# melee (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover melee. Page: Feed: --- ## [AI Agents Still Need Too Much Babysitting](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/ai-agents-still-need-too-much-babysitting) _2026-08-14 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Challenging the false promise of fully autonomous AI agents and what to do about it. Agents still need too much babysitting. ## [Why I'm A Libertarian](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/why-im-a-libertarian) _2026-07-11 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ A bit about why I believe in free markets, the principles of liberty, and negative rights, and why I'm concerned about the looming threat of authoritarianism. ## [Zillennials And The Puberty Era of Technology](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/zillennials-and-the-puberty-era-of-technology) _2026-07-09 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Generational divides are interestingly becoming more about what technology you had access to and when. Let's explore when that transformation began. ## [Top 10 Reasons I Am a Christian](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/top-10-reasons-i-am-a-christian) _2026-07-03 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ The ten arguments that keep me in the faith, from the moral argument to the manuscript record, plus some ideas I don't find as convincing. ## [Your Go-To Process Might Be a Burden](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/your-go-to-process-might-be-a-burden) _2026-06-03 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Sticking with the way you've always done something often burdens everyone around you, and even your future self. A case for rethinking your go-to processes. ## [Remote Work Should Be The Default](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/remote-work-should-be-the-default) _2026-04-25 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ The most valuable knowledge work has always been done asynchronously. The burden of proof belongs on the office building, not on remote work. ## [Don't Start From Scratch: Build Compounding Projects](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/dont-start-from-scratch-build-compounding-projects) _2026-04-13 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Your past projects should be resources you can tap into at any time. Here's a framework for building compounding projects. ## [The Best Clockwise Alternative: Sync Your Calendars](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/the-best-clockwise-alternative-sync-your-calendars) _2026-04-07 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Here's a Clockwise alternative to the Personal Calendar sync feature - my exact setup using Google, cal.com, and Zapier. ## [Focus](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/focus) _2026-03-10 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Focus can be described as the ability to single out just one thing in a noisy world and put all of your attention there. ## [The History of My Personal Website](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/the-history-of-my-personal-website) _2026-02-26 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Sharing my journey from discovering Astro, to using an Astro theme, and then creating an Astro theme. ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lZGuJuo0ZSG8) _2026-02-25 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [My Obsidian Plugins and Themes](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/my-obsidian-plugins-and-themes) _2026-02-15 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ A list of the plugins and themes I've created for Obsidian. ## [Vault CMS: Use Obsidian To Write Astro Blog Posts](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/vault-cms-use-obsidian-to-write-astro-blog-posts) _2026-02-10 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ An introduction Vault CMS, the open-source headless content management system that turns Obsidian into a publishing platform for Astro. ## [Turning Ideas Into Completed Projects](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/turning-ideas-into-completed-projects) _2026-01-01 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ My process for getting inspired thoughts out of my head and created into actual completed projects - even amidst life responsibilities. ## [End of the Road](https://themsfightingwordsblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/end-of-the-road/) _2025-12-07 · Tanner J. · Them's fighting words!!_ I heard somewhere once that when people say ‘the illusion of choice’ what they really mean is if you look back and say ‘what if’ or ‘could’ve’ there’s only ever one answer: it wouldn’t be you. It would be someone else, and at that point they wouldn’t be asking the same questions. On or about \[…\] ## [How to Use Bitwarden to Manage Your Passwords](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/how-to-use-bitwarden-to-manage-your-passwords) _2025-09-05 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ A definitive guide for anyone to use a better password management platform than whatever you're doing now. ## [Astro Suite for Obsidian (Vault CMS Predecessor)](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/astro-suite-for-obsidian) _2025-08-27 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ The ultimate setup for writing Astro blog posts in Obsidian. ## [Platform Self-Referentialism](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/platform-self-referentialism) _2025-08-18 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Similar to fourth-wall-breaking, platform self-referentialism is a cycle of recursive usage: using the platform to talk about the platform. ## [Cool Minimal Astro Blog Themes](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/cool-astro-minimal-blog-themes) _2025-08-14 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Some of my favorite Astro blog themes with simple, clean designs. ## [The Next Avenue for Israeli Genocide Defense is Bullying the FGC?](https://themsfightingwordsblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/the-next-avenue-for-israeli-genocide-defense-is-bullying-the-fgc/) _2025-08-13 · Tanner J. · Them's fighting words!!_ Won’t someone think of the racists? Apparently, we must. Over with our friends in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate scene, Felix Hasson, who plays under the name “T\_Pot”, recently reached an agreement regarding a lawsuit that was filed on his behalf by the National Jewish Advocacy Center, who argued that the player was banned from \[…\] ## [LLM SEO - Get Cited in AI Responses](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/llm-seo-get-cited-in-ai-responses) _2025-08-12 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ LLM SEO is the new frontier. Whether you call it AIO, GEO, or AEO, here's how to get your website cited in AI tools like ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude. ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/w4fspdd9pmto) _2025-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [The Illusion Of Ownership](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/the-illusion-of-ownership) _2025-07-08 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ How can we own our digital assets and why would we want to when borrowing them is so easy? ## [RIP Brad “Slips” Vitale](https://themsfightingwordsblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/rip-brad-slips-vitale/) _2025-07-02 · Tanner J. · Them's fighting words!!_ I think the above sums up Brad “Slips” Vitale more than anything I could write. Brad passed away this last weekend, at the startlingly young age of 44. For a minute Brad and I hosted a podcast together, but we had been acquaintances for years before that. While he was a legend in the Tekken \[…\] ## [Digital Productivity Just Requires Discipline](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/digital-productivity-just-requires-discipline) _2025-06-23 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ A constrained digital-first system of productivity anyone can use. ## [AI is Here To Stay. Now what?](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/ai-is-here-to-stay-now-what) _2025-05-28 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Artificial intelligence isn't going anywhere. Here's what we should do about it. ## [The Problem With Making Hax$ A Martyr Is the Cause Makes No Damn Sense](https://themsfightingwordsblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/the-problem-with-making-hax-a-martyr-is-the-cause-makes-no-damn-sense/) _2025-04-22 · Tanner J. · Them's fighting words!!_ When I shared my post about the deceased Super Smash Bros. Melee player Aziz “Hax$” Al-Yami, I expected being told to kill myself. Truthfully, this is mostly a function of Twitter (sometimes called ‘X’ by the worst people in the world). Being owned by a white supremacist, breeding-fetish jerkoff with millions of followers kind of \[…\] ## [A Christian's Guide to Civil Online Discourse](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/a-christians-guide-to-civil-online-discourse) _2025-04-13 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ How should Christian believers conduct themselves in online discussions? Let's consider a few starting points. ## [5 Radical Principles for Excellent Work](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/5-radical-principles-for-excellent-work) _2025-04-10 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ What does 'business done right' look like in the current year? ## [If You’re Gonna Use Hax$’s Corpse for Content, At Least Tell the Truth](https://themsfightingwordsblog.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/if-youre-gonna-use-haxs-corpse-for-content-at-least-tell-the-truth/) _2025-04-06 · Tanner J. · Them's fighting words!!_ Abdulaziz “Hax$” Al-Yami, a lauded Super Smash Bros. Melee player, died last month. The details are murky, but it seems to stem from complications related to a prior suicide attempt last year. I won’t eulogize the man; I didn’t know him, and all I can really attest to is that he was a prominent player \[…\] ## [Maybe I Just Don’t Get it](https://themsfightingwordsblog.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/maybe-i-just-dont-get-it/) _2025-02-21 · Tanner J. · Them's fighting words!!_ I have a hypothetical I’d like to propose. Two, actually. Both regard examples of potential sponsorship or extended partnerships, both foreign and domestic, that could happen in Esports spaces: Now mull those over in your head. What do you think the response from the FGCs across social media would be if either of those two \[…\] ## [My Software Of Choice (With Links)](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/my-software-of-choice-with-links) _2025-02-08 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ Links to helpful resources for PC use, best browser extensions, Android apps and launchers, live streaming software, and free marketing tools. ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XhQOH4n9gXLj) _2025-02-07 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [I Did Nazi That Coming](https://themsfightingwordsblog.wordpress.com/2024/12/24/i-did-nazi-that-coming/) _2024-12-24 · Tanner J. · Them's fighting words!!_ It’s always the people you most suspect! In an attempt as pathetic as his plugs, Seon-Woo “Infiltration” Lee has decided that his latest path to find love and acceptance is to embrace the antisemites of the world. In a post on Twitter, he found comradery in a poster who, aside from telling baldfaced lies about \[…\] ## [My Thoughts on Rivals of Aether II](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/my-thoughts-on-rivals-of-aether-ii) _2024-11-26 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ My experience playing the latest title from Aether Studios. ## [Infiltration Has a Character Problem, Not a Truth Problem](https://themsfightingwordsblog.wordpress.com/2024/11/01/infiltration-has-a-character-problem-not-a-truth-problem/) _2024-11-01 · Tanner J. · Them's fighting words!!_ For better or for worse, my blog post about Seon-Woo “Infiltration” Lee, and the myriad of odd and upsetting events that upended his professional gaming career, is my most popular and widely shared work. Whenever I get a notification about a spike in my low readership, there’s a roughly 97% chance it’s related to that \[…\] ## [Technology-Aware Parenting](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/technology-aware-parenting) _2024-10-09 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ How can I best be prepared to raise my son in a digital-first world? ## [A Deep Dive into Melee's Cut Stages](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/a-deep-dive-into-melees-cut-stages) _2024-09-14 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ An explanation of every cut Super Smash Bros. Melee stage, including some in-game remnants and concept screenshots based on fan mods. ## [Why I Pay for Email Now](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/why-i-pay-for-email-now) _2024-09-12 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ For most of the internet's life, there have been free options for email providers, and the number keeps growing. So why have I started using a paid option? ## [Everything We Know About Super Smash Bros. Melee's Development](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/everything-we-know-about-super-smash-bros-melees-development) _2024-09-05 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ A comprehensive history of Super Smash Bros. Melee's development, from Sakurai's 1999 proposal to post-release discoveries, with citations and source material. ## [Digital Flow: A Tech-First Approach to Productivity And Presence](https://davidvkimball.com/posts/digital-flow) _2024-08-28 · David V. Kimball · David V. Kimball_ When you create your ideal digital environment, it makes it fun to produce.