Two new game releases in the same week in addition to two big updates for the games I'm already playing cut a bit too much into my spare time. Chaos Zero Nightmare has launched. I am generally not a big fan of turn-based games, but I like the theme of this one, so I'll be trying it out.

Chaos Zero Nightmare: Guardian Angel of the Ark, Sereniel

Stella Sora, my most anticipated game of this year, has been released. Go check it out if you haven't already! It's very fun.

Stella Sora Official Website

Stella Sora is a top-down, light-action adventure game developed by YOSTAR. Step into the shoes of the

Time zones are one of the dumbest things humans have invented.

External hard drives are a bit of a scam. You get more options with better performance and even modularity by using a regular SSD in an external enclosure.

I have heard the song Scatman so many times, but only today, after watching the first episode of Wandace, have I learned that it has an inspiring story behind it.

The main thing that prevents me from using Zed as my main code editor is the noticeably slow startup time. Especially in comparison to Sublime Text.

What happened to the YakiHonne web app? It used to work perfectly, but now I can't refresh my feed until I go into settings and clear the cache.

If you are looking for a fun new manga to read, I highly recommend Someone Hertz by Ei Yamano.

Being superstitious and believing in ghost stories isn't silly; it's fun. Just because everything can be explained by logic and science doesn't mean that everything should be explained by it. Having mysteries around us makes life quite a bit more enjoyable.

Helium seems like a very promising browser. It's not going to compete with Zed in terms of design, but once they add vertical tabs and more search engine options, it could easily compete with Brave.

Helium Browser

The web browser made for people, with love. Best privacy by default, unbiased ad-blocking, no bloat and no noise. Fully open source.

I'm still new to Nostr. If I repost something accidentally and then unrepost it, does my repost actually disappear?

I love Native Union accessories. The only drawback is their exclusive focus on Apple products. I wish they offered options designed specifically for Android users. At least the major models like the Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy lineups.

As a software developer, I've had similar thoughts for several years now. “Don’t let the world tell you what you should be doing, what you should be building, what you should be using, no matter how ambitious or dumb or idiotic it may seem to others, make it because you want to, because it makes you happy, because it makes you feel alive.” https://dayvster.com/blog/dev-culture-is-dying-the-curious-developer-is-gone.

Did Reddit stop blocking VPNs? It used to be a major pain, but I haven't had this issue for at least a month.

All my Apple hate aside, the iPhone 17 Pro is the best-looking iPhone ever made.

If you have the option, always use a virtual card when making payments online! I almost got charged a significant amount of money for a subscription I didn't even know I had.

Regarding the recent Node package hack, I've seen several people suggest copying small packages directly into your codebase to minimize the amount of dependencies. I strongly support that, and I've been doing it for years. One of my packages, skice, is designed to be completely dependency-free. I have implemented relatively simple things like a colorful console output, file watching, and even a WebSocket connection myself. It doesn't take much time and serves as a very useful learning experience. For small pieces of functionality, I use code snippets, but for larger files and in case of multiple files, I also have a tool called Pastries (available on GitHub) that I use to simplify the copy-pasting process between projects.

The global matcha shortage is wild. It's a great tea, don't get me wrong, but there are other Japanese tea types that are equally enjoyable. My personal recommendation is gyokuro.

I have many complaints regarding the futile quest for maximum thinness in tech, but Apple proudly saying that their engineering advancements gave iPhone Air all-day battery life when it could have been several days with a reasonably thick design is just laughable. Do they even hear themselves when they rehearse these events?

Girls Frontline 2 is known for having the best character models among gacha games, but I think even more impressive than that is the quality of their textures. I've been amazed by them ever since I started playing the game. Fabrics actually look like they are made of fibers.