Weeknotes 2025W42

The thing taking most of my mental energy this week has been interviewing for a job I’m very excited about. The first round went really well besides a weak response from me here and there. I can tell this organization really cares about its hiring practices and its employees in general. I made it past the first round (!) and got invited to a second interview in the next two weeks. I am ecstatic and really haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.

On the same career front, I attended a career fair at my old university. I’m not entirely sure what the point of these things is and I certainly wasn’t the target market. There were a lot of young professionals trying to get a leg up on starting their careers which is exactly where I was four years ago. Regardless, I met some interesting people and discovered some cool companies.

A beer garden down the street from my apartment swapped out most of their beers for ciders for October and we went for some flights this weekend. I usually don’t like ciders that much but it felt very festive and fun. There was also a local bluegrass band playing with just enough space in front of the stage to dance.

Links

• Common misconceptions about screen readers by Ela Gorla. Lots of great information about web accessibility.
• From stagnation to sustained growth by Nobel Prize Outreach. Nobel Prize winners explain how economic growth happens through creative destruction.
• Why the open social web matters now by Ben Werdmuller. Open social web matters immensely right now and you should build things that meet a specific need for others.
• Let’s talk about AI art by Matthew Inman/The Oatmeal. A web comic about an artists thoughts on AI “art” and talent.
• A Q&A with JavaScript for Everyone author, Mat Marquis by Mat “Wilto” Marquis. Piccalilli released a new JavaScript course I’d really like to take because I know just enough JavaScript to make things.

  I don’t like doing push-ups, but setting up a coal-burning push-up-doing machine in my basement isn’t gonna get me any stronger, and it’s not gonna do my house a hell of a lot of good either.

• Good Work by Wil Nichols-Higgins. The work you do and the organization you work with matters.
• Morocco’s king addresses social injustices in speech as Gen Z protesters demand reforms by Sam Metz and Akram Oubachir.
• Hacker News — The Good Parts by Martin. I like browsing on Hacker News because it feels high-quality and I always learn something new.