"All of this complexity is supposed to make the 'developer experience' better. We’re meant to be more productive and write better, more stable code by using these frameworks. I’m just not seeing that play out so far in practice. If we’re not even having a better experience doing the work, then what is the point of all this, really?" A good question from Pixel•Paper•Yarn.
http://pixelpaperyarn.rocks/2018/10/23/react-rails-and-the-degradation-of-the-developer-experience/

#TIL the Internet Archive hosts #C64 games, too... And they've got some real classics in their collection. https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_c64

Online Banksy Shredder | CodePen - Upload your art, and watch it get shredded. https://codepen.io/leemartin/pen/pxNvod

👍 Banksy posts video of £1m painting shredding stunt at Sotheby's - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45770028

This story kept a 😊 on my face all day.

The tragic end of Telltale Games - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/4/17934166/telltale-games-studio-closed-layoffs-end-the-walking-dead

Just when you thought that the game development industry was getting better...

"Ask yourselves: are you willing to zero out for the #Oasis? Are you willing to fight?! I am Parzival of the High Five. In the name of Art3mis, in the name of Aech, in the name of Daito and Sho, we ask you to join us on Planet Doom. In the name of James Halliday himself, help us save the Oasis!"
#ReadyPlayerOne

👍 Data Factories - Stratechery by Ben Thompson https://stratechery.com/2018/data-factories/

Who's got two thumbs and just added his Yubikey to the 2FA list on his Gitea instance?

👍 This guy! 👍

👍 Robocaller spoofed real numbers to avoid angry call-backs to his own phone | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/robocaller-spoofed-real-numbers-to-avoid-angry-call-backs-to-his-own-phone/

Glad to know that #InstantKarma still gets some people, at least.