Reposts
A curated list of links to articles, videos, and everything else that I deem excellent.
Blog posts
Software disenchantment by Nikita
- The absolute state of modern day software development’s problems: huge lack of performance, bloat, bad UX and more. The article is available in other languages too.
Oil it or Spoil it! by Lars Doucet
- Very insightfull article about how to design/polish mechanics so they don’t frustrate players.
Does Microsoft OneDrive export large ZIP files that are corrupt? by Johan van der Knijff
- An article that dives step by step into how they were able to find the issue behind OneDrive sometimes exporting “corrupt” ZIP archives.
Talks (video)
Wat by Gary Bernhardt
- A classic 15 minute talk that shows a lot of the weird behaviours in JavaScript with a very funny comedic note.
Preventing the Collapse of Civilization by Jonathan Blow
- Another classic talk, where Jonathan Blow talks about how information about technology degrades and gets lost over time.