I’m a web developer trying to figure out this weird thing called the internet. I write about development, the web, games, music, and whatever else I feel like writing about!
1984 1949, George Orwell My rating: Loved it! This is a punch in the gut, but I am better for having read it. Not much can be said that hasn’t already been said; it’s one of the most discussed books ever (even if often misinterpreted to fit whatever you believe in ). As a “quietly rebellious” person myself, I have to say it left me in a deep state of melancholy as I was nearing the end, and that…
by The Pudding Pretty cool study about how our brains work in finding optimal routes and how surprisingly good we are at it, even when compared to computers. Lots of visual and interactive demos inside!
I found out about this when looking at my website’s analytics: this is cool! It’s an aggregator of cool links from the indie web, where nobody posts anything: every link comes from RSS feeds of various sites, and users upvote the best to make them bubble up to the top. It’s a great way to find new blogs and people to follow.
A reflection on Saudade, being away from home, and everything that comes with it.
This is a survey for developers about everything but coding, that is accepting answers up to September 5. If you’re a developer, it’s worth participating! It doesn’t take long to fill and can help understanding the current environment of the dev industry in such chaotic times.
by Dustin Mierau There’s a lot of websites that mimic retro desktops nowadays (they’re cool!), but this one feels truly special by having its own aesthetic, and it feels so fun to explore! I love ghow you can draw your own stamps and leave your own mark on it.
by ell Play a different hole of mini-golf in your browser every day. You can see other people playing as well, and share your play with friends if you’re into that.
Some CSS patterns just click. This one uses rems, ems and a lobotomized owl selector for ultimate elegance.
Red Rooms 2023, Pascal Plante My rating: I like it This is a good one. A high quality psychological thriller that grips your attention right from the start and sticks with you after it ends. Amazing use of color, too!
OverpAId is not coming for the people who do the actual work. It is coming, with extreme prejudice, for exactly one category of job: the one that spent the last forty years insisting everyone else’s job was replaceable. This is fantastic.
Monte Coltignone seen from Valmadrera / Valmadrera seen from the Coltignone. Photos taken 7 days apart. Alternate title: How I see Mt. Coltignone / How Mt. Coltignone sees me. Photos taken on Sunday, 19 Jul 2026
The Sopranos 1999–2007, David Chase My rating: Loved it! What an incredible show! And to think it was made when nothing else on TV even came close. It’s easy to see how it inspired all the best shows that came after. It’s a slow burn that really pays off over and over. And the ending is a masterpiece. 10/10 gabagools.
by The Art of Storytelling There will be at many points in your creative process opportunities to bypass the struggle of working and learning, but availing yourself of those shortcuts will gradually undermine your work in subtle ways that you cannot foresee. So sure, go ahead and use generative fill to clean up your image. No one’s watching. I won’t tell anyone and no one will ever know. But you…
by Josh W. Comeau Another amazing Josh Comeau post that explains a new concept in a super easy to understand manner and makes me wanna try it out right now? Yes please. The last time I saw the anchor positioning API, it looked kinda intimidating. Now it sounds so simple! I know there was work on the browser standards side to simplify it, so kudos to them for arriving at what seems to be a really…
Obsession 2026, Curry Barker My rating: Loved it! One of the best (if not THE best) horror movies I’ve ever seen! Nikki is probably the most terrifying character I’ve seen in a movie, and so much of it is due to Inde’s acting and the amazing sound design. This is Curry Barker’s first movie and I can’t wait for the next ones.
by Alex Russell There’s hardly a working day in which Safari doesn’t make my life harder. I’m not the only one who feels like that. Alex Russell goes in great detail on how shitty the situation of Apple’s browser is especially because they block any sort of competition in their main platform . Apple is consistently out-engineered and out-invested by a non-profit with 1/40th the web-derived…
by Sophie Koonin Don’t let the title turn you off in case these words mean nothing to you — Sophie’s website is a joy to open every time, with multiple fun themes to choose from. And she added a new dynamic element to one of them, making the background reflect the sky of the current time of day. She noted it was hard to get to this result, but reading it, it feels pretty simple to understand.…
Cool people and nice views, lots of things to like in Bergamo. Photos taken on Saturday, 04 Jul 2026
by BobDaHacker Wow! This is a mistake I’d probably have done on my first semester in college. Not when working for FIFA. Though I do wonder if real humans wrote that code before the fix. My guess is no. I gotta say this person has a lot of self-control.
by Iris Meredith Really good article about literal and metaphorical midwinters and (tech) work.
by Jan Jakeš A 3D museum in which you can walk on all about the history of WordPress, with displays for each release, some of the history behind them, all that. Really cool!
Backrooms 2026, Kane Parsons My rating: Didn't like it There is no way a movie with this concept would be good, but I gotta praise that this movie isn’t afraid of being weird , and went in a totally different direction than I expected a bad horror-ish movie to go.
by Slqnt and 98006 Half Life 2 running fully through your browser? Sure! Why not? Definitely not the best way to do it, but walking around in one of the best games ever on my browser is a pretty cool concept. Especially since there’s no way to run it natively on a Mac nowadays.
by Jim Nielsen I often look at my own posts and think, “There’s nothing novel, or important, or deep in here at all — is this even worth saying?” Yes! Me too! Lots of drafts got abandoned because I eventually caught myself thinking that while writing it. Past couple years I’ve been trying to detach myself from that way of thinking but it’s a slow process. Sometimes a blog post will only have a…
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 1979, Douglas Adams My rating: Decent I remember loving this book when I was a pre-teen so perhaps this rating is a bit unfair. I was looking for some light reading before bed and landed on this one, but I guess the humor doesn’t work on me anymore. Some good quotes here and there, but most of it felt like an adult’s attempt at saying things kids would find…
by The New York Times Incredible visual demonstration of how the absurd size of modern SUVs turns them into even deadlier machines. Not only the hood height makes them deadlier in a possible collision, but the vastly increased blind spots make collisions more likely to happen.
by Caue Napier This is so cool! TownSquare adds a small virtual square at the footer of a website, on which visitors can walk around, jump, high-five and talk to each other. And this can connect multiple websites together! Strongly considering adding this somewhere on my website.
