinators with Nom via Adam Chalmer 's post: https://blog.adamchalmers.com/nom-chars/
- Finally got around to reading about npm i everything and other insights into what needs change with the registry: https://blog.vlt.sh/blog/the-massive-hole-in-the-npm-ecosystem/
- Eric Portis wrote about color spaces and what makes OKLCH okay in https://ericportis.com/posts/2024/okay-color-spaces/ which finally gave me a good basis for why OKLAB, OKLCH, LAB, and LCH are all different and useful.
Gaming
Loving playing Balatro , a rogue-like poker video game where you build your rigged card deck each hand to beat more complicated antes.
Also delving into Techtonica , a solid factory-building game that feels like a cousin of Satisfactory , but with a global grid to place items on, an amazing in-game map, and very forgiving building and destruction of systems of machines.
I've never really played a factory game, so I'm enjoying the exploration 😄.
Music
Loving Shy, Low, got to see them in concert recently, they were a blast, they make some melodic shit.
Also, Sleep Walking Orchestra by BUMP OF CHICKEN is a bop, it's the theme song of Delicious in Dungeon , which I've been watching on Netflix. I've got to find and read the manga at some point too.