miniblog.

Reflections on Maxis, SimCity, and world views in computer games: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/03/video-games-are-better-without-characters/387556/

The downsides of writing a large project in Typescript: https://medium.com/javascript-scene/the-typescript-tax-132ff4cb175b I don't share all the author's views, but makes interesting comments on what percentage bugs get caught by the typechecker, and type declaration verbosity/placement challenges.

A defence of Tumblr: https://theoutline.com/post/5811/why-tumblr-is-better-than-twitter-and-we-should-bring-it-back The article contrasts Twitter with Tumblr and how Tumblr makes it harder for total strangers with diametrically opposed views to immediately respond to your content.