Elliott Draper
@ejd.codes
Full-stack web & mobile app developer, specialising in Ruby (+Rails), TypeScript/JavaScript (+React/React Native).
This interview with Corey Taylor on Mythical Kitchen was a compelling watch. He's spent much of his career performing in a mask, and yet seems like a really genuine person, as well as being very articulate and humble too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co7O...
Slipknot's Corey Taylor Eats His Last Meal
YouTube video by Mythical Kitchen
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randomly been on a MORTAL KOMBAT kick (ha) after watching the new movies. hadn't played much of the series after MK3, so it was fun seeing how it evolved. now i've got it out of my system, here is a thread of the 12 main* game rosters (*and DC). see them here: drive.google.com/drive/folder... (1/13)
I don't want to spoil it, but there is a moment in this video where the full enormity of the task at hand becomes apparent, and it is glorious.
my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids
told my employees that they must consume as much water as they humanly can and built my entire quarter's performance metrics based on how hydrated they are now i am spending $1.2M/mo on cooler refills and our office is flooded with piss someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this
This is going to start being a part of performance reviews for Big Biz (TM) isn't it? "Tell me how you think you've increased your Goose Value this past quarter"
SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is truly demented. Bravo group.softbank/media/Projec...
Rubyists! I am reviving Ruby Inside after 12 years of hiatus. I have too many Ruby things I want to blog about :-) So far I've got the archive up and running at rubyinside.com/archives/ - it's a bit of a Ruby time capsule..
Archives · Ruby Inside
rubyinside.com
This is absolutely bonkers. How did this ever get into an actual release?
Not that anyone needs yet another reason to steer clear of Microsoft, but VSCode now adds Copilot as a co-author of all your commits, regardless if you used Copilot. This was added silently as a default. This is some next level insanity.
Rocky's catchphrase from 'Project Hail Mary' was mentioned by the NASA team during the Artemis II mission 'Amaze, amaze, amaze'
People who can't create have such insane ideas of what stumps actual writers. "Oh, I can't think of ideas for how to end a scene... woe is me..." -- if you think this is the type of dilemma an actual working writer faces, you don't get to speculate on the alleged utility of AI.
David Simon said it best
Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life
We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015 Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world
Lot of naysayers BUT this scene really showcases how good AI filmmaking can be...
I sure hope someone has let Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey know, it seemed like they were relying on Salesforce AI pretty heavily
This is quite a post www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...
Fuck me, you know when you're reading some news and you get the feeling you're probably reading the page of some future history textbook. Then you imagine all of the students studying it saying shit like "well why did they allow that to happen?"
Some really useful & insightful game dev advice & tips based on @pentadact.com's 15 years running an indie studio www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
15 Years of Indie Dev In 4 Bits of Advice - a post on Tom Francis' blog
pentadact.com
The Bevy Metrics dashboard is now live at metrics.bevy.org! For each Bevy commit this tracks compile times, binary size, and runs stress tests on standardized, real gaming hardware. These are all graphed to identify historical trends and track down commits that improve or regress the state of Bevy!
Bevy Metrics
metrics.bevy.org
Stoked to share that True Terrors (@strange.website) and I have turned this riff of a post into "Strangers By Spring", a creative project about escapism, romance, and rebirth: strangersbyspring.com Sometimes it's really good to just sit down and make the things you wish existed in the world.
Strangers By Spring
Strangers, By Spring is a blog about escapism, romance, and rebirth.
strangersbyspring.com
i write to you with solemn news. i am in paris, writing my life’s only masterwork. i spend my days drinking good espresso and smoking inexpensive cigarettes, writing clear and hard about what hurts. as such, i cannot ‘Log On’ - and friend - i will not attend your ‘laser-focused mesh network webinar’
i write to you with solemn news. i am in paris, writing my life’s only masterwork. i spend my days drinking good espresso and smoking inexpensive cigarettes, writing clear and hard about what hurts. as such, i cannot ‘Log On’ - and friend - i will not attend your ‘laser-focused mesh network webinar’
Today marks 15 years since the release of Fallout: New Vegas. Since 2010, players have explored the Mojave Wasteland where countless Couriers have walked the same road—each carving their own story. Thank you for keeping the spirit of the game alive all these years. Viva New Vegas. 🎲
Real "Austin Powers being unable to avoid that henchman" energy
a man and a woman are sitting in a vehicle with the man holding a steering wheel
Alt: Austin Powers and his smart female sidekick Vanessa Kensington are behind the wheel of some heavy machinery, slowly rumbling towards one of Dr Evil's henchmen. Ms Kensington tells Austin to "watch out" as the henchman screams "nooooo", while the incredibly avoidable situation reaches its obvious and inevitable conclusion.
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Love that we all know this is going to happen and have known it since this shit was introduced yet all we can do is wait for the dumbest and most easily avoidable economy crash of all time.
What are the vibes this time, incorrect calculations and horrendous WordArt?
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
The Green Party now has 78,000 members. Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line. I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk