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  Watching a video from @TechConnectify from a while back about subtitles and noticed him commenting on how Netflix turns on forced subtitles in some situations and was like "Oh hey, I wrote a big part of that system!" While I was working at Netflix, I was responsible for the playback UI subsystems for TV/blu-ray/etc. I was tasked with implementing our "forced narratives" system when that came out.

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  @TechConnectify Yeah! You called it "Pretty handy" and I was like "You're welcome!" :D

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  I've been coding professionally since the early 2000s. I have used many different languages, some weakly typed, some strongly typed. I have to be honest. I've encountered few bugs that were caused by incorrect types and far more bugs caused by overly complex interactions between code.

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  In my mind, the most important aspect of your code should be its comprehensibility to others. How you accomplish ensuring that comprehensibility is up to you, but ensure it you must. Some ways I think about when I think about how to accomplish this: - Lots and lots of code comments - Simple, explicit interfaces - Unit tests that describe and define the behavior of the thing. "Executable documentation"

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  Huh. I may think twice about referring to RPGs that come from Japan as "JRPGs" going forward, having read this: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-face-of-final-fantasy-doesnt-like-the-term-jrpg-once-considered-it-discriminatory/

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  @sabisan @bevy @rust_gamedev ooooh. That looks coool.

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  @smartgo Now that I'm getting back into Go I'm using your new app quite a bit. I love the integrated book/problems/etc!

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  @sperformance I love Yunzi stones. They're my favorite visual.

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  @smartgo Very happy to restore contact. I'm still thinking about the lessons you taught me in Go.