🍙 "Quality is not an act, it is a habit." - Will Durant

Hey friends!

Happy November! I hope you're having a good one so far. October flew by and I am ready for Mariah Carey season. Onwards!

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Web links of the week

It's 2023, here is why your web design sucks.
The New CSS Math: rem() and mod()
Your website does not need JavaScript
Building out a furniture site from Dribbble

Something that interested me this week

This weekend I played in my first go tournament! If you've been around you know that I really love playing go online, but I rarely get the opportunity to play in person. This was... a humbling experience, to say the least! Of the 5 rounds, I lost 3 games by the thinnest margin (literally the smallest margins you can lose by), and it was so painful. But, I'm really glad I did it! I learned a lot and I can't wait to try out another tournament in the future.

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you rearrange some digits. It was a weird one and y'all did great Miguel, 413, Saad, Jonnie, Martin, Andy, Fraol, Neil, Altamish, Don, and Ten!

This week's question:
Given a list of words and a dictionary of letter scores, find the word with the highest score according to the rules: score = word_length * (sum of letter scores in the word). If there are multiple words with the same highest score, return the lexicographically smallest one.

Example:

const wordList = ["apple", "banana", "cherry", "date", "fig"];

const letterScores = [...Array(26).keys()].reduce((scores, i) => (scores[String.fromCharCode(97 + i)] = i + 1, scores), {});
// This produces { 'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 3, 'd': 4, ... }

scoreWordGame(wordList, letterScores)
// 'cherry'

Cool things from around the internet

Candy Thieves vs Rigged Candy Bowl
Mode Tempo keyboard with Obscura keycaps
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Why is the plural form of "house" not "hice"?

Joke

Did you hear about the runner who was criticized?
They just took it in stride!

That's all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and keep your cool!

Special thanks to Gabor, IceSloth, Ezell, Sebastián, Ben, and Kinetic Labs for supporting my Patreon and this newsletter!

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