Writing down every UUID, and something more serious

So last week, I wrote down every UUID. And then I wrote about writing down every UUID over on my blog. And…people seemed to like it! The website was, for example, quite popular on Hacker News.

Now, you might be asking questions like “what is a UUID” or “why did you do this,” as several folks on Tiktok did when they saw my video:

And I’m sorry to inform you that this is an impossibly dumb programming joke that requires *so much* dissecting of the frog to explain that I’m not going to try.

Instead, let’s just appreciate that the CEO of Epic Games played along with my silly bit and move on.

So this is *way* outside my “whimsical games” lane, and I don’t plan on revisiting it. But as of today I haven’t had a drink in a decade. It’s a big deal for me.

I wrote about it here. I was really hungry for stories like this back when I quit, and if that’s you now I hope it’s helpful.

And if you’re not looking to read a harrowing but ultimately uplifting personal history on a Tuesday afternoon, well, that is extremely understandable and I’ll be back to working on games tomorrow.