💐 "Don't get bitter, just get better." - Alyssa Edwards

Hellloooo!

I hope you had a great week! Mine was good until I got pretty sick, but luckily I think I’m over the worst of it now. Anyway, enough of that, time for the web!

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Web links of the week

Angular v14 is now available
I made a game in Microsoft Word
Handling Data at the Edge with Cloudflare Workers
Top games + source code from Gamedev.js Jam 2022

Something that interested me this week

This past week I learned a lot about K-pop music and culture from some friends who came into town! I had known about it and listened to it before casually, but with multiple people coming into Chicago for K-pop concerts, it was really interesting learning about the fandom from people who are deep into it. It’s a genius combination of catchy songs, signature dances, and groups that really connect well with their fans (here’s a good article on the subject) that made it a really fun learning (and listening!) experience.

Also, unrelated to K-pop, I learned how to customize my Zsh prompt and blogged about it. Wee!

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you determine if characters in a string are unique. Great work Ciarán, Les, Will, Krupa, Ten, Tan, Kelvin, Nicole, OtterElevator, David, Leyan, Ben, Amine, Mike, Olumide, Dan, Justin, Gülşah, Owen, Ivana, Augustin, Hristiyan, Phil, Johannes, Wayne, Jorge, Don, and Divyansh!

This week’s question:
Given an int array coins and an int amount, return an array of coins that add up to amount (and an empty array if it’s an impossible combination).

Example:

let coins = [2,3,5,7]
let amount = 17

$ coinCombo(coins, amount)
$ [3,7,7]

$ coinCombo([2,3,5], 11)
$ [3,3,5]

Cool things from around the internet

Servant leadership: why being a servant leader is worth the work
History of Gay Rights - Movement, Marriage & Flag
Luigi Legnani - Caprice No. 7
Lele60 with Candy switches, Keysterine transparent caps

Joke

Who is in favour of bringing Roman numerals back into use?
I, for one!

That’s all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and drink water!

Special thanks to Gabor, Stephen, IceSloth, Alaska, Josh, Conor, Ezell, Pedro, Karthic, Ximena, Paige, Zev, Sebastián, Ben, and Sema for supporting my Patreon and this newsletter!

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