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"thank you for your existence" - I do get lovely emails as well in my #inbox

https://daniel.haxx.se/email/2025-05-20.html

Subject: Just a quick thank you for your existence

Hi Daniel,

I was digging around in the credits section of an app (YouTube
on my Xbox, actually), and I saw “libcurl” listed - and your
name came up when I looked into it. I had no idea one person’s
work has helped support so much of the internet I use every
day.

I just wanted to say: thank you. Not just for the code, but
for the spirit behind it. The way you’ve built and shared
libcurl, all these years, quietly powering so much without
expecting credit… it really moved me. Most people never see
that kind of work, but I stumbled across it and it left an
impression.

So this is just a small message to say:

Thank you for existing.
[name redacted]

@mttaggart I ran a poll about this a few weeks back.

Really strange behaviour.

@ppxl @rk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(video_game)

@floord ha! makes sense now!

@floord that’s a positive response, I guess!

Your post looked like it was referring to a post for a Lead Tech Writer for an org called Stellar.

I’m a tech writer.

Initial searches only brought back the blockchain people, Stellar.

@WhyNotZoidberg @jackscottau quite, even! How rude of me.

@floord like the blockchain people?

@WhyNotZoidberg @jackscottau Quite.

Done well, done cheap, done quickly. Pick two.

I’m not totally sure this is the correct marketing angle.

Screenshot of a GitHub blog post titled “Creating issues with Copilot on github.com is in public preview,” dated May 19, 2025. The post is labeled as a 1-minute read and marked with a green “RELEASE” tag. Below the title is an image showing a side-by-side view of GitHub Copilot generating a bug report and a GitHub issue creation page. A prompt at the bottom reads, “Create a bug issue in github/team-copilot because markdown tables are not rendering properly in the comments.”

@jackscottau I used to say I’m everybody’s second, and last, choice.

First comes the cheap, then come the people that can actually achieve what you asked for.

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I'm starting to really like 'vibe coding'...

I've now had several clients come to me to take over projects that another agency was working on because the other agency started using generative AI. Apparently there was a real drop in product quality. I wonder why.

Basically vibe coding is making me money specifically because I'm not using it.

#GenerativeAI #VibeCoding #Programming

@Mastopoet tend to agree. Though I preferred the more advanced (though still simple) games like Doom, Quake etc.

Oozed with style, were completely unique, and singularly focused.

@bekopharm big X fan here. Own them all on GOG.

They did have a big controversy with DRM in X3 iirc, but looks like they learned their lesson.

@VictimOfSimony I didn’t enjoy it, but I can appreciate it.

Not every first person shooter needs to be online.

Not every horror game needs to be cooperative.

Not every ARPG needs to be soulslike.

Not every racer needs to be cyberpunk.

Not every platformer needs to be a metroidvania.

Not every card game needs to be roguelike.

This shit is getting exhausting.

Ok. That’s Turbo Overkill finished. Bloody brilliant.

Only criticism is that it might be slightly too long for *my* tastes, but it’s a really good length—I just struggle to stay invested for a certain length of time in one go. You’re definitely getting your moneys worth.

Now… what on earth is gonna fill that gap.

@FritzAdalis nothing in the news specifically. We’ll see how this week goes, then maybe it will be!

@Cyber_Unicorn isn’t it?

If you wondered what I was referring to with us needing more Eurovision battles… this was it:

https://youtu.be/DGsL8hA-1rE

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