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Games. Tech. Culture. Whatever.
Nobody asked. That’s kind of the point.

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Sunday night is basically your brain opening 37 tabs about Monday and refusing to close any of them.

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Apple announcing new hardware Tuesday.

My current devices:

work perfectly
do everything I need
have zero problems

Me Tuesday:

“These are basically unusable now.”

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Movie theaters:

“Come experience cinema.”

My couch:

blanket
pause button
snacks cost $3
no stranger kicking my seat

A formidable opponent.

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Streaming solved cable by giving us:

Netflix
Disney+
HBO
Apple TV
Peacock
Paramount+
Prime

So naturally we’re recreating cable one subscription at a time.

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Game: “Are you sure you want to quit?”

Me:

Yes.

Game:

“You have unsaved progress.”

Me:

I have made a terrible mistake.

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2024 AI:

“I can answer your question.”

2026 AI:

“I answered it, sent the email, updated the spreadsheet and booked Thursday.”

We skipped a few steps.

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@Prince_of_web3_ Yes 🙌

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@Prince_of_web3_ Yes

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Every website in 2026:

Accept cookies.

Create an account.

Verify your email.

Download our app.

Turn on notifications.

Subscribe.

Meanwhile I was just trying to check what time you close.

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GTA VI being available through cloud gaming means somebody is absolutely going to attempt:

GTA VI
hotel Wi-Fi
12 Mbps
Bluetooth controller

and blame Rockstar.

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The senior developer progression:

Year 1:
“I made this really clever.”

Year 10:

“Please make it boring.”

Year 20:

“Who made this clever?”

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Sunday morning:

“I have the whole day.”

Sunday night:

“Where did it go?”

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“I’m only playing for an hour.”

An ancient lie passed down through generations of gamers.

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Being an adult on Saturday night:

7:00 PM: I should go do something.

8:12 PM: blanket

8:14 PM: food ordered

8:19 PM: controller connected

8:20 PM: civilization can continue without me.

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We somehow went from:

“There’s nothing on TV.”

to:

9 streaming services
74 shows on my watchlist
12 movies saved

and still…

“there’s nothing to watch.”

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What piece of technology has somehow gotten WORSE despite 10+ years of improvement?

I’ll start:

printers.

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The old internet:

“I found this weird website someone made.”

The modern internet:

“Before continuing, create an account, accept cookies, download our app and select a subscription.”

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Gaming in 2026:

“Gaming is dying.”

Then one actually good game releases and millions of adults suddenly remember they own a controller.

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AI companies:

“Introducing our most advanced model ever.”

Engineers internally:

yeah we already have a better one

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The older I get as a developer, the more beautiful this becomes:

boring code
obvious names
small functions
good tests
zero magic

I have suffered enough.