Souls Like Strings

The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison.

There's a point at which humility ceases to be a virtue

A satisfying end to Thara's saga, assuming it continues to be that. The stakes are raised yet again, this time resulting in the animosity of a Shell-level corporation and providing an even scarier dead thing for Thara to send off into the ether. All the characters we've come to know and love (or be annoyed by) make appearances in addition to a dashing goblin principate guard, a bumbling prelate and the kafka-esque bureaucracy of the Catacombs Guild.

It's essentially...

• Having a two person team is challenging when one of you is out and the other is blocked by PR review
• You can't read Rails' encrypted cookies in a test (at least by default)
  • Since the test cookie object doesn't implement encrypted
• Someone once decided to make a 'Link' component which can be a button, link or just plain text
  • but the button can have a to attribute
  • the text can have an onClick which can navigate, effectively making it back into a link
  • something intended to be an actual a tag can become a...

I could hardly bear the despair

Why

• Wacky cast of characters you might actually end up attached to
• Ensures you have enough knowledge to solve mysteries while letting you make the connections
• Interesting minigames to make points during the class trials

Why Not

• Dialogue is often painful/repetitive
• Some of the mysteries are ridiculously convoluted/probably don't stand up to scrutiny
• Sometimes leans too hard on shock value/anime tropes

Impressions

Danganronpa has a lot of problems. The dialogue is generally so poorly written I skim-read 80% after the first chapter, it leans on shock value/edginess a...

• Argon2id is the state of the art in hashing
  • But for short-lived OTPs, probably overkill

Links

• Brand New Layouts with CSS Subgrid - Josh Comeau

After being reminded subgrid exists & is useful in October, Josh comes swooping in with a typically high quality article about the possibilities it unlocks. Siblings being aware of each-other's size & layout is a very valuable thing in CSS, as is a layout being able to 'penetrate' containers like cards.

• Building a Good Download… Button? - Eric Bailey

I did not...

The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison.

Way too eager to explore a haunted area called the 'Hill of Werewolves'

The 2.5th chapter of Thara Celehar's suffering starts off on a worryingly positive note. He gets to do normal things at his job, have minimal interactions with people in positions of power and even gets an apprentice! Fortunately we quickly return to normal, as investigating the suspected murder of an elderly marchioness leads him on the mother of all tangents, ending with something notably scarier than a ghoul and serious consequences.

Also, photography is apparently inherently pornographic...