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My search on the internet started with deconstructing the difference between an interface and its implementation along various data structures, and ultimately I landed on this.

Designed to be appreciated by laymen like me, it is an ode to code.

I did try to get into The OA a few years ago - never quite could, which isn't a commentary on The OA, just proof that slow-boil stories tend to lose me.

With this context in mind, I'll revisit the show. I suspect I'll enjoy it. She has a great manifesto for why she's in film, and I love excellent manifestos for doing anything.

"We must see the forest."

As the saying goes: when it rains, it pours.

Come for the article itself, stay for the criss-cross of linked articles and Instagram posts.

Being an illustrator myself, I can say that no one is exempt from the allure of corporate memphis, but damn, can we get some heterogeneity sometimes?

(This is why I like the work WeTransfer, via WePresent, is doing)

Full disclosure: I am currently seven months into the Lambda Full-stack Web Development Track.

For a certain kind of student (eg, me) upskilling isn't quite an option, but I understand and mildly agree with the point.

I think that if ISAs are viewed as global (rather than local) skill redistribution, it makes sense. The true problem lies in the potential for exploitation, and players need to be altruistic (LOL) about what counts as hedging bets versus ripping students off.

"We shape our tools, then our tools shape us" - Marshall MacLuhan.

I am reminded of the Turing Test thesis: we constantly assume we'll eventually create artificial intelligence that becomes smart enough to pass the Turing test, and that may be so - but it's also possible that while that is happening as a background process, AI will train us to become machines (in our behavior and expression, every human output systemically reduced into countable, binary outcomes) so that when you look, you won't be able to tell man from machine, or machine from man.

How do you get AI to make soul-stirring music as good as the best composer who ever lived? First, you train man to like machine music.

Some crack definitely went into the making of this New Yorker piece.

Is it just me or does this have masochistic undertones?

Curiously enough, this piece reminded me of George Orwell's A Nice Cup of Tea. Considered good writing in its purest form.

But this article doesn't strike me as right beside A Nice Cup of Tea because of technique; instead I'm impressed by how many words the author could spin (and titillatingly so) in praise of such a beige-colored day like Thursday.

Even the name - Thor's day, thooooorrrrrsdaeeeee, THURSDAYYYYY - feels like an infernal low hum in the back of my skull.

Impressive.

I always appreciate how Tim Urban introspects over things most people (especially me) take for granted, or as a given.

Gretchen McCulloch's love for language is infectious, and she has a way of setting it on contemporary topics - like Trump (the 'Cheeto') or Twitter (the 'birdsite').

Also added to my handy vocabulary is the linguistic shorthand of 'Voldemorting'.

If you're an animation buff (like me), you may be impressed by the consistency and technique here. (Bonus for the reference videos embedded)

"You do what every time traveler does when he/she visits a brave new timeline.

You go to the bar."

I'm definitely a chronic case.

Dark patterns. Dark patterns everywhere.

TIL: It takes at least 5,000 sales in a week to make the bestseller list

Nigerian English infiltratin'!

Somewhat technical: a refresher for handling composition and inheritance of stage across React components.

I was drawn to this by the illustrated header image, but it honestly reads like an action thriller.

Especially interesting if you've been following the Away news.