🙉 "When people talk, listen completely." - Ernest Hemingway

Hello friends!

I've been told that me saying "friends" in my greeting is "cringe" by a youth, and that I should say "what's up chat?" instead. I wonder how long it'll be until these darn kids realize that they, indeed, are also cringe. Anyway chat, let's boogie. I will never address you as "chat" again.

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Web links of the week

Coding my Handwriting
The latest in Web UI (Google I/O ‘24)
Incremental Path to React 19: React Conf Follow-Up
Pluck: A math-based string simulator

Something that interested me this week

I went to a family wedding this weekend! It was so, so fun. I think I've been stressed about a lot of things lately, and it was wonderful to just get my mind off of things, be with family, and dance a ton.

As I sit in this brief peaceful time, I'll share a fun fact I learned this week: Teddy bears were named after Teddy Roosevelt! Someone I spoke with this week taught me about Steiff stuffed animals, and it was interesting to read about some of their history.

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you make an inverted punctuation checker. Great work Ten, Muhammad, Paul, Amine, Saad, Chase, Nikhil, Evan, Tawseef, Ryan, John, and Cristina!

This week's question:
Write a program that implements the DelayedTaskExecutor interface defined below. Think about how it would work if you ran the exec function multiple times in a row, before the task is run!

Interfaces:

interface Task {
    // a blocking run
    void run();

    // when the task should be executed
    long timeStamp(); 
}

interface DelayedTaskExecutor {
   // executes task.run() at the given timestamp
   void exec(Task task);
}

// usage
executor.exec(new Task(10:00am));
executor.exec(new Task(10:10am));
executor.exec(new Task(10:05am));

(you can submit your answers by replying to this email with a link to your solution, or share on LinkedIn, Twitter, Mastodon, or Bluesky)

Cool things from around the internet

Manifesto for a Humane Web
3D printed keyboard with GMK Space Cadet II
Why Were Older Pokemon Games More Memorable?
Windows 10 Desktop photography setup

Joke

(thanks Tom for this one)

What do you call a moose with no name?
Anonimoose!

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

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

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