I have had good success and a rewarding experience using htmx the past year. It has been so great in tandem with Clojure using hiccup for SSR.
Once htmx clicks for you, you are almost left stunned by how simple and flexible it is. You can't believe that this isn't how HTML evolved to as a hypermedia. It becomes very obvious that this is how web... See more
The case board, inspired by HBO show True Detective, originally featured free placement of clues and gated progress until players found a specific answer, but this led to high player frustration. Remedy shifted to a board that featured more questions with easier answers, leading to more dopamine hits with players, and finally scrapped free clue... See more
The reason so much of the news media sucks is they arenât writing for you. Theyâre writing for their sources in Washington, for the industries they cover, for rich people, and for fancy awards committees. Just take a look at the ads they run: for investment banks, defense contractors, oil companies. Unless youâre in the market for any of these... See more
OK fine, but arenât calls to ban Nazis a slippery slope? If Substack caves in here, there will be no end to what people like you call for them to remove.
The slippery-slope argument here is based on the fantasy that if you simply draw the right line, you will never have to revisit it. The fact is that we are constantly renegotiating the boundaries... See more
social media will never be the impetus for real social change. He compared Twitter unfavorably to the civil rights movement. The Woolworthâs lunch counter protesters had strong social ties with each other; social media, on the other hand, breeds weak ties. Meaningful change comes from strong ties, very little is achieved through weak ones.
I write games so ugly that I am showered with contempt, and yet I make money! Iâll have a full, lifelong career! If I can have so many flaws and still succeed, you can too!
Figure out what you are really good at doing. Sell that.