Sometimes I like to reread the author's foreword in Water Margin. 70 chapters, 108 heroes with intertwining stories, and one of China's Four Great Classic Novels. He says "I shall be satisfied if a few of my friends will read it and be interested." I love that attitude.

Is it normal to learn a programming language because you like its theme color? That was basically the main motivation for me to learn Golang and Ruby.

Just finished reading Teatro Grottesco, a collection of short stories by Thomas Ligotti. I'm not exactly sure how to describe it, except as maybe absurdist horror.

Keylocker is one of the most unique and creative RPGs I've played in a while, with a fantastic soundtrack store.steampowered.com/app/1325040/...

This artstyle looks so cool

I just had a terrible idea to write a Rust proc macro that prompts an AI and inserts the resulting code at compile time. It wouldn't be hard. Receive string, send to server, get response, extract Rust from code block (assuming Markdown response), parse to token stream. But it's too evil.

Vim is too feature-rich and bloated. Time to go simpler. Now I'll just `echo "the entire file contents" > file.c` to code.

I put the Rosé Pine theme on everything

images WOW so crazy 💥😮 codeberg.org/koibtw/nidhogg.nvim

This is awesome

"Does my writing style sound like AI? Better add some mistakes so they know I actually wrote this."

I need a VS Code extension that adds the combo score and dynamic music from Devil May Cry 5

I couldn't do that; I love carbs too much

Spent 10 minutes reading "Nix language basics" and I didn't immediately become enough of an expert to write a `flake.nix` file from scratch without any examples. I'm too dumb for Nix 😢

大熊貓 means "Panda" 🐼 in Chinese, but it literally translates to "big bear cat" Guess how "Red Panda" is written.

I'm in a *listening to the entire soundtrack of Koyaanisqatsi kind of mood*

Just published v0 of `fancy-tree`. It's kind of like `tree`, but written in #rust, with #git status visualizations and #nerdfont file icons, and can be configured with #lua scripts. What an over-engineered mess. Use `tree` instead. github.com/spenserblack...

python -c "print(chr(sum(range(ord(min(str(not())))))))"

AI code completions seemed cool at first but TBH they've gotten so intrusive and have missed my overall plan so much I've ended up just uninstalling GitHub Copilot from all my editors. Out here just reading docs and typing like it's the stone age.

After a certain number sequels in action movie series I'm too busy thinking "how does the protagonist keep getting involved in this crap" to get immersed.

Whenever I tell a peer that Microsoft put Copilot in *Notepad* they think I'm joking

Developer tip: set the `GIT_COMMITTER_DATE` and `GIT_AUTHOR_DATE` environment variables to random values when you make a new git commit so that you can mess up the chronological order of your log and confuse your teammates

Since when does Windows have `tar` built in?

"Enough procrastinating! It's time to get to work on this bugfix/feature." *literally just creates a new git branch and nothing else* "Alright, I think I've earned a short break."

All the sci-fi movies and books assumed a *smart* AI would take over the world. In real life, AI agents are taking over coding, web browsing, and our operating systems while they're... still kind of dumb. Humans: "you crashed the world economy" Windows 11 agent: "You're totally right! Sorry 😔"

My Steam wishlist is full of games I have no interest in. I need a second "I actually want these" wishlist.

Just remember: Halloween may be over, but that doesn't mean you can't keep up the spooky spirit

Does YouTube know that not skipping an ad *doesn't* mean I'm interested in the product? It just means I'm paying so little attention that I didn't notice I could skip.

Edia to port PC-Engine Ys, Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes, and The Legend of Xanadu games to modern platforms Edia has entered into a global licensing agreement with Falcom to port various Ys, Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes, and The Legend of Xanadu titles originally released for PC…

I just love spending 30 minutes perfecting the wording of a reply, only to think "wait, I don't want to be part of this conversation" and deleting it all in 0.1 seconds.

I love how every villain reveal in a Metal Gear Solid game is so over the top and/or ridiculous in the best way.

The Prosecutor was a super fun movie! A combo of legal drama and martial arts!

Ballet as a fighting style is such a cool concept store.steampowered.com/app/3348640/...

Games to Play Before You Die 💀 #️⃣🔟 Parasite Eve (1998) If you know me at all, you knew this was coming. Parasite Eve is one of the most unique JRPGs around. The story is fascinating, the horror is deeply unsettling, and the OST is phenomenal. It's a game that deserves to be experienced. Period.

I can finally do 10 pull-ups in a single set 🎉

We are thrilled to announce Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC in 2026! Watch the trailer here: 505.games/TheScarletEn... #TheScarletEngagement

Rereading the Drifters manga and falling back in love with Kouta Hirano's artstyle

Is it just me, or are advertisements getting really depressing? It's all like "drink our energy drink to get through your boring office job" or "wow, that day sucked, but at least you can eat our fast food"

Any fans of Wallace & Gromit? youtu.be/Wv7WVaoJJ0Y

VS Code has the `.vscode` folder for project-specific config, and Helix has `.helix`, so I figured that maybe Neovim could have something similar, and wrote this plugin. github.com/spenserblack...

So there's already like 1,000,000 Rust crates for terminal colors, but I just wrote another one. github.com/spenserblack...

Is there some secret to donating blood I don't know about? Everyone else seems fine while I always feel like I'm about to pass out 🙃

I've been drinking a lot of chrysanthemum tea lately

github.com/spenserblack... Without a doubt, the most unreadable regex I've ever written.

What's the deal with this live-action Legend of Zelda movie announcement?

If you put this in a movie, people would say it's too unrealistic www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...