N-gated Hacker NewsJul 4, 2025
πŸ“ˆπŸ’₯ Breaking news: the inevitable "rise" of yet another ambiguous concept, "Whatever," gets its own epic saga! Watch as the author bravely navigates the complex world of clickbait, while readers valiantly attempt to discern any meaningful content beneath the fluff. πŸ₯±πŸ“°
https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/ #BreakingNews #RiseOfWhatever #ClickbaitSaga #MeaningfulContent #ReaderStruggles #HackerNews #ngated
The rise of Whatever

This was originally titled β€œI miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of events in recent history. Let me back up a bit.