Not even in my wildest dreams did I think I'd hear this song live.
Baldur's Gate 3 2023, Larian Studios My rating: I like it Hard to review this one. On one hand, it’s one of the best (if not the best) stories and set of characters I’ve ever seen in a video game. Not only that, it’s something only a game can offer: it was my story, I always felt like my choices mattered and saw them affecting the world and characters in some way. On the other hand, I didn’t enjoy…
We didn't have a tight plan, just a list of towns and surnames, but that was more than enough for a good time.
by Brendon Bigley & Pablo Marti Cordero This is so good! Overworld is a gaming news aggregator that is actually usable. It groups together all news for a single topic under a single headline, and also curates gaming-related stuff (that’s not necessarily news) in a “worth your time” section. And it looks great too!
Yesss! I’ve waited for this for so long! One of the worst parts of my job is trying to implement those kind of separators (really common in designs) without this functionality being an actual thing yet. So many hacks, complex calculations, for something so visually trivial. And even if it takes a while to get to other browsers, it’s mostly a visual drawback if not supported; so I can already start…
by Tim Holman A collection of fun optical illusions, with quick explanations of how they work. I found out later that this is just one out of many other “toy” collections . I recommend checking those out as well!
I didn't like any carousel/slider library, so I built my own
Hopefully you can see why I'm really proud of it
by Victor Naumik This website allows you to find the latitude of your city (or whatever city you want) and shows all the cities in the same latitude all around the world (or in the mirrored latitute i.e. opposite hemisphere). My home city is opposite to Cairo, which is neat. The one I’m currently living in is parallel to Vancouver, which is also neat.
Will it ever be? Probably not. What will happen then? Nothing good for us probably.
Dune Part Two 2024, Denis Villeneuve My rating: Loved it! Holy shit, this is so good. The story, the scenes, the music, everything. One of my favorites ever.
If the recent headlines annoyed you, you gotta know there are better options out there.
Lonely People With Power 2025, Deafheaven My rating: Loved it! The more I listen to this one, the more I like it. A perfect blend of everything Deafheaven, from the heavier sounds of Sunbather to the ethereal melodies of Infinite Granite, it’s all blended together masterfully here. “Heathen” and “Amethyst” are just magnificent, really. Lyrically it still feels as abstract as ever, but beautiful.
by Hank Green A nicely put-together timeline with a lot (all?) of the photos from the Artemis II mission that orbited around the Moon. The sequence of the spacecraft approaching the Moon is breathtaking!
by Ahmad Shadeed I’ve been using clamp() for fluid text sizing for a while, and this article highlights the pros of using the round() CSS function to make the fluidity more predictable! I love the card height examples too, as that’s something that’s consistently a pain in almost every project I work on.
by Eric Mackrodt This is like a landing page + search engine for the old internet! It allows you to search for stuff on the Internet Archive without having to necessarily know the URL of every website you wanna visit. I found some forum threads from 1998 of people discussing the imminent launch of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Fascinating stuff.
An unexpected hike rewarded my wife, my dog and I with this amazing view of Lecco and Monte Coltignone. Photos taken on Saturday, 09 May 2026
Jet Lag The Game - Taiwan 2026, Adam Chase, Ben Doyle, Sam Denby My rating: Loved it! This season was amazing! One of my favorites so far. The game mode is great (and would only ever work in Taiwan’s rail map), and the challenges are great. In fact, returning from Schengen Showdown are the themed challenges, where each is based on something specific to the area they take place in. It’s a great way…
by Albert Einstein Never thought I’d be linking to Einstein here, but this is a great essay about what constitutes humankind and society, how they differ, and how they mold each other (though this relationship is far from balanced). The individual is able to think, feel, strive, and work by himself; but he depends so much upon society—in his physical, intellectual, and emotional existence—that it…
by Built for Mars If you drive, you’ve probably hopped around between Waze, Google Maps and even Apple Maps at some point. Each has their own pros and cons, and while Waze used to have the edge on real-time information, that edge was stolen by Google Maps (not literally stolen; they’re literally developed by the same team). But besides that, this case study goes into the differences between the 3…
Dia is better than I expected, but with a huge turn-off (or lack thereof).
The Devil Wears Prada 2 2026, David Frankel My rating: I like it This movie is basically the first one but adapted to more modern concepts (social media, late stage capitalism). And honestly, that’s fine. It does better than probably most other unnecessary sequels do, and it was an enjoyable watch from start to finish. Bonus points for having Gaga in it. It was cool to watch the Milan scenes while…
by Jacob Geller Incredible video essay going deep into the use of George Orwell’s 1984 by the entire political spectrum as something that validates their ideals. It also goes a bit into Orwell’s life explaining the context around the book’s original publication and how it was never prophetic, but reflective of a perpetual feeling in Orwell’s mind (and ours).