Hey friends,

We're still getting over being sick and a few assorted injuries over here — so I'm going to take this opportunity to shout some general health advice at you:

1. Don't try to do the things you were able to do 20 years ago with the expectation that it will go the same!
2. Coffee is not a hydration substitute!
3. Bugs are weird, and their bites do weird things too!
4. Colds just stink, see point 2!
5. Avoid ultra-processed foods, except ramen noodles! Those are ok no matter what they say!
6. Getting old is not for the weak!

Interesting Web Bits 🍜

Web Stuff

• Meta transfers it's ownership of React and JSX into the new React Foundation so it can go back to ... whatever Meta is doing...
• Cloudflare takes a direct shot at Vercel with Vinext, claiming to have 'rebuilt Next.js in a week with AI'.
• Matheus Lima reminds us we often reward complexity over simplicity.
• A primer on decision trees.
• "The engineer shipped seven features in a single sprint... Six months later, an architectural change required modifying those features...
• Good software knows when to stop, unlike my sense of humor.
• Caroline Crampton has gone all in on RSS.
• "The Happiest I've Ever Been", could also be titled 'Computers Will Never Love You Back'.

Other Stuff

• Robin Rendle plays the Song of LinkedIn for us.
• This seems like a good rule of thumb: when looking up how to something for the second time, write it down.
• Have you tried to read scientific papers? I have a suspicion that the density of language is a defense mechanism, but Now I Get It helps break it down without requiring a dictionary.
• Building your own language for your own engine is a pretty major flex. (But may not guarantee a good game?)

Weird, Watch, and Play

• 👽 Birds! And charts about birds! (Lovely charts at that!)
• 👽 Moss Town is a pixel art editor where 'every brush is a tiny program'.
• 👽 The Game of Life, but stacked in 3D space.