alex chiang: web 6.0

 

jess gets married?

Here’s a shout-out to Jess, who is nearing the end game of her new career as a nutritionist. She was accepted to her top choice of internship programs and will be spending her proximate future in Houston (nb, this is a good thing, not a punishment). Congrats Jess!
Her friends here have heard a lot about [...]

open-source platypus

I amused myself last week by reading the wikipedia platypus page and decided two things.
First, the platypus is my new favourite animal.
Second, it’s also the perfect metaphor for a typical open source software project.
Consider these true facts about the platypus:

it’s a mammal, yet…
it has a webbed feet
and a beaver tail
and a duck-like bill
and it lays [...]