Hey friends,

Allergies are weird if you think about them for too long. You would think after so many decades your body would remember pollen exists. 🤷

Thinking Too Hard 🤔

How do you celebrate a launch? Or any accomplishment, really?

It's very tempting to press on to the next thing and then the next thing after that. "I'm so strong! Look at me crunch! Everyone will be amazed at my productivity!" Or so I tell myself, but when I do this, I eventually find myself buried under my to-do list, feeling overwhelmed by everything that's LEFT to do and forgetting all that I've ALREADY done.

It's important to stop and take a moment to reflect on your accomplishments. Our brains are very good at remembering the negative feelings and forgetting the actual details. It takes a little help to bring the positive things back to the forefront.

That's why I like the practice of a hype doc. It's a yearly list of achievements and accomplishments, and I also like to include any encouraging comments people have made over the year. It helps me slow down and recognize the achievements as they occur. So, when you're feeling a little overwhelmed, try to remember all that you've achieved and balance those mental scales of positive/negative!

Interesting Web Bits 🍜

Web Stuff

• Another anecdote about why code volume is a bad measure of productivity.
• Not a new problem, but a persistent one. The 49MB Web Page.
• See? Some people mean "small web" as unique personal websites, and others mean "small web" as adherents to the Gemini protocol. I find one definition more interesting than the other.
• Another attempt at persistant memories for LLMs.
• Seems like Rob Pike's (co-designer of Go) 5 Rules of Programming have a lot in common with a grug brain developer's rules.
• ... yeah, yeah, that algo is cool and all, but have you heard about the Slug Algorithm?

Other Stuff

• I agree with Sebastian on use of LLMs on personal communication. I want to hear from YOU, imperfections and all, not a robot!

👽 Weird, 📺 Watch, and 🎮 Play

• 👽 Ode to the milkfish.
• 👽 A webpage dedicated to obsolete sounds (and remixing them into something else).
• 👽 An answer to "Why were so many control rooms seafoam green?".