Started a new web project

Some of the more exciting news since my last week notes is that I’ve been working on a new web project. The idea is a searchable, curated directory of high quality and user-respecting web apps.

I’m taking a pretty loose definition of “web app”, meaning almost any website that has a function beyond “hey here’s a document”. Basically I’ve found that search engines do a pretty terrible job of helping users find quality tools, so this is hopefully a remedy to that.

I’ve got several dozen sites already in the directory, and I’m hoping to get that built up a lot through user submissions if this gains any traction.

I’ll have more details to share later I’m sure. I’m pretty close to launching it. The main thing left is to clean up the code organization a bit, and there’s not very much so that should go quickly. In the meantime if you have any sites you’d like me to add or know of anywhere I could find more, feel free to let me know.

Games

Hogwarts Legacy hasn’t really been on my radar, but my brother noticed it was on sale and we both grabbed it. I grew up with the Harry Potter books and movies, enjoying them but never really being what I would call a huge fan. That’s why I’d say this game has managed to take me by surprise.

I think the main thing is that it’s just really neat to see Hogwarts and so much of the world around it fleshed out in a way that it really hasn’t been before. I spent quite a bit of the early game just exploring and wandering around for fun. The combat is also more engaging that I expected. You have to react pretty quickly to what’s going on while making sure you’re using the right spells for the situation.

I was also kindly gifted 1000xResist very recently which is the other game I’ve been playing. I’m not very far into it yet but the story and setting are definitely very intriguing so far. Looking forward to seeing where it goes and why I’ve heard so much praise for it.

TV

The last thing I’ll mention is that I’m still very much into Severance right now. Season 2 has been a wild ride so far that I could never have predicted, and it’s only halfway through! Hearing everyone’s thoughts about the new episode every week is half of what I love about the show right now.

— JP