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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 😄.

Techtonica on Steam store.steampowered.com

Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

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.