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This year I started a #podcast, check out The Code Kitchen

https://thecodekitchen.fireside.fm

The Code Kitchen

The kitchen is the place to talk about all things code.

It's been a while

First post of the year, hopefully that sets a trend for more posts than last year.

Node.js with TypeScript - Setting up a #Node.js app with #TypeScript, #Nodemon, and #Mocha/#Chai tests

https://medium.com/from-the-couch/node-js-with-typescript-f4d057df5a15

Node.js with TypeScript – From The Couch – Medium

Setting up a Node.js app with TypeScript, Nodemon, and Mocha/Chai tests

Interesting little feature that a colleague of mine actually found earlier this week while digging through lit-html

https://michelenasti.com/2018/09/19/Javascript-chiamare-funzioni-senza-usare-parentesi-(what!).html

Javascript: call functions without using parenthesis (what?!)

A nice to know feature, good for impressing others

First publish to #npm in a while https://www.npmjs.com/package/open-80

One of the upsides to the low barrier to entry in the #node ecosystem is the feeling of accomplishment.

open-80

Tool to find open web admin tools on a local network

It's great to hear #Boston on #Vinyl again after all this time, used to listen to this particular album as a kid.
The Seed of Yggdrasill - YouTube

Hidden Messages in Old Norse Myths by Maria Kvilhaug (Ladyofthe Labyrinth) in chronology

"The billionaire chief executive of WhatsApp, Jan Koum, is planning to leave the company after clashing with its parent, Facebook, over the popular messaging service’s strategy and Facebook’s attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption, according to people familiar with internal discussions."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/whatsapp-founder-plans-to-leave-after-broad-clashes-with-parent-facebook/2018/04/30/49448dd2-4ca9-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.html

WhatsApp founder plans to leave after broad clashes with parent Facebook

Jan Koum disagreed with Facebook over the popular messaging service’s strategy and Facebook’s attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption

If a company wants to "improve your user experience" by gathering your data , they should ask you to fill out a survey.

Taking your data by default is information theft, automatic #telemetry is data theft.

Placed #GPL 3 license on 3 of my #GitHub projects today. Feels good