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That's right. That's right. The lender doesn't give a rip. How old are you? Yes, sir. I'm 26.

That's right. That's right. The lender doesn't give a rip. How old are you? Yes, sir. I'm 26.

What up, nerds? I'm Jared, and this is ChangeLog News for the week of Monday, March 3rd, 2025. Remember Skype? Microsoft recently announced on X that starting in May of this year, it's going bye-bye. As early days podcasters, we had a love-hate relationship with the OG video calling platform, especially after Microsoft took it over.

What up, nerds? I'm Jared, and this is ChangeLog News for the week of Monday, March 3rd, 2025. Remember Skype? Microsoft recently announced on X that starting in May of this year, it's going bye-bye. As early days podcasters, we had a love-hate relationship with the OG video calling platform, especially after Microsoft took it over.

Skype hasn't been relevant for years, but it's still a bit sad to see it go. I don't miss the software, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for its classic incoming call sound. Okay, let's get into the news. JavaScript fatigue strikes back. Alan Pike returned to the JavaScript ecosystem after a 10-year hiatus. A lot has improved in the interim, but he found one constant.

Skype hasn't been relevant for years, but it's still a bit sad to see it go. I don't miss the software, but I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for its classic incoming call sound. Okay, let's get into the news. JavaScript fatigue strikes back. Alan Pike returned to the JavaScript ecosystem after a 10-year hiatus. A lot has improved in the interim, but he found one constant.

Quote, These changes have each boosted the ecosystem in its own way, and each has fueled one dynamic that has not changed. Choosing the right JavaScript framework is hard, man. End quote. Alan thinks through some framework-choosing decisions, then ends his post on an upbeat. Quote, I think though, and this may just be my innate optimism, that the situation has improved a lot.

Quote, These changes have each boosted the ecosystem in its own way, and each has fueled one dynamic that has not changed. Choosing the right JavaScript framework is hard, man. End quote. Alan thinks through some framework-choosing decisions, then ends his post on an upbeat. Quote, I think though, and this may just be my innate optimism, that the situation has improved a lot.

And now that the JavaScript ecosystem is building frameworks that can share code between the client and server, but keep most of it from being sent to the browser, the next 10 years of evolution should be less disruptive than the last. I hope you're right, Alan. I hope you are right. The early days of Linux.

And now that the JavaScript ecosystem is building frameworks that can share code between the client and server, but keep most of it from being sent to the browser, the next 10 years of evolution should be less disruptive than the last. I hope you're right, Alan. I hope you are right. The early days of Linux.

Lars Worzenius was there at the birth of Linux, having met Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki in 1988. In this 2023 contribution to LWN.net, Lars tells the story from his perspective. It all started with a typo. End quote. There's lots of fun gems shared here, like this one that shows Linus' humble aims.

Lars Worzenius was there at the birth of Linux, having met Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki in 1988. In this 2023 contribution to LWN.net, Lars tells the story from his perspective. It all started with a typo. End quote. There's lots of fun gems shared here, like this one that shows Linus' humble aims.

Quote, in August 1991, Linus mentioned his new kernel in public for the first time in the comp.os.minix news group. This included the phrase, I'm doing a free operating system, just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU, end quote. For many of us, Linux has always been a core piece of our computing lives.

Quote, in August 1991, Linus mentioned his new kernel in public for the first time in the comp.os.minix news group. This included the phrase, I'm doing a free operating system, just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU, end quote. For many of us, Linux has always been a core piece of our computing lives.

It's easy to forget that it hasn't always existed or that its dominance was at one time unsure, even unlikely. Stories like this one, told by the people who live them, always remind me of this great insight from Steve Jobs, who said, everything around you that you call life,

It's easy to forget that it hasn't always existed or that its dominance was at one time unsure, even unlikely. Stories like this one, told by the people who live them, always remind me of this great insight from Steve Jobs, who said, everything around you that you call life,

If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown. Pyotr Migdal says that as a data scientist, he turns things into vectors, but as an unabashed archivist, he turns things into Markdown. Quote, Markdown files are essentially plain text with some extra syntax for common elements like sections, bullet points, and links.

If it is worth keeping, save it in Markdown. Pyotr Migdal says that as a data scientist, he turns things into vectors, but as an unabashed archivist, he turns things into Markdown. Quote, Markdown files are essentially plain text with some extra syntax for common elements like sections, bullet points, and links.

The format deliberately avoids precise control over display details like font selection. Following the rule of least power, I consider this limitation a feature. For contrast, consider PDF, a format so powerful that it can run Doom. He goes on to explain how he does it, tools that help, and what he'd like to see exist in the world to make this all easier and better.

The format deliberately avoids precise control over display details like font selection. Following the rule of least power, I consider this limitation a feature. For contrast, consider PDF, a format so powerful that it can run Doom. He goes on to explain how he does it, tools that help, and what he'd like to see exist in the world to make this all easier and better.