I finished 24 novels in 2019 (slow reader) and gave up on another two. Here they are in descending buckets of goodness.
(† = short story collection, ‡ = novella, + = re-read, * = didn’t finish)
Anna Burns: Milkman (2018)
Elif Batuman: The Idiot (2017)
Mohsin Hamid: Exit West (2017)
Amos Oz…
with apologies to Leonard Cohen
Update 1: Now available in audio courtesy of the brilliant Shawn Wang
Update 2: This is now the official song of Babel.js!
I heard there was a clever trick
That rewrote all your JavaScript
But you don’t really care for magic, do you
Well it goes like…
You: You’re writing about computer code and poetry? At the same time?
Me: I want to explore their similarities.
You: Seriously? Computer code has nothing in common with poetry. Poetry is grace, and code is function. Poetry connotes. Code commands.
Me: But both try to represent complex ideas in concrete…
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What’s so special about zero dependencies? Well, package size for one thing of course. A tiny library footprint is essential when developing mobile web apps for poor network conditions, and…
A Visit from St. Nicholas is a poem written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1823. You might know it from the opening line: “Twas the Night before Christmas”. Anyway, it’s pretty bad. The meter is awkward and the sentiment cheesy.
As a service, here’s an all-new, saccharin-free version of the…
Literature fanatic. JavaScript developer. Author of "If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript" https://anguscroll.com/hemingway
