2024 Week 2

I’m learning

• Boardgame.io
  • It’s a frontend framework agnostic library for making board games.
  • It uses a state machine to manage the game state, and manages syncing that state between clients.
  • Hoping to use this for an upcoming local game jam.

I accomplished

• Completed Section 1 Unit 4 of Japanese on Duolingo
• Put together a simple demo integrating boardgame.io with Svelte
  • Repository
• Helped a friend build their new gaming PC
• Met quota, and was a valuable asset for the company

I’m playing

• Lethal Company
• osu!
  • Recently I switched to a hover playstyle.
  • First 300pp play since switching to hover
  • New peak rank: 35,375
• The Talos Principle 2

I’m watching

• Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End episodes 15-16

I’m looking forward to

• Royale5
  • A new project from OR3O. It’s her first major project since Clover.

Assorted thoughts

• Sad to see both MatPat and Tom Scott are retiring / stepping back from their Youtube channels. I’ve been enjoying both their content for nearly a decade. I wish them the best. They’ve earned it.
  • MatPat - Goodbye Internet
  • Tom Scott - After ten years, it’s time to stop making videos.
• Setting up email notifications on my NAS was a mistake. The emails never end.
  • Configuration needed :’(