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May 12, 2025

A week spent outside

A festive short week with a side project highlight and a trip to Leiden!

Hello, regular readers, and welcome to the new ones!

This is Luis, with the latest issue of my newsletter. I write this newsletter to share my passion for photography, cities, and technology, along with interesting links I find over the week(s). This newsletter will be (as long as possible) free, but if you like to support it feel free to become a paid subscriber (pay what you want), or buy one of my photos.

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Short week.

Last week came as a short work week as it started with the celebration of Liberation Day in The Netherlands. Monday was full of festivals around the country, and even a concert in the Amstel. Paired it with good weather, it was the perfect time to be outside.

two men cooking on a grill
Jamaican BBQ. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2025

In the work front it was a normal week. Some coding, meetings, planning. The usual.

I also found time for my side projects. The side things that I tend to do. I wrote about the ASCII flight game that I developed during the week. It definitely was one of the highlights. If you played it, let me know! I’ll love to hear about your experience.

a computer screen showing a game
asciigames.sh Playing on the terminal

The weekend had a bit of everything, including: good food, good wine, walking outside, and a day trip to Leiden. We went to Leiden to support a couple of friends running the half marathon. It was great seeing them running and succeeding!

a man giving a high five to a child
A kid cheering up runners. Leiden, The Netherlands. 2025

I also took the opportunity to take some photos while we were in Leiden. It’s a beautiful city, to which I want to go back and explore more.

As you can see, it was a normal week. A week to enjoy life and spent time being outside. Hope you all had a great week too!


Weeknotes

  • Jochen’s Weeknotes 2025-05-05

Fediverse

  • If I hear one more person talk about “putting our brightest people toward solving climate change”, I will scream.

  • If you access corporate email on a personal device that can be unlocked with FaceID, you must change your face at least once every sixty days.

Books

  • Careless people. During the week I finished reading this book. Recommended for a behind the scenes look of Facebook. It is as terrible as you can imagine.

Thanks for reading!

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About this newsletter

I'm Luis Natera, a software developer, network scientist, and data/cities/tech nerd. I have an interdisciplinary trajectory (architecture -> sociocultural studies -> network science -> software development), you can read more about me and my career here.

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Read more:

  • Playing with ASCII

    I created a fun ASCII flight game you can play in your terminal using SSH!

  • Enjoy the sun - week in review

    A sunny week in the Netherlands brings reflection on balance, creativity, and slowing down.

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