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I am sorry, but everyone is getting syntax highlighting wrong

A bold opinion on about using less syntax highlighting in code. I’m not sure whether I completely agree, but it’s a well made argument and interesting since it’s contrary to popular opinion. I found that I do enjoy the theme he created called Alabaster. It’s a light theme which I only use some of the time. There have been equivalent dark themes made but I didn’t enjoy those as much.

It makes me wonder if I’m able to read code better in light mode and have just never realized it. When I’m using a dark theme I find that I still need a good bit of syntax highlighting to be able to navigate the code comfortably.

An Introduction to Solo Journaling TTRPGs

Jordan Rocke provides a fantastic tour of this sub-genre of solo RPGs. I’ve seen Thousand Year Old Vampire recommended elsewhere. It seems like that one’s pretty popular, but as I’m not much into vampires I found some of the other featured games to be intriguing. Particularly, Reminiscence of Decay.

I stumbled across this article when I was trying to find out more about solo TTRPGs in general. I’ve really gone down a rabbit hole. I had no idea these games existed and that there are so many of them. You can think of them as sophisticated writing prompts. If you have ever been interested in writing but scared of the blank page, these games give you permission to write with assistance.

(As of the time of this writing the page design seems a little broken—might want to use reader mode).

D&D 5.5 Quick Reference

This quick reference from venerable D&D resource site donjon is great for when you suddenly need to know things like how much falling damage an overzealous rogue should take after slipping and falling 50 feet (5d6 bludgeoning).