eh, i'd rather have fun with rhetoric and do some light poking (even if it doesn't land sometimes) than nothing at all!

this is a very cute anecdote, thank you. my parents have three dogs, so i've had similar thoughts. i believe they're just truly used to the dead space in a day. it makes sense once i think about it, but it feels so far away

ugh this is maddeningly cool

superficially it makes me very happy that both strategies make very cute acronyms

ha ha, nice. my cowboy (western movies) take on that: ride with your POSSE to make PESOS. :)

stack that cash with ur bros

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Location: Worcester, MA

Remote: Yes

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Technologies: React, Svelte, TypeScript, JavaScript, WebGPU, WebGL

GitHub: https://github.com/notsoli

Résumé/CV: https://samranda.com/files/sr-resume.pdf

Email: work@samranda.com

Web developer and UX designer with 1 year of experience in graphics, creative tooling, security research, and products/platforms with rich or unusual interactivity. I've built photo editors, social platforms, domain-specific game engines, web tools, and data viz experiments.

first off: this is a beautiful article! but, it got me thinking about how many times i found an interest that would then become a core part of my identity by having a really cool piece of media relating to said interest essentially force-fed to me by algorithmic feeds. i got into rhythm games by seeing a livestream of osu! pop up on twitch, got into archival fashion by seeing a really incredible outfit on reddit, got into experimental pop by having clarence clarity's "no now" come across my spotify feed.

as someone who grew up in a fairly insulated & isolated suburb, i think those types of experiences were really important in turning me from an unconfident, kinda angry kid into the aesthetically-engaged, witty, openly-gay man w/ a pretty big breadth of creative interests i ended up being. i'm truly not sure if i would've turned out this way if most of the internet remained as undiscoverable as it was ~20 years ago.

though i have more appreciation for the slow web nowadays, where my identity is a bit more solidified, i still feel a pretty strong pull towards "the platform", and my visions for a healthier internet include it. but, that's about as far as i've gotten.

he makes enough odd claims about cities and countries in the beginning that i can only assume aren't really meant to be taken seriously, so i'm at a bit of a loss for how i should be reading this

i hope the collective realization that "hard task" guys were once intermediate or boilerplate guys comes sooner than later :(

I think the realisation is already there but nobody knows what to do about it.

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