✂️ "If you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that you play that determines if it’s good or bad." - Miles Davis

Hellllooo!

Happy Superb Owl day! I hope you’ve had a great week so far. I’m taking some PTO this next week with my sister and friends, which I’m really excited about. Anyway, let’s surf!

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Web links of the week

Creating Generative SVG Grids
Reducing The Web’s Carbon Footprint: Optimizing Social Media Embeds
ssspill
Adding a lang attribute to your Next.js site

Something that interested me this week

I had some really fun conversations this week! I had a talk with Dalia Abo Sheasha and Kelly Hoey about networking (the human kind) that was a total blast (and really valuable). I also had a great Twitter Space talking about shipping personal projects with some cool folks as well! Those kinds of chats totally make my week.

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you implement a word search! Great work Will, Josh, Leyan, Rafael, Ten, Peter, Les, Matt, and Ivana!

This week’s question:
Given a QWERTY keyboard grid and a remote control with arrows and a “select” button, write a function that returns the buttons you have to press to type a certain word. The cursor will always start in the upper left at the letter Q.

Example:

$ remoteControl('car')
$ 'down, down, right, right, select, left, left, up, select, up, right, right, right, select'

Cool things from around the internet

Pokémon to Scale
Your Wordle Results Are Annoying, but Not for the Reasons You Think
After The Fact
Pohjola Works Louhi with Custom Case

Joke

I tried taking some photos of some farms nearby, but they all turned out a bit grainy.

That’s all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and get enough sleep this week!

Special thanks to Gabor, Stephen, IceSloth, Emad, Alaska, Josh, Conor, Ezell, Pedro, Karthic, Ximena, Paige, Zev, Sebastián, and Ben for supporting my Patreon and this newsletter!

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