Viget25 and Team Honk
Hey friends,
I’m obsessed with telling airport jokes.
My doctor says it’s a terminal problem. ✈️
Thinking Too Hard 🤔
Viget25 happened last week. In no particular order, here's a few things that happened:
- Worked from a full office (a first since the pandemic)
- Ate homemade pop tarts 😋
- Met and pet an alpaca (surprisingly soft!)
- Threw a llama (not a real one)
- Got an update on the state of the internet and current trends
- Decoratively burned wood in log cabin that was over a century old
- Took a deep dive into two recent Viget projects
- Sat around multiple campfires, roasted marshmallows, and chatted with fellow Vigets
- Discussed ideal project conditions
- Sampled different local honeys made from different flowers
- Learned both Euchre and Canadian Salad within hours of each other
- Watched an unveiling of
redacted🤫 - Ate in a greenhouse
- Toasted and celebrated some really neat and special people
- Got screened by TSA for a charcuterie 'paddle'
As I wrote last week, connections are incredibly important. As kids, those connections and memories happened naturally by proximity and interest yet I find as an adult it takes great intention and effort to create spaces WHERE those connections can happen naturally again. High fives over a good hand of cards, discussing how Thundertree is a little too far from Phandelver, comparing mosquito bites, shared gratefulness for whoever made the coffee in Cabin 3 early in the morning. Natural connections made by a great deal of effort and prep ahead of time!
Interesting Web Bits 🍜
Web Stuff:
- A pretty neat 3D data visualization of NBA game data. Vinicius also has some pretty neat experiments.
- A look at some of the pitfalls and issues in converting values to strings in JavaScript.
- Josh Comeau talks about how weird CSS height can be.
- Feels like we might be witnessing the trough of disillusionment with NextJS as teams rediscover that server-side frameworks can be great.
Other Stuff:
- Watch (and listen) to Koji Kobura recreate the pause music from Goldeneye 64.
- Neal.fun is back again, this time with an internet roadtrip. Join Team Honk! 🪿