I played the board game Wingspan for the first time this week, and it was a WONDERFUL experience! I really, really enjoyed it. It wasn't too long, has beautiful art, had some complex ideas (which makes me excited to play it again), and the parts were all pretty high quality, too. I love a good board game, so I'm really excited to add this one to my repertoire!
I ended up looking up the designer of the game, Elizabeth Hargrave. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the designer and all of the artists behind Wingspan were women (which is rare) and I had to learn more! She seems to be a fascinating person, and my favorite thing about her website by far was her database of Women and Nonbinary Board Game Designers. Check it out!
Interview question of the week
Last week I had you write a JSON parser! Quite a few people sent in answers like Ali that used JSON.parse(), which yes, is totally valid. But, Tan went above and beyond and not only wrote a parser from the ground up, but also wrote a super helpful blog post about it (and I saw it featured in JavaScript Weekly this week, amazing)! Good work Tan (and Ali + others)!
This week's question: Given a positive number N, generate binary numbers between 1 to N using a queue-type structure in linear time.
Everyone knows where the Big Apple is, but does anyone know where the Minneapolis?
That's all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and tie up your loose ends, 2019 is almost over!
